Retracing the Steps of Leopold & Loeb
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- It was called "The Trial of the Century," a media circus before we even had the term. In 1924, two University of Chicago students kidnapped and murdered a young schoolboy in Kenwood, just north of Hyde Park on Chicago's South Side. America was riveted by details of the grisly crime; the lawyerly maneuverings of celebrity attorney Clarence Darrow were a source of daily discussion and distraction. Your tour guide and fellow time-traveler is University of Chicago scholar and noted storyteller Paul Durica, who reveals how a collection of artifacts-a pair of glasses, an Underwood typewriter, a green touring car, a length of rope, a chisel with a taped handle, a checkered stocking-helped disprove the alibi given by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Had these young men of wealth and education turned to murder, as they later claimed, for the "thrill of it?"
This program was recorded on October 21, 2012 as part of the 23rd annual Chicago Humanities Festival, America: chf.to/2012America
The tour guide did an excellent job! This looks like a great tour
Agreed: Excellent Tour Guide! Moreover, via this tour video under 45 minutes, I've learned more than ever had before via documentaries over an hour long. Thank you!
Excellent job by this tour guide. It was a thorough, informative and entertaining presentation and tour. This could be an example on how to offer a successful walking tour.
I have been fascinated with the “Crime of the Century “ ever since my parents first told me about it when I was a teen. I have read about it extensively, watched several film versions and done a tour of all the major sites connected with the crime. But this excellent tour and tour guide acquainted me with fascinating facts about the case about which had not known. Well done!
I was on this tour Very interesting, the guide did a excellent job, very accurate..
Brilliant detailed, walking tour of the prime story...and the neighbourhood.
I have watched a number of documentaries and presentations about Leopold & Loeb but none come close to the full commentary and granular detail shown here by an excellent tour guide. I have learned so much more about this story from watching this excellent video.
This was great, thanks !!! Really enjoyed it as I live on the West Coast. Excellent speaker !!!
I stumbled upon this and was thoroughly entertained by his tour and knowledge of the case. I've never been to Chicago, this made me feel like now, I have.
It wasn’t a combination of the hinges frame and prescription it was just that the hinges were only owned by three people in the area. And the ransom was a lot more complicated than just going to a certain place. It involved getting on a train and finding more instructions on the train telling him at what point to throw the money off the train
But there have been different stories. Because that’s what is in the Crimes of the Century book and what we were taught in a college history course. But I’ve also read what’s in the video online
The tour guy, very clever and well-informed.
This was excellent.The speaker is very good, and this video is fairly well shot and edited.
One recommendation would be to have a pre-prepared group of photos and documents plus a map with the locations, saved as a .pdf file. This file could then be given to all members to view on smart phones or tablets while participating in the tour. Just a thought.
Excellent guided tour..very informative.
The only discrepancy in this is the "green Willys Knight".It was actually dark blue with a scratch on the door and was rented from Hertz rentals. They also started a bank account for Morton D. Ballard. Loeb graduated from the University of Michigan at 14, not 18.
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Hello another case is really interesting was the case of Chicagos first serial killer H.H. HOLMES. you should do a tour walk on that and although the building is gone there are still things there to see.also Holmes had a drug store in the same area..think about it.and the Villisca axe murder house. Mrs P ur" senior citizen reader and watcher.
Where the Holmes, house was, is now a post office. The drug store, was across the street. I don't know what there is to see because across the street, is now a shopping center.
My mother, born in 1921, grew up in that neighborhood, but the 'other side of the tracks.'
This was fascinating.
You should have way more views.
I was very surprised to learn that the Franks family had converted to the Christian Science faith.
When do the tours start love hearing about crime and crime history Mrs P
nicely done. the leopold residence did NOT extend to where the guide is standing. its property line ended just before the 3-story courtyard building, in front of which he is standing. that courtyard building had always been there. also, bobby franks was interred at ROSEHILL, not ROSELAND cemetery.
I wouldnt mind seeing the unabridged version,
the dude behind the tree doesn't look suspicious AT ALL
This guide is really good.
Glad to be guided by a fellow aspie :)
I'm very thankful and lucky that Irvin Henry Hartman, Jr. was not picked up that day.
Great job 👌👍
My grandfather met them when visiting his cousins in Chicago.
Excellent presentation. Leopold family changed their name after this crime.
The Frank's family came to Chicago in 1870 or 1871 from New York City.
Why did he not tell that Leopold and Loeb was homosexual lovers?
It's pretty vital for the whole turn of events and the motivation of the pair.
This is just a sanitized version, so nobody gets offended in these Political Correct times...
It wasn't vital to their motivation AFAIK. It wasn't a rape or sexually motivated crime. It was completely a thrill killing. I rememberr reading that one of them (Leopold I'm pretty sure) was gay and totally infatuated with Loeb, but Loeb himself was really heterosexual. He allowed the sexual stuff as a way to bond, but also to control Leopold and keep him in line. Both of them actually had sex with females too, moreso for Loeb, so they weren't entirely gay. Gus Van Sant used this theme in the movie "Elephant" about two teenage boys who shoot up their school. They were not portrayed as gay, but on the morning of their crime they did some sexual stuff together as they prepared, and it weirdly made sense as a bonding thing for the prelude to some evil, criminal behavior. Plus, the disgusting things these guys did to their victim are talked about, so I don't see how this could really be seen as all that "sanitized."
Unless you're one of those people who think gays are always, or almost always, twisted paedophiles, or something like that, and are bothered that this narration doesn't validate that view?
Really? He said nothing of being bothered about homosexuals.
But you proved his point of people being politically correct. You accuse him of something you don't even know because of a comment in this discussion. Muah like homosexuals get accused of being paedophiles.
Because some liberal would say thats homophobic to mention it.
The narrator said in the beginning of video that he was doing a short version.
I'm glad to see he spent so much time on the Franks.
Until the mid 1950's Kenwood had their own "L" Linr whivh terminated at 42nd and lake Park, you can still see some of it's remains if you explore :)
They did Bobby sooooooooo wrong. Weird Darkness has a 3 hour narration on the entire ordeal and it's awesome as well!
I feel the spiky wrought-iron fencing in this neighborhood I feel lends it a gothic, gloomy feel. Even without that, I'm surprised anyone wanted to live in either the Leopold, Loeb or Franks homes afterwards. Franks mansion even has the wrought-iron outside the windows. Too tragic of an omen. I wonder what was so special about those hinges. I guess they were just really, high-quality. It reminds me of a murder case that was solved by a Rolex watch. Rolex also keeps meticulous records of who buys their watches. How convenient Caverly immediately retired, probably to St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Any thoughts on doing a new video? This was so helpful.
AMAZING GUIDE!!! BRILLIANT MAN!!!
I thought that Leopold used a Hammond Multiplex typewriter, not an Underwood? Either way, the story is well told.
And the typerwriter machine was stolen by the killers LEOPOLD & LOEB.....
Who else thought it was Borat in the thumbnail?
Kristina S. Haha he does favor borat
This was an example of great policing with limited resources at the time.
Very interesting video. I have studied this case as I am interested in true crime. Here is a case where two guys who had everything going for them destroyed three families by their stupidity and arrogance.
Do you know if the glasses are still in the Chicago Museum of History?
This was a good walk through of the crime. On my first view I found myself annoyed by the narrator using the words "uh" and "um." I went back to watch it again to count the times.
It was over 200 and I'm sure I missed a few "uh"s. Yeah, I"m nitpicking.
Uh, why don't you um, turn it into kind of uh, drinking game or um something like uh, that?
@@Oshiiiiiiiiiiii I would have died of alcohol poisoning half way through the video.
Hegewisch is pronounced Hayg wish, not Hedgewish. Almer Coe, not All Mar Coe. Good tour guide, but mispronounces a ton of names. I doubt he is originally from Chicago.
Is River oaks still around,?
I would like to know if Leopole and Loeb homes are stll standing ,do anybody know?? if so what is their adresses ???would like to see MRS P
They're no longer standing. I believe they show this in the video don't they (I haven't watched the whole thing)? I can look up the addresses if you're still around and are interested.
The Loeb mansion was enormous, looked almost like a palace, the Leopold home was more modest, but still pretty impressive.
Bobby Franks, home is still standing. It is on the corner of Hyde Park and Ellis. You can't miss it. They have been working on it for some time. It is still a BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE. I think it is going to be a condo, at least that is what the sign says. I don't know how many units it will be. Loeb's home is across the street, directly on Ellis. That home is gone BUT the brick fence is still there. Leopold's home is gone. It was on Greenwood, but the garage is still there. I pass by these sites frequently. If you will do some research, you will see pictures with the address of all three homes. Loeb's home was the most best, out of all three. The Loeb's, also had property in Michigan, which they still use. It is BEAUTIFUL.
After Rope and Compulsion, here I am.
Both great movies
AND "SWOON"???
Hegweisch, not pronounced Heidge wish.
What's the Hertz joke?
Shout out to the guide for giving much information about the life of Bobby and the Franks. There's lots of true crime podcasts and documentaries out there about Bobby's murder but it seem the only life and stories that gets shared is that of the murderers with Bobby's life being a filler.
P.S. Who's the guy behind the tree @3:15? Eerie!!
The Frank's home have just been completed. It is BEAUTIFUL.
@@Imissyoulou That's wonderful to hear. I saw it around 2015, when it was in a depressing state, and it really upset me.
@@oliverbrownlow5615 Oliver, It is BEAUTIFUL NOW.
@@Imissyoulou I hope I'll get a chance to go up and see it again.
Bobby was related to one of the killers
In four days I am fundamentally going to change the neighborhood. I just hope I don't need a Jury Trial. LOL
Are the Franks place and the Obama house right next door to each other or further apart?
No, the back of the Obama's home, looks directly at the site of the Loeb's home. The Franks, home is on the corner of Hyde Park and Ellis. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS.
the family stiffed the lawyer, how pathetic with all their millions
Does he have a girlfriend? :)
So Obama lives close to his great buddy, Louis Farrakhan.
Huh?
So what if he does??
So
this guy is the biggest nerd I done seen.
Ummm.... should be avoided. Speech class might help with that habit.
Lighten up, Francis.
Huh?