Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. Net Worth is $500,000
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb (June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), more commonly known as "Leopold and Loeb", were two wealthy University of Chicago law students who kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks in 1924 in Chicago.The duo was motivated to murder Franks by their desire to commit a perfect crime.Once apprehended, Leopold and Loeb retained Clarence Darrow as counsel for the defense. Darrow's summation in their trial is noted for its influential criticism of capital punishment as retributive, rather than a rehabilitative penal system. Leopold and Loeb were sentenced to life imprisonment. Loeb was killed by a fellow prisoner in 1936; Leopold was released on parole in 1958.The Leopold and Loeb crime has been the inspiration for several works in film, theatre, and fiction, such as the 1929 play Rope by Patrick Hamilton, and Alfred Hitchcock's take on the play in the 1948 film of the same name. Later movies such as Compulsion and Swoon were more accurate portrayals of the Leopold and Loeb case.
After his release in 1958, Leopold moved to Puerto Rico where he studied birds, taught mathematics at the University of Puerto Rico, and worked as an x-ray technician in a hospital operated by The Church of the Brethren. After his death in 1971, his will instructed that his body be donated to the University of Puerto Rico for medical research
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With his best friend, Richard Loeb, he kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Robert E. Franks (Bobby Franks) in Chicago.
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Released on parole in 1958 after thirty-three years in prison.
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Behind Mansion Walls
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Perfect Crimes?
1999
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
In Search of History: Leopold & Loeb: Born Killers
$500,000