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This Is Monsters

The Perfect Crime : Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Season 18 : Killer Pairs 

Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb believed that their advanced intellect made them above the laws of society. They planned and executed what they thought was the perfect crime. Unfortunately for them, it was anything but.

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In 1920's Chicago, crime was on the rise. It was mostly due to prohibition creating a market for organized crime in the city.

0:39.0

But in 1924, a pair of killers would commit what they considered to be the perfect crime.

0:45.0

Unfortunately for them, their high level of intelligence did not benefit them like they thought and they were soon caught,

0:52.0

exposing the secret lives they had both been living.

0:55.9

This is monsters. Oh, Nathan Freundal Leopold Jr. was born on November 19,

1:26.7

1904 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the third son from a wealthy German Jewish immigrant family with his father

1:34.4

Nathan Leopold Sr having been a manufacturer of aluminum cans and paper products.

1:40.9

The Leopold's resided in a mansion on Michigan Avenue, later moving to a spacious home and in a fluid neighborhood.

1:48.0

Nathan's childhood was marked by luxury and comfort with nurses and governesses attending to his needs.

1:55.0

His father worked long hours and his mother Florence was often ill,

1:59.0

so young Nathan spent much of his time under the care of household staff.

2:04.0

Despite the presence of caretakers, Nathan maintained a close relationship with his parents,

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