Old School with Shilo Brooks

A New Series From The Free Press | The Lindbergh Conspiracies

Old School with Shilo Brooks

Show Notes

Hi Old School listeners! Veteran reporter Joe Nocera has launched a six part series about the Lindbergh kidnapping. Enjoy episode one here and then head on over to ⁠The Lindbergh Conspiracies⁠ feed for the rest of the season. Joe will be joining me next week to discuss Agatha Christie and how she was inspired by this very case.

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EP01 | The Broken Window

One night in March 1932, the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh is taken from his nursery. A warped window, a ladder, and a ransom note mark the beginning of a case that will grip the world and launch a hundred conspiracy theories. Ninety-four years later, we return to the scene of the crime to ask: What really happened that night? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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