Ebook: For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago
- Tags: Murder--Illinois--Chicago, Murderers--Illinois--Chicago, Murder, Murderers, Biography, Case studies, Biographies, Leopold Nathan Freudenthal -- 1904-1971, Loeb Richard A. -- 1905-1936, Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography, Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies, Illinois -- Chicago
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- City: New York;Illinois;Chicago
- Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed
- Language: English
- epub
In the tradition of "The Devil in the White City" comes a riveting recreation of one of the most infamous crimes of the 20th century--the scandalous Leopold-Loeb murder case that shocked Chicago. Photos throughout.;List of illustrations -- Preface -- Part 1: Crime -- 1: Kidnapping -- 2: Relationship -- 3: Planning the murder -- 4: Murder -- 5: Ransom -- 6: Interrogation -- 7: Confessions -- Part 2: Attorneys -- 8: Clarence Darrow -- 9: Robert Crowe -- Part 3: Courtroom -- 10: Indictment -- 11: Scientists arrive -- 12: Mitigation of punishment -- 13: Psychiatrists for the defense -- 14: Psychiatrists for the state -- 15: Closing statements -- 16: Sentencing -- 17: Aftermath -- Leopold and Loeb in fiction -- Author's note -- Sources -- Notes -- Index -- Illustration credits.
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