On March 1, 1932, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviators Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was taken from his nursery near Hopewell, New Jersey. This episode follows the ransom notes, the ladder, the failed payment, the discovery of the child's body, the tracing of ransom bills, the arrest and conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the media storm around the trial, the Federal Kidnapping Act, and the debate that continued after the official legal ending.