Part 1 of Essay
The crime that was to capture the attention of the nation in 1924 all began as a fantasy in the mind of eighteen year old Richard Loeb. Although Loeb was the handsome and privileged son of a retired Sears and Roebuck Vice President, he was obsessed with crime. Loeb, despite his high intelligence and reputation for being ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... and was planning to begin studies at Harvard Law School after a family trip to Europe in the summer. Leopold, who was very interested in wildlife, had already achieved recognition as the nation’s leading authority on the Kirtland warbler, an endangered songbird. Leopold agreed with Friedrich Nietzsche, and believed that legal obligations didn’t apply to those who approached “the superman.” Leopold’s idea of the superman was his friend and lover, Richard Loeb. Leopold and Loeb’s relationship was described by Cla ....