Join us for an exciting new book club at t he Westlake Porter Public Library. We'll be delving into new and classic b ooks of true crime&mdash\;from murder\, to robbery\, heists\, and arson we will touch on every aspect of humanity's darker instincts.
\nFor October we will be reading and discussing Nothing but the Night: Leopold &\; Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America by Greg King and Penny Wilson.
\nFrom Amazon:
\nGreg King and Penny Wilson turn the original cri me of the century on its head in \;Nothing But the Night\, a riveting new exploration of the murder trial of Leopold &\; Loeb.
\nNearly a hundred years ago\, two wealthy a nd privileged teenagers&mdash\;Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb&mdash\;were charged and convicted in a gruesome crime that would lead to the original &ldquo\;Trial of the Century&rdquo\;. Even in Jazz Age Chicago\, the murd er was uniquely shocking for the motive of the killers: well-to-do Jewish scions\, full of promise\, had killed fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks for t he thrill of it. The trial was made even more sensational by the revelatio n of a love affair between the defendants and by defense attorney Clarence Darrow\, who delivered one of the most famous defense summations of all t ime to save the boys from the death penalty. The story of their mad folie à\; deux\, with Loeb portrayed as the psychopathic mastermind and Le opold as his infatuated disciple\, has been endlessly repeated and accepte d by history as fact. And none of it is true.
\nUsing twenty-first century investigative tools\, forensics\, and a modern understanding of the psychology of these infamous killers\, \ ;Nothing but the Night \;turns history on its head. While Loeb has lon g been viewed as the architect behind the murders\, King and Wilson&rsquo\ ;s new research points to Leopold as the dominant partner in the deadly re lationship\, uncovering a dark obsession with violence and sex. \;Noth ing but the Night \;pulls readers into the troubled world of Leopold a nd Loeb\, revealing a more horrifying tale of passion\, obsession\, and be trayal than history ever imagined.
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