The true story that inspired Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.In a Chicago courtroom in 1924, two young men stand accused of a crime that shocked the nation. This production presents their trial as a full-cast audio drama based on the original courtroom transcripts.The Trial of Leopold & Loeb: Dickie & Babe reconstructs one of the most famous criminal cases of the twentieth century as a feature-length listening experience, created in the t...

The murder trial of Leopold and Loeb has echoed far beyond the courtroom. It directly inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Rope and Donna Tartt's The Secret History, shaping how modern culture understands intellectual arrogance, moral detachment, and the death penalty.In 1924, two wealthy Chicago students set out to commit what they believed would be the perfect crime. What followed was one of the most fam...