A mass murderer leaves eight women dead
A mass murderer leaves eight women dead On this day in 1966, Richard speck brutally kills 8 student nurses. Speck was an alcoholic and a petty criminal with over 20 arrests on his record. He had “Born to Raise Hell” tattooed on his forearm on the night of the murder. On the night before the murder, the drunk Speck broke into the townhouse for student nurses and used his gun to force three nurses into a bedroom, where he found three more women. Using nautical knots, he then tied the women’s hands and feet with strips torn from bedsheets. Later, three more nurses had come home only to be tied up as well. Speck killed them one by one but one nurse escaped and shouted for help. Speck was sentenced to life. On the night of July 14, 1966, eight student nurses are brutally murdered by Richard Speck at their group residence in Chicago, Illinois. Speck threatened the women with both a gun and a knife, tying each of them up while robbing their townhouse. Over the next several hours, Speck s...