The Notorious Kidnapping of John Paul Getty III

To understand the Paul Getty kidnapping, you need to know a little bit about Getty family history. Paul, also known as John Paul Getty III, was the grandson of J. Paul Getty, the man who began making money from oil leases in the 1910s and became extremely wealthy. Despite his vast wealth, however, he was a very frugal man. He had all the money in the world but was very particular about how it was distributed among his children and grandchildren.
#JohnPaulGettyIII #TheGettyFamily #WeirdHistory

[@alice5515]

Wow. Not paying the medical bills for his 12yo son who died with a brain tumour. Then missing the funeral? That’s the more disgusting story here. Looks like he was an asshole from day one

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Yea..

[@blewcheez]

Stingy and selfish fr

[@caprice28]

Seriously. If there's a hell that guy's definitely there.

[@afterthought3341]

Yes definitely horrific fact about Old man Getty.

[@carmenbrown3437]

Agree

[@toyamwarr]

It’s sad how many wealthy families care more about money than even their own family. While I understand that giving money to anyone that asks is one of the quickest ways to lose money, I can’t imagine losing an ear and my grandfather not caring. That’s one really cold heart.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Yup

[@ponzo1967]

It really shows the side effects of money, it should scare the hell out of everyone and wake them up to what goes on in DC and why the world is what it is. There is no recovery center for money addiction because it's not seen as a problem yet but it's worse than crack or gambling

[@cannabis8caution]

The only defence is... I have 13 grandchildren & if I pay this ransom. We have 12 more young targets for these sick criminals.

[@ponzo1967]

@@cannabis8caution no doubt! That's 26 ears Vs 1 or two

[@zawwin1846]

Its usually their own families that end up fighting over money.

[@MrPGC137]

I remember when this happened. Even though I was only a kid at the time, I remember thinking: "Thank god we're not rich! I don't wanna be kidnapped!"

[@jp9707]

I like living in my ordinary house on an ordinary street, being able to walk around town without being recognised, go to work and enjoy the company of my colleagues, hang out with my friends... I'd hate to be rich and famous, and have to have bodyguards follow me everywhere and live in a high-security mansion away from other people and everyday reality. Unable to get an ordinary job because everyone would know me and I'd have to have my security with me, unable to hang out with anyone except other famous rich people... Sounds like hell honestly. I'd be a prisoner.

[@MrPGC137]

@@jp9707 Yeah, same here. What made the Getty kidnapping so particularly scary at the time is because it happened not 't too long after the Barbara Jane Mackle kidnapping & only about a year or so before the Patty Hearst kidnapping. So there was a lot of that going on at the time anyway.

[@bubbadelacruz1341]

Real life Mr. Burns who the hell charges interest for a kidnapped grandchild 😳

[@funfact8660]

Spot on assessment 👍

[@Oonagh72]

I question what the purpose of having children is if you don’t want to take care of them. I understand this can be posed to a lot of people but he didn’t even seem to are that they existed. So completely apathetic. That is weird.

[@DukeRaul]

Exxxxcellent...

[@christinegatto7426]

Paul Getty was a strange, selfish man. I have never read anything positive about him.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@christinegatto7426 damn

[@MelloMood1]

Damn! the grandfather was heartless and cold blooded.....imagine how he treated folks that wasn't related to him.

[@spinstercatlady]

Sounds like much better than his own flesh and blood based on the 12 women he left an inheritance for lol...

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@spinstercatlady damn

[@lauriejones4507]

Based on his will, I would say he treated strangers way better than his blood family.

[@FayeLawnKrack3d]

Familiarity breeds contempt.

[@z6886]

That grandpa is a cold-hearted SOB.

[@The7Reaper]

Leaving his son only $500 in his will is pretty fucked, Getty must have really hated his family or just knew they would blow it all and didn't deserve it

[@syreallewyatt5048]

The man was worth multiple billions even back than. He was asshole. Hell the movie barely scratched the surface as to what a complete monster this dude was. He basically hated everyone that got remotely close to him which is odd, its like he personally punished people that through no fault of their own (being born into HIS family) he hated them for it.

[@Seventeen_Syllables]

Perhaps, but as is the case with many highly successful people Mr. Getty Sr. may have been a psychopath. Not the homicidal variety, just incapable of connecting with other people on any level, or of feeling empathy. If we engage in amateur psychology we could even theorize that, being incapable of forming real relationships with people, he used money as a substitute.

[@bresams2917]

He hated them 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@lindaeasley5606]

I think he hated them. I don't think what a relative will or won't do with the money should determine whether or not to leave them some

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@syreallewyatt5048 damn

[@jlshel42]

This is like a Greek tragedy, dang. RIP Paul Getty, hope he's at peace

[@GIBunz]

or a jeff bridges movie

[@EDTheOneable]

Paul Getty was likely a spoiled brat who had it coming.. Living life like you are invincible like that and not realizing the consequences and even joking about bad things that could happen without taking the proper precautions to avoid them is just pure narcissism. Sad what happened to him but to be honest he didn't lose much compared to most people.

[@jp9707]

@@EDTheOneable he most likely was a spoiled brat. But spending 5 months in captivity, having your ear cut off (they wouldn't have used painkillers either most likely), and thinking you could be killed on any day, would be massively traumatising. He started out with a lot more than most people have, but he lost more than most people lose, including his mental health (and eventually, as a result of that, his physical health too).

[@droomzy]

@@EDTheOneable what are you on about? man was held captive for MONTHS & was assaulted by complete strangers. and his own patriarch grandfather refused to pay what was essentially pocket change to him for a ransom, leaving his grandson in the captors' control. and living like a womanizing heir with addictions doesn't mean you "have it coming," tf? who cares if he might have been narcissistic???? that doesn't warrant being traumatized by random criminals who want fast money. you just sound extra spiteful of people who're born into generational wealth & it's a hideous comment to speak so loosely about a victim. his grandfather was *clearly* a dick, there's no discussion to be had. and comparing a 5 month abduction to problems a civilian faces is so unnecessary it's ridiculous. if you can't even commit yourself to saying that he was subjected to more than a person should endure then your opinion is meaningless. foh

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@jp9707 damn

[@RickClark58]

I knew that this was a messed up family but I didn't know just how messed up they really were. Shows were you end up when you greed consumes you.

[@lilitharam44]

The grandfather in the story reminds me of my in-laws. Cold, calculating, nothing comes before money and they will die before they share theirs.

[@garylefevers]

My dad was much like this. Once stating that he hated the fact that he lived my son because he could not turn him down on anything the child desired.

[@garylefevers]

Sorry, meant to say" ...loved my son."

[@MrPGC137]

Yeah, I read the book "All the money in the world" & he was pretty much like that. He was married something like 5 times & was never really close to any of his wives _or_ the kids. (So why'd he get married in the first place? Good question...)

[@jp9707]

But they can't take it with them, so where will it go when they die? To charities?

[@lilitharam44]

@@jp9707 Oh Hell No! They hate charities too, unless they can be used to make them look good. I want to say they can take it to Hell with them, but can't take it with you. They have alienated both of their children and have no relationship with any of their grandchildren because of it. Who knows? It stopped being a tool to manipulate with when they told both of their children that "You're out of our Will!!" Therefore, they can't hold it over anyone anymore.

[@dvdv8197]

AND HE CHARGED INTEREST RATES TO HIS SON TO SAVE HIS KIDNAPPED GRANDSON?? HOLY. EFFIN'. SH**!!!! 😳😳😳😳

[@funfact8660]

👍😂

[@jticklemaker1265]

I’m not sure you have the moral obligation to love your family. His argument at the time was that a father is responsible for his son and JP Junior failed

[@DeeSorrento]

People like him don't deserve to be rich, cause he's very SELFISH, SELF CENTERED, and EVIL.

[@FayeLawnKrack3d]

​@@jticklemaker1265 I don't agree with the amount, but there was a point. Junior failed. To keep his son safe was HIS responsibility, not Senior's. He was the father and failed at that.

[@michaelhowell2326]

Donald Sutherland was actually working on the FX series when he was offered the same role in the Ridley Scott film. You can really tell. When watching the series and before watching the movie, I thought to myself he would be perfect for the role.

[@Drforrester31]

It must be said that casting Donald Sutherland as Getty Sr. was an excellent choice

[@michaelsinger4638]

It was Christopher Plummer (RIP) actually.

[@Drforrester31]

@@michaelsinger4638 Not at 0:30 it isn't

[@gothic_oma]

Was it a good movie? I may watch it.

[@amyfisher6380]

I remember reading all about this when it was all happening, and my blood was boiling. My own family wouldn’t have the money to pay out if I was kidnapped, but they would do everything in their power to get me back unharmed.

[@lifeinthevoid1595]

What is it about having lots of money that just sucks anything kind caring or just nice outta most people 🤔

[@lifeinthevoid1595]

@Lucy Summer idk the context Lucy and it's none of my business actually.. but it's that person's loss

[@patbest7057]

Sorry Lucy S Both my parents would not have paid for me but would have my brother So you are not alone regards from Australia

[@marthaperdew]

My family was the same way

[@lifeinthevoid1595]

@@NubsWithGuns surely there's only so much money you need or can spend in a lifetime.. how many are exploited in the quest for ever more money

[@NewMessage]

Not gonna lie... When he mentioned the Getty art empire, I thought he meant Getty Images for a good 10 seconds.

[@barrenaronofsky]

You're not wrong, Getty Images is connected to their family. Mark Getty, the co-founder is John Paul III's brother.

[@funfact8660]

I like Spaghetti better

[@chaneladdict7246]

@@barrenaronofskywow that’s so crazy how much power they have still

[@professorsprout3382]

The wealthy in my family also loaned money to the working class people in the family. I had an aunt in British Columbia Canada and she and her British hubby ran a bed and breakfast their daughter worked for almost nothing. But good ol Bill the rich member called in the loan and they lost everything. Its grotesque.

[@jp9707]

That's awful. If you're going to loan money to family you should consider what happens if they can't pay it off. Personally if it was me, I'd loan it without interest, give them a few decades to pay off as much as they can, and if they haven't completely paid it back within that time, I'd write it off. If I wasn't willing to risk not getting the money back, I wouldn't loan it to them in the first place.

[@VerucaTheGreat]

Poor Paul. I don't believe it was set up by him, he would already have known how much of a horrible person his grandfather was. It's very heartbreaking to learn he had to live out his last years paralyzed. I think things would have gone differently if his grandfather paid right away.

[@cindyinnew]

I don’t think Paul set it up, but Paul had always been treated with kindness by his grandfather. What Paul didn’t know was that his grandfather was, in reality, unsupportive of Paul’s mother and the children. Getty Sr only treated Paul nicely when he was around him but had little regard for his actual well being beyond that.

[@terireed3740]

One of the guys who cared for him after he was paralyzed said he asked him about the kidnapping and said you know he had heard that they had sert it up,was it true? He told him yes that he and his buddies had set it up and then one of his buddies sold him to the Italian who are the ones who cut off his ear and tortured him. His grandfather had more millions than he could have ever spent and he put 2 million towards it and then lent his son a million and charged him interest. He really was a schmuck.

[@ipissed]

It's hard to believe that the kidnappers wouldn't have given up Paul for a plea bargain if he was involved. It's easier to believe that an uncle wouldn't want to seem like a despicable criminal to his nephew.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

Nailed it in one. I doubt the kidnappers story very much.

[@Banankos]

John Paul Getty III's son is current actor and musician Balthazar Getty.

[@gohawks3571]

That's quite a name

[@Farhadten]

I was wondering how they were related. Thanks

[@NastyWoman1979]

I LOVE him!!!

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

no way! i know that name but from the 90s! he's still around?

[@corkycobon1481]

This whole story is just bizarre on soooo many levels.

[@buckanderson3520]

The grandfather makes what Jesus said ring true, that it's easier to thread a camel through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to get into heaven.

[@susanrobinson910]

When I think my family is crazy, I just think about the Getty family…

[@nsbd90now]

I remember that as a kid. After he was released there was some magazine article about his sunglasses without the ear. Seemed normal at the time. What an astoundingly sad story it ended up being.

[@leapintothewild]

My aunt worked as a draftsman for Getty Oil and I remember her talking about this at the dinner table, but didn't pay much attention since I was in junior high. I do remember her being either the only or one of only a couple of women at her level, and that the company was extremely stingy with their workers as well -- and the women made less than the men doing the exact same job. My dad had four amazing sisters, so I grew up with a great education in the feminist movement back then!

[@davea6314]

Mel Brooks' movie called "life Stinks" had a fun time with slapstick humor having to do with a homeless character who claimed to be John Paul Getty.

[@funfact8660]

The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are comedy gold 👍

[@davea6314]

@@funfact8660 There was no J. Paul Getty impersonator in Mel Brooks' other movies, only in the movie "Life Stinks".

[@e.b.1728]

Mel Brooks is a comedy genius!

[@deewesthill1213]

@@funfact8660 Life is comedy gold, but you have to deal with tons of worthless and toxic ore to get at it.

[@lianefehrle9921]

There are crazy families with money to help out. Some just hide behind all that money. It is sad that the grandfather didn’t care. Grandpa should have been kidnapped. Maybe he would have changed his ways!

[@jp9707]

Think how much misery could be averted if the world's richest people wanted to spend their money trying to fix the world's problems. They couldn't fix all of it, but they could do a hell of a lot. Especially if they paid experts to tell them the most effectively altulruistic ways to spend their money. Bill Gates and his ex wife do a lot of charity at least! Although I don't know what percentage of their income goes to charity - it might not be very much.

[@ArcherSuh4721]

"You want an ear? I can get you an ear. Believe me, there are ways, daughter. You don't even want to know about them, believe me. Hell, I can get you an ear by three o'clock this afternoon... with a lock of red hair." - J. Paul Getty

[@philippebrehier7386]

Pretty sure it was a toe. And a big polish man who likes to bowl... unless it's shabbat. ;-)

[@rogerszmodis]

How can one be cartoonishly evil and leave their vast fortune to charity?

[@Holesale00]

Pure unadulterated spite. lol

[@CountessKitten]

@@Holesale00 🤣 💯

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

“That’s not his ear. You want an ear? I can get you an ear. I can get you an ear by 3 pm today.” - Getty Sr, probably

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

"And when I got there, there was a corn cob on the floor." "They're mocking us." -The kidnappers, maybe.

[@philippebrehier7386]

Pretty sure it was a toe. And a big polish man who likes to bowl... unless it's shabbat. ;-)

[@silla-je9od]

"I laughed out loud at these comments." -Me, most certainly

[@skylarsmith384]

For people who played the sims: JPG senior is who I associate with Mortimer Goth’s dad Gunter Goth

[@WildBillCox13]

The question is: which is more important-blood or money? I think we have the answer. The ugly, awful, paranoid, sociopathic, starkly logical, answer. If it was a philosophical decision, then you test it against the man, himself. Bet he'd've paid right up if it were himself at risk. Was the kid a living piece of crap? Yep. So was I. Would my parents and grandparents have paid to have me returned? Yep. A potential future scenario doesn't trump a loved one in danger. Ever. In that harshly realistic and richly human light the old man was definitely a monster in human terms.

[@Dkthearn]

It's like those people who chain up a dog and ignore it and then expect the dog to behave when they let off the leash

[@WildBillCox13]

@@Dkthearn Agreed. Humans are not plug and play. Social predators need trained (and role modeled) in the complex of inhibitory behaviors and scruples that defines and encloses the functioning social system. It was a long haul learning that by myself. I made a LOT of enemies along the way.

[@REzado63]

Props to Paul the 3rd for his loyalty to the bit. Chop my ear off we have to make this believable! 😆🤣

[@jticklemaker1265]

He could have staged his kidnapping nonetheless, promising to pay the guys who ran out of patience after a while. They are criminals, not babysitters after all

[@R.E.Z.]

I really enjoy your videos. Fun, interesting, and I’m always happy to have learned something.

[@dvdv8197]

*Story about kidnapping* Fun 😳

[@Tracy-xe9zu]

Senior did have a point, if he paid up for one ransom it would set a precedent that would endanger his entire family.

[@JOEFABULOUS.]

Yet he did pay

[@davidlucey1311]

If he was actually trying to protect the rest of the family. I don’t believe for a moment he was anything but a heartless turd.

[@RowanWarren78]

But...dude...

[@sd-ch2cq]

So when did all his other grandchildren get kidnapped exactely? After all he proved that all it took to get money was to cut of an ear.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

B.s.

[@zach7193]

Man, that's something. Remember hearing this from the History channel about the Godfathers. Read about this too. Getty Sr. was a jerk. A frugal man. He's heartless in life and in death. There's believe that the Getty family is cursed.

[@bigwendigo2253]

Imagine hating your family so much you act like the OG Getty. He must have been miserable.

[@AliciaNyblade]

The grandfather sounds like a real-life Ebenezer Scrooge who never got his visit from the three Christmas ghosts. What an absolute asshole. And Paul's story after the kidnapping, of getting into substance abuse when he obviously needed professional mental health help and dying so young, is so sad. I hope he's found peace, wherever he is now.

[@Herrera_70]

Maybe that grandpa was on to something, maybe he did felt like his son's family was trying to get his money. Although I'm not convinced that the 16-year-old would be involved on everything since the beginning.

[@jp9707]

Why would he have his own ear cut off?

[@Herrera_70]

@@jp9707 17 million would be worth it. Is not like he cut a leg or an arm.

[@dvdv8197]

NGL, the Sr. NOT giving all of his money to his family is somewhat laudable. Money inherited and not earned is the easiest way to make horrible people further down the line.

[@philippebrehier7386]

If only there weren't people so ridiculously richer than others, this wouldn't have even happened. Even with a lot of work, can a person really deserve so much more money than an average person. And worse, grandpa Getty didn't even made himself, he inherited his wealth. A lot of rules to gain or to keep power are twisted.

[@capysarah]

"Earning" his fortune certainly didn't make Sr. a better person

[@davidlucey1311]

I heard a lot of people say that they are opposed to inheritance. How many of them would refuse an inheritance, large or small?

[@philippebrehier7386]

@@davidlucey1311 In France, Mélenchon suggested, for inheritances over 2 000 000 €, to gather the extra part and share the amount between children who don't have one, to pay university and afferent expenses. Quite a good idea in my opinion.

[@Batsygirl84]

While I think it's heartless towards his grandson to not pay the ransom I understand it too. If he paid none of his family would ever be safe.

[@JOEFABULOUS.]

Yet he ended up paying

[@bresams2917]

Right. I believe in his theory, if he paid right away they would have kidnapped everybody!

[@lauren3173]

Or he could have just paid the ransom and then for security for his family in the future. But unfortunately I don’t think he actually cared about them.

[@bakuramutsadavid3292]

Atleast you have been able to look into the other side of the story.

[@radfem28]

I get it when self made rich people are kinda greedy. They work for their money and is unfair that their sons, and grandsons inherent all the money without any effort. Paul was a good example of a lazy man, that go to parties and claim to do activism as a work. But not paying for the ransom was just evil

[@SingersDream]

The fact it took 5 months for his freedom. That poor boy. 😭😭

[@pamelamays4186]

J. Paul should have paid the ransom. Charging interest on the borrowed random funds was messed up. Even J.R. Ewing wouldn't have stooped that low.

[@fone9665]

A bloody awful, terrible moment in time. I was just 5, when it happened, but grew up fascinated by the whole horrific kidnapping, the pure EVIL of that family... As a child of a loving, giving family, it was completely unfathomable to me, and like many people of that era, fell a little in love with the brave, artistic, hippy, with the beautiful hair, looks, and style.... Of course he should have paid the ransom, a mere drop 💧 in the ocean of that man's fortune, that would have saved his Grandson's life, health and happiness....

[@JohnDaker_singer]

I don’t think I would’ve paid either. Paying that ransom would be an invitation for every kidnapper on earth to start grabbing his grandchildren.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

B.s. excuses when immediate family is in danger

[@pinkbellycustoms2545]

“Original recipe John Paul Geddy” 💀

[@oafishblowfish8951]

What a lovely person Getty sr. was, and well loved as well, which his numerous marriages will attest to. Good thing these individuals aren`t able to buy immortality. Should there be such a location dubbed Hell, he`ll hopefully be quite crispy by now.

[@BlackBellyDanceCandy]

Grandpa left money to the women 🤷🏾‍♀️🤣

[@chrissyknowsitall5170]

Hello Weird History. Can you do a video about Bobby Sands and the 10 hungerstrikers from 1981 Ireland. Please

[@DukeRaul]

I can't help but to wonder if the kidnappers were listening to " Stuck in the Middle with You' when they cut off Gettys ear. 😁

[@N_0968]

😂Oh you!

[@jeffnaslund]

This happens when you value money and possessions above family

[@nickd3157]

Still can’t believe he refused to pay the ransom until he figured out exactly how much can be tax deductible. If you want a comedic take on this story check out Qxir his channel has funny takes on a bunch of stuff including this topic, I digress however, thx weird history, keep em coming!

[@chudleyflusher7132]

Love the Qxir!

[@jp9707]

And then charged his own son 4% interest on the ransom money to get back his grandson. Heartless.

[@kevinhealey6540]

He said in his autobiography that he refused to pay the ransom because: (1) if he had paid the money, he would place his children, as well as his grandchildren, in danger for a potential kidnappings (2) he thought the chances were best for the his grandson's release if he did not pay (3) it would also lessen the risk of other family members being kidnapped had he not paid. He did pay when his grandson's ear was cut off.

[@raygreen5926]

You should do a feature on the Baekeland family, both rich and doomed that culminated in Riker's Island in 1981 ♟⚱

[@mats7492]

What a lovely family🤢

[@Codehead3]

Wow! I didn’t know he died so recently and that a movie was made about him!

[@professorsprout3382]

I had 3 wealthy doctors in the family one was an obgyn when I was 19 I asked for help emotionally not even financial yet, uncle Johns answer the OBGYN was, Oh, you are having the baby, well the world needs street sweepers. That said I can't wait to see the Getty in LA and it does have a free day. Wealthy people are bastards when Harvey died with 5 mil he left my brother who did kiss his ass 4 used t-shirts with holes after promising to pay for our college. What a guy. Narcissism and class prejudice is real even in the same family.

[@thegreencat9947]

My dad told me if I needed help...." go scrub a floor". And if I ever came home, he'd kill me. Rich or poor....they don't want to give....emotionally or financially. 🤣

[@thegreencat9947]

@Brenda Callahan well....as they say " you can't pick your family...but you can pick your friends. All taken care of...better than the originals.😀

[@magovenor]

I remember the news of the kidnapping. It was announced on my birthday. When we heard that his grandfather refused to pay the ransom and then they cut off his ear, brutal and cold blooded.

[@davidking4779]

Getty's son did allow his grandson to live in risky environments which led to his kidnapping.

[@14Aymara]

Interesting and sad story. Very good video, thank you !.

[@jacobfield4848]

John Paul Getty III was a front man for the Bankers. Not sure how much of that money was his.

[@maggiemae7539]

Not much at all

[@kariannecrysler640]

This reminds me of my family interactions with money! LOL. Interest and all😂

[@thelthrythquezada8397]

9:15 Dude I can not with you, I quit right now! He just referred to the old guy as "Original Recipe J. Paul Getty"!

[@0Flow0]

Everyone sounds dumb in this situation

[@ericad8616]

J Paul Getty was a horrible person. His initial refusal to pay the ransom because he didn't want to encourage other kidnappings makes sense and might be excusable. However, negotiating the ransom to an amount that he could write the bulk off of as a tax deduction, then not only requiring his son to pay him back the remainder, but charging him interest on top of that, are the acts of a selfish, cold-hearted monster.

[@laurieb3703]

You summed up my thoughts perfectly!

[@craigfazekas3923]

The popular punchline of many a '70s black sitcom: "J. Paul Ghetto"..... 🚬😎

[@ivareskesner2019]

They clearly hadn't read the combined works of the renowned skeliteers and misanthropists Twoimb Pullbuckle and Munt Noozle. They give you a whole new perspective on gamlabism, pernimery and braise.

[@hennesey8]

I'm sorry, what are you referring to?

[@Me-qp8vz]

WTF?

[@Me-qp8vz]

@@hennesey8 I don't think he knows.

[@ivareskesner2019]

@@hennesey8 Why, the sedelsaries and bridamen of the Twoimbist school of thought, of course. The original methusalists. Maybe you've heard of their counterparts, Yokel Brundi or Pitlirry Shvik?

[@ivareskesner2019]

@@Me-qp8vz Oh, the naivety of youth...such pesticulance...

[@GregHuffman1987]

ohh yeh ive heard of that movie when it was in the news when kevin spacey was replaced with Christopher Plummer or whoever

[@tcschenks]

There was a pretty good movie about that a few years ago starring Christopher Plummer.

[@ivareskesner2019]

What about Bern Grambit or Clemoncery Kip? Were they in it too?

[@blackguyofthesouth2161]

All the Money in the World

[@alexanderveritas]

His grandfather might have been a greedy bastard, but that fool had it coming. Arranging a kidnapping with the _Italian Mafia,_ that’s one hell of a stupid deal to do.

[@trixiern8094]

I would like to see you do the DuPont/Foxcatcher debacle please.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

The original Mr. Burns. Frank Sinatra paid a lot of money to get Frank, Jr. back, although I do agree with not negotiating kidnappers and terrorists.

[@feliciajenkins5041]

I wonder if he was the inspiration of Mr. Burns. What a horrible human.

[@sandiangel]

If u ever get to LA, go to Getty Museum in Brentwood. It's beautiful. And there's the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu.

[@xtina__32]

That grandfather was a terrible man 😩

[@tremorsfan]

There's another side to the story about the payphone. It seems that when the house was being renovated the construction workers would start making long distance calls just so they could brag about calling from Getty's phone. If construction workers started stealing food from me, I'd put a lock on the fridge.

[@ImNotaRussianBot]

Being the offspring of such a monster would really screw up anyone.

[@nikkicat254]

Yes he should have and though it's nice to give to charity, though that depends on the so called charity, like giving the a church, I find wealthy people who leave nothing to their family, even when their kids and grandkids are no worse then them and sometimes nowhere near as bad, if bad at all, part of their greed and proof of their selfishness, they know they can't take it with them, but there is no way they are going to share it with their family! Same goes with those who raise their kids giving them everything they ask for and then whether they're good kids or not, they decide all of a sudden they are going to cut them loose, if they have a trust fund or an allowance or whatever, they just stop giving them anything, if they were paying their rent or insurance on cars or even healthcare, they just stop it, and say they want their kids to go out and do what they did, make them have to struggle, to work for their money, all that shit! After they let them live off of them for their whole lives and now they're 18 or 25 or whatever, they decide they need to teach them a lesson! But shouldn't they have thought of that when they were still kids? Instead of spoiling them their whole lives and then all of sudden you take it all away, many times on a whim! They and others think of it as a noble action, but it's not, it's stupid, and I think often times they probably just doing it to see them have to struggle the way they did when they were in their 20s, and other times it's because the kids is into drugs and drinking and partying, but the kid isn't the only one at fault, and seeing as there have been so many stories of this happening with rich peoples kids, but then they act like they're surprised, all they had to do is spend some time with their kids, instead of out partying themselves, but with other rich assholes, that they are just trying to impress, it's not part of their jobs or anything, it's just because it makes them feel special, to hang out with these other rich people, even though they can't even stand them, and the rich people can't even stand them either! They could just spend time with their kids instead, to teach them good values, no not the right wing family values crap, just values, right and wrong, normal stuff! Well whatever!

[@alanhyt79]

Extreme wealth seems to create nothing but misery for the wealthy and those around them.

[@cecemepls0]

He had to pay back the ransom for his own kidnapping???? Then when his father helped him front it, he charged him interest on it???? My god….this really goes to show that money does not mean happiness….he grew up privileged, but he clearly must have felt so completely unloved 🥺 That really breaks my heart…not only must he have felt that his family didn’t care if he died, but even when he got back safely, they cared more about the money it cost to save him….they probably cared more about the bad press than him. How horrific….

[@kimberlyweaver1285]

Claimed it on his taxes lol

[@GregHuffman1987]

woah i had just seen the kidnapping of the lindbergh baby on this channel then see this is on newer videos... all while reading about both cases in my book that has a chapter on kidnapping

[@bonitamojica5254]

Bunch of psychopaths..

[@mildredlackey1938]

I think he was in on the kidnapping of him self, money is so very evil ,

[@RavensGohst]

Jonestown is what I like to see you guys do. Love this channel

[@kevinsconcealment870]

Your 19 year old daughter wants to go to Mexico alone. You plead with her that it's complete insanity but she insists that she has to get out and live her life without being scared and you can't overprotect her forever, and besides the odds of something bad happening are so slim. Then she calls, she's been nabbed by cartels of course. Do you pay or tell her to work it off?

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@walcoman]

I'd definitely be surrounded with lotsa huge drinking buddies, picking up the tab for looking out for my rich ass.

[@lenevee4925]

We all know a penny pincher but JPGI was the worst! My goodness, if shrewd, cheapskate or scrooge was a person...

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🗞️

[@Tammissa]

Why do the greedy miserable stingy people seems to be filthy rich? So does being the nice guy get you anywhere? Mental piece of mind that your a good person is what the nice guy gets. I can live with that.

[@patbest7057]

Thought billionaire Howard Hughes also interesting odd ways Hughes unlike Getty had no kids and grankids to worry about taking any money

[@Zenithxblack]

have you covered the Lindbergh baby yet?

[@songbird9683]

What a horrible grandfather.

[@paranormallook8357]

Wow!!! after watching this, I'm looking like "Father of the year" At least I would PAY my son's kidnappers, AFTER I started a Go Fund Me page, of course

[@ulysse21]

getty images' business model is based on monopoly and monopolization of what was already available for free or at low cost. A company built by a rich kid who didn't know what to do with his money. Symptom of bottomless greed mentality

[@mikshinee87]

I have a millionaire in my family. In fact, he is my father's uncle and my godfather. It was a bad decision to pick him. I saw him maybe three times in my life. He is a man so afraid that somebody is going to ask him for money he avoids his relatives. When I met him he spent the whole evening talking about the best golf courses as if that would interest a sixteen-year-old girl. My family is OK financially and never intended to ask him for any cash, there simply weren't any other men available at the time of my birth to take part in my baptism. Now being almost 80 he is a sad, sad man wearing a bathrobe all day and not stepping outside his villa. All alone. I can only imagine how a billionaire would act.

[@studiosinger]

Proves the love of money is the root of all evil. They all end up in eternal hell.

[@robertmm1379]

I don't think he was 100%wrong about not paying.

[@jticklemaker1265]

Yes we can imaging him disapproving his grandson dropping out of school, disapproving moving the family to Rome etc. We always talk about him because he was rich, but what about JP junior, the father, isn’t he supposed to be responsible for his minor son ? Too easy to put the blame and the old man and ignoring all the rest

[@chanelfitzgerald]

Is this Balthazar Getty's father? Very rich people are screwed up, but I think if I had so much money, I would be paranoid someone would fleece me.