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American History

snowybirdie

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1. I still have memories

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2024, 06:33 AM

May 2024

Of my parents driving home in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. They would always point out Bobbie Frank's house to me. This was 30 years after the murder! A huge deal in Chicago.

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On this day, May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 OP

I still have memories snowybirdie May 2024 #1

Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'Rope' (1948), starring Jimmy Stewart, was based on the Leopold-Loeb case. sop May 2024 #2

So was Compulsion with Orson Welles AZLD4Candidate May 2024 #3

Two teen prodigies shocked America with a cynical murder 100 years ago mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 #4

Thanks for reminding us of this. sybylla May 2024 #5