Nathan Leopold had planned to visit Paris in the summer of 1924. Instead, he and Richard Loeb found themselves behind bars and on trial for the murder of Bobby Franks, their neighbor in Kenwood, an ...

In the Leopold and Loeb trial of 1924, attorney Clarence Darrow achieved what many thought impossible. He saved the lives of two cold-blooded child-killers with the power of a speech. Nathan Leopold ...

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The 1924 true-crime case of silver-spoon murderers — and lovers — Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb has inspired endless works, from films to plays to novels. But opera? That’s a new one. HindSight, by ...

Roaring '20s Chicago was the epicenter of a wave of American inventions, like a new, more violent kind of organized crime and most importantly in this story, the rental car. One hundred years ago ...

In 2017, the deadliest shooting in U.S. history was committed by one person operating semi-automatic weapons, but 100 years ago, the “crime of the century” was committed by two promising university ...

Follow the story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb and their quest for the perfect crime. On a spring afternoon 100 years ago, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were affluent teenagers living in ...

Long-form writing and long-distance running are a natural pair: sweaty, solitary, self-driven sports that, when going poorly, turn you into a deeply unpleasant person to be around, but when going well ...

The Blank Theater Company’s world premiere “Dickie & Babe,” the second of two productions to open locally concerning the Leopold & Loeb case, is a better show across the board, from the level of ...

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One hundred years ago, two affluent and academically-gifted young men – Nathan Leopold, 19, and Richard Loeb, 18 – decided to commit the perfect murder, when they abducted and killed 14-year-old Bobby ...