Artifact of the Month
February 2021: The Silence of the Lambs Business Cards
Freeze! Join the FBI in marking the 30th anniversary of the 1991 debut of “The Silence of the Lambs.” The film not only set a new standard for psychological thrillers but also inspired a generation of women to join the FBI.
The FBI’s February Artifact of the Month is a set of business cards—one for Clarice Starling and one for Jack Crawford. They were one of the many small props to bring authenticity to the set.
Starling and Crawford may be fictional characters, but the legacy they’ve left on the FBI is real.
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February 2021: The Silence of the Lambs Business Cards
The FBI’s February Artifact of the Month is a set of business cards—one for Clarice Starling and one for Jack Crawford. They were one of the many small props to bring authenticity to the set of The Silence of the Lambs.
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January 2021: FBI Diver Helmet
The FBI’s January 2021 Artifact of the Month is a diving helmet like the ones FBI divers wear.
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December 2020: Richard Reid's Shoes
The FBI’s December 2020 Artifact of the Month is the pair of shoes Richard Reid—also known as the shoe bomber—tried to detonate in 2001.
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November 2020: Ross William Ulbricht's Laptop
The FBI’s November 2020 Artifact of the Month is a laptop that belonged to Ross William Ulbricht, who ran a darknet market called the Silk Road from 2011 to 2013.
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October 2020: Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd's Death Mask
The FBI’s October 2020 Artifact of the Month is a mask of gangster Pretty Boy Floyd’s face made after his death in 1934.
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September 2020: 9/11 Hijacker's Car
The FBI’s September 2020 Artifact of the Month is the car that carried one or more of the hijackers to Dulles International Airport on September 11, 2001.
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June 2020: Laptop from Operation Ghost Stories
The FBI’s June 2020 Artifact of the Month is a laptop that spy Anna Chapman used to create a private wireless network for communicating with a Russian government official.
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May 2020: Alarm Clocks from 2010 Times Square Bombing Attempt
The FBI’s May 2020 Artifact of the Month is a pair of alarm clocks that were part of a car bomb that Faisal Shahzad planned to detonate in Times Square in 2010.
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April 2020: Special Agent Barry Black's Hard Hat
The FBI’s April 2020 Artifact of the Month is a hard hat Special Agent Barry Black wore while gathering evidence at the scene of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
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The FBI’s March 2020 Artifact of the Month was more than just a toy—it was a tool of espionage tradecraft.
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February 2020: "Gone With the Wind" First Edition
The FBI’s February 2020 Artifact of the Month is a rare first edition of Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind” that was carved out to conceal a .32-caliber pistol.
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January 2020: Brinks Robbery Cap
The FBI’s January 2020 Artifact of the Month is the chauffeur’s cap left at the scene of the crime of the century—the 1950 robbery of a Brink's bank branch in Massachusetts.
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The December 2019 Artifact of the Month is an Eyemo, a type of camera once used to conduct surveillance.
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The FBI’s November 2019 Artifact of the Month is a Mailmobiles that used to deliver mail at FBI Headquarters.
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October 2019: Earl Pitts Chair
The FBI’s October 2019 Artifact of the Month is the chair FBI Special Agent Earl Pitts was sitting in at the FBI Academy when he was arrested for espionage.
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