EPISODE 14: An Aviator King’s Ransom
Paul and Kate go to 1932 New York to cover the kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son. Police track down a suspect, but the case is circumstantial, and the accused is pointing to someone else.
Sources:
“Lindbergh Kidnapping” (FBI)
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping
“Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Case and Its Impact” by John M. Butler (Scientific Working Group DNA Analysis Methods) 2016.
https://strbase.nist.gov/pub_pres/LindberghCase-SWGDAM-July2016.pdf
“The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping” by Lona Manning (Crime Magazine) 2007.
http://www.crimemagazine.com/lindbergh-baby-kidnapping
“The Kidnapping (PBS)
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lindbergh-kidnapping/
“Never-to-be-Forgotten” (Time Magazine) 1932.
“10 Hauptmann Case Jurors, 4 Women, Quickly Chosen; Col. Lindbergh a Spectator” by Russell B. Porter (New York Times) 1935.
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/lindbergh-10jurors.html
“Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped from Bedroom” (The Monmouth Inquirer) 1932.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/376155800/?terms=%22Charles%20Lindburgh%22&match=1
“Month’s searching proves futile for Lindbergh infant” (Associated Press) 1932.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/585656260/?terms=%22Charles%20Lindburgh%22&match=1
“Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped from Home of Parents on Farm Near Princeton” (New York Times) 1932.
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0301.html
“Who Was Detective X?” by Rich Press (NIST) 2017.
https://www.nist.gov/feature-stories/who-was-detective-x
“FBI 100: The Lindbergh Kidnapping” (FBI Archives) 2008.
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2008/march/lindbergh_030308
“How Early Forensic Strategies have been used in the past” (Incognito Forensic Foundation)