Richard Benjamin Speck
Speck, richard benjamin (b. 5 december 1991 in joliet, illinois), mass murderer whose brutal slaying of eight student nurses transformed the popular. Over the course of four hours one night in july 1966, pockmarked drifter richard speck—high on heroin, armed with a knife, and dressed all in black—tied up and murdered eight chicago. Only 67 hours after the crime, richard benjamin speck, 24, was detained as the prime suspect in the mass murder of eight young nurses on july 14. In the brief interlude between the slayings.
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