*Authors Note: Some readers have expressed concern about the use of the word petty crime in relation to Specks criminal act of indecent exposure. 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. All That's Interesting is a Brooklyn-based digital publisher that seeks out stories that illuminate the past, present, and future. The doctor called the authorities as soon as possible, and that was how the killer was caught. At one point, a prisoner from behind the camera asked Speck why he killed the eight student nurses, to which he merely replied, "It just wasn't their night," and laughed. The two-hour tape surfaced last summer when an attorney approached WBBM anchor Bill Kurtis. Speck had to be placed in solitary confinement for his own safety. There, he raped her, and stole a gun from her purse. copytext = selection + pagelink; Unlike other prison jobs, where an inmate reports to a fixed location like the kitchen or the laundry, he moved throughout the prison. Sure enough, the tattoos matched the descriptions, according to theChicago Tribune. 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. All Rights Reserved. There was that ludicrous XYY syndrome myth, but for some reason people are more aware of that than they are with organic brain syndrome he had, on top of anomaly he was most likely born with: hippocampus and amygdala having unclear boundaries. Richard was doing a side job as a carpenter for Pierce's workplace, and police questioned him briefly (via ATI). Eww the flashbacks. Panicked and desperate, Speck attempted suicide, slicing his own wrists and arm. 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. Speck's trial began on April 3, 1967, and his claim that he had no recollection of the eight murders committed placed Corazon Amurao in the spotlight as the star witness. Have you spotted an error or omission? 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. And tragically, eight women inside would meet horrific ends that night. When he was 20 years old in 1962, Richard Speck met Shirley Malone, a girl five years his junior. Students and staff of one of the leading and largest higher education institutions in the UK are accusing the university of UK Scotland. Amurao bolted from her hiding place to the nearest window, from where she screamed, They are all dead. In 1996, a bizarre video taken of Speck in 1988 was released to the public by an anonymous attorney. Which is something so uncommon it has no freaking name. In it, Speck can be seen among other inmates ingesting cocaine and doing sex acts. 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. Subsequent nationwide enquiries also raised the other incidents in which Speck was suspected, as well as his criminal record. There is an old saying look at the 5 people closest to you and that is who you are. The final of these later arrivals was Gloria Jean Davy, 22, who was dropped off by her boyfriend late that night. newdiv.style.position = 'absolute'; Speck dropped out of school at age 15. 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. Specks psychiatrist would later say that Mary Specks unconditional love created an internal conflict within Speck. To save his own life, Speck had to permit to happen to him some of the same sexual abuses he had inflicted on women. Astrological Sign: Sagittarius, Death Year: 1991, Death date: December 5, 1991, Death State: Illinois, Death City: Joliet, Death Country: United States, Article Title: Richard Speck Biography, Author: Biography.com Editors, Website Name: The Biography.com website, Url: https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/richard-speck, Publisher: A&E Television Networks, Last Updated: December 1, 2021, Original Published Date: April 2, 2014. After the killing spree, Speck was able to evade authorities for a few days. In 1991, while still in prison, Speck died of a heart attack. As Crime and Investigation reports, Speck started acting out and doing petty crimes. //****************************************, Diana Shaw is founder, editor and writer at. Those who had been fortunate enough to be out at the time of his arrival found themselves also subjected to brutal attacks when they returned home later that evening. Richard Speck: The Queen Bee of Prison A violent binge drinker went on a killing spree in a dormitory for student nurses. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ In the videotape secretly recorded in a maximum-security prison, mass murderer Richard Speck strips off his jumpsuit to reveal womens blue underwear. Some additional info-wiki. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. He proceeded to brutalize them in the most horrific fashion over the following few hours. https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1t69kj/mass_murderer_richard_speck_sporting_his_hormone/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf, Oh yes. newdiv.innerHTML = copytext; The videotape, portions of which began airing last week on Chicagos WBBM-TV, shows no contrition from the man who murdered eight student nurses nearly 30 years ago. } In 1972, Speck's death sentence was commuted to 50 to 100 years in prison, when the U.S. Supreme Court abolished capital punishment. He systematically brutalized and fatally stabbed the nurses one by one over a four-hour period. Bill Kurtis obtained the tape through an anonymous lawyer, his production company paid 5K for it back in the 90's. Richard speck video noorvideo 81 subscribers Subscribe 253 Save 164K views 10 years ago Show more Show more Notice Age-restricted video (based on Community Guidelines) Suggested by UMG Rihanna. We can use it as a mirror and decide to go another way or use the familiarity of the mindset and behavior to be as comfortable as possible. He saved Gloria Davy for last, raping and sodomizing her before strangling her. I feel I will pass on the book, as I have no personal interest in prison life or in men with breasts, LOL, but each to her or his own. There were nine women staying at the townhouse and one by one, Speck tortured and killed the student nurses. Before then, he had been responsible for other acts of violence against his family and others but had a knack for escaping the police. 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. The title is first KNOWN man to transition in prison. I dont think he actually liked doing it at all. 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. Just to clarify. Thanks for the information. 292K views 1 year ago Richard Benjamin Speck was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago residence on the night of July 13-14, 1966. Speck died of a heart attack after 25 years in prison. document.body.appendChild(newdiv); Authorities soon came and Amurao provided details regarding Richard Speck, including his unique tattoo that read "Born to Raise Hell." ``Obviously there was a breakdown in the supervision.. At one point, a prisoner from behind the camera asked Speck why he killed the eight student nurses, to which he merely replied, It just wasnt their night, and laughed. During questioning, Speck faked feeling sick but promised to return later on for further interrogation. Yeah I find the thought of anyone getting raped upsetting, even if they were a rapist and shit. His mother was a deeply devout Christian Presbyterian, once scolding her more relaxed husband for having a beer at a party. Between the 3 of them Speck drew the short straw. Richard Speck died on Dec. 5, 1991, the eve of his 50th birthday, from a heart attack. Speck, a companion and a third man who did the taping did not appear to be fearful of being caught. Instead, Speck then led them one by one out of the room and then stabbed or strangled each of the women to death. Speck assured the girls that he was only going to rob them. He then left the apartment with stolen goods. Bettmann/Getty ImagesA mugshot of Richard Speck taken when he was just 20. Photo: Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images, Idaho Murders: What Led Police to Bryan Kohberger, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, Name: Richard Speck, Birth Year: 1941, Birth date: December 6, 1941, Birth State: Illinois, Birth City: Kirkwood, Birth Country: United States. After moving back to Monmouth to live with his sister, he stabbed a man in a bar fight, stole a car and robbed a grocery store, then burgled, tortured, and raped a 65-year-old woman in her home. 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. We still don't know jack when it comes to serial killers and mass murders in terms of common neurological problems between them and it's not something we at this point should just sweep under the rug. He tied up the women and went on his rampage. Perhaps losing track of the number of women present, one student nurse, Corazon Amurao, hid under the bed until the carnage was over (via NBC News). Was it the Illinois Supreme Court? In the days before automated fingerprint identification, it took almost a week to identify the prints found in the townhouse as his. https://www.patreon.com/serialkillersFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SKDocumentaries But almost no details exist about the story of the tape. //hide the newly created container In 1965, Speck attacked a woman in the parking lot of her apartment building with a 17-inch carving knife. Richard Speck was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes, and he died from a heart attack in 1991. The photographer focused on a few key details, like a tilted painting on the wall, disheveled . Authorities in the state of Indiana wanted Speck for questioning in the disappearances of three young women on July 2, 1966. As investigators descended upon the apartment, one of them picked up a camera and photographed the scene. As you all know, in 1988 Richard Speck and Ronzelle Larimore made a video in prison that is half talkshow, half pornography. Just a few glimpses of the video have been shown (in the A&E) documentary about Richard. Upon entering the residence, Speck encountered 9 young women, all of which he tied up at gunpoint using strips torn from bedsheets. Bettmann/Getty ImagesFrom left, top are: student nurses Gloria Jean Davy, 22, Mary Ann Jordan, 20, Suzanne Farris, 21, and Valentina Pasion, 23, and bottom, Patricia Matusek, 20, Merlita Gargullo, 23, Pamela Wilkening, 20, and Nina Schmale, 24, all of whom were slain in July 1966 by Richard Speck. Speck had reason to fear he would not survive long enough to be executed by the state. Indiana authorities wanted to interview Speck regarding the murder of three girls who had vanished on July 2, 1966, and whose bodies were never found. Vintage Prison Video (Spree Killer Richard Speck) 17. Richard Specks wife, Shirley Malone, reportedly lived in fear of him. Speck died of a heart attack on December 5, 1991, the eve of his 50th birthday. He has been talking to us all and he seems calm enough and that is a good sign.. A public school teacher referred to all students by their last names to circumvent a school policy requiring staff to use UK Leeds, England. Now that youve read about Richard Speck, learn about serial killer Edmund Kemper, whose story is almost too gross to be real. His mother stayed at home with the children while his father worked as a packer. Speck, who murdered eight student nurses in the 1960s, died of a. heart attack in 1991, a day before his 50th birthday. WHILE NON NONCHALANTLY SAYING OF THE NURSING STUDENTS \"IT WASN'T THERE NIGHT\" THIS VIDEO ALONE SENT SWEEPING REFORMS THROUGH THE IDOC. As Speck had planned, the breasts he developed were enticing to other inmates at Statesville Correctional Institute in Joliet, Illinois. This video is age-restricted and only available on YouTube. In the video, Speck, wearing silk panties and with female-like breasts grown using smuggled hormone treatments, performs oral sex on another inmate, while they both do large amounts of cocaine. >Corbis/Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesPolice remove one of eight bodies of the student nurses slain by Richard Speck. 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. In 1966, Richard Speck committed one of the most horrifying mass murders in American history when he brutalized and killed eight student nurses living on Chicagos South Side. I hope you're still on the outside.. Richard Speck shocked the public yet again -- three years after his own death in prison of a heart attack -- when a videotape made by the imprisoned Speck and fellow inmates surfaced. THIS TAPE AND. heres a link to documentary clip discussing the video. In August, With permission, Women Are Human reprints the following biography and poem Where Are You, Sister? from Artemis Passionfire. After only 45 minutes of deliberation, the jury came back with a guilty verdict for Speck. function addLink() { Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesRichard Speck sits in court before being returned to Chicago. So I do feel empathy for someone forced in a situation like speck, its really the most nightmare thing I could think of and I would definitely kill myself before I lived like that, but there is a comfort in realizing if Speck was in a position to be dominant a force someone else to grow tits and bang them he would. His prison therapist said he admitted he hated getting fucked and you can tell hes insincere in the video. Please remind me to never commit mass murder so I won't end up in prison and have to develop tiddies so I can be somebody's "date" to avoid being killed OR find myself attracted to a man with boobies. Transgender Policy That Led to Male Sex Offenders in Womens Jails Set to be Women are Being Driven Out of Jobs After Questioning Gender Identity Ideology, Students Do Not Have the Right to NOT Be Seen Naked By Opposite Sex, Judge Rules, Male, Extremely Violent Sexual Offender Claims to be a Woman, Seeks Lighter Sentence, Transparadoxes: Self-Contradictions of the Gender Identity Movement, Revealed The Tactics Used to Advance Gender Self-Identification on the Quiet, Countering Misconceptions Around Sex, Gender, and Sexuality, Not My Cup of T: Interview with Vaishnavi Sundar, Filmmaker Exploring Rise in Girls Treated for Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria. When turned loose, Speck refused to pay the hospital expenses his wife had incurred during her pregnancy and labor. Speck admitted he committed the killings _ breaking for the first time his claim of drug-induced amnesia. There were questions regarding Speck's appearance and whether he was illegally provided with female hormones. A ninth. Speck was placed on trial for the murders after a panel of psychiatrists chosen by both his defense and his prosecution judged him competent to do so. 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. One of the medical staff noticed the patients distinctive tattoo, and realized he was the man for whom authorities were searching. He would be arrested 41 times before the age of 24. }, 100); This is the shocking true story of Richard Speck and how he became a cold-blooded killer. Speck, however, seemed to have a knack for making a quick escape and keeping police forces guessing. Who videotaped it? Richard Speck: Natural Born Killer: With Corazon Amurao, Jim Barrell, Gerald Getty, Danny Johnson. The use of the word petty is not intended to represent the authors personal opinion about the gravity of Specks actions. Specks mother stood by her son, loyally paying his bail and visiting him in jail each time he got in trouble. When 23-year-old Corazon Amurao opened the front door to Speck's knock, he forced his way in at gunpoint. His crimes show a pathological hatred of women. IN THE SUMMER OF RACE RIOTS IN CHICAGO HE BROKE INTO A NURSE'S DORMITORY WHERE HE ENGAGED IN HIS TWISTED OBSESSIONS. THIS TAPE AND IT'S CONTENTS SENT RAGE THROUGH THE CITY. But the videotaping? 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