In the final episode of our three part deep-dive into thrill killers, #NathanLeopold and #RichardLoeb we learn about their lives in prison and beyond.

CW: this series includes mention of violence, murder, rape and other things listeners may find disturbing. Please take care while listening.

listen via the link or wherever you get your podcasts:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7aiZO24Ej7Q9wNpQrj7tOc?si=Fahwpa0ITnCpzB11dWGhXg

images:

*Special thanks once again to #ErikRebain from whom all these images were sourced*

1 postcard of Stateville
2 Leopold and Loeb meeting again in 1927
3 Loeb crime scene
4 Leopold demonstrating malaria research practice
5 Paul
6 Leopold in his cell 1 (Life magazine)
7 Leopold in his cell 2 (Life magazine)
8 Leopold released from prison
9 Trudy and Leopold
10 Nathan Leopold the year of his death in 1971

Sources:

Baatz, Simon. For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder That Shocked Chicago. HarperCollins. October 13, 2009.

Higdon, Hal. The Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century.Chicago. University of Illinois Press. 1995, 1999 & 2010.

Fass, Paula S. Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America. OxfordUniversity Press. November 20, 1997.

Rebain, Erik. Arrested Adolescence: The Secret Life of NathanLeopold. Rowan & Littlefield Publishers. April 15, 2023.

and:

Crimes of the Centuries with Amber Hunt. S1Ep2: Leopold & Loeb: Jazz Age Killers.

Bad Gays. Episode 9: Leopold and Loeb. May 14, 2019.

“Deadly Alliance: Leopold & Loeb – A Chicago Stories Documentary.” YouTube, uploaded by WTTW Chicago. November 1, 1924, https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=i6Og58n8tbNYh32x&v=OCn98CGD-3A&feature=youtu.be

#LeopoldAndLoeb #LeopoldAndLoebCase #CrimeoftheCentury

With Part One of our 3 part episode about teenage thrill killers, #LeopoldAndLoeb we examine the early lives of #NathanLeopold and #RichardLoeb in the lead-up to the senseless killing of young #BobbyFranks in what would become known as the #crimeofthecentury

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images:
images:

*Special thanks to #ErikRebain for sources

1 Leopold & Loeb
2 Leopold Family - Patricia Stern
3 Young Nathan Leopold - 1920 Harvard School for Boys yearbook
4 Ernest and Richard with tennis rackets – Richard Loeb Papers; Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries
5 a postcard showing the patio of “The Big House”, Charlevoix
6 Richard Loeb (center) with some of his fraternity brothers in the 1922 UoM yearbook
7 Leopold feeding a Kirtland’s Warbler in 1923
8 Bobby Franks – Chicago Daily News
9 A culvert along the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near Wolf Lake where Bobby’s body was concealed – Getty
10 Bobby Franks funeral, Jon Blackwell @100YearsAgoNews