In 1976, three men kidnapped 26 kids and their bus driver and forced them into a trailer they buried underground. They were never able to give their $5 million ransom request to the police as the phone lines were busy, so they took a nap instead. When they woke up, the victims had already escaped and been rescued. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Father Kidnaps Daughter’s Killer Stepfather
In 1995, France found Dr. Dieter Krombach guilty of killing his stepdaughter, but he was able to avoid jail by hiding out in Germany. In 2009, the victim’s real father organized a kidnapping and dumped Krombach bound and gagged in front of a French courthouse. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Kidnapped German doctor’s trial in French girl’s killing begins – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
WTF Fun Fact – Russell Crowe And Al-Qaeda
In 2001, the FBI warned Russell Crowe that al-Qaeda were planning to kidnap him as part of a “cultural destabilization plot.” For nearly two years, the FBI guarded Crowe in public and refused to give him any details about the threat. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/russell-crowe-fbi
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Kidnapping in the USA is done mostly by family – WTF fun facts