Leopold and Loeb

They thought they were peerless. They thought they planned the perfect crime. Lots of twenty-year-olds overestimate themselves. Alaina tells the story of Leopold and Loeb, two University of Chicago students who decided to kill for fun. Is a drive for fame compatible with a drive for being unfindable? When will America deal with the moral epidemic of rich young men? Why do we keep going back to that lagoon?

Links!

• Castle Farms, Loeb's family's previous land
• Bobby Franks' home
• Bobby Franks' grave
• Church of the Brethren article on Leopold
• Clarence Darrow's final address to the court
• Old Joliet Prison Historical Site

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