1924. University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were looking for a thrill. The brutal, cold-blood murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks would come to captivate the country and unfold into what many dubbed the crime of the century. Barrett returns to the primary sources-- confessions, interrogation transcripts, psychological reports, and more-- to look past all of the stories that have been spun in the last 90 years, and focus on...

"As investigators brought out the bagged remains of several dozen young men from a small Chicago ranch home and paraded them in front of a crowd of TV reporters and spectators, attention quickly turned to the owner of the house. John Gacy was an upstanding citizen, active in local politics and charities, famous for his themed parties and appearances as Pogo the Clown. But in the winter of 1978-79, he became known as one of many so-called "sex murderers"...