It's 9 p.m. on December 8, 1963, at Harrah's Lodge Hotel in State Line, Nevada.

23-year-old Barry Keenan creeps up the exterior stairs to the second-floor balcony. His friend

Joe Amsler follows a step behind. When they reach the top of the stairs, car suddenly starts

up in the parking lot below them. Barry and Joe press themselves flat against the wall and wait in

the shadows until they see the taillights disappear out of the lot. Then they continue along the balcony

toward room 417. Joe hands Barry a box wrapped in brown paper, but they're not delivery men.

The parcel is just a ruse because they're here to kidnap the son of world famous singer Frank Sinatra.

Barry knocks on the door and a voice from inside asks who it is.

Barry holds the parcel up and says he has a special delivery for Frank Sinatra Jr.

A box of wine.

The lock turns and the door opens a crack.

That's all Barry needs.

He shoves the door open and Frank Jr. lurches back as Barry and Joe muscle their way into the room.

Barry throws the fake package of sides and whips a revolver out of his pocket. But then his stomach drops because Frank Jr. isn't alone.

By the window is another man, his face frozen in fear. This wasn't part of the plan, but Barry and Joe have come too far to give up

now. Thinking fast, Joe takes out a roll of tape. He pushes a second man down onto a chair and winds

the tape around his wrists. Frank Jr. turns to Barry, and his voice cracking, he asks if he

should sit down too. But Barry answers answers no because he's coming with them.

Moments later, Frank Sinatra Jr. is hustled out the door, down the steps and into a waiting

car. Within hours, Barry Keenan and his accomplices will issue their ransom demand. The kidnapping

of Frank Sinatra's son

will dominate headlines around the world, but the scheme will quickly unravel, and Frank

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