# He Kidnapped a Celebrity // The Barry Keenan Kidnapping Story

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Podcast: [Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ray-william-johnson-true-story-podcast-7212041)
Published: 2026-07-04T15:43:30+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/raywilliamjohnson/episodes/He-Kidnapped-a-Celebrity--The-Barry-Keenan-Kidnapping-Story-e3llb0h
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## Resource

Barry Keenan is a former businessman best known for masterminding the 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. facing severe financial ruin and drug dependency, Keenan formulated a bizarre plan to solve his money problems by abducting the 19-year-old singer from a Lake Tahoe hotel room.

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