History ‘s 3 Most Stunning Abductions

Some abductions over the past 10 and even 20 years have been so shocking, I often have had quite the difficult time writing about most of them. I still remember the first time I covered some of the most notorious abductions in 2009 even when I was a teenager myself.

This list contains some of the most interesting (modern) and pre-modern abductions I’ve ever seen.

Some were taken from their homes, others, were taken by their own family members. In this Top 3 countdown and after more than a week of extensive research, I’ve found the 4 abductions that mesmerised the world the most.

1. Nataleee Holloway

While the young woman has never actually been found it is widely believed that she was murdered. A foreign man by the name of Joran Van Der Sloot, per court records, is believed to have killed her while she was on a graduation trip in 2005 in Aruba. Arubian court records show that as of this date Holloway ‘s disappearance and believed-murder has never been solved. The man believed to be responsible, Van Der Sloot, is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Stephanie Ramirez in Lima Peru dating back to 2010.

2. Charley Ross

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Most only know the phrase that would go on to be associated with the name. “Don’t take candy from strangers” is something we all probably know in modern day, and especially something we know during this time of the year. On one unfaithful nighty in 1874, Ross was kidnapped in a horse-drawn carriage inside a wealthy Pennsylvania suburb — where his parents were then subjected to ransom notes that accounted for $20,000 each (equal to about $1m bucks today).

Alike many abductions throughout history, he was never found. In 1934, an adult man claimed to be Ross but that was never proven to be accurate. His case was never solved.

3. Charles Lindbergh Jr

 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted of the Lindbergh kidnapping.

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Perhaps the most famous kidnapping ever — the disappearance of Charles Lindbergh Jr sent shockwaves through the press worldwide. For those that don’t know, Linbergh ‘s father gained massive fame for flying over the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. But back to Jr.

The case was pretty muddled from the beginning and that the prosecutor had been pretty overzealous at the time. Plagued by claims that they manufactured evidence, many today still believe that the wrong man was executed for Lindbergh ‘s murder. Lindbergh Jr died after being killed by his captors there same night he was taken.