It was a perfect crime, or so the smug perps thought. Witnesses saw them drive away from the murder scene, where they left evidence. Their alibis didn’t hold up. Still, when the brilliant playboy sons ...

Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were two young University of Chicago students who, inspired by a toxic cocktail of sexual obsession and misinterpreted Nietzsche, killed a 14-year-old boy in 1924.

“The Leopold and Loeb Files” by Nina Barrett; Agate Midway (304 pages, $35) Nearly 100 years ago — Wednesday, May 21, 1924, a bit after 5 p.m. to be precise — 14-year-old Bobby Franks was lured into a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To the public, Robert “Bobby” Franks’ death 100 years ago appeared to have been orchestrated for money and for thrill. But the two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One hundred years ago, two affluent and academically-gifted young men – Nathan Leopold, 19, and Richard Loeb, 18 – decided to ...

In 2017, the deadliest shooting in U.S. history was committed by one person operating semi-automatic weapons, but 100 years ago, the "crime of the century" was committed by two promising university ...

For those missing the dark side of musicals during this wave of frothy escapism, there's "Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story," Stephen Dolginoff's unthrilling two-hander that depicts Chicago's ...