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After more than two years of searching, investigators believed they had finally found the man responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. In January 1935, Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for the Crime of the Century. Reporters and spectators descended on the small town of Flemington, New Jersey to see the prosecution present its case. Hauptmann maintained his innocence. And after weeks of testimony, his fate was placed in the hands of the jury. But the verdict did not put an end to the Lindbergh case. In the decades that followed, questions about the evidence, the investigation, and what really happened that night at Highfields gave rise to new theories and has turned into the case that refuses to die. Related Reading & Sources The Spirit of St. Louis Charles A. Lindbergh Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh A. Scott Berg Lindbergh: The Crime Noel Behn Little Lindy Is Kidnapped Thomas Doherty Scapegoat: The Lonesome Death of Bruno Richard Hauptmann Anthony Scaduto The Airman and the Carpenter: The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann Ludovic Kennedy The Lindbergh Case Jim Fisher Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax Gregory Ahlgren and Stephen Monier The Case That Never Dies: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Lloyd C. Gardner Cemetery John: The Undiscovered Mastermind of the Lindbergh Kidnapping Robert Zorn The Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away Lise Pearlman NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh’s Baby? PBS, 2013 NOVA | Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby? | Season 40 | Episode 4 | PBS New Jersey v. Bruno Richard Hauptmann — Trial Transcript Collection Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives Collection: New Jersey vs. Hauptmann Trial Transcript | Archives and Special Collections at Rutgers Bruno Hauptmann Trial Excerpts CrimeArchives CrimeArchives: Bruno Hauptmann | Trial Excerpts Listen ad-free on Spotify with a subscription or membership on Patreon: True Crime of the Historical Kind Podcast https://www.patreon.com/truecrimeofthehistoricalkind

The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr. had ended in tragedy. Now, the search for the missing child would become a manhunt for his killer. As investigators encountered one dead end after another, the pressure to solve the Crime of the Century continued to grow. Then, in September 1934, a single gold certificate led them to a suspect. Related Reading: The Spirit of St. Louis By Charles A. Lindbergh Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead By Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh By A. Scott Berg Lindbergh: The Crime By Noel Behn Little Lindy Is Kidnapped By Thomas Doherty The Case That Never Dies By Lloyd C. Gardner The Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away By Lise Pearlman *Listen ad-free on Patreon: True Crime of the Historical Kind Podcast

The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr. became a story that gripped the nation. As Charles and Anne Lindbergh waited desperately for word of their son, ransom notes arrived, intermediaries stepped forward, and a search stretched from the New Jersey countryside to the streets of New York. For more than two months, hope remained that Charlie would be brought home safely. Then, on May 12, 1932, that hope came to a devastating end. Related Reading: The Spirit of St. Louis By Charles A. Lindbergh Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead By Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh By A. Scott Berg Lindbergh: The Crime By Noel Behn Little Lindy Is Kidnapped By Thomas Doherty The Case That Never Dies By Lloyd C. Gardner The Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away By Lise Pearlman *Listen ad-free on Patreon: True Crime of the Historical Kind Podcast

Charles A. Lindbergh went from international hero to a father facing unimaginable heartbreak. He and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, were seeking refuge from the relentless public attention that came with fame. The Lindberghs retreated to the New Jersey countryside, where the secluded home they hoped would be their sanctuary would instead become the setting for one of the most infamous crimes in American history. Related Reading: The Spirit of St. Louis By Charles A. Lindbergh Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead By Anne Morrow Lindbergh Lindbergh By A. Scott Berg Lindbergh: The Crime By Noel Behn Little Lindy Is Kidnapped By Thomas Doherty The Case That Never Dies By Lloyd C. Gardner The Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No. 1: The Man Who Got Away By Lise Pearlman *Listen ad-free on Patreon: True Crime of the Historical Kind Podcast

Few figures in history have inspired more myths, rumors, and legends than Grigory Rasputin. To some, he was a holy man blessed with miraculous healing abilities. To others... he was a manipulative fraud whose negative influence helped bring down an empire. The truth, as it often is, lies somewhere in between... Related Reading: Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs By Douglas Smith The Romanovs: 1613-1918 By Simon Sebag Montefiore Rasputin: The Untold Story By Joseph T. Fuhrmann The Last Days of the Romanovs By Helen Rappaport *Listen ad-free on Patreon: True Crime of the Historical Kind Podcast