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.
Snatched!: The Peculiar Kidnapping of Beer Tycoon John Labatt
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Author(s)Susan Goldenberg
PublisherDundurn
ISBN / ASIN1550025392
ISBN-139781550025392
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank4,494,653
CategoryTrue Crime
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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