Snatched!
The Peculiar Kidnapping of Beer Tycoon John Labatt
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Criminal law, History, Canada, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
| 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.
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.
