Illinois Vs. Nathan Leopold And Richard Loeb

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authority on the Kirtland warbler, an endangered songbird. Leopold agreed with Friedrich Nietzsche, and believed that legal obligations didn’t apply to those who approached “the superman.” Leopold’s idea of the superman was his friend and lover, Richard Loeb.
Leopold and Loeb’s relationship was described by Clarence Darrow as “weird and almost impossible.” With Leopold at one time contemplating killing Loeb over a perceived breached of confidentiality, it was very intense and stormy. Their “weird and impossible” relationship, led them to do together what they almost certainly would never have done apart: commit murder.
Murder was a necessary element in their plan to commit the perfect crime. The two teenagers spent hours discussing and refining a plan that included kidnapping the child of wealthy parents, demanding a ransom, and collecting the ransom after it was left at a designated point. Neither of the two liked the thought of killing their kidnap victim, but they ...

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had earlier been at tutoring, to split up and head home. After watching the boys for a while, around 3:00 or 3:15 p.m. they parked on the opposite side of Drexel Boulevard and continued to watch the children play. Later, they sneaked around on foot to watch without being seen. Around 4:45 p.m. the group of boys broke up and one went down an alley. Leopold and Loeb assumed he would be back and that the others were waiting for him. While they were watching for him to come back, the others went home and the boy never came back. They were almost positive that they had missed their chance then. An acquaintance of Loeb’s, a rich lawyer named Levinson, had a son who might be expected home ...

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