Richard Speck: The Night Eight Nurses Died
On a quiet July night in 1966, a stranger with a gun and a knife walked into a Chicago townhouse where nine student nurses lived. By morning, eight were dead. One survived by hiding under a bed—and her courage would bring a killer to justice.
Host Alexander Lawson tells the full story of Richard Speck, the mass murderer whose brutal crime shocked America and became known as the “crime of the century.” From the terror inside the house to the dramatic courtroom identification that sealed his fate, this episode examines one of the most infamous nights in true crime history.
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