| Description |
1 online resource (417 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
True crime history series |
|
True crime history series.
|
| Contents |
"They've Stolen Our Baby" -- Ransom Notes, Ladders, and Chisels -- The Kidnapper Makes Second Contact -- J.F.C. -- Violet and Curtis: Two Bogus Stories Begin -- "Cemetery John" -- The Negotiations Continue -- Double-Crossed -- The Wild-Goose Chase -- "I Am Perfectly Satisfied That It Is My Child" -- The Police Take the Reins -- The Sad End of Violet Sharp -- From Bad to Worse -- The Frustration Mounts -- Shoenfeld and Koehler -- The Trail of Gold -- Bruno Richard Hauptmann -- The Interrogation Begins -- "I Have to Be Very Careful. The Man's Life Is in Jeopardy" -- More Pieces to the Puzzle -- Legal Gymnastics in New Jersey -- Extradition -- The Bull of Brooklyn -- The Trial of the Century Begins -- "Der Alte Ist Verruckt" -- "John Is Bruno Richard Hauptmann" -- Paper Evidence -- "He Is Conceding the Defendant to the Electric Chair!" -- The Prosecution Gains Momentum -- The State Rests -- Hauptmann Takes the Stand -- More Testimony from the Hauptmanns -- "Where Are You Getting These Witnesses? They Are Killing Me" -- The Defense Rests -- Rebuttal and Summations -- Wilentz Closes -- The Verdict |
| Summary |
In 1936, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. Almost all of America believed Hauptmann guilty; only a few magazines and tabloids published articles questioning his conviction. In the ensuing decades, many books about the Lindbergh case have been published. Some have declared Hauptmann the victim of a police conspiracy and frame-up, and one posited that Lindbergh actually killed his own son and fabricated the entire kidnapping to mask the deed. Because books about the crime have been used as a means to advance personal theories, the truth has often been sacrificed and readers misinformed. Hauptmann's Ladder is a testament to the truth that counters the revisionist histories all too common in the true crime genre. Author Richard T. Cahill Jr. puts the "true" back in "true crime," providing credible information and undistorted evidence that enables readers to form their own opinions and reach their own conclusions. Cahill presents conclusions based upon facts and documentary evidence uncovered in his twenty years of research. Using primary sources and painstakingly presenting a chronological reconstruction of the crime and its aftermath, he debunks false claims and explodes outrageous theories, while presenting evidence that has never before been revealed. Hauptmann's Ladder is a meticulously researched examination of the Lindbergh kidnapping that restores and preserves the truth of the crime of the century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932 -- Kidnapping, 1932
|
|
Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899-1936.
|
| SUBJECT |
Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899-1936. fast (OCoLC)fst00148877 |
|
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932. fast (OCoLC)fst00187151 |
| Subject |
Kidnapping -- New Jersey -- Hopewell
|
|
Murder -- New Jersey -- Hopewell
|
|
Forensic sciences -- United States -- History -- 20th century
|
|
Trials (Kidnapping) -- New Jersey
|
|
Trials (Murder) -- New Jersey.
|
|
Criminal investigation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
|
|
TRUE CRIME -- General.
|
|
Criminal investigation.
|
|
Forensic sciences.
|
|
Kidnapping.
|
|
Murder.
|
|
Trials (Kidnapping)
|
|
Trials (Murder)
|
|
New Jersey.
|
|
New Jersey -- Hopewell.
|
|
United States.
|
| Genre/Form |
History.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781612778334 |
|
161277833X |
|
9781612778327 |
|
1612778321 |
|
