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The FBI’s Phoenix office on Wednesday said some ransom notes relating to the February disappearance of Nancy Guthrie were potentially “legitimate,” while others have been discounted as “extortion attempts.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Law enforcement consultants, media and citizen sleuths have been poring over the case with no success - and details made public this week from ransom notes raise only more questions.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

NBC’s “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie made a tearful, emotional plea Tuesday after revelations that a second ransom note sent following her mother’s abduction revealed she died sometime after the abduction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

In a March interview with NBC, Guthrie said several ransom notes were sent, and said she believed some of them were not real.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

"No offense meant, lad. How would you calculate a proper ransom?"

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

It was definitely not cheap paying off these pirates, whether it was ransoms or tariffs.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Paying ransoms has been made illegal in Nigeria, although there are allegations this ban has been widely ignored.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

Police advise not to pay ransoms as it further fuels the cyber-crime ecosystem.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

These types of attacks are an issue for organisations around the country, with organised cyber-crime gangs earning hundreds of millions of pounds from ransoms every year.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

The King of England had ordered that there were to be no ransoms in hit sort of battle.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

King Richard was captured on his way back from the Middle East and ransomed for 150,000 silver marks—approximately three times the annual income of the English Crown.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

After two were released for medical reasons and three others ransomed by a third party for an undisclosed amount, the remaining 12 went free Dec. 16 after what they described as an overnight escape.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

When Lele Pons was 5 years old, she and her mother, who is Italian and a pediatrician, were kidnapped and ransomed, a common occurrence in some parts of Latin America.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2019

“On one side was the Kenyan state that harassed and ransomed the refugees with impunity,” Mr. Rawlence writes, when he finally indulges the metaphor in full.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2016

I never distinguished myself again, and each defeat meant the loss of another charger arid another suit of jousting armor, which must needs he ransomed or replaced.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The Talmud, a set of commentaries on the Torah, specifically condones ransoming of hostages as a communal responsibility, and many ancient scholars considered being hostage a fate worse than death.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

Experts say the trend towards ransoming sensitive private information could affect companies not just operationally but through reputation damage.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2021

Heinkel and Borelli are accused in a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in late March of improperly impounding Bird’s scooters and then ransoming them back to the $2 billion company.

From The Verge ● Jul. 24, 2019

Simone’s situation sounds dramatic enough to hold an episode of “Homeland” — in fact, the ransoming of Carrie Mathison’s top-secret computer files drove a plot point on the Showtime series last season.

From Fox News ● Oct. 12, 2018

Captain Cox and Basil Ringmore took him with them after the sacking of Hilo in 1679, to come to terms with the Spanish cavalry over the ransoming of a sugar mill.

From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Gosse, Philip