kidnapped

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Kidnapped by bumbling conspiracy theorists Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis, Michelle stares at her jailer calmly as she pitches them on letting her go.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Her story is being told in a new six-part BBC series, Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024

Also, Game Mechanic Studios will have its HDR10+ gaming title Happy Trails and the Kidnapped Princess on the floor.

From The Verge • Dec. 23, 2021

Or to leap back another year, consider this headline from May 2014: “U.S. Deploys 80 Troops to Chad to Help Find Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls.”

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2016

That night, I read Treasure Island again, and I don’t want to brag, but I’ve read Treasure Island four times and Kidnapped twice and The Black Arrow twice.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt