Inside private island with chilling history on sale for $100 MILLION that features beach, yacht dock & polo field
A PRIVATE island is on the market that bears a dark history as it was once flocked by the mother of Charles Lindbergh Jr.
The 10-bedroom estate, located in Darien, Connecticut is on sale for $100million and boasts an abundance of features.
It is one of America’s last Gilded Age mansions and sits on the 60-acre Great Island. The main house has 10 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms.
There are multiple other residences on the estate including a guest house, a 19th-century farmhouse, a caretakers cottage and a seaside cottage.
Other features include a beach, pool and a deep-water dock that will fit your 100-foot yacht if you happen to own one.
EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES
If you’re a fan of horses, the estate also has equestrian facilities designed by Rafael Gustavino, who is known for his work on Grand Central Station in New York City.
The facilities come with an 18-stall granite stable, indoor and outdoor riding rings, a polo field, riding trails and enclosures to keep the animals.
The property was built in 1902 and was purchased by baking powder entrepreneur William Ziegler, whose family has continued to own the compound ever since.
Ziegler bought the property to use as a summer home to escape the hot summers of New York.
Connecticut became a hotspot for the elite due to its proximity to New York City’s financial district. Multiple mansions popped up in the late 1800s and early 1900s within the state.
Charles was infamously abducted from his family’s New Jersey home in 1932 when he was only 20-months-old.
The baby was kidnapped around 9:00pm on March 1, 1932, from his nursery on the second floor of the couple’s home. The boy’s nurse, Betty Gow, reported him missing to his parents, which included decorated aviator Charles Lindbergh Sr.
A ransom note demanding $50,000 was left on the window sill on the nursery. However, throughout the case, over a dozen ransom notes were found.
Months later, on May 12 the toddler’s body was discovered just 4.5 miles sound of the Lindbergh family home. The boy had been killed by a blow to the head.
A German immigrant named Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested for the crime two years later in 1934. He was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to death.
Hauptmann professed his innocence up until his execution via electric chair at the New Jersey State Prison on April 3, 1936. However, to this day, Hauptmann's guilt is still being questioned.
The crime urged Congress to pass the Federal Kidnapping Act, dubbed the “Little Lindbergh Law”, which made transporting a kidnapping victim across state lines a federal crime.
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