How Organized Crime Saved Kidnapping Victim Nell Donnelly

Photo caption: Nell Donnelly was a ’30s fashion icon, which made her a target for kidnappers. Photo courtesy of the Ellen ‘Nell’ Quinlan Donnelly Reed Papers (KO444); The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City. Article by Jake Rossen. Mental Floss – January 16, 2023.

On December 16, 1931, Nell Donnelly found out her life was worth exactly $75,000. Donnelly, a prominent Kansas City fashion designer whose clothing could be found in closets all over the country—and whose financial success was well-known—had been bound and driven to a dilapidated house, where she and her chauffeur, George Blair, were held against their will. She was given a dire warning: […]

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