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335 - Leopold and Loeb: The Perfect Murder

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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'Fuckin' Idiot'

Leopold and Loeb drove around Kenwood for two hours before abandoning the crime. They did find another kid on the list that they had made of acceptable murder victims, Johnny Levinson,. But there were too many witnesses around Johnny, so they bailed on kidnapping him. Bobby Franks was the 14-year-old son of a wealthy Chicago match manufacturer, or watch manufacturer, Jacob Franks. Also Loeb's second cousin, and across the street neighbor who had played tennis at the Loeb residence several times.

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