It was 1924 and the handsome, charismatic Richard Loeb had already graduated from the University of Michigan–he was 18 years old. Brilliant, loaded (he was the son of a Sears, Roebuck & Co. executive) ...

Thrill Me by Stephen Dolginoff is a True-Crime musical about the very real story of Leopold and Loeb, two pre-law students reunited after years apart. Before their separation, the two shared a deep ...

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 ...

When Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two well-educated college students from a wealthy suburb of Chicago, confessed to the brutal murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, the story made headlines across ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The past hundred years have seen more than one high-profile prosecution branded as the “crime of the century.” The shocking 1924 crime that was ...