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Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

24. The Frank Sinatra Jr. Kidnapping

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3757 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

It’s December, 1968, and Frank Sinatra Jr. has just been kidnapped by two strangers in the night. But these aren’t your regular kidnappers. In fact, they’re total amateurs. What follows are bungled ransom negotiations, a confusing money drop, and a very controversial statement made on the stand.

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0:11.3

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0:16.3

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0:19.6

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0:21.2

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0:26.0

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0:31.8

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0:37.1

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0:40.3

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0:43.7

Hello everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. I hope you're having a lovely day, night. I don't

0:51.0

know what you're doing, but I hope it's been lovely. We're a lovely day. Just in case you think we do this at night time.

0:55.6

We always do this first thing in the morning.

0:57.9

We're like Mark Wahlberg. It's actually 4 a.m. here.

1:00.8

Laura's doing push-ups as we speak.

1:04.0

I'm drinking.

1:04.9

You not heard of that Mark Wahlberg's daily routine thing?

1:08.0

Yeah, eating the chicken in the middle of the night. It's nearly as good as what's the other guy that brought out the mad one?

1:13.4

Greg Wallace.

1:14.9

What?

1:16.2

Greg Wallace.

1:16.9

The chef lad?

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