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Mar 27, 2017 9:40:25 GMT -5
Post by kate1 on Mar 27, 2017 9:40:25 GMT -5
Amy, OMG what a through summary of Kroth! I thought the dream stuff was interesting but was mostly interested from a psychotherapeutical point of view! Really the points he made about Hauptmann's innocence was what I focused on. I think the "crimes" Hauptmann committed in post war Germany can not be considered in outside of the conditions in the country at that time. Germa people were sending their children to homes in other countries so they wouldn't starve ( The Hiding Place about Corrie Ten Boom). The two instances of the theifs there just don't mean anything to me because of circumstances. I think a study of Hauptmann's upbringing would be insightful. The personality attributes that the prosecution gave Hauptmann were not demonstrated by his interactions with others while in this country, at least to me. Thank you so much for taking time to discuss this with me!
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Post by kate1 on Mar 24, 2017 19:08:21 GMT -5
Hope this is a good place for this. In my brief stint in the library I read a book called, "Before and After Zachariah". It was the story of a beautiful little boy who was severely mentally handicapped. This wasn't diagnosised until about the time he was two...docs kept telling the mom he was slow in meeting developmental milestones. The point being he looked completely normal and was quite beautiful. I have asked nurses and several pediatriicans what they thought of a 7 month pregnant woman flying across the entire country without adequate oxygen so much so she had to be carried from the plane and was hospitalized. Absolutely everyone said O2 would have been deprived to the baby. And the result of that? Mental Retardation and probable cerebral palsy. Charlie was beautiful but had trouble standing. Just don't think it was possible for this little guy to have escaped the effects of that horrible trip. Maybe the family and doctors were looking for reasons but this has to be seriously considered.
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Mar 23, 2017 13:01:05 GMT -5
Post by kate1 on Mar 23, 2017 13:01:05 GMT -5
Very lucky!
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Mar 23, 2017 6:26:49 GMT -5
Post by kate1 on Mar 23, 2017 6:26:49 GMT -5
Amy, please let me know what you think about the book. Kroth is very definitive about Hauptmann and his involvement. I thought it interesting what he said about the table at the end of the book. I began reading about the LKC when Waller's book was released (it was in my school library) and thought that was the end of the story. Working as an adult in a library I came acrossed "Scapegoat" and was hooked. Since then I've read anything I could get my hands on and in the course of working I would discuss the case with anyone from that generation, including my dad who was just a child at the time. In early 2000s found Mike's board and followed for awhile and then read his book which was great and here I am again. Remember many of the names and so admire their perserverence because this just isn't solved.
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Post by kate1 on Mar 22, 2017 18:49:23 GMT -5
No, I had read that Haiptmann turned in some of his own money in the spring of 1933 I think. The amount I read was several hundred dollars. Really ashamed New York wasn't carefully monitoring banks throughout the city when Faulkner brought in the money since that was where the ransom was paid.
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Post by kate1 on Mar 22, 2017 10:19:14 GMT -5
I was looking for the information about Hauptmann turning in gold certificates when I saw this here. Didn't realize this until I read it a few days ago...very curious.
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Mar 20, 2017 10:18:07 GMT -5
Post by kate1 on Mar 20, 2017 10:18:07 GMT -5
Just read in the FBI files this was the name he preferred. Anna called him Richard in videos
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Post by kate1 on Mar 19, 2017 19:56:38 GMT -5
He is adorable.
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Mar 19, 2017 4:24:52 GMT -5
Post by kate1 on Mar 19, 2017 4:24:52 GMT -5
The book by Kroth is on Amazon kindle. I have read it and because I'm a retired psychotherapist I enjoyed it...its full of Jungian stuff. His take on Hauptmann was very definitive. He absolutely feels it's absurd to believe him guilty and gives his reasoning. The book is titled "The Lindbergh Kidnapping" but there is a lot about CAL's personality too.
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Post by kate1 on Mar 18, 2017 19:26:51 GMT -5
Thank you both. I didn't know the family made the request before the other families were discovered. I think I read somewhere that one of CA L's grandsons thought the faces of the German children were so familiar and it was his DNA that was used. Not too sure about that but I think it was the Lindbergh family.
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Mar 18, 2017 18:34:26 GMT -5
Post by kate1 on Mar 18, 2017 18:34:26 GMT -5
Has there been any discussion anywhere about the book by Jerry Kroth?
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Post by kate1 on Mar 18, 2017 10:54:12 GMT -5
About DNA, I think I remember that after Cal's other families were discovered his US kids ask for the fragment of bones that were at the museum. Is this correct? Wonder if it's so DNA couldn't be used for any matching.
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Post by kate1 on Mar 16, 2017 20:19:42 GMT -5
Thanks, and the book was terrific.
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Post by kate1 on Mar 16, 2017 18:19:51 GMT -5
Just read the book which I liked a lot. Kudos to Michael! Was on the discussion board years ago but felt many members were not opened to new theories. So many "facts" have never made sense and it's good to see these brought to life. I pointed out in Gardener's book the misidentification of Anne's grandmother's photo, but this book was just full of so much I hadn't heard.
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