August 16, 2022 ▸ History, People, True Crime

677: Leopold and Loeb: Subpar Supermen

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On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we turn to some True Crime and discuss the case of Leopold and Loeb. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb killed 14-year-old Bobby Frank on May 21, 1924. Why? Well, that one gets complicated. Both Leopold and Loeb were prodigies, child geniuses. They had each graduated from Ivy League colleges by age 17 or 18. Leopold thought that he was a Nietzschean superman and that typical laws and morality were below him. Loeb, apparently, was just down for whatever and loved the thrill of a crime. So they planned a perfect crime just to prove they could get away with it. Which they didn’t. So, how did they get caught? What was the plan? What happened to Frank’s body, and what evidence was found? Which one of them was shanked by a straight razor in prison? Listen, laugh, learn.

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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/leopold-and-loeb-gain-national-attention

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/leopold-and-loebs-criminal-minds-996498/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/monkeytrial-leopold-and-loeb-trial/

https://famous-trials.com/leopoldandloeb

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/26/reopening-the-case-files-of-leopold-and-loeb/