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The Ladder That Changed America: The Tragic Truth of the Lindbergh Case | The Innocence Files
In this episode of The Innocence Files, host Martina Sheerin explores the tragic and transformative history of the Lindbergh kidnapping case, a crime that fundamentally altered American justice, forensic science, and federal law. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression in March 1932, the narrative follows the abduction of twenty-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr. from his New Jersey estate, Highfields. The story centers on the discovery of a crude wooden ladder left at the scene—a piece of evidence that would become the linchpin of one of the most famous trials in U.S. history. This…
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