Bobby Franks Leopold and Loeb, who were 19 and 18, respectively, at the time, settled on kidnapping and murdering a younger adolescent as their perfect crime. They spent seven months planning everything, from the method of abduction to the disposal of the body.

2024年5月20日 · A century ago, two Chicago teenagers killed an acquaintance named Bobby Franks for the thrill of it. The case captivated the nation and continues to fascinate the public today Sections

2024年9月20日 · On May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and murdered Bobby Franks in his Chicago neighborhood just for the thrill of it.

A fourteen year old boy, Bobby Franks, was murdered by two young men, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, both from wealthy and socially established Jewish families, simply to commit the perfect crime. At their trial, the famous Clarence Darrow conducted a defense based upon psychological testimony, and captured the attention of the nation.

2025年3月19日 · Leopold and Loeb were the two infamous Chicago murderers of 1924 who confessed to the kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks for an ‘intellectual’ thrill. Pleading guilty, Leopold and Loeb were defended in a bench trial by famed lawyer Clarence Darrow, who secured them life imprisonment rather than execution.

2024年5月5日 · Robert "Bobby" Franks, 14, who was killed by Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. on May 21, 1924. Eight of Robert "Bobby" Franks' friends from the Harvard private school he attended acted as...

The Defendants: Nathan Leopold (left) and his lover Richard Loeb (right) confessed that they had kidnapped and murdered Bobby Franks solely for the thrill of the experience.

2024年2月1日 · One hundred years ago, wealthy Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb brutally murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Why is popular culture obsessed with this horrific case? It took a lot...

Bobby Franks was age 14 when he was picked up and murdered while on his way home from the Harvard School in Chicago's fashionable Hyde Park district. Franks was a brilliant student at the school. As a member of the Harvard debate team, he had argued against capital punishment.

On May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped Bobby Franks and bludgeoned him to death. The “thrill killing,” one of many to be dubbed “the crime of the century,” remains a ...