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Post by ronelledelmont on Nov 28, 2021 6:02:48 GMT -5
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to let old posters from the original LKH Public Forum know that a huge box of several hundred pages was found yesterday in the back of my closet. I have started to scan and upload them slowly in 20 pp. batches. They are fun to read (though I haven't had time to re-read more than a dozen) and Mike was a contributor back then as well. Unfortunately, I had only printed out the first 6 months of postings (about 600 pages!) - I must have given up thinking I could save them digitally. But, if I did save them in digital format I have never found them. So, here is the link to a new webpage I just created and have quickly uploaded. www.lindberghkidnappinghoax.com/forum.htmI wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday. Hopefully I can finish my book soon and resume my video interviews at the LKH You Tube Channel. Good Luck to All Ronelle
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Post by Sherlock on Nov 30, 2021 8:22:24 GMT -5
Hi Ronelle, Reading your old posters from the original LKH Public Forum prompted a new thought just when, after reading so many books about this case, I thought I'd run out of them. On seeing that the child was missing from the crib and glancing around that small room, why did nobody dash to the window with the faulty shutter to see whether (God forbid) young Charlie had climbed out and fallen onto the mud below the window? To me it seems the logical thing to do but I've read no report anywhere that this was done by anyone. Had it been done immediately they would inevitably have spotted the ransom note on the window ledge. Or would they? Young children are drawn to windows. In 1991, Conor, the 4 year old son of rock guitar legend Eric Clapton fell from a high rise window to his death when the maid left the room for a moment. I look forward to your book as I'm sure do many others. Best regards, Sherlock
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Post by aaron on Nov 30, 2021 9:04:10 GMT -5
When Charlie was put to bed on the night of March 1, Betty Gow placed a blanket over him and pinned the blanket to the mattress with two large pins. These were placed just above his shoulders so the head was sticking out. He also had thumb guards tied to his wrists and put on each thumb. It's not very likely that he would be able to free himself and climb out of the crib which had high rails on it also. The nurse maid and the family would not waste their time then thinking that the child had escaped from the crib and search the room for him. There are many questions we can ask about this particular scene, but this is not likely a good possibility.
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Post by aaron on Nov 30, 2021 9:22:25 GMT -5
The blanket and pins were still in place when Betty Gow discovered that the child was missing, and there was an indentation where the head had rested. It was thought that the kidnappers pulled the baby down by the feet in order to remove him from the crib. It's not very likely that the child could remove himself from the crib in such a manner.
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Post by Sherlock on Nov 30, 2021 16:21:02 GMT -5
Hi aaron, I agree with all the points which you raise about the apparent impossibility of the child climbing out of the high-sided crib. But we are looking at the situation calmly and logically, without the emotion and panic of that terrible moment. Betty's first reaction was to check with Anne and Charles Lindbergh so she too didn't consider it possible that the child could have escaped from the crib alone. But when the "possible" options (A&C) proved negative, the "impossible" options had to take precedent. Top of the list of these, for me, would be to check the room and particularly, fearing the worst, the window. Of course by now Charles Lindbergh had made his remark "Anne, they have taken our baby" but this did not stop a thorough search of the house taking place just in case the seemingly impossible had happened and the child has secreted himself somewhere. I think that people grasp at straws at such times hoping against hope that all will end well. Checking the window would be my first reaction and I'm surprised that nobody seems to have done it. I don't infer anything sinister about this omission, I just find it strange. Best wishes, Sherlock
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