The Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic In Depression Era America

Today we are talking about the Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America. We discuss the Lindenburg Kidnapping case and many more.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Prohibition & Organized Crime
4:54 - The Great Depression Kidnappings/Abductions
7:48 - Financial Crisis
11:52 - Additional motives
16:57 - Charles Lindbergh Jr.: The Crime of the Century
26:33 - The FBI gets involved
31:06 - Conspiracy Theories or The REAL Story?
35:00 - Kidnapping Legislation
42:48 - Conclusion

If you want to put something in my Tip Jar, to help me keep going, I would greatly appreciate it! =) You can do that here: buymeacoffee.com/historyhearsay OTHERWISE, the best way to help my channel is just interacting with my videos, so that they get pushed out - You can do that by liking, sharing and COMMENTING =) Thank you so much!!! ~ Christina
►Sources:
BOOK: The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic that Shook Depression-Era America by David Stout
https://crimereads.com/the-forgotten-kidnapping-epidemic-that-shook-depression-era-america/
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/crime-in-the-great-depression
https://medium.com/internet-archaeology/the-business-model-of-depression-era-kidnappings-ba21f81531ef
https://www.nydailynews.com/2020/04/18/the-kidnap-years-tells-the-story-of-desperate-criminals-sinking-to-new-lows-during-the-great-depression/
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/crime-in-the-great-depression
https://www.nydailynews.com/2020/04/18/the-kidnap-years-tells-the-story-of-desperate-criminals-sinking-to-new-lows-during-the-great-depression/
https://time.com/archive/6819511/crime-lindbergh-law-and-after/
https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-rise-of-organized-crime/the-mob-during-prohibition/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lindbergh-kidnapping/
Other Theories to dig into: http://www.lindberghkidnappinghoax.com/