[mission9]

If this guy is lying, he is courting one big defamation suit.

[TampaDude]

Let me be the first in this thread to call BS.

[Clemenza]

The kidnapping happened but a mile from where my office now stands.

[beaversmom]

Wow—pretty darned amazing if this turns out to be true. I’m not fluent on the case, but I remember hearing/reading about a lot of doubt regarding Bruno Hauptmann and in fact if the body that was found was truly the Lindbergh baby.

[Krankor]

The ear evidence alone is pretty damning.

[CAWats]

Will this thread survive?

[oprahstheantichrist]

"Charles Jr. has been suing members of the known Lindberg family for more DNA samples, which they refuse to provide. "

All he'd presumably need is a sample from the "second family" in Germany. They'd likely be far more cooperative.

[Ciexyz]

Reminiscent of the numerous Anastasia claimants that came forward after the Tsar and his family were killed.

[dighton]

The author seems to have trouble making up his mind between Lindbergh (correct) and Lindberg.

[Irene Adler]

I have seen the photos of the body of the baby. They are published in some of the books about the kidnapping. You can clearly see that it is the same baby despite the partial decomposition. The baby had a very prominent forehead, curly golden hair, and a deep dimple in the chin (like Charles, Sr.). All are visible in the photo.

Jim Fisher's two books on the kidnapping are definitive. He went right back to the original evidence which is kept in a State Police archive/museum in New Jersey. Don't bother reading anything else about the case. Fisher's investigation was exhaustive, and he has a police investigative background. The baby was killed shortly after the kidnapping, and Hauptmann was clearly guilty.

I also have the book by a highly respected handwriting examiner who testified at the trial that was published after the trial with many photostats of the kidnap letters and Hauptmann's known handwriting. Believe me, they match.

Over the years, there have been many fake Lindbergh babies and many stupid "theories" about the case. This is just one more example.

[Admin Moderator]

The title you created “Did the Lindberg Baby Survive?” was not the published title.

We’re trying to keep duplicate threads to a minimum and would appreciate your use of published titles only.

[Blogger]

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[iowamark]

Many men and some women have made claims to be the Lindbergh baby. Nothing new here.

[joylyn]

I wrote a dual biography of Charles and Anne Lindbergh entitled Loss of Eden, published by HarperCollins in the early 1990’s. After publication, I used to get phone calls from people who claimed to be the Lindbergh baby. One of them was a black woman who claimed that her race and sex had been changed as part of a conspiracy to disguise her identity. She had discovered the truth by doing five hours (!) of research at the New York Public Library. (My own research rarely goes this quickly.)

Never heard of this claimant, but there are still a few of these nuts around.

[laconic]

Hauptmann was guilty as sin, period. He had a record of attempted child kidnapping in Germany before he brought his benighted self to the US. The evidence was overwhelming and when he fried it was one time the State of NJ got it right.

[Badeye]

Has the guy claiming he’s the son of Lindberg given a DNA sample? So called ‘lie detector tests’ especially as designed in the 1970’s are rather easily beaten if you know how they work.

I’m not buying this story unless DNA has been provided.

[streetpreacher]

Fred Thompson was the Lindbergh baby.

[advertising guy]

he made a hell of a case on Coast to Coast and has real (already verified) documents ?!?!

[windcliff]

ping