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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 235: Loeb & Leopold – Lies, Love, & Lechery
Description: Almost 100 years ago, Loeb & Leopold shocked the world by murdering a fourteen year old kid by the name of Bobby Franks. Why was this called “The Trial of the Century”? Well Loeb and Leopold were brilliant students, and their families were extremely affluent. The goal was to pull off the perfect kidnapping/ransom scheme, something they would be known for forever. Killing Bobby wasn’t the goal, it was just an unfortunate inevitability. And they would have gotten away with it too, it it wasn’t for those pesky glasses. That crime is what this duo was known for, but their live...