In this episode, we explore the infamous case of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two privileged young men who orchestrated the kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in the 1920s. Driven by their belief in Nietzsche's concept of "Supermen," they sought to commit the perfect crime.
Source Materials:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/leopold-and-loebs-criminal-minds-996498/
https://www.famous-trials.com/leopoldandloeb/1741-home
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/26/reopening-the-case-files-of-leopold-and-loeb/
https://librarycollections.law.umn.edu/documents/darrow/trialpdfs/LEOPOLD_LOEB.pdf
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Leopold_and_Loeb
https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/leopold-and-loeb-trial-1924
https://www.magellantv.com/articles/leopold-loeb-the-murder-trial-of-the-20th-century
https://allthatsinteresting.com/leopold-and-loeb
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/2b.html
