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Podcast Mentions

The Airman and the Carpenter

Ludovic Kennedy

Re-creates the social and political climate of the time and dramatically re-evaluates the roles of the police, the judiciary, and others

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Generation Why: True Crime

This book concluded that Hauptmann did not commit the crime, but disagreed with Scaduto's opinion on the identity of the Lindbergh baby's body. The author of Hauptmann's Ladder considered it well-written despite disagreeing with the conclusion.

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Now he also concluded that Howlfin didn't do it, but he disagreed with a lot of the things that Scaduto had opined, such as that the body that was found was not that of the Lindbergh baby.

— Episode: Hauptmann's Ladder Restored - 146

Episode: Hauptmann's Ladder Restored - 146

This book concluded that Hauptmann did not commit the crime, but disagreed with Scaduto's opinion on the identity of the Lindbergh baby's body. The author of Hauptmann's Ladder considered it well-written despite disagreeing with the conclusion.

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Now he also concluded that Howlfin didn't do it, but he disagreed with a lot of the things that Scaduto had opined, such as that the body that was found was not that of the Lindbergh baby.

Like Sir Ludwig Kennedy's book, I disagree vehemently with what he concluded, but to deny his ability as a writer would be a fool's folly. He was an excellent writer.

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