Nothing but the Night Audiobook Libro.fm

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With the enthusiastic delivery of an entertainment news anchor narrator Armando Riesco emphasizes the shocking and obsessive elements of one of the most sensational crimes of all time AudioFile Magazine

This audio will appeal to listeners seeking a compelling wellresearched historical true crime presented in an indepth and engaging manner Library Journal

Includes a bonus conversation between the authors and editor Charles Spicer

Greg King and Penny Wilson turn the original crime of the century on its head in Nothing But the Night a riveting new exploration of the murder trial of Leopold amp Loeb

Nearly a hundred years ago two wealthy and privileged teenagersNathan Leopold and Richard Loebwere charged and convicted in a gruesome crime that would lead to the original Trial of the Century Even in Jazz Age Chicago the murder was uniquely shocking for the motive of the killers welltodo Jewish scions full of promise had killed fourteenyearold Bobby Franks for the thrill of it The trial was made even more sensational by the revelation of a love affair between the defendants and by defense attorney Clarence Darrow who delivered one of the most famous defense summations of all time to save the boys from the death penalty The story of their mad folie deux with Loeb portrayed as the psychopathic mastermind and Leopold as his infatuated disciple has been endlessly repeated and accepted by history as fact And none of it is true

Using twentyfirst 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 long been viewed as the architect behind the murders King and Wilsons new research points to Leopold as the dominant partner in the deadly relationship uncovering a dark obsession with violence and sex Nothing but the Night pulls listeners into the troubled world of Leopold and Loeb revealing a more horrifying tale of passion obsession and betrayal than history ever imagined

A Macmillan Audio production from St Martins Press