The Crime of the Century: Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked a Nation by William J. Martin, Dennis L. Breo

The Crime of the Century: Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked a Nation

William J. Martin, Dennis L. Breo

576 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark slow-paced

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On July 14th, 1966, Richard Franklin Speck swept through several student nurses’ townhouse like a summer tornado and changed the landscape of American crime. He broke in as his helpless victims slept, bound them one by one, and then stabbed, assau...

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