Hey there, Lopsided_Bet_2578, since you asked about media, please check our wiki where we keep lists of books, podcasts, and videos that may be of interest. On the night of the crime, 24-year-old Speck snuck into a townhouse in Chicago where the nurses lived. } After Speck was arrested for burglary and assault, he fled to Chicago to seek shelter with his sister, Martha, a couple of months later. In 1965, Speck attacked a woman in the parking lot of her apartment building with a 17-inch carving knife. Amurao remained hidden for hours after Specks departure, trembling in terror. 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In 1972, Speck's death sentence was commuted to 50 to 100 years in prison, when the U.S. Supreme Court abolished capital punishment. A public school teacher referred to all students by their last names to circumvent a school policy requiring staff to use UK Leeds, England. THIS TAPE AND. *Authors Note: Some readers have expressed concern about the use of the word petty crime in relation to Specks criminal act of indecent exposure. He knocked on the door of a bedroom and immediately pointed a gun at the person who opened the door, Corazon Amurao the only victim who survived. Benjamin Speck died of a heart attack when his youngest son, Richard, was six-years-old. Richard Speck horrified the public with his savage killings of eight student nurses in 1966. By July of that year, Speck had outstayed his welcome and attempted to get a job on a ship with the National Maritime Union. In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court abolished capital punishment, and Specks death sentence was commuted to 50 to 100 years in prison. Reports say that Speck looked up to his father and often went on fishing trips with him. This is not to say that others in prison had not transitioned, but that their names are not in any way on record. Around this time, Speck sexually attacked a random woman at knife-point and nearly killed her. Came into the spotlight with his activities in the prison when the video tapes featuring Speck performing oral sex, doing cocaine, parading in silk panties and sporting female-like breasts surfaced. During questioning, Speck faked feeling sick but promised to return later on for further interrogation. When 23-year-old Corazon Amurao opened the front door to Speck's knock, he forced his way in at gunpoint. newdiv.innerHTML = copytext; During his trial, which began on April 3, 1967, Speck claimed to have no recollection of the murders, something that did not bother the prosecution as they already had an eye-witness ready to identify him. Five years after his death, a videotape of inmates at the maximum-security prison where Speck was incarcerated was sent to the media. To save his own life, Speck had to permit to happen to him some of the same sexual abuses he had inflicted on women. Just a few glimpses of the video have been shown (in the A&E) documentary about Richard. Speck then killed a 32-year-old barmaid who worked at a bar he was doing carpentry work for. He managed to deflect police questioning and escape once again, but police discovered some of Harris' personal effects in his vacant hotel room that conclusively tied him to her attack. Enter your email address to subscribe to Women Are Human and receive notifications of new articles by email. The shocking video of Richard Speck in prison in 1988. Corazon Amurao, the lone survivor of the brutal Chicago massacre of eight student nurses. copytext = selection + pagelink; I find it a bit difficult to believe this, considering what Bill paid for the tape, would he really have allowed it to be up for grabs online? Thank you! How does that all happen?? Specks mother stood by her son, loyally paying his bail and visiting him in jail each time he got in trouble. On July 12 after receiving an assignment, Speck arrived at the ship only to find his position had been given to someone else. Laramore, serving a 60-year sentence for murder, is still in the Illinois . Changing his mind at the last minute, he summoned help, and was taken to Cook County hospital, where, again, his tattoo gave him away, and he was arrested and taken into custody. Richard Speck died on Dec. 5, 1991, the eve of his 50th birthday, from a heart attack. UK England; Wales. On one aggravated assault charge, Speck was sentenced to 16 months in prison, but was released only after six months due to good behavior. The doctor called the authorities as soon as possible, and that was how the killer was caught. Biography.com for more about his life. The video alternates between talk show and hard-core pornography--Speck being the receptive partner in anal intercourse). His trial was held at the Peoria . I dont think he actually liked doing it at all. A film based on the notorious mass killer Richard Speck, who systematically tortured, raped and murdered a group of student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966. I know because I'm one of them: with the diagnosis I have people are usually very aggressive, slow at learning things and it overall affects their quality of life, despite a lot of cases go unnoticed before adulthood. When his mother remarried a few years later, Specks new stepfather was the opposite of his clean-cut idol. When hes sober or unarmed, he couldnt face down a mouse.. Bettmann/Getty ImagesMugshot of Richard Speck, taken when he was 23. Petty crime is legal terminology, meaning crimes that are charged as misdemeanors rather than felonies. Speck assured the girls that he was only going to rob them. One of the medical staff noticed the patients distinctive tattoo, and realized he was the man for whom authorities were searching. The mystery of the tape itself fascinates me. Just watched the video and they said the Supreme Court overturned the death penalty verdict. A&E Television Networks Authorities soon came and Amurao provided details regarding Richard Speck, including his unique tattoo that read "Born to Raise Hell." Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. To evade further police questioning, Speck skipped town and found work on a ship. In 2010, paranormal investigators tried to film Richard Speck's ghost at the site of his heinous killing spree. That seemed to be the end of the Richard Speck story until a bizarre videotape surfaced in 1996. He was in need of surgery to repair his severed artery, and was watched over by a dozen policemen who were determined to ensure that his days of making lucky escapes were over. The boy took his fathers death hard, regressing to eating crayons and attention-seeking behaviors. His mother stayed at home with the children while his father worked as a packer. If so, sorry about the nightmares, I dont know about everyone and now I cant unsee this. However, his initial plan soon took a dark turn. Name: Richard Speck Birth Year: 1941 Birth date: December 6, 1941 Birth State: Illinois Birth City: Kirkwood Birth Country: United States Gender: Male Best Known For: In 1966, Richard Speck. She-hes in prison is nothing new, and werent in the late eighties when Speck was transitioning either. Speck was never officially charged with the murders of which he was suspected prior to the events that took place in the South Chicago townhouse and, officially, those cases remain unsolved. However, Lindberg was an alcoholic with a criminal record that included drunk-driving and forgery, and he verbally demeaned Speck and his younger sister Carolyn. After a mile, he came across a townhouse that was functioning as a dormitory for nine student nurses at the South Chicago Community Hospital. Speck found work on a ship, and it began to seem like bodies turned up wherever Speck had been. US . Speck had begun drinking alcohol at age 12 and by age 15, was getting drunk almost every day. All Rights Reserved. Some additional info-wiki. Fearing for her life, Specks wife filed for divorce and took full custody of their child. 1. With his new family, Speck moved to East Dallas, Texas, where they bounced from house to house, living in many of the poorer neighborhoods of the city. One escaped. newdiv.style.position = 'absolute'; Throughout his time there, he regularly got caught with drugs and moonshine. His crimes show a pathological hatred of women. He was forced to become what he hated, a woman, which was a reason enough for him to kill someone, in order to survive. One of America's most infamous mass murderers, Richard Speck attacked nine student nurses on July 14, 1966, killing eight, in their Chicago dormitory. Speck died of a heart attack on December 5, 1991, the eve of his 50th birthday. She climbed out on a window ledge and screamed for help, at which point concerned neighbors summoned the police. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. Authorities in the state of Michigan wanted to ask Speck about the murders of four girls and women between the ages of 7 and 60. As Speck had planned, the breasts he developed were enticing to other inmates at Statesville Correctional Institute in Joliet, Illinois. All of Speck's victims were women. One physician who checked up on Speck said, "His pockmarked face was much fleshier and had taken on female characteristics. Amurao provided authorities with the information they needed to track down Speck, including a description of his Born to Raise Hell tattoo. But the videotaping? He was sentenced to die by electric chair. The video's release caused a major scandal within the Illinois Department of Corrections, and was widely cited as justification for the reintroduction of death penalty. At the time, this building functioned as a dormitory for student nurses. A mugshot of Richard Speck taken when he was just 20. A survivor's account of the attack. Before then, he had been responsible for other acts of violence against his family and others but had a knack for escaping the police. Amurao took to the witness stand for the trial, and in a dramatic moment, stood directly in front of Richard Speck, pointed at him, almost touching his chest, and said, This is the man. The prosecution also found fingerprints matching Specks prints at the scene of the crime. deserve much more punishment than just living uncomfortably. Subsequent nationwide enquiries also raised the other incidents in which Speck was suspected, as well as his criminal record. The two-hour tape surfaced last summer when an attorney approached WBBM anchor Bill Kurtis. In the midst of this carnage, two other student nurses who lived in the dormitory arrived home. He decided to eradicate all witnesses. The seven nursing students inside used their psychology training to try to connect with and calm Speck. Speck held a number of regular jobs and even got married after he impregnated a 15-year-old girl he met at Texas State Fair. The inmates did not kill Speck, because they preferred to use him sexually. Speck, who later claimed he was high on both alcohol and drugs, may have originally planned to commit a routine burglary. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesRichard Speck sits in court before being returned to Chicago. He was also heard saying, "If they knew how much fun I was having in here, they would turn me loose," as reported by AP News. Richard Speck: Natural Born Killer: With Corazon Amurao, Jim Barrell, Gerald Getty, Danny Johnson. He saved Gloria Davy for last, raping and sodomizing her before strangling her. Despite getting married, the relationship wasn't a loving one, and Shirley reportedly suffered abuse at the hands of her new husband. Although Speck appears to be enjoying himself in prison videos, it is most likely that he was pretending. //Get the selected text and append the extra info Richard Speck was an alcoholic and a petty criminal with over 20 arrests on his record by the age of 25. Welp.. here is your yearly reminder not to commit mass murder. document.body.appendChild(newdiv); In 1972, Speck was re-sentenced to from 400 to 1,200 years in prison (eight consecutive sentences of 50 to 150 years). They started a relationship, which ended up in pregnancy. IN THE VIDEO HE IS SEEN SNORTING DRUGS OF ANOTHER INMATES, WELL YOU KNOW. TOP PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY HE TURNED HIMSELF FEMALE AS A WAY TO PUNISH HIMSELF FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE.https://youtu.be/slm_YDzx4vITHIS IS FOR NEWS PURPOSES ONLYRICHARD SPECK IS A VILE LOOKING HUMANBEING. Just a few glimpses of the video have been shown (in the A&E) documentary about Richard. In 1991, while still in prison, Speck died of a heart attack. 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On the night of the crime, 24-year-old Speck snuck into a townhouse in Chicago where the nurses lived. He unleashed the unresolved anger that lurked in his subconscious outward onto other women. His first arrest, in 1955 at age 13, for trespassing, was followed by dozens of others for misdemeanors over the next eight years. Unlike other prison jobs, where an inmate reports to a fixed location like the kitchen or the laundry, he moved throughout the prison. Corazon Amurao, one of the nursing students, answered, and Speck forced his way in. Corrections Director Odie Washington has ordered that all video equipment be removed from the prisons education area. He would get into fights, steal from businesses, and even burgled and raped a 65-year-old woman in 1966. ``It was a pornographic tape, Kurtis said. I am somehow a PhD, more or less calm and collected most of the time and, needless to say, I look at this case with utter horror, because if not for proper diagnosis and treatments received over the years (as well as generally supportive family and social circles) probability of me being a violent criminal would've been rather high. Richard was doing a side job as a carpenter for Pierce's workplace, and police questioned him briefly (via ATI). SHOWING EVEN FROM THE GRAVE RICHARD WAS AGAIN SCREWING OVER SOCIETY. Everyone has seen the video of serial Killer Richard Speck in prison in the 80s doing drugs with other inmates, having sex with them, and sporting what appears to be hormone-induced breasts. Especially since some of the symptoms like muscles flexing and not relaxing for weeks also toss a great deal of pain into the mix. Speck broke in through the window of the townhouse at 11 p.m. on July 13, 1966, and made his way to the bedrooms. The trial lasted just 12 days and, on April 15, 1967, the jury found Speck guilty of all eight murders, after less than an hour's deliberation. Along with another inmate, he snorts a white powder that appears to be cocaine, engages in sex acts and tells the camera how hes had the time of his life behind bars. este es el video que conmociono ha muchos, el video del asesino Richard Speck, donde se ve que no siente que estuviera recibiendo castigo. After the killing spree, Speck was able to evade authorities for a few days. Rapists, child traffickers, etc. Between the hundreds of fingerprints Speck left at the crime scene and Amuraos positive identification in court, the trial was open and shut, lasting only 12 days. According to Thought Co., Speck sexually abused Shirley and even raped her at knifepoint. The more you read into his whole biography the more it feels like that was precisely the case of severely un- and/or mistreated neurological problem out-of-control, because it pretty much shows a pattern of him spiraling into alcoholism and increasingly mindless crimes in certain intervals that are becoming shorter as we get into 1966. Despite concerns about her ability to testify after her harrowing ordeal, she gave a faultless performance, impressing the jury with every detail of that evening, identifying Speck unequivocally. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Which is something so uncommon it has no freaking name. People seem torn on wether they should be outraged at him being able to party in jail, or psyched about him having to prostitute himself to stay alive. There, they found stolen items from reported thefts, but Speck was nowhere to be found. [deleted] 4 yr. ago. The Untold Truth Of Murderer Richard Speck. The tape has proved to be a major embarrassment for Illinois corrections officials, who beginning Wednesday will be called before a state legislative panel to answer questions about how closely they watched one of the nations most notorious serial killers. As you all know, in 1988 Richard Speck and Ronzelle Larimore made a video in prison that is half talkshow, half pornography. As investigators descended upon the apartment, one of them picked up a camera and photographed the scene. Its like a law of attraction thing. Your browser doesn't support the HTML5 CANVAS tag. There was widespread controversy regarding the released tape, as the criminals were seemingly able to enjoy themselves and engage in illicit activities even in a maximum-security prison, according to the Independent. The remarriage of Specks mother to Carl Lindberg three years later and the familys subsequent relocation to Dallas, Texas gave the resentful boy an excuse to rebel against his strict religious upbringing. Yeah I find the thought of anyone getting raped upsetting, even if they were a rapist and shit. document.body.removeChild(newdiv); ``To use cocaine, to smoke marijuana, to have explicit sexual contact with who knows how many people, thats a disaster, said Republican Rep. Peter Roskam. Richard Speck was a murderer notorious for killing eight student nurses in 1966. ``It vindicates our view that his conduct was not drug induced and was not done in amnesiac state, but it is little solace to the victims families at this point or anybody else, said former chief prosecutor William J. Martin. Bill Kurtis obtained the tape through an anonymous lawyer, his production company paid 5K for it back in the 90's. He was initially given a death sentence, but this was reduced to life in prison in 1971 when the Supreme Court ruled that people opposed to the death penalty were unconstitutionally excluded from the jury. On his binge, Speck met Ella Mae Hooper, a 53-year-old woman who had spent the day drinking at the same taverns as him, who he then held up at knifepoint. Speck began to idolize his mother, holding Mary Speck upas a saint to whom no woman could compare. Show more Show more Almost yours: 2 weeks, on us. Sure enough, the four other death row inmates terrorized Speck, threatening to kill him. ``He was supposed to be supervised all the time, Howell said. Speck attempted suicide by slitting his wrists and left elbow using a broken bottle, but he was found and taken to a hospital. The first known man to chemically transition gender while in a United States prison, Richard Speck was a serial rapist, mass murderer, intimate partner abuser and suspected serial killer. He spent a few days there before traveling to Monmouth, Illinois, where he stayed with some family friends from his early childhood. The youth let loose, drinking heavily, consuming pills, frequenting prostitutes, and continually getting arrested for such *petty crimes as indecent exposure and forgery. Corazon Amurao was the sole survivor, having escaped Specks notice by hiding under a bed. There were nine women staying at the townhouse and one by one, Speck tortured and killed the student nurses. As you all know, in 1988 Richard Speck and Ronzelle Larimore made a video in prison that is half talkshow, half pornography. Speck had to be placed in solitary confinement for his own safety. Vintage Prison Video (Spree Killer Richard Speck) 17. Speck was convicted in Peoria, Illinois on April 15, 1967. When Speck saw his pregnant teen wife looking on, he would laugh, reveling in her pain before driving off. After being questioned for this murder, Speck skipped town and moved in with another one of his sisters in Chicago. Speck died of a heart attack in 1991, one day shy of his 50th birthday. Speck admitted he committed the killings _ breaking for the first time his claim of drug-induced amnesia. Oh God, Im the only one alive.. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Speck was not aware that he was careless and left a witness, and Corazon Amurao testified against Speck in court (via Insider). document.addEventListener('copy', addLink); Speck changed his name and maintained a low profile, but could feel law enforcement closing in. He went back to his office and looked through the newspaper, and that's when it dawned on him that his patient looked just like the wanted man. Richard Speck captured the nation's attention during the summer of 1966 after murdering eight female students who lived together on Chicago's South Side. According to The Crime of the Century: Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked A Nation, Specks violence only escalated from there. There, he raped her, and stole a gun from her purse. 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