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

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