Where To Stream American Experience Season 28 Episode 4
The Perfect Crime
- Aired February 9, 2016
- 60 Min
- Rated 9.0
- Number 50 Of 108 Rated Episodes
When Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two well-educated college students from a wealthy suburb of Chicago, confessed to the brutal murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, the story made headlines across the country. The unlikely killers not only admitted their guilt, but also bragged that they had committed the crime simply for the thrill of it. As the sensational case unfolded during the summer of 1924, with famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow and Cook County Prosecutor Robert Crowe debating...