Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, confessed kidnappers and murderers in a highly sensationalized case in 1924. Young and very intelligent, they proclaimed that men of genius, "supermen," were above the law. They had done the murderjust for the thrill o f committing the perfect crime, absolved from guilt in their own minds because they thought they were "supermen." —2D Tapes Glossary Final approval 22 Mar 90