{"id":28611,"date":"2021-10-29T15:43:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=28611"},"modified":"2021-10-29T15:43:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:43:05","slug":"uncover-the-story-behind-the-wimbledon-kidnapping-the-first-ransom-case-that-galvanized-modern-great-britain-debuting-exclusively-on-sundance-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/29\/uncover-the-story-behind-the-wimbledon-kidnapping-the-first-ransom-case-that-galvanized-modern-great-britain-debuting-exclusively-on-sundance-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncover the Story Behind “The Wimbledon Kidnapping,” The First Ransom Case That Galvanized Modern Great Britain, Debuting Exclusively on Sundance Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> 50 years ago, Muriel McKay had been mistaken for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s wife and was being held for ransom by the mafia – so the headlines claimed. But the following negotiation, investigation, and trial presented a very different version of events. The key players in this astonishing crime story speak out for the first time in the exclusive documentary, The Wimbledon Kidnapping<\/em><\/strong>, debuting in the US on Sundance Now on Tuesday, November 16.<\/p>\n

Britain’s first-ever hostage and ransom case galvanized the nation in 1969. McKay’s mysterious disappearance confounded the police, Fleet Street, and hundreds of clairvoyants in their search for the respectable 55-year-old housewife. Taking place in the last days of the 1960s – a decade defined by the potency of tabloid press, the arrival of the Windrush generation, and challenges to the established social order – two Indo-Trinidadian brothers were eventually convicted of Muriel McKay’s murder. But 50 years on, the search for the truth continues. The Wimbledon Kidnapping<\/em> examines the extraordinary case that reflected the contemporary winds of change in British society.<\/p>