There’s No Place Like Home… Unless Some Jerk Steals Your Shoes

Grand Rapids is just a little less grand as of this weekend. Someone made off with Judy Garland’s famous Ruby Slippers, residing (until recently) within a glass case at the Children’s Discovery Museum in Minnesota.

While the Wicked Witch of the West was unable to so much as touch the precious shoes while they were on Dorothy’s feet, someone evidently had no problem sneaking in through a window and stealing them out right from beneath their glass case. The shoes were insured for a cool million dollars.

The scarlet sequined pair of shoes is one of only four in existence, and one of the most infamous pieces of paraphernalia in Hollywood history. One can only imagine what the diabolical thief is doing with them right now. Trying to accessorize? Wishing he or she were a size 5C? Making some six-year-old girl’s dream come true?

I don’t know. Truth be told I don’t have the foggiest.

It’s my *sincere* hope that whoever stole the ruby slippers feels a crisis of conscience and returns them, ASAP. They’re a part of film history and quite frankly, irreplaceable. Sort of. In the words of Indiana Jones… “It belongs in a museum!”