Ep. 149 - The Crime of the Century

Throughout the annals of true crime you'll often hear certain murders being described as "The Crime of the Century". Back in 1924, the press dubbed the kidnapping and murder of a 14 year old boy named Bobby Franks with that title. But what was especially unusual about the crime wasn't the murder itself. But rather, the two suspects the police arrested. They were a couple of wealthy 19 year old college students named Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, and when they confessed to the crime they shocked the nation by telling everyone they had done it simply for the thrill of it all. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/leopold-and-loebs-criminal-minds-996498/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/perfectcrime/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001D23SXA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license With the Sea by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4638-with-the-sea License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Loss by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4003-loss License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Reminiscing by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4275-reminiscing License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license March of the Mind by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4020-march-of-the-mind License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices