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"Is He Lindbergh's Baby?"
To the Point International
June 20, 1977
Volume 4, Issue 16
Pages 20-21
POINT REPORT
Dutch journalist Theo C. Bernsen, 60, on a visit to his New York office a year or two ago, came into contact with Harold Olson, who has strong reasons for believing that he is Charles Lindbergh Jnr., the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. The son was thought to have been murdered in March 1932 by Bruno Hauptmann. Hauptmann, arrested in 1934, died on April 1936 in the electric chair. Olson had tried to interest the press in his claim but he got nowhere.
Says Bernsen: "I found that nobody had taken the trouble to check anything because the whole matter sounded just too fantastic. What we found out makes me strongly believe that Olson's claim could be true. I met Col. Lindbergh when he was still alive by chance in London. After a short introduction, I asked him: 'Do you think it is possible that your son is still alive?' Lindbergh paused for a few moments and said 'I am not sure. I know of your work. If my son is still alive, I will be overjoyed.'" Bernsen, who is currently writing a book on the case, adds: "Our investigations confirmed that the underworld appears to have played an important role not only in the kidnapping of the young Lindbergh, but also in the mysterious events which followed it. I think, it is more than possible that we found the real Charles Lindbergh Jnr." Bernsen tells the story of his investigation...
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To the Point International was a news magazine out of Belgium.
The complete article can be found on the Internet Archive.
Was the Bernsen book ever published?
To the Point International
June 20, 1977
Volume 4, Issue 16
Pages 20-21
POINT REPORT
Dutch journalist Theo C. Bernsen, 60, on a visit to his New York office a year or two ago, came into contact with Harold Olson, who has strong reasons for believing that he is Charles Lindbergh Jnr., the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. The son was thought to have been murdered in March 1932 by Bruno Hauptmann. Hauptmann, arrested in 1934, died on April 1936 in the electric chair. Olson had tried to interest the press in his claim but he got nowhere.
Says Bernsen: "I found that nobody had taken the trouble to check anything because the whole matter sounded just too fantastic. What we found out makes me strongly believe that Olson's claim could be true. I met Col. Lindbergh when he was still alive by chance in London. After a short introduction, I asked him: 'Do you think it is possible that your son is still alive?' Lindbergh paused for a few moments and said 'I am not sure. I know of your work. If my son is still alive, I will be overjoyed.'" Bernsen, who is currently writing a book on the case, adds: "Our investigations confirmed that the underworld appears to have played an important role not only in the kidnapping of the young Lindbergh, but also in the mysterious events which followed it. I think, it is more than possible that we found the real Charles Lindbergh Jnr." Bernsen tells the story of his investigation...
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To the Point International was a news magazine out of Belgium.
The complete article can be found on the Internet Archive.
Was the Bernsen book ever published?