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On March 1, 1932, aviator Charles Lindbergh's son was kidnapped from the Lindbergh family home. A ransom note left near an open window in the boy's bedroom suggested that the child was still alive when he was kidnapped, but despite the Lindbergh's' plea for the baby's safe return, his body was found in a nearby wooded area two months later.
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Starting in the 1930s, thousands of children across Australia were forcibly taken from their families simply because they were Aboriginal. In this award-winning program, the tragic story is told of a state-sanctioned attempt to assimilate and, thereby, eradicate a race by segregating its full-blooded members and marrying its "half-castes" into the white population for "biological absorption." Fueled by eugenics theories, the Australian government...
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Charles Lindbergh, the first man to cross the Atlantic by airplane, was one of the best-known celebrities of his day. In 1932 Lindbergh's 20-month-old son was kidnapped from his home. Due to Lindbergh's popularity, the crime gained considerable media attention. Dr. John F. Condon, a civilian volunteer not previously known by the Lindberghs, acted as a go-between in order to exchange the requested ransom for the baby. Condon delivered the ransom, but...
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The Susan Smith kidnapping and murder case in South Carolina significantly raised awareness about child abduction. Although most kidnappings are committed by relatives, say the experts, children and their parents have a lot to learn when it comes to keeping themselves safe. This program examines a police investigation into the disappearance of a preschooler and visits a school to test how easily youngsters can be lured by a stranger. The program also...
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Kidnapping and selling children is big business in China, where every year more than 20,000 are stolen. In the majority of cases, the birth parents lack the resources or connections to find their missing children, while police investigations drag on for years and are rarely resolved. China's Stolen Children focuses on the cases of two young girls: 3-year-old Wamping, who was abducted two years ago, and Dai-kidnapped at 10 and who, 22 years later,...