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May 2, 2023 · An avocet, from left, green heron, whimbrel and ruddy duck were donated to the Elgin Public Museum in the 1920s by Nathan Leopold, part of the Leopold and Loeb duo who made international news for ...
May 21, 2015 · CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports 91 years ago, a little boy named Bobby Franks went to sleep for the last time in a mansion that is now destined for an update. "91 years later we're still talking ...
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Loeb was murdered by another inmate in the shower on January 28, 1936. Leopold was with him until the end, by his bedside as he died from his wounds in the prison hospital at age 30. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. While Leopold mourned the loss of his companion heartily, he went on to live a full and rich life, both in prison and out.
Apr 28, 2023 · In Chicago, on May 21st, 1924 Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murdered 11 year-old Bobby Franks, in what was termed at the time a thrill-killing. Leopold and Loeb were both academic geniuses, sons of millionaires, and lovers. Renowned attorney and foe of capitol punishment, Clarence Darrow was able to get them “life plus 99 years” instead ...
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Feb 1, 2024 · One hundred years ago, wealthy Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb brutally murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Why is popular culture obsessed with this horrific case? Watch...
Nathan Leopold was in a bad mood. That evening, on November 10, 1923, he had agreed to drive with his friend and lover, Richard Loeb, from Chicago to the University of Michigan—a journey of six ...
Sep 7, 2018 · When Leopold learned of his sentencing, he set aside 10 specimens from his avian collection of thousands that he deemed of greatest scientific value. Those specimens, including the infamous Kirtland’s Warbler, ended up at the Field Museum. More than 30 years later, after Leopold was paroled, one of the first things he did was visit the museum.
