In 1963, Frank Sinatra's son was kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of $240,000. All instructions were to be transmitted via a pay phone (it took eight calls). During one conversation, Sinatra ran out of the dimes he'd been dropping into the pay phone. The conversation ended at the most crucial point. This incident had such an impact on Sinatra that he always carried tightly bound stacks of dimes in his pockets. He was buried with change in his pocket.