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October 1, 2021 15 mins

In our first Fifteen-Minute Friday episode, we take a condensed look at mass murderer Richard Speck. Eight student nurses' lives were cut short on an August 1966 night when petty criminal Speck graduated to full-fledged killer.

Sources:

The Crime of the Century: Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked a Nation (2016) By Dennis L. Breo

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Speck

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/how-richard-speck-s-rampage-50-years-ago-changed-nation-n606211

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