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The Grand Scheme

Spoke Media

New episodes come out every Tuesday for free, with access to binge all episodes ad-free now for Wondery+ subscribers.Hosted and narrated by John Stamos, The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra i...

Episodes

13 episodes

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 10: The Rights

Back on the streets after four and a half years behind bars, Barry gets right back to scheming. Before long, he finds himself rich with casi...

39:20Sep 21, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 9: The Stunt

Barry's trial is an overnight circus, and the evidence against him is overwhelming. But when Junior takes the stand and reveals his complian...

32:48Sep 14, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 8: The Bust

Barry makes one last attempt to ride off into the sunset with Pam, but by the time he makes it to her house, she's got company. And it turns...

29:15Sep 7, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 7: The Proceeds

While hiding out at a friend's house, Barry counts out cash as the plot thickens around him. He's lost track of his accomplices, and when he...

30:17Aug 31, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 6: Heavenly Valley

Barry and Pam sneak back into his hotel room in Lake Tahoe to clean up the evidence he mistakenly left behind the previous night. The place...

25:34Aug 24, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 5: Strangers in the Night

With Junior successfully nabbed at last, Barry and Joe make a death-defying escape from Lake Tahoe in the middle of a blizzard. Junior prove...

26:43Aug 17, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 4: The Pick-Up

Junior's about to head to Europe for a run of concerts, and there's no way Barry can afford to follow him there. After multiple failed attem...

35:10Aug 10, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 3: Just Play Along

Having scraped together some cash and settled on Frank Sinatra, Jr. as his target, Barry assembles his rogues gallery of accomplices. In sho...

31:37Aug 3, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 2: A Plan of Operation

Bestowed by God with a divine prophecy for his salvation, Barry heads to a local bar to brainstorm his kidnapping. Deploying the business st...

24:23Jul 27, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Chapter 1: God on the Radio

A young Barry Keenan becomes obsessed with salvation after an angel appears to him in his mother's basement. Convinced by the nuns at his Ca...

33:21Jul 27, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Smoke One For Me, Johnny

Series writer Sam Dingman joins John for a discussion about John's early interactions with the legend of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, how...

29:23Jul 12, 2021

Snatching Sinatra | Dippy Dean and the Safe Deposit Box

John talks to Dean Torrence, Barry Keenan's high school buddy and fellow Baron. Dean tells the story of his harrowing visit from the FBI in...

24:46Jul 12, 2021

Introducing "The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra"

In 1963, Barry Keenan was broke, alone, and desperate to save his family from personal and financial ruin. In a final "Hail Mary" attempt to...

02:12Jul 11, 2021