> On that evening, Frank Jr. was 19 years old and following in his dad’s footsteps in the music business. He was in his dressing room at Harrah’s Club Lodge in Lake Tahoe after performing when two men entered the room and blindfolded him before bringing him to a car and fleeing the scene.
> The next evening, Sinatra received a phone call from one of the kidnappers, who told him to only communicate with them through pay phones — which in 1963 could be paid for with dimes. The elder Sinatra followed instructions and began to carry 10 dimes with him at all times, a tradition he maintained until the day he died.
https://www.screengawk.com/sinatra-junior-kidnapping/
> On December 10, Irwin called Frank Sinatra Sr. and demanded $240,000 for the safe release of his son. Irwin also told Sinatra Sr. that they would only stay in contact through payphones. In 1963, payphones could only be paid for with dimes.
> Sinatra followed the instructions and began to carry 10 dimes with him at all times, afraid that he wouldn’t have enough coins available to him to continue talking to the kidnappers. This traumatizing event would make this a habit that Sinatra would never break, not even after death.
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Sinatra was like the most mafia connected guy ever, how did the kidnappers ever survive
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https://people.com/frank-sinatra-kidnapping-anniversary-father-started-carrying-dimes-8412048
> After Frank Sinatra’s death, the acclaimed singer was reportedly buried with a bottle of whiskey, cigarettes, a lighter and 10 dimes in his pockets — the last of which he had carried around ever since his son, Frank Sinatra Jr., was kidnapped on Dec. 8, 1963.
> On that evening, Frank Jr. was 19 years old and following in his dad’s footsteps in the music business. He was in his dressing room at Harrah’s Club Lodge in Lake Tahoe after performing when two men entered the room and blindfolded him before bringing him to a car and fleeing the scene.
> The next evening, Sinatra received a phone call from one of the kidnappers, who told him to only communicate with them through pay phones — which in 1963 could be paid for with dimes. The elder Sinatra followed instructions and began to carry 10 dimes with him at all times, a tradition he maintained until the day he died.
https://www.screengawk.com/sinatra-junior-kidnapping/
> On December 10, Irwin called Frank Sinatra Sr. and demanded $240,000 for the safe release of his son. Irwin also told Sinatra Sr. that they would only stay in contact through payphones. In 1963, payphones could only be paid for with dimes.
> Sinatra followed the instructions and began to carry 10 dimes with him at all times, afraid that he wouldn’t have enough coins available to him to continue talking to the kidnappers. This traumatizing event would make this a habit that Sinatra would never break, not even after death.
Sinatra was like the most mafia connected guy ever, how did the kidnappers ever survive
Someone just watched that zacdfilms short