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Joe Nocera

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
343 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

We had a lawyer on our show who said he became a lawyer because when he read about the Lindbergh trial and he was like 14 years old, he said, you know, I could have done better than this.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

But having said that, it wasn't just the defense.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

It was also the prosecution.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

The handwriting analysis is just one example.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

I understand there was something critically important about the ladder itself.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

Well, that is in dispute to this day.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

What was it?

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

Well, the prosecution said, as definitive proof that Hauptmann did it, that a piece of wood from his attic had been cut out

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Post Mortem | Lindbergh

and made part of the ladder.

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Post Mortem | Lindbergh

It is a handmade ladder.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

It was not a ladder you go into Home Depot and buy.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

You've seen the ladder?

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

Oh, yeah.

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Post Mortem | Lindbergh

It's at the New Jersey State Police Museum.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

Anybody can see it.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

You can see it.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

It's a really interesting ladder.

48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh

I know that's to sound weird.