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Jun 2022
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Episode 495: Leopold and Loeb Part I - T...

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This week the boys delve into one of the most notorious tales in true crime history, the story of Leopold and Loeb, two wealthy students from the University of Chicago who formulated a haphazard plan that lead to the kidnapping & death of a 14-year-old boy in May 1924.

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