# Lindbergh Baby dropped on its noggin 80 years ago this week **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindbergh-baby-dropped-on-its-noggin-80-years-ago-this-week/614553 "2012-03-02T15:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindbergh-baby-dropped-on-its-noggin-80-years-ago-this-week/614553/1 "2012-03-02T15:44:34Z")
He could still very well be alive; 80 is not very old, poor little tyke. My mother (born into a wealthy Phila. family in 1921) remembered very well the kidnapping terror that went around in the early 1930s–though, knowing her parents, she would have probably been better off with kidnappers. I put this in Great Debates to ask: was (the incredibly good-looking) Richard Hauptmann guilty? My opinion, yes, but there were many co-conspirators who got off scot-free. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindbergh-baby-dropped-on-its-noggin-80-years-ago-this-week/614553/2 "2012-03-02T15:52:48Z")
We had a mock trial of this in either 8th or 9th grade, I can’t recall. In my memory the prosecution won a verdict against Hauptmann, but I recall thinking that there was reasonable doubt. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindbergh-baby-dropped-on-its-noggin-80-years-ago-this-week/614553/3 "2012-03-04T09:38:29Z")
[Good-looking? Incredibly so?](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=6941080&PIpi=353185) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindbergh-baby-dropped-on-its-noggin-80-years-ago-this-week/614553/4 "2012-03-05T02:03:09Z")
Interesting that some old crimes are still under discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindbergh-baby-dropped-on-its-noggin-80-years-ago-this-week/614553/5 "2012-03-05T03:16:26Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > [Good-looking? Incredibly so?](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=6941080&PIpi=353185) :eek: He appears to me to have a little bit of Daniel Craig happening. ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindbergh-baby-dropped-on-its-noggin-80-years-ago-this-week/614553/6 "2012-03-05T03:35:41Z")
I always thought there was a lot of reasonable doubt. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindbergh-baby-dropped-on-its-noggin-80-years-ago-this-week/614553/7 "2012-03-05T05:00:11Z")
As this thread is in Great Debates, could a few of you who feel strongly, one way or another, or even simply feel that there is reasonable doubt, provide the reasons why you feel the way you do? ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindbergh-baby-dropped-on-its-noggin-80-years-ago-this-week/614553/8 "2012-03-05T14:39:18Z")
Previous thread > **[What is the real solution to the Lindbergh kidnapping/murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=633514)** > > One of the most famous crimes of the early 20th century was the kidnapping and murder of the 18 month old son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of this crime, but there have been reasons to doubt him as the... I’m still willing to talk more about my theories, but I don’t want to repeat everything I said in the previous thread. Basically I’m convinced that Hauptmann is guilty on some level, but that there may well be more too it than the official explanation, and there’s still a lot that hasn’t been explained to my satisfaction.