Charles Lindbergh Conspiracy Theory

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Who kidnapped Charles Lindbergh’s infant son is a question that remains a mystery even today. What really happened on the evening of March 1, 1932 at the Lindbergh estate in Hopewell, New Jersey has been a subject of discussion for more than seventy five years. It is true that one man, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, tried, convicted, and executed for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. However, there have been so many suspects, investigations, conspiracy theories, and corruption surrounding the disappearance and murder of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.; it is difficult to pin the crime on just one individual. With researching the Lindbergh Case, I scoured through numerous websites with information on the case, I recall seeing …show more content…

Our nation was suffering through the moral and political corruption brought about by prohibition and the exploits of organized crime.” (Falzini 1) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh rose to international fame and was idealized as an American hero after becoming the first aviator to make a solo flight nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris, France. At the time of the kidnapping in March 1932, the Colonel and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, were residing in the Morrow Family Mansion called Next Day Hill in Englewood, New Jersey. The Lindbergh’s had been spending weekends in their newly built four hundred acre estate in Hopewell, New Jersey. On the day of the kidnapping, the Lindbergh’s were still at their estate in Hopewell due to baby Charles still recovering from a cold and not at the Morrow Mansion as they typically would be during the week. Sometime between 8:00pm and 10:00pm when the nursemaid, Betty Gow, checked on Charles Jr., the baby was kidnapped. When police were alerted, they noticed one of the windows in the baby’s room was closed but a shutter standing wide open. They discovered a handmade ladder that was used to reach the bedroom window. Upon further inspection, part of the ladder was broken. The theory was that the kidnapper made their way up the ladder but then the ladder gave way and broke on the way down carrying the infant. The Police found a white envelope containing a ransom note on the window sill above the radiator. The note demanded money for the safe return of the

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