Inside the bungled kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr.

Inside the bungled kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr.

A new true crime podcast is shedding light on one of the most bizarre criminal escapades of the 20th century. Tom Ward digs deeper

Words: Tom Ward

The story goes that on Sunday, December 8, 1963 1963, Frank Sinatra’s 19 year-old son, Jr was led out of his Lake Tahoe hotel room at gunpoint by mobster Barry Keenan before being locked away for four days during which Keenan and his two associates extracted a $240,000 from the elder Sinatra.

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