Charles Lindbergh Kidnapping

“Don’t be realistic and don’t do your best. Strive to be perfect and do better than your best”. Charles Lindbergh lived by this adage during his lifetime, back in the early to mid-1900s. Charles Lindbergh was world famous for flying the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean. He was the hero of the world and everyone wanted to meet him. While he was basking in his glory, he married a woman named Anne Morrow Lindbergh. On June 22, 1930, they had a little boy named Charles Lindbergh Jr. who was kidnapped and murdered when he was almost two on the evening of March 1, 1932. This event became the case of the century. A Cryptic ransom note demanding $50,000 was left on the window sill in the baby’s nursery, along with a ladder leaning against
The evening his son was abducted, Charles Lindbergh missed an appointment and stayed home. The same evening, Lindbergh had scheduled a speaking engagement in New York. He usually went to the appointments on time, but this time he came back from work in New York City and didn’t go to the dinner to speak. Lindbergh said that he “forgot the commitment”. However, he could have stayed home to conduct the kidnapping from inside the house. The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: Background Information states, “About 15 minutes before Charles Lindbergh arrived home, Anne thought she had heard a car in the gravel driveway. She looked but didn’t see anything, and the dog had not barked.” When the police asked Charles Lindbergh why his dog didn’t bark, Lindbergh said his dog wouldn’t hear someone who was being quiet. But, the dog might not have barked because it knew the person. If Charles Lindbergh missed the meeting to conduct the kidnapping, the dog would recognize its owner and would not bark. On the contrary, he could have stayed home because he was not feeling well. A key point is that he could have stayed home any other day, but he was home the day his son was seized and murdered. Coincidence? Some think not. Where some see coincidence, others see a conspiracy. In addition, the Lindbergh family usually spent their weekdays at their house in Englewood, but since little Charlie had a cold they decided to stay in their Hopewell house. Only a few people knew they were in their Hopewell house that Tuesday: Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and the maids. One of the maids, Violet Sharpe, had killed herself when the police questioned her about the kidnapping. Many say that she was guilty of accidentally giving out information about where the family was staying, but others say that Charles Lindbergh was blackmailing her for something else. Unlike the rest of the household, Lindbergh knew one important detail.