Snatched!

The Peculiar Kidnapping of Beer Tycoon John Labatt

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Criminal law, History, Canada, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
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Author: Susan Goldenberg ISBN: 9781459717718
Publisher: Dundurn Publication: September 22, 2004
Imprint: Dundurn Language: English
Author: Susan Goldenberg
ISBN: 9781459717718
Publisher: Dundurn
Publication: September 22, 2004
Imprint: Dundurn
Language: English

In 1934, fifty-three-year-old beer tycoon John Sackville Labatt was kidnapped from his Lake Huron summer home and held ransom for three days. His captors, a group of ex-rumrunners, desperate in the days following prohibition and the Great Depression, were hoping for a big payday. This bizarre true crime story traces the abduction through to the trials of the abductors. From a heavily populated hideout to a case of mistaken identity, follow the story of Labatt, the first person in Canada to be kidnapped for high ransom.

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In 1934, fifty-three-year-old beer tycoon John Sackville Labatt was kidnapped from his Lake Huron summer home and held ransom for three days. His captors, a group of ex-rumrunners, desperate in the days following prohibition and the Great Depression, were hoping for a big payday. This bizarre true crime story traces the abduction through to the trials of the abductors. From a heavily populated hideout to a case of mistaken identity, follow the story of Labatt, the first person in Canada to be kidnapped for high ransom.

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