Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 21, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

1924: Friends Nathan “Babe” Leopold Jr. and Richard “Dickie” Loeb — the pampered sons of ... the authorities and would never stand trial. After they dumped the boy’s body near Wolf ...

The trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez came at a time of cultural obsession with courts, crime and murder, when live televised ...

The trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez came at a time of cultural obsession with courts, crime and murder, when live televised ...

True crime documentaries 'The Staircase,' 'Tiger King,' and 'Tickled.' We love heartfelt LGBTQ+ dramas, lesbian action movies ...

Their two trials bookended the O.J. Simpson trial, creating a mid-1990s phenomenon ... and wealthy that goes back at least to the Leopold and Loeb murder case of the 1930s, but had been in the ...