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. Amurao provided authorities with the information they needed to track down Speck, including a description of his Born to Raise Hell tattoo. In order to ensure his continued survival in the dangerous prison, Speck wore silky womens underwear, consumed hormones to make his body more feminine, and adapted effeminate mannerisms. The police arrived to scenes of carnage, and took Amurao into custody, interviewing her and proceeding with the construction of an Identikit image. The shocking video of Richard Speck in prison in 1988. I completely agree with you. If the guards are turning their backs on aberrant behavior because "they're bad people anyways" or they're just really fucking lazy, that prison needs new guards. Bettmann/Getty ImagesA mugshot of Richard Speck taken when he was just 20. Richard Speck Jailhouse Tapes Commercial 1996 video editor 5.26K subscribers Subscribe 18 Share Save 20K views 8 years ago https://www.twitter.com/videosurplus Show more Show more RICHARD. He would get into fights, steal from businesses, and even burgled and raped a 65-year-old woman in 1966. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. At 6 PM, Speck finally approached the woman on the street, and forced her up to his inn room at knife-point. The private party room? Amurao waited until 6 a.m. the following day, crawled out onto a second-story ledge and alerted the police. His mother stayed at home with the children while his father worked as a packer. He spent the rest of his life in prison until he died of a heart attack in 1991 at age 49. The video, apparently filmed in prison in 1988, showed Speck wearing panties, snorting cocaine, and performing sex acts on a fellow prisoner. For many at the time, it was seen as the end of an era of innocence, when it was never assumed that someone would kill helpless victims without clear motivation. Speck then killed a 32-year-old barmaid who worked at a bar he was doing carpentry work for. 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. Authorities soon came and Amurao provided details regarding Richard Speck, including his unique tattoo that read "Born to Raise Hell." Speck had reason to fear he would not survive long enough to be executed by the state. At one point, Speck removes his clothing only to reveal a set of women's underwear. On the night of the crime, 24-year-old Speck snuck into a townhouse in Chicago where the nurses lived. During questioning, Speck faked feeling sick but promised to return later on for further interrogation. Best Known For: 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 Chicago's South Side. The tape appeared to have been made over two days and one inmate is heard saying it is 1988, Kurtis said. The Untold Truth Of Murderer Richard 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. IT SHOWED UP ANIMOUSLY IN THE MAIL OF A CHICAGO NEWS STATION AFTER HE PASSED. Richard Speck is the first recognized name. window.setTimeout(function () { The inmates did not kill Speck, because they preferred to use him sexually. When he left, hours later, taking the money he had stolen, she cowered in her hiding place, terrified, for hours, before finally summoning the courage to seek help. Speck brought her to his room where he raped her and stole her mail-order .22 caliber Rhm pistol. document.addEventListener('copy', addLink); We gravitate to people like us. Speck's chest was also noticeably different in the video. Panicked and desperate, Speck attempted suicide, slicing his own wrists and arm. The warden at Stateville in 1988 was Michael OLeary, who now is an assistant deputy director. Wilkening spit in Specks face and told him shed remember his face for a lineup. Richard Speck: Natural Born Killer: With Corazon Amurao, Jim Barrell, Gerald Getty, Danny Johnson. With Corin Nemec, Amy Lyndon, Coley Feifer, Jake Riding. 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. Media coverage splashed Speck's image all over the front pages and, in a desperate bid to escape, Speck tried to commit suicide on July 19, 1966, by slashing his wrists in the seedy hotel he was staying in. He had "Born to Raise Hell" tattooed on his forearm and periodically worked on cargo . There were nine women staying at the townhouse and one by one, Speck tortured and killed the student nurses. His crimes show a pathological hatred of women. He was one of the murderers featured in Netflix's "Mindhunter.". The body count was so high that he failed to notice that Amurao, who had opened the door for him on his arrival, had managed to hide herself under one of the beds. On July 13, 1966, Speck followed a middle-aged woman as she bar-hopped, unaware of the stalker. 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If so, sorry about the nightmares, I dont know about everyone and now I cant unsee this. The prison is their punishment. Malone said Speck would often rape her at knifepoint and demanded sex four to five times a day from her. ``We dont know why it was made, what they were going to get out of it, he said. 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. 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. Even into adulthood, Speck would often be financially dependent on his doting sisters, as he was perpetually drunk and frequently jobless. But that childhood was derailed when he was six. Speck, a companion and a third man who did the taping did not appear to be fearful of being caught. He systematically brutalized and fatally stabbed the nurses one by one over a four-hour period. Richard Speck was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes, and he died from a heart attack in 1991. 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. var selection = window.getSelection(); In the midst of this carnage, two other student nurses who lived in the dormitory arrived home. Its just fucked up. Which is something so uncommon it has no freaking name. Speck began to idolize his mother, holding Mary Speck upas a saint to whom no woman could compare. function addLink() { Bettmann/Getty ImagesMugshot of Richard Speck, taken when he was 23. The thing is though we tend to find ourselves around people like ourselves. The two-hour tape surfaced last summer when an attorney approached WBBM anchor Bill Kurtis. Men who rape and murder women were despised and targeted by other prisoners. 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. All of Speck's victims were women. She continued screaming until the police arrived. 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. IN THE SUMMER OF RACE RIOTS IN CHICAGO HE BROKE INTO A NURSE'S DORMITORY WHERE HE ENGAGED IN HIS TWISTED OBSESSIONS. Their married bliss was short-lived, however, and Speck's reversion to type landed him a jail sentence for theft and check fraud, in 1963. 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. Everywhere the ship docked, women seemed to come up missing or brutally killed. He could no longer be honest with himself about the resentment he felt toward his mother for demanding his rigid adherence to the dictates of the Christian faith, and for upending his world with the introduction of an abusive stepfather and relocation from the home he knew. 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. The boy took his fathers death hard, regressing to eating crayons and attention-seeking behaviors. Bill Kurtis obtained the tape through an anonymous lawyer, his production company paid 5K for it back in the 90's. 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. 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. 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. 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. His sentence was commuted to eight consecutive terms of 50 to 150 years each. As investigators descended upon the apartment, one of them picked up a camera and photographed the scene. Enter your email address to subscribe to Women Are Human and receive notifications of new articles by email. 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. According to The Crime of the Century: Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked A Nation, Specks violence only escalated from there. Speck was a painter. Just a few glimpses of the video have been shown (in the A&E) documentary about Richard. Speck died of a heart attack in 1991, one day shy of his 50th birthday. Speck then rounded the nurses up and ordered them to empty their purses, before tying them all up. Corazon Amurao was the sole survivor, having escaped Specks notice by hiding under a bed. She stayed hidden under the bed until 6 a.m. for safe measure, hours after Speck had finished his rampage. She climbed out on a window ledge and screamed for help, at which point concerned neighbors summoned the police. The leaking of the tape? Speck, who later claimed he was high on both alcohol and drugs, may have originally planned to commit a routine burglary. IT SHOWED UP ANIMOUSLY IN THE MAIL OF A CHICAGO NEWS STATION AFTER HE PASSED. Around this time, Speck sexually attacked a random woman at knife-point and nearly killed her. copytext = selection + pagelink; Speck delayed his execution by filing numerous appeals. I wasnt a Ill kill you for $20 type junkie but I was a petty thief and panhandler and those are the people I found myself around. That same year, a barmaid named Mary Kay Pierce was found beaten to death at her place of work called Frank's Place. newdiv.style.position = 'absolute'; Speck was convicted in Peoria, Illinois on April 15, 1967. Corrections Director Odie Washington has ordered that all video equipment be removed from the prisons education area. Currently the full video is NOWHERE to be found. Speck died of a heart attack in 1991, one day shy of his 50th birthday. On the night of July 13, 1966, 25-year-old career criminal Richard Speck broke into the townhouse for student nurses of the South Chicago Community Hospital, with an intention of committing a routine burglary. She eventually crawled out onto a window ledge and screamed for help. Amurao bolted from her hiding place to the nearest window, from where she screamed, They are all dead. 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. After three weeks of dating, the teen discovered she was pregnant, and the pair wed. Speck viewed his teen bride as a sexually loose woman, and was plagued by the unsubstantiated fear that she was cheating on him. He would be arrested 41 times before the age of 24. He was forced to become what he hated, a woman, which was a reason enough for him to kill someone, in order to survive. Surely the U.S. Supreme Court hasnt outlawed executing prisoners as I believe there are still states doing it? Though Speck had fled, he was easily recognized after he went to a hospital a few days later and a doctor noticed his tattoo after reading about it in a newspaper. Mugshot of Richard Speck, taken when he was 23. Police remove one of eight bodies of the student nurses slain by Richard Speck. } THIS TAPE AND IT'S CONTENTS SENT RAGE THROUGH THE CITY. Reports say that Speck looked up to his father and often went on fishing trips with him. 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