About this episode
The families of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb hire the most famous defense attorney in America, Clarence Darrow, to keep their sons off death row. Darrow uses ingenious tactics, long-winded speeches and an army of psychiatrists in his defense of the killers. The courtroom spectacle is dubbed, The Trial of the Century. Join Black Barrel+ for bingeable seasons with no commercials : blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com . Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram , and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices