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THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING |
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At about 9 p.m. on March 1, 1932, a ladder was leaned up against the home of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne near Hopewell, New Jersey. Within minutes, their 20-month-old son was gone. What followed was a massive investigation, led by New Jersey State Police. The kidnapper left a ransom note on the nursery window sill—see above—demanding $50,000. The clumsy, misspelled handwriting of the note, and of ones that followed, were reproduced and widely distributed on posters to law enforcement. Read the whole story of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
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