{"podcast":{"title":"Unexplained America The Podcast","slug":"unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775","podcast_index_feed_id":6730775,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/edfbc1a4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://unexplainedamerica.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39826993/39826993-1743797021261-8b8615d7aa5a7.jpg","author":"Unexplained America the Podcast","episode_count":132,"summary":"Unexplained America is a weekly podcast, hosted by Lisa Ponson. I discuss true crime, paranormal, cryptid, legend, and anything unexplained connected with America. Join me for episodes rich in researching the history, background and nuance of the story perhaps a bit quirky. If possible, I love to explore the places myself and discuss the story from a personal perspective. The more creepy and unexplained the better!!!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T18:18:20.270181+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775"},"episode":{"title":"Lindbergh Baby: Crime Case of the Century (Part 1)","slug":"lindbergh-baby-crime-case-of-the-century-part-1","published_at":"2026-02-16T19:22:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775/lindbergh-baby-crime-case-of-the-century-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unexplained-arkansas/episodes/Lindbergh-Baby-Crime-Case-of-the-Century-Part-1-e3f67rt","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/edfbc1a4/podcast/play/115596605/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-16%2F689156a4-3b66-1d14-9897-c6b24d25205c.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the 'Crime of the Century' -the kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh Jr. --AKA Baby Charlie--Listener discretion of kidnapping/death of a child. This is Part 1 of a 2 Parter--in Part 1 we are going to begin with Charles Lindbergh Sr.-his youth and his father's youth as his father was an attorney/politician who was a U.S. Congressmen. We will discuss Charles traveling back and forth between his farm home in Little Falls, Minnesota to Washington D.C. We will discuss his college time, his love for aviation which leads him to becoming a 'Barnstormer' and finally to his entry into the U.S. Army where he trained and graduated first in his class for the Army Air Service Reserve Pilot program. At the time of the crime (1932) Charles was the most famous man in America and really the world because of his winning the award for flying solo Transatlantically from New York City to Paris, France in 1927. The award was posted by hotel magnate Raymond Orteig in 1919--many men had attempted this flight but many had failed so when Charles accomplished this flight in the 'Spriti of St. Louis' plane he instantly became famous and hounded by the press. We will further discuss Charles meeting Anne Morrow in 1927, her background, their marriage in 1929 and having Baby Charlie in 1930 upto the horrific events on the night of March 1, 1932, when they realize their precious baby boy was not in his nursery. Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode: https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/slcsp001.html https://www.history.com/articles/charles-a-lindbergh https://www.nightmarehouses.com/articles/highfields https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping https://hopewelltwp-nj.com/wp-content/uploads/2023…","meta_description":"In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the 'Crime of the Century' -the kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh Jr. --AKA Ba…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4033,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775/episodes/lindbergh-baby-crime-case-of-the-century-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775/lindbergh-baby-crime-case-of-the-century-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}