The crime of the century
Subtitle: the Leopold and Loeb case
By: by Hal Higdon.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971; Loeb, Richard A., 1905 or 6-1936; Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography; Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: In a meticulously planned murder scheme disguised as a kidnapping, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb chose Bobby Franks at random as their victim, abandoning his crumpled body in a culvert before his parents had a chance to respond to the ransom demand. Revealing secret testimony and raising questions that have gone unanswered for decades, Higdon separates fact from myth as he unravels the crime, the investigation, and the trial, in which Leopold and Loeb were defended by the era's most famous attorney, Clarence Darrow.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 368.
Includes index.