Great Crimes and Trials

Season 2 Episode 5: Richard Speck - The Nurse Killer

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

3

Episodes:

78

Cast:

Quality:

HD

Duration:

30 min

First Air:

1993

Rating:

9.0