The Trial of Leopold & Loeb: Dickie & Babe (Trials of the Century, #1)

The murder trial of Leopold and Loeb has echoed far beyond the courtroom. It directly inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Rope and Donna Tartt's The Secret History, shaping how modern culture understands intellectual arrogance, moral detachment, and the death penalty.

In 1924, two wealthy Chicago students set out to commit what they believed would be the perfect crime. What followed was one of the most famous trials of the twentieth century — a case that transformed public debate around criminal psy...