Frank Sinatra's 19-year-old son is kidnapped before a gig in Lake Tahoe. Is it a publicity stunt? No. It's real. <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/Sinatra-in-San-Francisco-57-years-ago-a-concert-6464750.php">Ol' Blue Eyes</a> offers $1 million ransom. The kidnappers' counteroffer: $240,000. Wait, what? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Frank Sinatra's 19-year-old son is kidnapped before a gig in Lake Tahoe. Is it a publicity stunt? No. It's real. Ol' Blue Eyes offers $1 million ransom. The kidnappers' counteroffer: $240,000. Wait, what? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank Sinatra's 19-year-old son is kidnapped before a gig in Lake Tahoe. Is it a publicity stunt? No. It's real. <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/Sinatra-in-San-Francisco-57-years-ago-a-concert-6464750.php" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ol' Blue Eyes</a> offers $1 million ransom. The kidnappers' counteroffer: $240,000. Wait, what? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

1963: Frankie Safe!

On hiatus as of March 2020 because of the coronavirus crisis. Get unlimited access to the Chronicle. | A daily celebration of the news — and the news media — of years gone by. King Kaufman takes you on a quick tour of the Bay Area and the world as it used to be, which often colors the world of your century.

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