• Kidnapping victim Jack Teich writes about terrifying ordeal in new book

    Kidnapping victim Jack Teich writes about terrifying ordeal in new book

    It was 1974. Jack Teich. Kidnapped at his LI home. The $750,000 ransom (equal to today’s $4 mil) never fully recovered — although now he has. I know Jack Teich. He’s my friend lawyer Barry Slotnick’s friend, and he’s now out with just-published “Operation Jacknap: A True Story of Kidnapping, Extortion, Ransom, and Rescue.” Why …
  • Singer Duffy shares harrowing details of past rape, kidnapping

    Singer Duffy shares harrowing details of past rape, kidnapping

    Duffy is finally breaking her silence about the details of her horrifying experience surviving rape and kidnapping. The “Mercy” singer wrote in a 3,600-word blog post on Sunday that she was motivated to speak out amid the coronavirus pandemic to serve as a “momentary distraction” or “some comfort that one can come out of darkness.” …
  • 40 years ago, an NYC gunman had one request: ‘Desperado’

    40 years ago, an NYC gunman had one request: ‘Desperado’

    Forty years ago, on the morning of March 20, 1980, Morty Gilbert was sitting in his Midtown office at Elektra Asylum Records when a stranger arrived in his doorway. The man was wearing a down jacket and jeans. He carried a briefcase. “He looked very average,” Gilbert, the record company’s then-sales manager, recalled. “He seemed to …