Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 21, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed Bobby Franks, 13, ...

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 ...

He saved the lives of two cold-blooded child-killers with the power of a speech. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were teenagers living in a wealthy Chicago suburb when they were arrested for murder.

Bobby Franks was murdered in a “thrill killing” carried out by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb (Bobby’s distant cousin). 1927: Charles A.

Set in 1924 Chicago, it chronicles the events that led childhood friends Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb to forever be remembered as "the thrill killers." ...

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