Retired Judge, Filmmaker & Award-Winning Author
LISE PEARLMAN
"Myth smashing, beautifully written,
powerfully argued"
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-- Lloyd Gardner, historian & best-selling author
The Case That Never Dies: The Lindbergh Kidnapping
"Superbly crafted, SUSPECT NO. 1 is a must read!"
-- Greg Ahlgren & Stephen Monier, best-selling authors
Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax
"Shocking... well-documented... quite plausible"
--Dr. William M. Bass, forensic anthropologist,
best-selling author & founder of The Body Farm
"Meticulously researched, compelling work...
true crime buffs will enjoy reading this"
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-- The Library Journal
THIS SHOCKING BUT TRUE MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNER & BEST-SELLER FEATURES:
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​Short, riveting chapters you can't put down
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100+ photos including what Little Charlie really looked like at the time he disappeared
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May 1932 forensic report issued by the medical lab now known as Bristol Myers Squibb
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Modern analysis by renowned pathologist who helped nab the Golden State Killer published here for the first time
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60+ pages of detailed endnotes for armchair detectives and curious readers
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Source list of 20+ archival collections, 60+ books, and multiple electronic databases
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Comprehensive index, and more!
"This will be one of the definitive books on the Lindbergh saga...A great and provocative new work."
-- D. Lowell Jensen, retired federal judge
& former Asst. Atty. General - United States Criminal Division
"5-Stars -- A must-read for any true-crime afficionado and those fascinated with this highly publicized case"
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-- Reader's Favorite
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"I remember well the [April 1936] headline 'Hauptmann is Dead'… Charles Lindbergh was a childhood hero for me. …[This book is] so well researched and reasoned. Very convincing!"
-- John Wells, retired trial lawyer, Editor-in-Chief Stanford Law Review 1951-1952,
Stanford Law classmate of Supreme Court Justices William Rehnquist & Sandra Day O'Connor
"I can assure you, even if you are not a true crime enthusiast, this is an important book"
-- Mary Lou Pratt, reviewer for Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, West Virginia)
REVIEWS
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"Breathtaking and brilliant...This book should be a New York Times bestseller"
-- Leo P. Helmar, Amazon 5-Star Review
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"Myth smashing, beautifully written, powerfully argued"
-- Lloyd Gardner, Lindbergh case historian & best-selling author, The Case That Never Dies
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"Shocking...well-documented...quite plausible"
-- Dr. William M. Bass III, best-selling author, forensic anthropologist & founder of "THE BODY FARM"
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"Expertly researched, Judge Pearlman methodically analyzes the evidence from a sensational crime
that still fascinates more than 88 years later. Superbly crafted, SUSPECT NO. 1 is a must read!"
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-- Greg Ahlgren & Stephen Monier, best-selling authors, The Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax
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"My favorite Lindbergh kidnapping book. I have read them all...and believe this book
captures the likely truth. ...Great heart wrenching read."
-- Katherine R., Amazon 5-Star Review
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"An excellent work, the best on the topic thus far."
-- Don Heinrich Tolzmann, ed.,
"I am Innocent": A Statement in the Death Cell by Bruno Richard Hauptmann
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"I remember well the [April 1936] headline 'Hauptmann is Dead'… Charles Lindbergh was a childhood hero for me.
[This book is] so well researched and reasoned. Very convincing!"
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-- John Wells, retired trial lawyer, Editor-in-Chief Stanford Law Review 1951-1952,
Stanford Law classmate of Supreme Court Justices William Rehnquist & Sandra Day O'Connor
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"This book addresses an enduring troubling question:
Was an innocent man convicted of kidnapping and killing Charles Lindbergh's baby?
Fascinating read with surprising conclusion."
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-- Barry Scheck,
Co-Director INNOCENCE PROJECT
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"Astounding research, thorough and insightful analysis. Lise Pearlman is a great storyteller...
This will be one of the definitive books on the Lindbergh saga...A great and provocative new work."
-- D. Lowell Jensen, retired federal judge, Former D. A. & Asst. Atty. General, United States Criminal Division
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"This is the most well-written, rationally analyzed, in-depth account yet of the most notorious kidnapping in American History... [This book's ] original research and masterful observations will absorb every reader from cover to cover."
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-- Ronelle Delmont, lecturer, Lindbergh case researcher & administrator of www.lindberghkidnappinghoax.com
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"...Meticulously researched, compelling work... true crime buffs will enjoy reading this."
-- Amelia Osterud, Milwaukee P. L. for Library Journal
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"FIVE STARS -- A must-read for any true crime aficionado and those fascinated with this highly publicized case...meticulously organized...and filled with [a] wealth of information."
--Shannon Winings for Reader's Favorite
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"I can assure you, even if you are not a true crime enthusiast, this is an important book "
-- Mary Lou Pratt, reviewer for Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, WV)
THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING SUSPECT NO. 1: THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY
By Lise Pearlman [Regent Press September 1 2020]
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In the depths of the Depression, millions worldwide followed every twist and turn of the Lindbergh baby kidnap/murder. Yet what was reported was largely fake news. Nearly a century after undocumented immigrant Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed for the dastardly crime, questions still linger. If the wrong man was convicted, who did it? When? Where? Why? How?
The answers this book suggests have eluded all prior authors. Extensive research into dusty archives yielded crucial forensic evidence never before analyzed. Readers are invited to re-examine "the crime of the century" with fresh eyes focused on a key suspect -- a slim man wearing a fedora that obscured his face. He was spotted with a ladder in his car near the Lindberghs' driveway early that fateful night. The police let an insider who fit that description oversee the entire investigation -- the boy's father, international hero Charles Lindbergh.
Abuse of power, amorality and xenophobia all feature in this saga set in an era dominated by white supremacists and social Darwinists. If Lindbergh was Suspect No. 1, the man who got away, what was his motive? Who else was involved? Who helped cover up the crime?
Read this book and judge for yourself.
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