He saved the lives of two cold-blooded child-killers with the power of a speech. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were teenagers living in a wealthy Chicago suburb when they were arrested for murder.

On the afternoon of May 21, 1924, Franks came across 18-year-old Richard Loeb ... Far from a whodunit, Loeb and 19-year-old Nathan Leopold confessed to the murder ten days later, after they ...

That dubious honor goes to two young Jewish men accused of committing the “crime of the century” over 90 years ago — Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. The names Leopold and Loeb live on ...

Richard Loeb, one of the youthful confessed slayers of Robert franks, at the wheel of the car used in spiriting away 13 year old Robert Franks. Standing beside the car is state attorney, Robert ...

The investigation into his murder would lead to two unlikely suspects -- the young, wealthy, educated Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Their trial would capture the nation's attention as famed ...