Leopold and Loeb

Author : Hal Higdon

Paperback

Published : Tuesday 2 January 2024

ISBN : 9780252087578

Price : €22.22

Description

The razor-sharp account of a notorious murder The 1924 murder of fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb shocked the nation. One hundred years later, the killing and its aftermath still reverberate through popular culture and the history of American crime. Hal Higdons true crime classic offers an unprecedented examination of the case. Higdon details Leopold and Loebs journey from privilege and promise to the planning and execution of their monstrous vision of the perfect crime. Drawing on secret testimony, Higdon follows the police investigation through the pairs confessions of guilt and recreates the sensational hearing where Clarence Darrow, the nations most famous attorney, saved the pair from the death penalty. In-depth and definitive, Leopold and Loeb tells the dramatic story of a notorious crime and its long afterlife in the American imagination.

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