Leo Katcher (October 14, 1911 – February 27, 1991) was an American reporter, screenwriter, and author.
[3] While working for the Post, he obtained an exclusive jailhouse interview with Bruno Hauptmann, who was executed for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
He helped break the story of Richard Nixon's fund to reimburse him for his political expenses.
[2] The Post ran the story under the headline "Secret Rich Men's Trust Fund Keeps Nixon in Style Far Beyond His Means", causing Senator Nixon to tell Katcher's brother Edward, also a reporter, that Leo Katcher was "a son of a bitch".
[2] Katcher's books included, The Big Bankroll: The Life and Times of Arnold Rothstein, about the mobster/gambler, which was adapted into a movie, King of the Roaring Twenties (1961).