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Jul 2022
52m 37s

The Murder of the Lindbergh Baby

WONDERY | TREEFORT MEDIA
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Former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong digs into the kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby. Candice delves into what was then called the "crime of the century" and what could have motivated Bruno Hauptmann to take the baby of one of the most famous figures of the time.


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