A famous aviator’s child is taken from his crib, a ransom note appears, and America is pulled into the case that became known as the crime of the century. The Lindbergh Baby tells the haunting story of the Lindbergh kidnapping and the search for Charles Lindbergh Jr.
The Lindbergh Baby follows Charles Lindbergh’s fame, the ransom notes, the ladder, the national search, the media frenzy, the arrest and trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, and the lingering questions that made the case one of the most infamous chapters in American crime history. We look at why the kidnapping gripped the country and how it changed the way high-profile crimes were investigated, reported and remembered.
This true crime podcast episode uses historical true crime, historical crime stories, famous trials, true crime cases, famous disappearances and what really happened to revisit a case that shaped modern American crime coverage. The Lindbergh Baby remains a story about celebrity, fear, justice, doubt and the unbearable vulnerability of public life.
Resources and Further Reading
- “The Lindbergh Case” by Jim Fisher
- “Crime of the Century” by Gregory Ahlgren and Stephen Monier
- “Lindbergh” by A. Scott Berg
- “The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping” FBI.gov
- “The Dark Corners of the Lindbergh Kidnapping” by Michael Melsky
Host & Show Info
- Hosts: Kyle Risi & Adam Cox
- Intro Music: Alice in dark Wonderland
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