The Kidnapping and Murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. - Part IV: The Crime of the Century | Ep. 28

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