John Paul Getty III after release

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J. Paul Getty

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Georgia:

The kidnapping of John Paul Getty III

Episode sources:

1. “J. Paul Getty III: Exclusive 1974 Interview with Kidnapped Oil Heir” by Joe Eszterhas (Rolling Stone, May 9, 1974)

2. “J. Paul Getty III, 54, Dies; Had Ear Cut Off by Captors” by Bruce Weber (The New York Times, February 7, 2011)

3. “The Tragic True Story of John Paul Getty III's Kidnapping” by Jillian Mackenzie (Town & Country, March 26, 2018)

4. “The story of the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in Rome” (Wanted in Rome, July 10, 2023)

5. “Talitha Pol, Wife of Paul Getty Jr.” (The New York Times, July 14, 1971)

6. “Billionaire oil tycoon moaned about hospital bills as 12-year-old son was dying from cancer” by Laura Connor (The Mirror, January 5, 2018)

7. “The True Story Of The John Paul Getty III Kidnapping” by Gabe Paoletti, edited by John Kuroski (All That’s Interesting, May 21, 2022)

Karen:

Pappygate bourbon heist

Episode sources:

1. “Heist: ‘The Bourbon King’” Part 1 (Netflix)

2. “Heist: ‘The Bourbon King’” Part 2 (Netflix)

3. “What Netflix Gets Right (and Wrong) about Pappygate” by Guy Martin (Garden & Gun) April 7, 2022

4. “Analyzing Pappygate & Whitehouse Executive Orders on Bourbon Community Roundtable #59 - Episode 315” Bourbon Pursuit (July 22, 2021)

5. “Kentucky’s Case of the Missing Bourbon” by Trip Gabriel (New York Times) 2013

6. “Ballparks: 1862 – Present” (MLB)

7. “Toby Curtsinger's Wife Stayed With Him After He Served His Time in Prison” by Kori Williams (Distractify) July 14, 2021

8. “Toby Curtsinger Claims He Didn't Steal That Pappy Bourbon. Here's Where Netflix's 'Heist' Subject Is Now” by Lauren Kranc (Esquire) July 20, 2021

9. “Whiskey, steroids and softball: prosecutor says ‘Kentuckiana’ lore is just theft” (The Guardian/AP) Sept 20, 2017

10. “'Pappygate' ringleader gets time in prison... where there's no bourbon” (Courier Journal/Associated Press) 2018

11. “How Pappy Van Winkle Became King of the Whiskeys” by Paul Wachter (New York Mag/Grubstreet) Oct 14, 2014

12. “’Pappygate’ bourbon-theft ringleader pleads guilty in Frankfort, faces prison” by Greg Kocher (Lexington Herald Leader) Sept 20, 2017

13. “Inside the Great Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Heist” by James Higdon (Thrillist) June 29, 2021

14. “Where is Gilbert ‘Toby’ Curtsinger of ‘Pappygate’ Infamy Now?” by Gina Tron (Oxygen) July 14, 2021

15. “How Many Bottles Are in a Barrel of Bourbon” by Kait Hanson (Southern Living) Feb 15, 2025

16. “Whiskey regrets: Who’s talking and who’s not in the new Netflix series on ‘Pappygate’” by Janet Patton (Lexington Herald Leader) June 1, 2022

17. “Netflix docu-series will feature ‘Pappygate’, the theft of rare bourbon in Franklin County” (WKYT News) June 23, 2021

18. “Key suspect in pricey Kentucky bourbon heist pleads guilty” by Bruce Shreiner (Seattle Times) Sept 20, 2017

19. “Pappy Gate – Netflix’s Heist – Bourbon King (The Bourbon Road)

20. “Police Officer Resigns Over Pappy Van Winkle Heist and Steroids” (Distillery Trail) April 29, 2015

21. “’Pappygate’ nears ending with sentencing of ringleader in Kentucky rare bourbon thefts” by Mike Stunson (Lexington Herald Leader) 2018

22. “The Pappy Van Winkle Heist That Wasn’t” by Craig Calcaterra (Craig Calcaterra) Sept 14, 2018

Mugshots of the five members accused in the Great Bourbon syndicate

Three bottles of Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve bourbon whiskey

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