Richard Speck - The Nurse Killer

April 29, 1996
30 min
Season 2 - Episode 5: Richard Speck - The Nurse Killer

Season 2 - Episode 5: Richard Speck - The Nurse Killer

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Overview

In July 1966 alcoholic ex-marine Richard Speck woke up in Chicago after a night on the town and heard a radio report which sickened him. Eight nurses had been raped and slaughtered in their home. When the police arrived to arrest him, Speck claimed that he had no knowledge of the crime, and he stuck to this story throughout his trial and imprisonment to a sentence of 400 to 1,000 years.

Episode Information

TV Show

Great Crimes and Trials

Season

Season 2

Episode Number

5

Air Date

April 29, 1996

Runtime

30 minutes