Episode 32 - Getty Kidnapping + Gareth Suffling

First Bec (they/them) takes us to the swingin' 60s: Rome, 1973. Paul Getty has been kidnapped. And despite coming from ludicrous amounts of money, he's having a hard time getting his ransom paid. Not knowing if he was in on the whole thing or not, his family drags their feet getting that rescue mission sorted. And even though Paul is eventually freed, he is never the same again.

Then Adam (he/him) tells us about the dumbest criminal, who started as an alleged "good" cop. Even though he was working a case that had their own surveillance set up, plus the cameras from a tv show,  police officer Gareth Suffling exhibits a lot of questionable behaviour behind and in front of the camera.

Bec's Sources:

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/07/AR2011020706089.html
• https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a9173861/ -paul-getty-kidnapping/
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/ -paul-getty-iii-kidnapping
• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/j-paul-getty-iii-exclusive-1974-interview-with-kidnapped-oil-heir-120637/

Adam's Sources:

• 24 Hours in Police Custody: What happened to corrupt police officer Gareth Suffling - Cambridgeshire Live
• How 24 Hours in Police Custody caught a corrupt copper red-handed

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