It was a world of hair curlers, hair spray cans, ashtrays, manual typewriters, textbooks, sheath dresses, corsages, cluttered rooms, a place where young women laughed, hugged, studied, ate, teased each other's hair. Pat asked. Media coverage splashed Speck's image all over the front pages and, in a desperate bid to escape, Speck tried to commit suicide on July 19, 1966, by slashing his wrists in the seedy hotel he was staying in. He lugged it upstairs. His mother filed them away neatly, along with the pictures and newspaper clippings. ''Dillinger and them guys, that was the Depression, they were robbing banks because that was their only way to survive. Pam had been quiet, studious and decisive since she was a girl in south suburban Lansing. Meanwhile, the women he murdered were relegated to the role of victims, their names largely forgotten except by the people who loved them and cannot forget. John and Nina grew up on an acre of land near suburban Wheaton, a remnant of the Schmale family farm. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune). The True Story Behind Netflix's Mindhunter - Men's Health Martin and Atienza kept in contact as Martin collaborated with author Dennis Breo, updating the book "Crime of the Century," about the Speck murder case. I watched `Magnum Force` the other night. Between their second-floor apartments stretched a low, flat roof, and Pat and Arlene often ran across it to tap on each other's windows, looking for a playmate. Police, cameras, gawkers were everywhere, and someone said something about "the bodies.". Bill Kurtis obtained the tape through an anonymous lawyer, his production company paid 5K for it back in the 90's. By the time he left, around 3:30 a.m., eight women were dead, some stabbed, some strangled, some both. "A lot of us never locked our doors but the Speck case changed all that.". Speck is in jail for murdering and raping a group of women. Criminal files Serial Killers - Richard Speck - video Dailymotion She probably wouldn't still wear her hair in a perfect flip. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune). (Schmale family ). At South Chicago Community Hospital she earned $350 a month, much of which she sent back to the Philippines, and, like the other exchange nurses, she wrote a lot of letters. It is being republished for the anniversary with updated sections, including one about Atienza. Merlita Gargullo, left, one of eight nurses slain by Richard Speck, gets a goodbye kiss from her aunt, Ancia Anyayahan, as she left Manila for the United States. And it hasn't stopped since. Just a few glimpses of the video have been shown (in the A&E) documentary about Richard. Martin talked recently in his Oak Park law office about Cora's bravery. Nina Jo Schmale appears in an undated photo. He keeps the photo in a plastic pouch, tucked next to the prayer card from her funeral. Stewardess. She loved Elvis, cats and the color pink. But before she was gone, she placed four carousels of slides neatly in a box. Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 - December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped, and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital on July 13, 1966. Richard Roundtree? Richard Speck Mindhunter: Ford goes too far in interviewing Speck, trying to use inflammatory, sexist language to get the murderer to open up. (Schmale family ). "Gloria's been murdered," Lori remembers her saying. he said. After graduating from Far Eastern University in Manila, she worked for a couple of years as a staff nurse, then applied for work in the United States. On Aug. 7, 1966, when Lori Davy, 11, walked across the stage to accept her sister's diploma, her father's orders were fresh in her mind. When he left, hours later, taking the money he had stolen, she cowered in her hiding place, terrified, for hours, before finally summoning the courage to seek help. Just below, in smaller type, was the news that six policemen had been shot during riots on the West Side. Speck also has a foul mouth on him and Ford realizes that there is only one way to communicate with him. Richard Speck | American murderer | Britannica In one of John Schmale's slides, Nina poses wearing nothing but a white towel and her nurse's cap, holding a hypodermic needle and pretending she's about to give one of her housemates a shot. A lanky man in dark clothes, with slicked-back hair and marks on his face, was standing there with a small black revolver in his right hand. Pat lived above Joe Matusek's Club, the tavern her father ran in the 10800 block of South Michigan Avenue. Like others Schmale has contacted, she was wary at first of resurrecting the past, but she has felt some relief in it. Holden's methods during a disturbing interview with mass murderer Richard Speck create dissension among the team and kick off an internal FBI probe. Washed clothes in the bathroom sink, hung them to dry in the basement. The Matuseks wanted Pat to be buried in the clothes she would have worn for her upcoming graduation, so on the day after the murders, Pat's sister, Betty Jo, asked Kubasek for a favor. "You didn't think you'd ever stop crying.". "Coming back from the past.". How do you talk about something so terrible? Always a quiet woman, she grew quieter. She was not the same person. Richard Speck was a murderer notorious for killing eight student nurses in 1966. "She found the thing she loved doing, she meets a guy that she says 'yes' to about being married," he said. She married Alberto Atienza, and then, with her husband, a lawyer, moved back to the United States.

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