“He was very, very violent” Peggy Ann Bradnick recounts 1966 kidnapping

“He was very, very violent” Peggy Ann Bradnick recounts 1966 kidnapping

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — It was a case that captured the eyes of the nation. The 1966 kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick kicked off what was at the time the largest manhunt in U.S. history. For eight days, the country held its breath, praying the 17-year-old girl from Shade Gap would be returned safely to her family after she never came home from school. “He was very, very violent,” Peggy Ann Bradnick, now Peggy Jackson, recalls 57 years l…