EP254: The Kidnapping of Sidney Reso

On the morning of April 29, 1992, Sidney Reso did what he did almost every morning: he took the long drive down to the end of his driveway to pick up the daily newspaper. However, this morning was different: the husband and father of five never made it to work that morning. Sidney was shot in the arm, bound and gagged, and thrown into the back of a waiting van at his home in Morris Township, New Jersey. Sidney’s kidnappers quickly contacted not only Exxon but Sidney’s wife, Pat. They asked for a notorious amount of money in exchange for the safe return of Sidney: $18.5 million in $100 bills. With a series of complex ransom notes, detectives worked against the clock in an attempt to rescue Sidney.SOURCES:1) YouTube--"Kidnapped: The Story of Sidney Reso"2) The Seattle Times: Mystery: Powerful, Private Man Vanishes -- No Clues In Disappearance Of Key Exxon Executive3) Obituary for Gregory Steve Reso4) Find a Grave: Sidney Reso5) The New York Times: Portrait of 2 Accused of Kidnapping: Ardent, Hapless Pursuit of Affluence6) United States of America v. Arthur Seale 7) The New York Times: Kidnapped Executive Dies After 4 Days in a Locked Wooden Box8) TIME Magazine: Four Days in Hell9) NJ.com: Killer involved in 1992 kidnapping and murder of Exxon executive denied compassionate release