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Since its debut in June 2012 with the episode Jury Duty, Generation Why Podcast has been your source for gripping true crime, intriguing mysteries, and fascinating conspiracies every week. Hosted by Justin and Aaron, the podcast combines in-depth research and discussion to bring you cases that chall...
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Burner (Gray Man)
The podcast mentioned a song from this album which features a female death metal vocalist; it was used to illustrate that females can perform death metal vocals without causing damage to their vocal cords.
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On the new Pig Destroyer album Book Burner they have a female singer guest on a lot of their tracks and you wouldn't know because she's way more aggressive than the male.
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The podcast mentioned a song from this album which features a female death metal vocalist; it was used to illustrate that females can perform death metal vocals without causing damage to their vocal cords.
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On the new Pig Destroyer album Book Burner they have a female singer guest on a lot of their tracks and you wouldn't know because she's way more aggressive than the male.
Hauptmann’s Ladder
A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping (True Crime History)
It is a chronological, step-by-step analysis of the Lindbergh kidnapping case, aiming to present the facts without bias and allow readers to form their own conclusions. The author's opinion is included at the end of the book.
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It is one of the very best true crime books you'll ever read.
— Episode: Hauptmann's Ladder Restored - 146
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It is a chronological, step-by-step analysis of the Lindbergh kidnapping case, aiming to present the facts without bias and allow readers to form their own conclusions. The author's opinion is included at the end of the book.
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It is one of the very best true crime books you'll ever read.
There's so many different books out there. Some are very, very good. Some are absolutely horrible and there's a tremendous amount of material on it.
I wanted to scrub the ceiling clean. ...So they sent a crew up first to clean the ceiling. And when they cleaned away all the soot and the smoke and the dirt and everything else, it turned out that beautiful painting was still there. And you can see it today. It's absolutely beautiful. So what I tried to do with my book is scrub the ceiling, wipe away all the mess, wipe away all the dirt, wipe away, frankly, some of the nonsense, and try to let you see the actual case.
Isn't it kind of crazy how you read one book and you pretty much form your opinion? You read another book and it completely changes your opinion, but how powerful the written word is there?
If you were writing a book about the Lindbergh case without John Condon, it's kind of like having cornflakes without the milk.
Scapegoat
The Lonesome Death of Bruno Richard Hauptmann
It was read by the author of Hauptmann's Ladder, and it offered a perspective that Hauptmann was framed. The author later disagreed with some opinions in the book, particularly concerning the identity of the body found.
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In any instance, so I thought, all right, this sounds interesting. It's not as fantastic as some of the Bigfoot stories that were in that book.
— Episode: Hauptmann's Ladder Restored - 146
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It was read by the author of Hauptmann's Ladder, and it offered a perspective that Hauptmann was framed. The author later disagreed with some opinions in the book, particularly concerning the identity of the body found.
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In any instance, so I thought, all right, this sounds interesting. It's not as fantastic as some of the Bigfoot stories that were in that book.
The Airman and the Carpenter
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
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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.
The Lindbergh Case
This book argued that Hauptmann was guilty and solely responsible for the kidnapping. The author of *Hauptmann's Ladder* considered it to be a compelling argument.
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So I still maintain my belief that Howlfin didn't do it, but not for the reasons I originally thought. And not long after that, I read a book called The Lindbergh Case by Jim Fisher....
— Episode: Hauptmann's Ladder Restored - 146
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Episode: Hauptmann's Ladder Restored - 146
This book argued that Hauptmann was guilty and solely responsible for the kidnapping. The author of *Hauptmann's Ladder* considered it to be a compelling argument.
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So I still maintain my belief that Howlfin didn't do it, but not for the reasons I originally thought. And not long after that, I read a book called The Lindbergh Case by Jim Fisher. Jim Fisher takes the position that Howlfin was guilty, that he was the only one involved and that there's just no other way to think about it. And his book is pretty good. It makes a pretty compelling case.
Cemetery John
The Undiscovered Mastermind Behind the Lindbergh Kidnapping
The book posits that Hauptmann was an accomplice, with John Knoll as the mastermind. The author of *Hauptmann's Ladder* praised its writing, particularly the epilogue.
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And actually this author came to one of my signings for my book, which I was very pleased about as a man named Zorn. And Mr. Zorn wrote a book called Cemetery John. He concludes that...
— Episode: Hauptmann's Ladder Restored - 146
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The book posits that Hauptmann was an accomplice, with John Knoll as the mastermind. The author of *Hauptmann's Ladder* praised its writing, particularly the epilogue.
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And actually this author came to one of my signings for my book, which I was very pleased about as a man named Zorn. And Mr. Zorn wrote a book called Cemetery John. He concludes that Hauptman was involved, but he believes that Hauptman was an accomplice and that his suspect, I believe the name is John Knoll, was the mastermind behind it all. And I told him, I said, I don't agree with the conclusion, but I thought his book was really well written.
And in fact, the best part, and I told him this, the best part to me was in his epilogue. He has a part where he talks about moments before his father died, like a deathbed scene where he's talking to his father. And in my case, his book came out around the time my father passed in 2012. So maybe I was more, you know, maybe it caught me more at the time. But I thought that part was extremely touching.
The Crime of the Century
Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked a Nation
The authors' credibility is questioned due to claims of accessing archives that were never visited.
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But Gardner, I just think is wrong in his theory. He's a respected historian. I think he's off base on this one. I think he's allowed his personal feelings of negativity towards Lindbergh to cloud his...
— Episode: Hauptmann's Ladder Restored - 146
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The authors' credibility is questioned due to claims of accessing archives that were never visited.
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But Gardner, I just think is wrong in his theory. He's a respected historian. I think he's off base on this one. I think he's allowed his personal feelings of negativity towards Lindbergh to cloud his judgment.
But the only people that I ever say anything about in any way, about them themselves would be Monir and Ogburn who wrote Crime of the Century because they flat out lie in their book. They say that they went to the archives. But Mark Balzini, who is a really credible guy who runs the archives, has said point blank, they've never been there. So I have no use for their book and I question their credibility.
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