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Post by Sue on Feb 20, 2024 16:43:28 GMT -5
Columnist Leonard Lyons in "The Lyons Den": "Six weeks ago a new program was auditioned here, and a test-recording made. It is called 'Who Done It?' A panel, by questioning the guest, tries to identify the memorable crime with which he is somehow connected. The guest, in this audition record, who had something to do with the Lindbergh kidnapping case, submitted to questioning about 'The Crime.' He was the late Gov. Harold Hoffman of N. J., who two weeks ago admitted to a $300,000 defalcation." The New York Post June 21, 1954 Page 24 Does this program exist somewhere? Governor Hoffman was the first "Who Done It?" guest? Maybe it never aired because Hoffman had just died? I wonder what Hoffman had to say? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Lyonsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_G._Hoffman
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Post by Michael on Feb 21, 2024 21:38:21 GMT -5
One place the transcripts of this might be is in the Hoffman Collection. When mentioned, people are mostly talking about the 34 Boxes of the "Hoffman Files," but there are really four separate Collections that came out of Hoffman's garage, the other three being Parker/Wendel (58 Folders), Hoffman Correspondence (33 Boxes), and the General Collection (32 Boxes).
The part to check is the "General Collection." It's a collection most people ignore because its not focused on the kidnapping, although there is some kidnapping related material to be found there. I have a transcript of one of the radio shows he did on WOR every Sunday night (sponsored by Renault wine) that came out of this collection. I remember there being many other transcripts of this type as well as various transcripts of miscellaneous interviews.
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Post by Sue on Feb 21, 2024 22:27:24 GMT -5
Michael,
That would be wonderful if the transcripts are there in the Hoffman collection, even better if there is an audio recording!
Do you think Hoffmann's death was a suicide? Noel Behn (page 422) says a heart attack when Hoffman went to tie his shoe, but how could anyone know if he was alone in that apartment? Behn also says there were rumors that it was a suicide.
Steve and I saw the building in Manhattan that was, at the time of Hoffman's death, the Blake Hotel. It really is just a building with apartments. The one he died in belonged to the Circus, Saints, and Sinners, of whom Hoffman was a member.
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Post by Michael on Feb 22, 2024 11:25:12 GMT -5
Do you think Hoffmann's death was a suicide? Noel Behn (page 422) says a heart attack when Hoffman went to tie his shoe, but how could anyone know if he was alone in that apartment? I wrote a little about this on page 217 in V4. But yes, I do believe he did. The combination of that note he left behind and the tremendous weight of the situation he was facing is just too suspicious to ignore. Of course there's no way to prove it unless a family member comes forward. Perhaps one day we will get a book about Hoffman from someone with information about it and this question will be answered.
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Post by Sue on Feb 23, 2024 5:17:31 GMT -5
I have always felt sorry about what happened to Governor Hoffman towards the end of his life.
If Hoffman was being blackmailed, his death may have been a homicide.
I wonder if an autopsy was done.
Hauptmann's daughter would be in her 90s today. I know she was lecturing on the case about ten years ago.
Yes, that would be great if a family member writes a book, or anyone to do a biography on Harold Hoffman!
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Post by Sue on Feb 23, 2024 5:18:37 GMT -5
*Hoffman's daughter
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