EP01 | The Broken Window

About this episode

The episode explores the infamous Lindbergh kidnapping case and the conspiracy theories surrounding it.

One night in March 1932, the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh is taken from his nursery. A warped window, a ladder, and a ransom note mark the beginning of a case that will grip the world and launch a hundred conspiracy theories. Ninety-four years later, we return to the scene of the crime to ask: What really happened that night? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Joe Nocera

Topics covered

• Lindbergh kidnapping
• conspiracy theories
• historical investigation
• crime
• aviation history

Keywords

• Lindbergh
• kidnapping
• conspiracy
• crime scene
• aviator
• ransom note
• historical investigation

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