Apparently he had four family's, three which were secret. The three lived in Germany and just over the boarder in Switzerland, so about four times a year he would fly to Germany and make his rounds to see the secret family's. His American wife never told anyone she suspected his infidelity. Is that something you wouldn't know?
He gave them all different po boxes and changed the boxes every few years, I guess that is how he kept it a secret, for such a high degree of complication that didn't seem to be sophisticated enough to me. I suppose his American wife simply thought he was out of the country on business, apparently, the other women knew about his American wife, but didn't know about each other - and two were sisters.
Its been a while since I have heard about someone having multiple "secret" family's. Sure there are the polygamist, but what Lindbergh did simply could not be done today.
When I was a kid I remember a really bad tv movie with John Ritter playing a doctor who had three wives, and none of the wives knew about each other. Based on a true story, the guy is so knotted up trying to keep all these women happy, he dies of a heart attack. They didn't make him a bad guy, in fact I sort of felt sorry for him in the end. It seemed like a complicated endeavor for John Ritter, yet Lindbergh seemed to have an easier time with it. I attribute this to the fact his secret family's were living in another country, there was really no chance of anyone running into each other in the hospital cafeteria-which is what happened to John Ritter- and what I am sure contributed to his heart attack.
Still, I find the whole idea of a secret anything intriguing.
You just don't hear about this anymore. Maybe its the economy, supporting more than one household is cost prohibitive, yet, I think its something else.
We are just too far up each others asses, with e-mail, cell phones, texting, skype a person can no longer just leave the country for a few weeks to visit one secret family, and he had three.
We are all low jacked.
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