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I scrounged up a couple more links from two programs. The first from a 1980 In Search of program. And another done by, I think, the BBC. There is a real good one done, by the BBC, around this period, but I havent found it. I think its titled, Who killed the Lindberg Baby.' It had interviews with survivors from the period, including one living juror at the time, Ethel Stockton and was one of the few to raise the cashing of some 3 thousand dollars of Lindbergh gold certificates by a J.J. Faulkner.
Anyway, this first one, I think, represents the 70s contrarian movement of questioning the original and established findings. Anthony Scadutos Scapegoat book timing was perfect, the disillusionment of the 70s, where government lies and cynicism was at a high water mark. While attacked by much of the establishment, it helped spark the Lindbergh Hoax movement that is with us to this day.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbeLVi3IuRI"]5-08 In Search Of... The Lindbergh Kidnapping (Part 1 of 2) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_WpKoqxts&NR=1&feature=endscreen"]5-08 In Search Of... The Lindbergh Kidnapping (Part 2 of 2) - YouTube[/ame]
This program is a little more balanced and has a few elements of that other BBC program I referenced. A bit more comprehensive too, and maybe more was learned when it was produced.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZmdQckydJk"]Mysteries and Myths 20th Century : Who Kidnapped Lindbergh's Son ? (1 de 2) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIMz4J0IaZo"]Mysteries and Myths 20th Century : Who Kidnapped Lindbergh's Son ? (2 de 2) - YouTube[/ame]
From the recent PBS program, with the retired FBI guy, Im pretty much 90 to 95 % in his camp. He was pretty silent on the States prosecution methods and various liberties that were taken. In a circumstantial case, the State did everything it could to win over the jury, so this responsibility falls on Hauptmanns defense, which was terrible. But, Id like to jump to the money, one of the most mysterious parts of this case.
First, Hauptmann was caught in possession of roughly 15 thousand dollars of Lindbergh ransom money. Lets stop there. To go off in a tangent, lets examine this more closely. Using general CPI historical calculators, youd come up with roughly say, a quarter million in todays dollars. But, digging deeper, for all comparisons, that might not be representative enough. Rather, a figure of a million or more today is more accurate ! To see these comparisons, try this cite.
http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/
So...15 thousand of ANY kind of money, buried in someones home, would represent a HUGH amount of money. Remember, many life insurance policies well into the 60s paid ten thousand dollars. Today, if you had a million dollars in cash stashed in your home, that would be a little suspicious. But, the world of cash in the 30s was different than today. Amid contemporary bank failures and life before debt/cc cards, people did stash large sums of money in their homes or physically hide it. Even now, old homes/buildings are torn down and they find horse blankets buried inside, paper currency before the 1928 small note issue. Still, Hauptmann was found with 15K of hot money,' and you believe or disbelieve all the stories/explanations which followed.
Second, we know roughly five thousand dollars of Lindbergh ransom money was spent/turned in. Some bills continue to come in after Hauptmanns arrest and even after his execution. Its possible he could have spent the money when he was free and it gradually found its way back, to be retired as old bills. Also, the trail went cold on the nearly three thousand dollars in Lindbergh gold certificates turned in at the NY Fed. This all points to a possible co-conspirator(s).
Lastly, thirty thousand is still unaccounted for over eighty years later. Its pretty certain by now, anyone directly involved with the crime has left this world. So, where did it go ? Presuming 'others got it, what did they do with it ? Once Hauptmann was arrested, they might have sat on it (stored somewhere safe) and when he was executed, they might have burned it, or kept it 'safe for years waiting for the event to 'cool down. It is possible some has been spent over the years but was snapped up by collectors, however, that is more likely in contemporary days than in the early years.
Changes were made to the public currency since the crime. In 1963, the government stopped exchanging currency for silver, issuing only Federal Reserve Notes, although Silver Certificates continue to circulate and were just fiat currency. In the 60s, the government lifted restrictions on public holding/use of former gold certificates these too would spend as face value fiat currency and Mr. Nixon took us off the Gold Standard in 1971. In the early 90s security features were added, but it wasnt until 1996 that the physical appearance dramatically changed, and all the bills prior to, 1928 onwards, looked different than these new bills. Today, these bills of former stand out from the general currency. So, unknowingly or not, you have a Lindbergh ransom ten dollar bill buried in your currency with payment at Target, the clerk will see this odd bill, because its probably the style shes rarely if ever seen, has orange numbers for the serial and treasury seal and no security features. Runs her pen through, it works (the paper contract for US currency has been around since the 1880s) and most likely will wind up at their bank where it will be taken out of circulation and the Feds will spot it on return. But, this hasnt happened. So, the money was either destroyed at the time, or has been hidden for years, now probably forgotten about, until some building is torn down or something. Nobody has gotten the value from it, and today, it has far less value in ordinary fiat currency commerce than it would in the 30s.
Anyway, this first one, I think, represents the 70s contrarian movement of questioning the original and established findings. Anthony Scadutos Scapegoat book timing was perfect, the disillusionment of the 70s, where government lies and cynicism was at a high water mark. While attacked by much of the establishment, it helped spark the Lindbergh Hoax movement that is with us to this day.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbeLVi3IuRI"]5-08 In Search Of... The Lindbergh Kidnapping (Part 1 of 2) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_WpKoqxts&NR=1&feature=endscreen"]5-08 In Search Of... The Lindbergh Kidnapping (Part 2 of 2) - YouTube[/ame]
This program is a little more balanced and has a few elements of that other BBC program I referenced. A bit more comprehensive too, and maybe more was learned when it was produced.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZmdQckydJk"]Mysteries and Myths 20th Century : Who Kidnapped Lindbergh's Son ? (1 de 2) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIMz4J0IaZo"]Mysteries and Myths 20th Century : Who Kidnapped Lindbergh's Son ? (2 de 2) - YouTube[/ame]
From the recent PBS program, with the retired FBI guy, Im pretty much 90 to 95 % in his camp. He was pretty silent on the States prosecution methods and various liberties that were taken. In a circumstantial case, the State did everything it could to win over the jury, so this responsibility falls on Hauptmanns defense, which was terrible. But, Id like to jump to the money, one of the most mysterious parts of this case.
First, Hauptmann was caught in possession of roughly 15 thousand dollars of Lindbergh ransom money. Lets stop there. To go off in a tangent, lets examine this more closely. Using general CPI historical calculators, youd come up with roughly say, a quarter million in todays dollars. But, digging deeper, for all comparisons, that might not be representative enough. Rather, a figure of a million or more today is more accurate ! To see these comparisons, try this cite.
http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/
So...15 thousand of ANY kind of money, buried in someones home, would represent a HUGH amount of money. Remember, many life insurance policies well into the 60s paid ten thousand dollars. Today, if you had a million dollars in cash stashed in your home, that would be a little suspicious. But, the world of cash in the 30s was different than today. Amid contemporary bank failures and life before debt/cc cards, people did stash large sums of money in their homes or physically hide it. Even now, old homes/buildings are torn down and they find horse blankets buried inside, paper currency before the 1928 small note issue. Still, Hauptmann was found with 15K of hot money,' and you believe or disbelieve all the stories/explanations which followed.
Second, we know roughly five thousand dollars of Lindbergh ransom money was spent/turned in. Some bills continue to come in after Hauptmanns arrest and even after his execution. Its possible he could have spent the money when he was free and it gradually found its way back, to be retired as old bills. Also, the trail went cold on the nearly three thousand dollars in Lindbergh gold certificates turned in at the NY Fed. This all points to a possible co-conspirator(s).
Lastly, thirty thousand is still unaccounted for over eighty years later. Its pretty certain by now, anyone directly involved with the crime has left this world. So, where did it go ? Presuming 'others got it, what did they do with it ? Once Hauptmann was arrested, they might have sat on it (stored somewhere safe) and when he was executed, they might have burned it, or kept it 'safe for years waiting for the event to 'cool down. It is possible some has been spent over the years but was snapped up by collectors, however, that is more likely in contemporary days than in the early years.
Changes were made to the public currency since the crime. In 1963, the government stopped exchanging currency for silver, issuing only Federal Reserve Notes, although Silver Certificates continue to circulate and were just fiat currency. In the 60s, the government lifted restrictions on public holding/use of former gold certificates these too would spend as face value fiat currency and Mr. Nixon took us off the Gold Standard in 1971. In the early 90s security features were added, but it wasnt until 1996 that the physical appearance dramatically changed, and all the bills prior to, 1928 onwards, looked different than these new bills. Today, these bills of former stand out from the general currency. So, unknowingly or not, you have a Lindbergh ransom ten dollar bill buried in your currency with payment at Target, the clerk will see this odd bill, because its probably the style shes rarely if ever seen, has orange numbers for the serial and treasury seal and no security features. Runs her pen through, it works (the paper contract for US currency has been around since the 1880s) and most likely will wind up at their bank where it will be taken out of circulation and the Feds will spot it on return. But, this hasnt happened. So, the money was either destroyed at the time, or has been hidden for years, now probably forgotten about, until some building is torn down or something. Nobody has gotten the value from it, and today, it has far less value in ordinary fiat currency commerce than it would in the 30s.
