That Time Charles Lindbergh Managed to Make Us Forget a Few Key Personality Traits

Sure, we all know Lucky Lindy's record-breaking flight across the Atlantic. And we all know the tragic story of his oldest son's kidnapping. But did you know that Lindbergh was both a eugenicist and a Nazi sympathizer, who accepted a medal from Hermann Göring shortly after Kristallnacht? And did you know that he had not on, not two, but three secret families in Europe, two of them with sisters? Probably not, because even the biographer who earned a Pulitzer Prize for his book on Charles Lindbergh didn't know about them.

So how did Lindbergh go from American pariah to beloved cultural icon again? Well, you can thank Jimmy Stewart for that. Join hosts Kasey Howe and Mark Peikert for the Season 1 finale as they take you on a tour of a life so over-the-top and riddled with bad behavior it takes both of them to tackle it all. And, not for the last time, find yourself muttering, "Poor Anne."

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