Graphic Novel Tells Fascinating Tale of Robber, Writer, Father and Prison Confidant

“The Hunting Accident” is the true life story of a Chicago gangster who is blinded during a shootout and is sent to Stateville Prison where he learns to navigate life under the tutelage of real life thrill killer Nathan Leopold.
"The Hunting Accident" is the true life story of a Chicago gangster who is blinded during a shootout and is sent to Stateville Prison where he learns to navigate life under the tutelage of real life thrill killer Nathan Leopold.
“The Hunting Accident” is the true life story of a Chicago gangster who is blinded during a shootout and is sent to Stateville Prison where he learns to navigate life under the tutelage of real life thrill killer Nathan Leopold.
"The Hunting Accident" is the true life story of a Chicago gangster who is blinded during a shootout and is sent to Stateville Prison where he learns to navigate life under the tutelage of real life thrill killer Nathan Leopold.

Graphic Novel Tells Fascinating Tale of Robber, Writer, Father and Prison Confidant

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Morning Shift talks to the author of a new graphic novel about a blind Chicagoan who lived a life of crime in his youth but transformed into a voracious writer and reader later in life. Who helped him make that turn? One of the most notorious criminals of the last century. We talk to the author of The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry and the son of the man at the center of the story.