This episode is brought to you by Hostage, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Hostage on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. As Paul languished in captivity, his family and fiancé desperately tried to navigate the Italian kidnappers demands. But first they had to convince Paul's grandfather, the notoriously stingy J. Paul Getty Sr. that the abduction wasn't a hoax. But after receiving a gruesome token in the mail, it was clear that Paul's kidnapping was not only real, but his kidnappers would take any means necessary to ensure they got what they wanted.