Richard Benjamin Speck

Serial Killer

Richard Benjamin Speck: The Mass Murderer Who Terrorized Chicago

Introduction

Richard Benjamin Speck was an American mass murderer who committed one of the most gruesome crimes in U.S. history. On the night of July 13-14, 1966, he brutally murdered eight student nurses in a townhouse on Chicago’s South Side. His crime shocked the nation and became one of the most infamous mass killings of the 20th century.

The Night of Terror: July 13-14, 1966

Speck entered the townhouse at 2319 East 100th Street in Chicago, where nine student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital lived. Armed with a knife and a gun, he held the women hostage, systematically separating and murdering them one by one. The only survivor, Corazon Amurao, managed to hide under a bed and later identified Speck as the killer.

Victims of Richard Speck

• Gloria Jean Davy (22) - Strangled and raped.
• Patricia Ann Matusek (20) - Strangled and stabbed.
• Nina Jo Schmale (24) - Strangled.
• Pamela Wilkening (20) - Strangled and stabbed.
• Suzanne Farris (21) - Stabbed and strangled.
• Mary Ann Jordan (20) - Stabbed repeatedly.
• Marlita Gargullo (23) - Strangled and stabbed.
• Valentina Pasion (23) - Strangled.

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The First Mass Murderer: Richard Speck in Chicago

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