41. The Aldi Kidnapping

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Iain looks at a kidnapping case involving one of Aldi’s co-founders. Learn what happened when Theo Albrecht was snatched by two men – and how he managed to get a bargain for his own ransom fee.

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0:43.8	Hello everybody. Welcome to this week's podcast. I hope you're having a wonderful day.
0:50.6	Evening. I don't know what you're up to. I hope you're nice. I hope it's nice. Maybe it's the middle of the night. Maybe you can't sleep.
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1:04.2	It's me this week, Laura, and I'm going to be looking at a kid.
1:07.6	I think you say that as though it's like, normally I do this with someone else.
1:10.3	It's me, your else. It's me,
1:10.9	your husband.
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1:11.8	it's me,
1:11.9	your husband.
1:12.6	No,
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