166 - Charles Lindbergh & The Crime Of The Century

Dave reports on the life of Charles Lindbergh, who rocketed to unparalleled world wide fame when he in 1927 he became the first person to fly from New York to Paris. Just when he was on top of the world, his son was kidnapped for ransom, in what has been dubbed "the crime of the century". The rest of his life was extremely controversial, involving Nazis and secret families... This is a truly wild ride.

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSYvcm0tvOE

https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2017/05/lucky-lindy/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-lindy-did-the-hop-1495829913

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/plane/firstplane.asp

https://www.herox.com/crowdsourcing-news/428-history-of-challenges-the-orteig-prize-1919-1927

https://www.amazon.com/We-Charles-Lindbergh/dp/4871876330

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