Comments on: TRUE CRIME: The Incompetent Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr.

By: Chad Cloman

Chad Cloman — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:00:17 +0000

“…the far more liberal parole system of the 1960s…

I think you made an understatement here. Reducing a sentence from 75 years to 5 years is more in the line of “an absurdly” more liberal parole system. Unbelievable.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:55:48 +0000

Ooh! Ooh! Spambots!

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By: Persily & Associates

Persily & Associates — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:28:32 +0000

As is typical in these cases, the more people that are involved means the larger the chance that someone is going to eventually spill his guts. In this case, John Irwin was the one who couldn’t resist bragging to his brother that he’d been in on the Sinatra kidnapping. His brother called the cops, and during interrogation Irwin quickly ratted out his accomplices. During their trial, the defense used Junior’s “I’m sorry” statement to infer that he’d orchestrated his own kidnapping in order to further his career.

By: Health Articless

Health Articless — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:49:17 +0000

The money was amassed and dropped off via the usual convoluted instructions typical of kidnappings. However, while Keenan and Amsler went to pick up the money, John Irwin (who had been left in charge of Junior) got nervous about the whole thing and released his hostage on the Mulholland Drive overpass of the 405 and then sped off. Junior walked for several miles before flagging down a passing cop. He was driven to his parents’ house.

By: Anthea

Anthea — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:53:48 +0000

Yeah I think I like the less violent True Crimes much better.
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By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:07:56 +0000

An interesting tidbit- according to one of his family members, Frank Sr was buried with a roll of dimes- he never wanted to be without pay phone change after this incident since he had to be in contact with the kidnappers by pay phone.

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