The Kidnapping and Murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. - Part III: Public Enemy No. 1 | Ep. 27

The 1932 kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr. had ended in tragedy. Now, the search for the missing child would become a manhunt for his killer. In Part III, as investigators encountered one dead end after another, the pressure to solve what had become known as the Crime of the Century continued to grow. For more than two years, the investigation into the Lindbergh kidnapping stretched far beyond the New Jersey countryside. Then, in September 1934, a single gold certificate led investigators 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