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Podcast: Historical True Crime
Episode: Privilege, Obsession, and Murder: The Story of Leopold & Loeb
Description: 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.bbc.com/culture/article/20240131-leopold-and-loeb-the-grisly-crime-of-the-century-that-fascinated-hitchcock-and-others
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
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