The Snatch RacketAlthough the 1932 kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindberghs baby was a worldwide sensation, it was only one of an estimated three thousand ransom kidnappings that occurred in the United States that year. The epidemic hit America during the Great Depression and the last days of Prohibition as criminal gangs turned kidnapping into the highly lucrative snatch racket. Wealthy families and celebrities purchased kidnap insurance, hired armed chauffeurs and