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Richard Speck

1941 - 1991

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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. Speck also raped one victim before killing her. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Speck has received more than 7,556,224 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Speck is the 195th most popular extremist, the 4,966th most popular biography from United States and the 60th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Richard Speck ranks 195 out of 283. Before him are John Wesley Hardin, Amelia Dyer, Ramadan Shalah, Luis Posada Carriles, Yoo Young-chul, and Mohamed Atta. After him are Stanley Williams, Ross Ulbricht, Mary Surratt, Charles Starkweather, Stand Watie, and Ronald DeFeo Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Richard Speck ranks 311. Before him are John Williams, Marina Oswald Porter, Domenico Losurdo, Laura Mulvey, Jacques Simon, and Tarita Teriipaia. After him are Masoud Kimiai, Epeli Nailatikau, Karel Urbánek, Ahmed al-Mirghani, Rosa Maria Sardà, and Takayuki Kuwata. Among people deceased in 1991, Richard Speck ranks 141. Before him are Peggy Ashcroft, Ed Heinemann, Guy Bourdin, Northrop Frye, Dean Jagger, and Gene Clark. After him are Elisaveta Bagriana, Curt Bois, Johnny Thunders, Nutan, Tamara Khanum, and Wilhelm Hahnemann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Speck ranks 4,966 out of 20,380. Before him are Hank Jones (1918), William D. Leahy (1875), Henry Russell (1904), Tracy Pollan (1960), Leontyne Price (1927), and Charles Yerkes (1837). After him are George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Bryan Singer (1965), William Eggleston (1939), Mia Hamm (1972), Sonny Stitt (1924), and Gabriel Macht (1972).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Richard Speck ranks 60. Before him are Jane Toppan (1854), Samuel Little (1940), Bugs Moran (1893), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Carl Panzram (1892), and John Wesley Hardin (1853). After him are Stanley Williams (1953), Ross Ulbricht (1984), Mary Surratt (1823), Charles Starkweather (1938), Stand Watie (1806), and Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951).

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