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Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they earn the label crime of the century.

But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today.

I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author. And in each episode of this show, I'll examine a case

that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened. This is crimes of the centuries.

Ginny and Harry C. Piper had lived a charmed life. They were wealthy, old money, none of that

austenitious newvo-reach business. They lived in a beautiful home in a Minneapolis suburb.

Harry, called Bobby by his friends, was a prominent investment banker. Ginny was whipsmart

with steady nerves, serving his Bobby sounding board on money matters. Plus, she was an avid

volunteer in her community. These were quiet people who lived in a posh secluded area and tried to

do some good in the world because they knew how lucky they had it.

So in two men, each armed with a pair of guns walked into the Piper's house July 27, 1972, it was huge news.

The sprawling estate of Harry and Virginia Piper in Orano was an unlikely scene for one of Minnesota's most notorious crimes.

They entered her home about noon Thursday. The kidnapping of a millionaire's wife from her garden.

Tied up to house servants, handcuffed Mrs. Piper and left in two vehicles.

The men pulled off one of the most brazen kidnappings in American history, with the largest ransom

demand ever made at the time.

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