On this day, Nov. 8, in 1973, the ear belonging to the kidnapped grandson of an American-born billionaire was delivered to an Italian newspaper with a ransom note asking for $3.2 million.

Jean Paul Getty III had been kidnapped in July while in Rome. His father was sent a ransom note demanding $17 million, but because the teenager was so rebellious, his family believed it was an attempt to extract cash from his rich grandfather and the ransom went unpaid.