The wealthy businessman character of Sam Pendlebury is a combination of historical kidnap victims William Hamm and Edward Bremer whom the Barker gang kidnapped in 1933 and 1934 respectively.
ðə wˈɛlθi bˈɪznəsmən kˈæɹɪktɚɹ ʌv sˈæm pˈɛndəlbˌɛɹi ɪz ɐ kˌɑːmbᵻnˈeɪʃən ʌv hɪstˈɔːɹɪkəl kˈɪdnæp vˈɪktɪmz wˈɪljəm hˈæm ænd ˈɛdwɚd bɹˈɛmɚ hˈuːm ðə bˈɑːɹkɚ ɡˈæŋ kˈɪdnæpt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi θɹˈiː ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi fˈoːɹ ɹᵻspˈɛktɪvli.