During the summer of 1924, everyone was obsessed with Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, the two wealthy, brilliant, lovers who had brutally murdered a boy with a chisel just for the “thrill.” Between the charm and accessibility of the dashing teenage defendants, their “deviant” sexual appetites, and the 1920s’ culture wars over the generational shift in acceptable morality, it is no wonder it was labeled the trial of the century.

100 years after the murder, this groundbreaking new biography reveals the motivations behind Bobby’s death and the secret life of one of his killers.

Pulling on previously unseen archival collections from across the country, Arrested Adolescence looks at the full life of Nathan Leopold to discover the secrets hidden from history.