Richard Speck
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- An unfathomable evil. Chin, P.; Tamarkin, C. // People;12/23/91, Vol. 36 Issue 24, p121
Profiles Chicago mass murderer Richard Speck, who recently died, 25 years after murdering eight Chicago nurses. Recollections of the murders by lone survivor Corazon Atienza; Comments on Speck's crimes; Childhood problems; Details of July 1966 murders of nurses; How Speck was apprehended;...
- Nary a speck of decency. // Time;5/27/1996, Vol. 147 Issue 22, p34
Reveals details about the unsavory life and death of mass murderer Richard Speck who was convicted of the 1966 slayings of eight student nurses. His 25 years in Stateville Correctional Center, a maximum-security lockup; The two-hour tape purportedly filmed three years before Speck's death...
- On Speck. // Advocate;06/25/96, Issue 710, p16
Reports on the emergence of a 1988 video of convicted mass murdered Richard Speck in which Speck boasted of having numerous lovers in prison. Speck's establishment of his claim by having oral and anal sex on-camera with another inmate; Illinois state legislators' promise to tighten regulations...
- Sex, lies and videotape. Washington, Odie // Corrections Today;Feb98, Vol. 60 Issue 1, p34
Focuses on Richard Speck's videotape which is being viewed as evidence of the Illinois Department of Corrections' (DOC) failure to manage the state's prison system. Biography of Speck; Two general lessons to be learned from the experience with the tape; Three components of the strategy employed...
- THE MIND OF A MURDERER. Altman, Jack; Ziporyn, Marvin // Saturday Evening Post;7/1/1967, Vol. 240 Issue 13, p27
Discusses how Richard Speck killed the student nurses of the South Chicago Community Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 1966. Medical history of Speck; Details of the killings; Family background.
- Speck, Richard (1942-1991). // Werewolf Book;1999, p253
Information on serial killer Richard Speck is presented. Speck, as reported, killed 8 out of 9 nurses, which he took hostage, on July 14, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois, after entering their dormitory. Name of the surviving nurse, who was able to escape, was Corazon Amurao, who told that Speck broke...
- 24 Years to Page One. // Time;7/29/1966, Vol. 88 Issue 5, p21
The article reports on the imprisonment of Richard Benjamin Speck for the murder of eight young nurses in an apartment on July 14, 1966 in South Side Chicago, Illinois. It notes that the former mariner Speck used a 0.22 caliber pistol to kill the nurses. Accordingly, Speck was only recognized by...
- Hot on the Line. // Time;7/29/1966, Vol. 88 Issue 5, p62
The article reports on the stories about the exploits of journalist Harry Romanoff in collecting lurid details of crime or events in the U.S. It mentions that Romanoff is known by his colleagues as the Heifetz of the telephone because of ability to get certain information through telephone...
- Untitled. // Time;12/4/1972, Vol. 100 Issue 23, p51
The article offers information on several notable people in the U.S. It states that Italy's fascist dictator Romano Mussolini, the son of Benito Mussolini, tours New York City as a jazz pianist. It mentions the boxing match between former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and Bob Foster, in...
