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The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: The OG “Crime of the Century”

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

Society & Culture, History, Tv & Film

4.6764 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Before O.J., before JonBenét, there was the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. When Charles Lindbergh’s baby was kidnapped in 1932, it became the story that stopped the world. In this episode, we dive into how the “crime of the century” reshaped American law, created modern celebrity obsession, and revealed the darker side of the man once hailed as a hero. Created and produced by Claire Donald and Tess Bellomo For more RAM GO HERE Join our premium channel for 3 bonus eps a month ⁠here⁠ and save 15% when you buy annually! SOURCES: History's Greatest Mysteries , The New York Times, Wikipedia, The New York Times, Charles Lindbergh Wiki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Thank you. Okay, Tess, we are talking about a very spooky, spooky story today. It is the OG crime of the century.

1:41.5

We are talking about the Lindberg baby kidnapping. Never heard of it. Don't know a single thing about it,

2:01.9

which I always think is so fun when we start at like a Bay Zero. Same, but everyone else is like, holy should, I can't believe you're doing this. And I'm like, where have I been? Well, I think actually you're not alone. I mean, it happened in the 30s. It happened a very long time ago. And it does seem more of like a subject for the history slash true crime girlies, not just a true crime girlies.

2:04.3

Okay, we're getting a little bit of everything.

2:08.6

We really are. So should we just get into it? Tell me about it.

2:13.9

All right, Tess. Nearly a hundred years ago, the Lindberg case was known as the crime of the century. Before John B'enay, before the OJ trial, we had the Lindberg baby kidnapping.

2:19.6

A bebe. Bebe. So on March 1st, 1932, a toddler was taken from his crib in an upstairs bedroom

2:26.7

of a farmhouse in East Amwell, New Jersey. But it wasn't just any toddler. It was the son of famed

2:33.1

aviator, Charles Lindbergberg and his wife, Anne.

2:36.2

The abduction sent off a nationwide hunt to find both the kidnapper and the Bay Bay.

2:41.4

I just made that connection yesterday.

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