Today is Thursday, May 21st, 2020.

On this day in 1924, wealthy University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold

murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in cold blood.

The gruesome slaying was allegedly an attempt by Leopold and Lobe to commit the perfect murder. Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original. Due to the graphic nature of

today's crimes, listener discretion is advised. Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13. Today we're

covering the startling murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Let's go back to the

evening of May 21st, 1924, just before 5 p.m.

20 year old Nathan 20-year-old Nathan Leopold was fed up. He'd been driving around the upper-crust

neighborhood of Kenwood, Chicago for two hours with no results.

He wanted to pull over, give up the search, and resume it again on a later date. But 19-year-old Richard Lobe, who sat crouched in the back seat, bristled at this suggestion.

They had set out to kill someone.

As far as Lobe was concerned, they would keep up the search until they located the perfect target.

At 5 o'clock, they finally did.

Fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was walking home from school when Leopold and Loeb's green Willie's

Knight Automobile pulled up beside him.

When Loeb stuck his head out the back window, Bobby slowed to a stop.

Lobe was Bobby's cousin. There was nothing to fear.

Lobe's genial smiles seemed to confirm this.

Then he invited Bobby into the car, offering to give him a ride back

home. But Bobby refused. He didn't need a ride. His house was just around the corner.

According to journalist Simon Bats, it was at this point that Loeb insisted, come on in the car, I want to talk to you about the tennis racket you had yesterday. I want to get one for my brother."

That did it. The prospect of discussing his successful tennis match with his older cousin,

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