Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991)
Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago residence via stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966. One victim was also raped prior to her murder. A ninth potential victim, student nurse Corazon Amurao, escaped Speck's detection by hiding beneath a bed.

Convicted of all eight murders on April 15, 1967, Speck was sentenced to death. His sentence was later commuted to eight consecutive terms of life imprisonment in 1972.Speck died of a heart attack while incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center in December 1991 at the age of 49.