In 1974, nineteen-year-old Patricia Hearst was ripped from her apartment at gunpoint. Within days, a radical group calling themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army claimed her as their prisoner and issued a ransom demand unlike anything America had ever seen. But when Patty finally resurfaced, she wasn’t begging for freedom. She was carrying a rifle.

Sources Used

• FBI case history: fbi.gov – Famous Cases: Patty Hearst
• Historical overview: History.com – Patty Hearst Kidnapped
• Detailed timeline & trial: Famous Trials – Patty Hearst
• Contextual background: Wikipedia – Patty Hearst
• https://famous-trials.com/pattyhearst/2209-tapes
• https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/february/hearst_020409
• https://youtu.be/qZLN1UHliRE?si=1fnj_psoS5Q3QtcR