A Ladder At The Window
True Crime Historian
Richard O Jones
4.4 • 729 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Episode 113 came about because of a listener request. Indeed, several people have asked for this, one of the rare cases that really earned the title “Crime of the Century.” The baby Lindbergh, son of an American aviation hero, “the little eaglet,” was one of America’s most-loved babies of his day, and that helped make his short life one of legend. So the newspapers went over every little detail of the case and assigned their ace reporters to cover every aspect.
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| 0:00.0 | Popular.com |
| 0:04.0 | A ladder at the window, the Lindberg tragedy. |
| 0:15.0 | Englewood, New Jersey, June 23rd, 1930. |
| 0:24.7 | Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindberg are the parents of a son. |
| 0:32.5 | The baby, weighing 7 and 3.3.4 pounds, was born at 3.15 p.m. yesterday in the home where his mother, |
| 0:40.7 | the former Anne Morrow, was born. She became a mother on her 24th birthday. Aside from the statement of the baby's birth and his weight, no details of the event were forthcoming from the household of Mrs. Lindberg's |
| 0:46.6 | parents, Ambassador and Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, except the statement that mother and baby are resting |
| 0:52.6 | comfortably. |
| 0:59.0 | News of the arrival of the Lindbergh air spread rapidly to all parts of the country into foreign shores, and within a short time a parade of messengers with congratulatory |
| 1:04.2 | messages and bearing flowers began to arrive at the morrow home. |
| 1:09.2 | Radio stations interrupted their programs to broadcast news of the |
| 1:13.0 | event, which has been awaited with lively interest for several weeks. A name had not been announced |
| 1:18.9 | for the new arrival, but Charles A. Lindberg Jr. for his father, or Dwight Morrow Lindbergh after |
| 1:24.8 | his grandfather, were mentioned as probable choices. |
| 1:28.7 | The only description of the baby was the statement of a servant in the Morrow household who was |
| 1:34.0 | quoted as saying that he, quote, looks like his father, unquote. He has blonde hair and blue eyes. |
| 1:41.3 | Ambassador Morrow, his wife and other members of the family were at home when the baby arrived. |
| 1:47.0 | Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh, the Flyer's mother, was expected to come from her home in |
| 1:52.3 | Gross Point, Detroit. A few friends drove in to offer their congratulations, but only those known to the |
| 1:58.7 | guards were admitted through the gate. There was a steady stream of outsiders who had heard the news and were anxious to tell the Lindbergs how glad they were, but the guards turned them away. |
| 2:09.6 | It was understood that a birthday party for Mrs. Lindberg had been planned for yesterday, but the plans were called off at the last moment. |
| 2:21.2 | There were a few guests at the house before the baby's birth was announced. |
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