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True crime can be strangely fascinating.

This true crime is odd, macab, and haunted. I'm Diane, your guide into the shadows.

Welcome to fantastical crime.

Thank you. In 1953, a horrific kidnapping and murder captured the attention of the nation.

The perpetrators were Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Emily Brown-Hedy, and the victim was a sweet and innocent six-year-old boy named Bobby Greenlease.

Bonnie and Carl were put to death in the gas chamber at the Missouri State Penitentiary for their crime, and it would seem that although their bodies left the prison, their spirits have not,

and they continue to haunt the abandoned halls of Death Row.

The 1930s in America was the heyday of kidnapping for ransom with rich families as the target.

In Kansas City alone, three high-profile kidnappings occurred that included a city manager,

the owner of a drug company, and the manager of a garment firm.

The most famous 1930 case was the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, which involved the son of

famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. Lindberg and his wife Anne had retreated to a 390-acre

estate to privatize their lives a bit. Their 20-month-old son, Charles Jr., was kidnapped on the evening of March 1, 1932.

The toddler was taken from his nursery on the second floor.

A ransom note demanding $50,000 was found on the window sill of the nursery.

A ladder had been used to enter the nursery via that window, and it had been

left broken. No evidence was left behind. No fingerprints, no clear footprints, no blood, nothing.

Another ransom note was sent on March 6, demanding $70,000. There would be more notes finalizing

plans for exchanging money for the baby.

A baby sleeper was sent to prove that they had the baby. The Lindbergs paid $50,000,

but no baby was delivered to them, and unfortunately, Charles Jr. was found dead on May 12, 1932.

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