The topic of this paper is the Lindbergh trials. The trial of Bruno Hauptmann, the indicted kidnapper of the baby of aviator Charles Lindbergh, is known to be the one of the greatest trials of all time. This stands at par with the publicity and hype it created and stands with the O. J. Simpson and Scopes trials as among the most famous trials of the 20th century. The trial featured America's greatest hero, a good conundrum involving ransom notes and voices in dark cemetery, a crime that is every parent's worst nightmare, and a German-born defendant who fought against U. S. forces in World War 1.