GERMANY: American aviator Charles Lindbergh had three German mistresses simultaneously and seven secret children whom he visited and supported for decades, according to a new book published yesterday. Eighteen months after genetic tests proved earlier claims by three Germans that Lindbergh was their father, their book, The Double Life of Charles A Lindbergh, says he fathered two more children with their aunt and two with his German secretary. Lindbergh married Anne Morrow in and they had six children. In , their first-born baby son was kidnapped and murdered. Lindbergh had become world famous for his daring solo flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in 33 hours.
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax. The Hesshaimer Family and. Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax Forum. The true story of the American National Hero. He had the reputation of a faithful husband and exemplary father, was considered strict and disciplined. But what do we really know about the legendary pilot Charles Lindbergh, the first man to cross the Atlantic? How could he keep three love relationships and seven illegitimate children secret from the world for decades? Almost 30 years after his death his secret has been lifted: The American national hero led a perfectly hidden double life in Europe. The biography is being written in collaboration with the three German children of Charles Lindbergh. It will contain a selection of love letters written by Lindbergh to Brigitte Hesshaimer and as yet unpublished photos.
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He made Texas-size breakfasts, grilling sausages and flipping banana pancakes with aplomb. Later, he told riveting tales of his travels, giving young Astrid a glimpse of a world beyond the confines of Bavaria. The one thing the dashing stranger never told Bouteuil was his real name, though she and her two brothers had been told by their mother that he was their father. After his death in , Bouteuil pieced together the mystery: her father, she says, was Charles Lindbergh. Earlier this month, Bouteuil staked her claim to the Lindbergh legacy, going public with about letters she says prove the pilot conducted a year love affair with her mother, Brigitte Hesshaimer.
Copy link to share with friends. By Sean Braswell. Because behind every great man, there is a woman — sometimes multiple women. For a time, Charles Lindbergh was as close as a mortal can get to being a real-life Superman. After piloting the first solo, nonstop trans-Atlantic flight in , the 6-foot-3 college dropout turned aviation icon could go few places in public without being mobbed. To his adoring American fans, he was Lucky Lindy, the Lone Eagle and, later, a devoted husband and father to six children. Despite having once been the most photographed, most famous person on the planet, Lindbergh — thanks in no small part to the modern miracle of trans-Atlantic travel he had helped unleash — managed to pull off a double life like few else in history. It was a secret life that remained a secret for quite a while. Lindbergh died in , and it was not until that the world learned the full scope of his infidelity.
