Listen up: These abductors meant business

J. Paul Getty III, then the 16-year-old grandson of the late American oil billionaire, had his ear cut off by kidnappers when he was abducted in Rome in 1973. He was later freed for a $2.7 million ransom.

( Keystone, Getty Images / February 7, 2011 )

J. Paul Getty III, then the 16-year-old grandson of the late American oil billionaire, had his ear cut off by kidnappers when he was abducted in Rome in 1973. He was later freed for a $2.7 million ransom.

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