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No one is innocent when a mystery is unsolved. Charles Lindbergh
was known for many things during his lifetime. He was a famous
aviator, the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean,
winner of the Orteig Prize, and a young American hero. But despite
his honors and achievements, his name will forever be associated
with the infamy of one of the Trials of the Century. The Lindbergh
Kidnapping. On a dreary March night, Charles Lindbergh's
20-month-old son was abducted from his crib. The baby's kidnapper
left behind muddy footprints, a broken ladder, and a ransom note
demanding $50,000. Weeks later, Charles Lindbergh Jr. was found …
dead. Everyone was a suspect in this investigation, even the
Lindberghs. After a six-week trial, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was
named the ultimate culprit, but he claimed he was innocent even up
to his execution day. For nearly 100 years, the Lindbergh
Kidnapping still remains a major topic of controversy and
fascination. A Talent to Deceive uses investigative
journalism to dive into evidence ignored by previous investigators
in search of the truth. Who really committed the crime? What really
happened the night of March 1, 1932? What was the motive to kidnap
and murder the Lindbergh baby? Follow Norris in this
history-meets-mystery tale as he performs a thorough investigation
to solve The Case That Will Never Die.
Discover the truth about the crash that never should have happened.
In 1974, Pan American Flight 806 was hoping to land safely in Pago
Pago, Samoa, but instead plummeted at 140 miles per hour into the
jungle floor. The 101 passengers and crew members all survived this
devastating crash. Unfortunately, only four of them escaped the
wreckage before the ensuing fire that followed. After the disaster,
Pan American was found guilty of "willful misconduct" after the
longest and most expensive trial in aviation history. William
Norris sets out to discover the truth about the controversies
surrounding the accident. What caused the crash, and what prevented
the 97 passengers from escaping the aircraft with their lives?
Among these questions, Norris discovers more answers to other
mysteries about this devastating event and its trial along the way.
A gripping tale of courtroom drama, fascinating characters, and
human tragedy.
The Trial of the Next Century Jason Verne is an All-American Hero.
As the first man to set first on Mars after his lone journey into
space, he quickly became a familiar figure in every living room.
His good-will and human courage won over the hearts of many,
including the daughter of world-famous television evangelist,
Timothy Grayson. Millions of viewers tuned in to see the Hero of
Mars marry the prominent reverend's lovely daughter. His meteoric
rise didn't end there. While settling into the limelight with his
wife and new baby Timmy, he became the perfect candidate to move
into the White House. But this kind of fame and power comes at a
price. The midnight kidnapping of Timmy Verne leaves the world
aghast. Who would commit the capital offence of breaking the
Lindbergh Law? Then veteran reporter Albert Choate notices
suspicious parallels between the kidnapping of the
president-elect's only child and another event that occurred almost
a hundred years ago—the Lindbergh Kidnapping. History seems to be
repeating itself. Is this some sort of twisted coincidence, or
could the Trial of the Century be occurring all over again for some
other sinister purpose?
The future of the nation rests on one man's birthmark. Fulford
College is broke. In a desperate attempt to keep its doors open,
the Florida based college joins forces with the Mafia to establish
a scholarship program. This program, however, comes with a new set
of students selected by the Mafia and a secret new curriculum.
Little did this liberal arts college know, it was now home to the
very first criminal education program in the nation. These brave
students are now entering their senior year at Fulford during an
election year. This class of well-trained criminals volunteers to
work the election: half working for the Democratic campaign and
half for the Republican campaign. Using the methods they learned in
their sophistry class and other courses in corruption, their
assignment is to help rig the presidential election in the
Democratic candidate's favor—Vice President Harold Griswold. But
when the vice president is kidnapped and replaced with a
doppelgänger, things start to go awry in Washington DC. Who is
this man in the White House with Hal Griswold's face? What is the
Mafia up to? And how could one identifiable feature ruin it all?
Don't go up without a parachute. John Kruger is a commercial pilot
long on the run from Afrikaner nationalists for smuggling black
activists out of apartheid-era South Africa. As a flyer of old
collectible planes, he now wants nothing more than to enjoy his
hobby, party, and play the field. Then John discovers that World
War I hero and flying ace Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor seems to be
buried in two places 6,000 miles apart. Out of a sense of duty
toward the man who inspired him to become a pilot, John begins a
search for the truth. Records claim that, while practicing for an
air display, Andrew lost control of his SE 5A and lost his
life—or did he? And who is the mysterious old man who waves to
Kruger as he flies overhead, only to demand to be left in peace
when they meet on the ground? John and his latest girlfriend set
off on a journey to uncover Andrew's real whereabouts, but Andrew's
secrets aren't the only ones threatening to be unearthed. As John's
own past catches up to him, the pair unwittingly lands in the
crosshairs of a racist South African group with a sinister
plot—forcing them to fight for their lives and for justice.
How a multi-millionaire vanished into thin air. Captain Alfred
Loewenstein was known as many things during his glamorous and gaudy
life. Companion of the Bath, friend of kings, an aviator and
sportsman, a maker and loser of fortunes, and most favorably, a
multi-millionaire. That is, until his mysterious death. On a July
evening in 1928, Loewenstein boarded his aircraft with six others
to travel from England to Brussels. He never arrived. While flying
over the English Channel, Loewenstein fell through an exit door of
the airplane on his way to the lavatory. People were quick to
explain his mysterious death. Many said his fall was an accident
while others speculated that he jumped from the plane to commit
suicide. And of course, there were the more sinister theories
claiming that someone pushed him out of the aircraft. But who? And
why? Investigative journalist William Norris develops a theory of
how and why this prominent, rich, and famous man died so violently
without any explanation or official investigation. Did Loewenstein
fall, did he jump, or was he pushed from his own aircraft? The Man
Who Fell From the Sky contains excitement and mystery as Norris
researches the business tycoon's life, death, and aftermath of his
demise and comes to a conclusion of how Alfred Loewenstein vanished
into thin air. Â
A decade of crime, treachery, and adventures of the Medellin
Cartel. Andrew Richard Barnes survived crashes, gunfire, treachery,
and betrayal and still lived to tell the tale. Snowbird explores
the heinous crimes and dangerous expeditions of the man who flew
the first cocaine shipment for the MedellÃn Cartel into the United
States. As a young pilot with a family at home and little money to
spare, Barnes was easily coerced by promises of wealth to make
these daring excursions. After his first trip in 1977, he realized
there was no going back and continued the dangerous flights for
over a decade. William Norris sits down with Barnes as he recounts
his experience smuggling drugs for the Columbian cartel. As a pilot
himself, Norris includes anecdotes of aircrafts and flying
intertwined with Barnes's captivating drug smuggling adventures.
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