Thrill Me by Stephen Dolginoff is a True-Crime musical about the very real story of Leopold and Loeb, two pre-law students ...

It was a perfect crime, or so the smug perps thought. Witnesses saw them drive away from the murder scene, where they left evidence. Their alibis didn’t hold up. Still, when the brilliant playboy sons ...

So. I've returned to Thomas Jefferson St. after taking a few months off for a book leave. Why does it take such effort to write a book? Consider this cautionary tale: the story of The Greatest ...

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The 1924 true-crime case of silver-spoon murderers — and lovers — Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb has inspired endless works, from films to plays to novels. But opera? That’s a new one. HindSight, by ...

On a sizzling August day in 1924, a riot took place outside a Chicago courtroom as spectators fought for a chance to see attorney Clarence Darrow, the famed “defender of lost causes,” try to save the ...

Simon Baatz's For the Thrill of It is the kind of book that can ruin late-summer vacation plans. It's a riveting non-fiction thriller that will turn you into an activity-hostile recluse who shouts, ...

Nathan Leopold’s glasses, found near the body of the murder victim, were the clue that eventually led police to arrest Leopold and Richard Loeb for the murder of Bobby Franks, May 25, 1924. Nathan ...

Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold created a nationwide sensation in 1924 when they were convicted of kidnapping and slaying a young neighbor in Chicago just for the thrill of it. Loeb and Leopold, then ...

“Never the Sinner,” reviewed Friday night at Interplayers Theatre, continues through Nov. 9. Call (509) 455-7529 for tickets. Interplayers Theatre’s production of “Never the Sinner,” a penetrating ...

BOSTON (AP) — James "Whitey" Bulger, the notorious Boston gangster who eluded authorities for nearly two decades before being caught in 2011, was found dead in prison Tuesday, officials said. His ...