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Leopold and Loeb: Criminal Supermen or Dumbest Criminals in History?Uploaded 03-10-233 Oct 2023---The perfect crime…a favorite topic among mystery writers and television showrunners, who are always coming up with new and clever ways to commit cunning, albeit fictional murders. It is not so much a concern for real criminals. As far as most of them go, a perfect crime is any one that they can get away with. There is, perhaps, one notable exception to this - Leopold and Loeb, two well-off, educated students who killed a young boy in 1924 because they wanted to commit “the perfect crime.” It wasn’t murder that excited the duo. It was getting away with murder. As far as they were concerned, that was where the challenge lay. A challenge that, as we all know by now, they failed…miserably. Because Leopold and Loeb were not the criminal masterminds they thought they were. Sure, they had high intellects, but the superiority they liked to flaunt in everyone’s faces was all in their heads. A smart person does not necessarily equal a successful criminal and the pathetic reality was that Leopold and Loeb only committed a string of petty vandalism acts and, once they moved up to a serious crime, they were caught almost immediately. But due to a sensational trial, nationwide media coverage, and a controversial verdict, this murder was among the select few to be heralded as the “crime of the century,” ensuring everlasting notoriety for Leopold and Loeb. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week!https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels:Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIwTopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznetCheck out Karl's channels: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg https://www.youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Further Reading:https://homicide.northwestern.edu/crimes/leopold/https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/nathan-leopoldhttps://www.biography.com/crime-figure/richard-loebhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/leopold-and-loebhttps://medium.com/crimebeat/the-crime-of-the-20th-century-28352511895ahttps://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/arts/armand-s-deutsch-hollywood-fixture-dies-at-92.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/leopold-and-loebs-criminal-minds-996498/https://web.archive.org/web/20080801093735/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/3c.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080731123915/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/index_1.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080801093806/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/invest_2.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080801093725/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/2b.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080801093725/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/2b.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080731205300/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/arrest_3.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080801093732/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/3b.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080801093735/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/3c.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080801204823/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/sentence_6.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080801093755/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/7b.htmlhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/26/reopening-the-case-files-of-leopold-and-loeb/https://web.archive.org/web/20080801093800/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/7c.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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When you say the word “daredevil,” what image springs to mind? After you picture the Marvel guy in the red suit, we mean. It’s probably a man, maybe in his 30s, dressed in a dazzling, sparkly leather outfit, wearing a crash test helmet on his head and flashing a pair of gleaming, crazy eyes, howling like a madman as he charges into a death-defying stunt at a hundred miles per hour. Uploaded 23-02-24That’s a fair assessment, we would say. After all, a daredevil is a showman looking to garner as much attention as possible, because more eyeballs on his antics means more money and fame. But what if we told you that the daredevil we have in mind for today was none of those things? In fact, she was a quiet, matronly widow in her 60s named Annie Edson Taylor. She might not have looked the part, but make no mistake about it. Taylor’s daredevil credentials are as solid as it gets, and many others have risked (and sacrificed) life and limb in order to replicate her infamous feat - going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week!https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels:Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIwTopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznetLike Video Essays and Podcasts about Storytelling? Check out Eric Malikyte's channel, Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Eric's Books:https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyteEric's Socials:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ericmalikyteBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ericmalikyte.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/EricMalikyteKarl's Socials:Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwoodFurther Reading:https://archive.org/details/overfallsannieed00tayluoft/page/8/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theaterhttps://archive.org/details/queenofmiststory0000pari/page/32/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://web.archive.org/web/20161025032751/http://bay-journal.com/bay/1he/people/fp-taylor-annie.htmlhttps://archive.org/details/queenofmiststory0000pari/page/34/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://archive.org/details/queenofmiststory0000pari/page/36/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://archive.org/details/overfallsannieed00tayluoft/page/12/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theaterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/obituaries/annie-edson-taylor-overlooked.htmlhttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-barrel-ride-down-niagara-fallshttps://www.wbfo.org/heritage-moments/2018-10-22/heritage-moments-annie-edson-taylor-falls-daredevil-and-a-widows-hard-choiceshttps://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2023/07/annie-edson-taylor-niagara-falls/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/obituaries/annie-edson-taylor-overlooked.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20111018120342/http://nyfalls.com/niagara/niagara-falls-faq4.htmlhttps://archive.org/details/queenofmiststory0000pari/page/46/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2012/06/12/niagara-falls-barrelhttps://americacomesalive.com/annie-edson-taylor-1838-1921-american-daredevil/https://archive.org/details/queenofmiststory0000pari/page/54/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://web.archive.org/web/20161025032751/http://bay-journal.com/bay/1he/people/fp-taylor-annie.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20161025032751/http://bay-journal.com/bay/1he/people/fp-taylor-annie.htmlhttps://archive.org/details/queenofmiststory0000pari/page/92/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2023/07/annie-edson-taylor-niagara-falls/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/obituaries/annie-edson-taylor-overlooked.htmlAnnie Edson Taylor - Over the Falls Dr. Charles Carlin Parish - Queen of the Mist https://web.archive.org/web/20161025032751/http://bay-jou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harold Ramis: From Ghostbusters to Obscurity? #sponsoredUploaded 22-10-2522 Oct 2025---Check out http://squarespace.com/biographics to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code. BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks to Squarespace for the sponsorship#haroldramis #ghostbusters #sctv → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week!https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels:Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIwTopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznetEric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uybStoryrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazineKarl's Socials:Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwoodFurther Reading:https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/movies/harold-ramis-who-helped-redefine-what-makes-us-laugh-on-screen-dies-at-69.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/04/19/comedy-first https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/25/harold-ramis https://www.studlife.com/scene/2024/02/29/remembering-harold-ramis-a-washu-icons-journey-from-campus-to-comedy-stardom https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/harold-ramis https://variety.com/2014/film/news/harold-ramis-dead-at-69-1201118556/ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26335317 https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-harold-ramis-20140225-story.html Sponsor​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices