Far from a whodunit, Loeb and 19-year-old Nathan Leopold confessed to the murder ten days later, after they became leading suspects. In police interviews, both men admitted the crime was committed ...

Inspired by this odd mix of nihilistic philosophy, detective fiction, and misguided love, Leopold and Loeb hatched a plan to commit the "perfect crime." It was not so much the idea of murder that ...

Ten days after the murder the case suddenly broke when a pair of glasses found at the scene of the crime were identified as Leopold’s, and Loeb and Leopold blandly confessed that they had killed ...

Smithsonian editor Meilan Solly introduces us to teens Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb and their botched, but still deadly, effort to perpetrate “the perfect crime.” (https://www ...

That dubious honor goes to two young Jewish men accused of committing the “crime of the century” over 90 years ago — Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. The names Leopold and Loeb live on ...

The investigation into his murder would lead to two unlikely suspects -- the young, wealthy, educated Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Their trial would capture the nation's attention as famed ...