The Kidnapping and Murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr.- Part I: The Lone Eagle and The Eaglet |Ep. 25

Charles A. Lindbergh went from international hero to a father facing unimaginable heartbreak. After his historic transatlantic flight, Charles and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, struggled to escape the relentless public attention that came with fame. The Lindbergh's retreated to the New Jersey countryside, where the secluded home they hoped would become their sanctuary would instead become the setting for one of the most infamous crimes in American history. In Part I, we trace the lives of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, the extraordinary fame that followed them, and the circumstances leading up to the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping... a crime that would captivate a nation. 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