Webliography+for+the+Lindbergh+Kidnapping

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 * Webliography **

**These sources provide neutral or balanced coverage of the case: **

**1. The American Experience: Lindbergh: The Kidnapping** (PBS)  @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/sfeature/crime.html  This web page offers a very brief description of the events surrounding the kidnapping and the trial. The coverage is neutral.

**2. The Lindbergh Case: An Exchange** (Ludovic Kennedy, Anthony Scaduto, and Francis Russell, //The New York Review of Books//, November 5, 1987)  @http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1988/feb/18/the-lindbergh-case-an-exchange/  Author Ludovic Kennedy, who wrote //The Airman and the Carpenter// and Anthony Scaduto, who wrote //Scapegoat// believe Hauptmann to be innocent of the murder of the Lindbergh baby. Francis Russell criticizes their beliefs. This web page contains a series of letters where these authors respond to one another in a discussion of the evidence for both sides.

**3. NJ Department of State Archives**  @http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/guides/slcsp001.html  This page contains evidence photographs from the Hauptmann case without evaluative comments. Putting “Hauptmann” in the search box on this page will bring up other archival items related to the Lindbergh kidnapping.

 ** These sources focus on Hauptmann's guilt: **

**1. Famous Cases: The Lindbergh Kidnapping** (FBI) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/lindber/lindbernew.htm <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This FBI web page gives detailed information about the baby's kidnapping, and the arrest, trial, and conviction of Hauptmann. It also details the evidence used against him in the trial.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**2. Jim Fisher: The Lindbergh Case** (last update January 9, 2008) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://jimfisher.edinboro.edu/lindbergh/intro.html <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Jim Fisher is a law school graduate, former FBI agent, teacher, and author who wrote two books about the Lindbergh kidnapping and trial. This website provides an overview of the crime as well as information and photographs to prove Hauptmann's guilt. He also tries to debunk any claims of Hauptmann's innocence.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**3. The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping** (Lona Manning, //Crime Magazine,// March 4, 2007) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://www.crimemagazine.com/lindbergh-baby-kidnapping <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This article presents detail about the kidnapping, the trial, and the evidence against Bruno. It also provides a series of links to further information for those interested in investigating in more depth.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**4. The Lindbergh Kidnapping** (Russell Aiuto, //TruTV Crime Library//) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/lindbergh/index_1.html <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This website offers detailed information about the crime and evidence in addition to some discussion of the theories relating to Hauptmann’s innocence. Although the author presents both sides of the issue, he appears to believe that Hauptmann is guilty.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**5. Richard Hauptmann Trial** (Douglas Linder, 2000) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/Hauptmann/Hauptmann.htm <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Douglas Linder, a professor of law at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, put together this website about the Hauptmann trial. It includes trial transcripts, photographs, descriptions of the evidence against Hauptmann, and more.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:laddersmall.jpg width="105" height="146" align="right" caption="The kidnap ladder"]] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">These sources focus on Hauptmann's innocence: **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**1. Hauptmann widow says papers prove husband innocent** (//Bangor Daily News//, Oct 24, 1985) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JwY1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=SE8KAAAAIBAJ&pg=3294,2988553&dq=hauptmann+innocent&hl=en <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This article discusses documents about the kidnapping that could clear Bruno of the crime. They were presented by Anna Hauptmann in an lawsuit trying to clear her husband’s name.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**2. JERSEYANA; This Case Never Closes** (Becky Batcha, //The New York Times,// June 29, 2003) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/nyregion/jerseyana-this-case-never-closes.html?scp=1&sq=&st=nyt&pagewanted=2 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This article discusses a piece of evidence that had been recently uncovered: a board with a handwritten confession. The board appears to have served as a template for the symbols on the ransom notes.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**3. Special section on the Lindbergh Trial: Intrigue** (//Hunterdon County Democrat//) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://www.nj.com/lindbergh/hunterdon/index.ssf?/lindbergh/stories/intrigue.html <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This section briefly discusses some of the questions surrounding the Lindbergh kidnapping that could lead one to believe that Bruno is innocent.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**4. Trial by fury** (Robert R. Bryan, //SFGate//, April 3, 1996) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1996%2F04%2F03%2FEDITORIAL15664.dtl <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This article, written by Anna Hauptmann's lawyer, discusses some of the problems at the trial that contributed to Hauptmann's guilty sentence. The author argues that fair trial rights were tossed away in favor of feeding the public’s thirst for a guilty party.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**5. Was Hauptmann innocent?** (Jeffrey Hart, //Gadsden Times//, Jan 25, 1977) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9gwpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FtYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1238,3239167&dq=hauptmann+innocent&hl=en <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This article lists evidence presented in Anthony Scaduto’s book //Scapegoat// that could prove Hauptmann innocent of the kidnapping.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**6. Who Killed the Lindbergh Baby?** (Bob Trebilcock, //Yankee//, February 1994) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> @http://archive.yankeemagazine.com/article/who-killed-lindbergh-baby <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This article describes how Gregory Ahlgren and Stephen Monier collected evidence that could potentially prove Lindbergh guilty of the murder of his own child while also exonerating Hauptmann. Together, they wrote the book //Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax.//

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