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John Stamos’ Sinatra-kidnapping podcast is so wild that ‘you can’t believe it’

LOS ANGELES — John Stamos has been flexing new muscles lately — his podcasting muscles. The actor and musician is narrator of “The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra,” a 14-episode series that hit Wondery and all podcast platforms Tuesday after premiering ad-free earlier this month on Wondery+. With it, Stamos finally brings to fruition the story of Barry Keenan, one of the men who kidnapped ...

LOS ANGELES — John Stamos has been flexing new muscles lately — his podcasting muscles.

The actor and musician is narrator of “The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra,” a 14-episode series that hit Wondery and all podcast platforms Tuesday after premiering ad-free earlier this month on Wondery+.

With it, Stamos finally brings to fruition the story of Barry Keenan, one of the men who kidnapped Frank Sinatra Jr. in 1963 when the son of legendary singer Frank Sinatra was 19.

It’s a tale that Stamos, star of the new Disney+ teen comedy “Big Shot,” got access to in an only-in-Hollywood kind of way. And

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