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Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb 1924 - ... "trial of the century." A trial that involved the kidnapping and murder of a 14-year old boy from one of Chicago's prominent families, a bizarre relationship between 2 scholars-turned-murderers. The kidnapping of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.-- Baby Charlie had a cold in February, 1932. On March 1, his parents, Charles and Anne spent the evening at home in Hopewell, New Jersey. Betty Gow, Charlie's nurse, rubbed medication on the baby's chest to relieve congestion. At about 7:30 PM, Betty and Anne put Charlie Jr. to bed. At 10 p.m., Betty discovered Charlie was gone. The Case That Never Dies: The Lindbergh Kidnapping -- by Lloyd C. Gardner -- Charles Lindbergh's baby was taken from his home near Hopewell, New Jersey, in 1932, during the Great Depression when kidnapping neared epidemic proportions. Despite the publicity many controversies surround the "Crime of the Century." A comprehensive study of the investigation, and trial, in the context of the Depression, when many feared the country was on the edge of anarchy, historian Lloyd C. Gardner delves into Lindbergh's dealings with crime baron Owney Madden, Al Capone's New York counterpart, through gangland intermediaries, and the exploits of John Condon, a retired schoolteacher who became the prosecution's chief witness. The investigation was hampered by Colonel Lindbergh, who insisted police not attempt to find the perpetrator because he feared it would endanger his son. He relented when the child was found dead. After two years, a German immigrant, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death. Gardner pays attention to the evidence and how it was misused in the trial. Gardner concludes that there was insufficient evidence to convict. Never-before-used FBI records reveal animosity between J. Edgar Hoover and Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the New Jersey State Police. 1954 -- Captive for 64 Hours, Wealthy Realtor Saved. Realtor Leonard Moskowitz kidnapped; journalists are in on the story but keep it out of the press to lessen the danger to his life. Newsreel story.
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City Confidential: Austin - Empty Graves -- Austin, Texas is the capital of the Lone Star State. A high-tech, metropolis that's part Silicon Valley, part political hot spot, and part old-fashioned, hard-partying college town. But while Austin may be progressive compared to the rest of the state, not everyone in town is liberal. The capital's location puts it squarely in the Bible Belt, and the tension between the left and right is clear and constant. 1995, folks on both sides of the ideological divide were left speechless when the city's most audacious left-wing agitator vanished. Her disappearance eventually broadened into an international investigation. An incredible story of tax evasion, kidnapping and murder. |