135: The Perfect Crime - The Murder of Bobby Franks - Part 02

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Justin Drown

True Crime, Personal Journals, History, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Listener, I have a special multi-part series in store for you. For this episode we cover the players. Those involved. It’s an older story. With its murder taking place in 1924. At the time it was called The Crime of the Century, with a trial the likes the world had never seen. A full-blown media spectacle. And the victim caught up in a senseless scheme.

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0:00.0	Listener, Obscura is supported by listeners like you. If you want more bonus content, including
0:07.7	black label, for those with a taste for the dark stuff, head over to patreon.com slash obscure
0:14.1	crime podcast. That's patreon.com slash obscure a crime podcast. Welcome i'm glad you're here take a seat next to the fire welcome to
0:32.4	obscure where we shine a light on the dark. Part 1. The Missing Sun.
1:02.3	The Missing Sun.
1:02.4	Jacob and Flora Franks are deeply concerned.
1:16.5	By 6.30 p.m. that day, the two had become worried.
1:21.5	Bobby had always taken the time to let them know if he was going to go somewhere with his friends.
1:28.9	This wasn't like him.
1:36.2	Now, late into the night, they paced the house. Earlier they checked with Bobby's friends,
1:43.6	his school, and even the Loeb tennis court. He was nowhere to be found. At nine in the evening,
2:03.5	their friend, Samuel A. Edelson arrived to provide moral support and advice. Samuel is an attorney and had given advice to Jacob in the past. He arrived at the Frank's home with a strange idea that gave the family hope. What if Bobby was locked in the school?
2:10.9	So Jacob called the headmaster again with this new idea. The headmaster lived far away from the school, so he gave some numbers of individuals with keys. After calling around, they finally reached the school athletic director.
2:19.9	When the group arrived at the school, they found their way in through a basement window.
2:25.4	The key wasn't needed. This excited Jacob, but the athletic director broke the mood.
2:32.0	If it was this easy for them, wouldn't Bobby have been capable of
2:36.0	leaving on his own? There was a pause in the group. Still, they pushed forward. Inside the
2:42.9	building, they shouted Bobby's name. Most of the group remained calm, but Jacob ran through
2:48.5	the halls, the sound of his shoes thunderously stomping down
2:52.5	the empty halls. His son's name bellowed from his mouth. It became obvious to the group that
2:58.4	Bobby wasn't there. Towards the end of the shouting, Jacob's voice took on an angered tone. After
3:04.8	he gave up, he stood bent over, taking in oxygen. Jacob is comforted by the
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