Introducing The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra

Fitish

YEA MEDIA GROUP

Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Hosted and narrated by John Stamos, The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra is a complicated, nuanced story of one imperfect man trying to redeem himself by pulling off the perfect crime. Did you ever feel like everything’s broken, and it’s your job to fix it? That’s how Barry Keenan was feeling back in 1963. He was broke, unemployed, hooked on booze and pills, and his family was falling apart. Barry needed a miracle. And against all odds, he got one. One day the voice of God came over the radio in Barry’s car and told him there was a simple solution to all his problems: all he had to do was kidnap Frank Sinatra, Jr. For the first time ever, Barry Keenan shares his version of the bizarre story in his own words, from beginning to end. This is just a preview of The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra, but you can listen to full episodes at wondery.fm/SinatraFitish.

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0:00.0	Hey, Finnish listeners, it's Jenna, and I want to tell you about a new podcast hosted
0:05.0	by John Stamos called the Grand Scheme Snatching Sinatra.
0:10.0	Back in 1963, Barry Keenan was broke, alone, and desperate to save his family from personal
0:15.6	and financial ruin.
0:16.6	In a final Hail Mary attempt to set things right, Barry rolled the dice on an elaborate scheme
0:22.4	so bizarre, it's hard to believe it actually happened.
0:25.5	He kidnapped Frank Sinatra, Jr.
0:28.0	Most John Stamos sat down with the kidnapper who tells us the complete story for the very
0:32.6	first time.
0:33.8	Every detail, every plot twist, every goofy character he conned along the way.
0:38.4	You're about to hear a preview of the Grand Scheme Snatching Sinatra.
0:42.8	While you're listening, follow the Grand Scheme on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or
0:47.0	binge all of the episodes by subscribing to Wondery Plus and Apple Podcasts or the Wondery
0:52.6	app.
0:54.4	It had been a few hours since their slow-speed chase out of Lake Tahoe.
0:58.2	Barry, Joe, and Frank Sinatra, Jr. had made it across the state line, and they were driving
1:02.3	through blinding snow.
1:04.0	The car was skidding all over the road as they tried to navigate these narrow mountain
1:07.0	passes.
1:08.0	To calm his nerves, Barry turned on the radio.
1:11.0	I'm sorry, I tried kidnapping.
1:12.4	Every radio station I came, kept announcing the kidnapping, and then they were playing
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