Sorry to hear about the passing of Anthony Scaduto. He was a fine gentleman. Years ago Tony and I discussed Hauptmann's handwriting in the LKC. I agreed to examine specimens of Hauptmann's writings... more
Anthony Scaduto may have been a "fine gentleman" to some, but Anna Hauptmann, who was in a position to know, felt betrayed by him personally and by the low quality of his research on her husband's... more
Hi Steve. Anna sure didn't like very many people that were trying to help her. She didn't like James Fawcett. She felt he wasn't doing good enough. She didn't like Ed Reilly. She thought he was too... more
Michael, whatever the extent of Hauptmann's guilt (accomplice? extortionist?), I'm convinced Anna always thought he was innocent. Not that she thought he was an angel; clearly she didn't. But if he... more
Hi Bob. Believing and knowing are distinctly different from one another. Anna could not remember positively that her husband picked her up at the bakery. She said he "usually" did so on a Tuesday... more
Michael, assuming Hauptmann's car could have gotten him back to the Bronx in time to pick Anna up that night, we're still left with several big riddles: 1) What time do we assume the abduction took... more
"Who could have tipped him off that the family was there? How thoroughly were the tradesmen who constructed Highfields questioned after the kidnapping? Besides the Whateleys (who were not entirely... more
Sorry for not remembering you, Pamela. I don't remember climbing the ladder, but I'm an old guy who forgets stuff. I'm also a bit over 200 lbs., so I doubt the ladder would have survived my effort.... more
There isn't any way to know the exact time that Hauptmann went in and out of the nursery or when Lindbergh came home. We do know that when the baby was checked on he was gone. A rational inference is ... more
What I remember from Scaduto's book is his willingness to suspect the Mafia (OK, to be politically correct, the mob) when other authors had been afraid to go there. Years later, Joyce Milton put it... more
Steve, I do know the FBI let Baker go. What I don't know is how much they had on him. When you add up the clues, Baker is almost a perfect suspect. Who else but the superintendent at Plymouth (Baker) ... more
Anna was upset because Scaduto's book did not prove her husband blameless therefore Tony was a creep. Anna fired Attorney Fawcett because she felt what he was doing wasn't good enough for her... more
At least Scaduto did research at the NJSP Archives. And yet with your glaring lack of research you still cannot find your way to the NJSP Archives? Talk about the Pot calling the Kettle black! What... more