THE KIDNAPPING OF FRANK SINATRA JR.
Episode 196 | Historical Events
In this History episode we focus on the 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. — three amateur criminals who followed the 19-year-old singer from city to city for weeks, grabbed him at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, demanded $240,000, and were caught three days after the ransom drop when one of them confessed to his brother, whose defense attorney then claimed the whole thing had been a publicity stunt orchestrated by the victim.
The kidnappers danced on the money. They were arrested three days later. Frank Sinatra Sr. carried ten dimes in his pocket for the rest of his…
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