Leopold and Loeb

In October 2010, 25-year-old graduate student Michele Carson traveled to Las Vegas with her best friend, Vicki Rojas, for a girls’ trip. On November 7, Michele's abandoned car was found running in West Covina while Michele was missing. Her burned and partially buried body was dis ...  Afficher plus

Bob Lee, the Cash App founder and prominent tech executive, was stabbed to death in San Francisco in April 2023. Investigators focused on Nima Momeni after surveillance showed Lee leaving his sister Khazar’s apartment with him before the two stopped near the Bay Bridge, where Lee ...  Afficher plus

In 1924, the kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks horrified the country, especially when the killers were revealed to be two wealthy teenagers, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Everyone expected Leopold & Loeb to hang. But would the arrival of one of America's most f ...  Afficher plus

This week the boys delve into one of the most notorious tales in true crime history, the story of Leopold and Loeb, two wealthy students from the University of Chicago who formulated a haphazard plan that lead to the kidnapping & death of a 14-year-old boy in May 1924.

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In the early 1920s, some of Chicago’s wealthiest families became horribly intertwined after the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

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