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  2. Leopold and Loeb - Wikipedia

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    Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) [1] and Richard Albert Loeb (/ ˈ l oʊ b /; June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two American students at the University of Chicago who kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on May 21, 1924.

  3. Rope (play) - Wikipedia

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    Cover of the 1929 US edition, published by Samuel French. Rope, retitled Rope's End for its American release, is a 1929 English play by Patrick Hamilton.It was said to be inspired by the real-life murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.

  4. Thrill killing - Wikipedia

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    May 21, 1924: University students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Leopold, aged 19 at the time, and Loeb, 18, believed themselves to be Nietzschean Übermenschen who could commit a "perfect crime" (in this case a kidnapping and murder). Both were sentenced to life imprisonment plus 99 years; Loeb ...

  5. Thrill Me - Wikipedia

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    Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff. It is based on the true story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb , the so-called "thrill killers" who murdered a young boy in 1924 in order to commit "the perfect crime."

  6. Stephen Dolginoff - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Dolginoff is an American playwright and composer. His most notable work is Thrill Me, the musical version of the true story of Leopold and Loeb, which opened Off-Broadway at the York Theatre in 2005, [1] featuring Dolginoff himself as Nathan Leopold. [2]

  7. Stateville Penitentiary Malaria Study - Wikipedia

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    A well-known participant of the study was Nathan Leopold, who (together with Richard Loeb, who was killed after being sentenced) kidnapped and murdered a teenager, while they were students at the University of Chicago. Serving his sentence at Stateville Penitentiary, Leopold took interest in the malaria studies, first enrolling as a subject.

  8. A judge in Brazil has ordered Adele’s song Million Years Ago to be removed globally from streaming services due to a plagiarism claim by Brazilian composer, Toninho Geraes. Geraes alleges that ...

  9. Rope (film) - Wikipedia

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    The film's trailer. Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play of the same title by Patrick Hamilton.The film was adapted by Hume Cronyn with a screenplay by Arthur Laurents.