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Richard Speck Slaughter: A mass murderer leaves eight women dead When Richard Speck entered South Chicago Community Hospital, where he methodically tortured and murdered eight nurses, the state of Chicago changed forever. During the early hours of July 14th, 1966, Speck led the nurses “like lambs to the slaughter” during an attack that lasted five hours. Distracted by his own killing spree, Speck didn’t realize that one of his hostages had hidden under a bunk bed until the massacre was over. She then jumped from a window and ran for her life.All the victim recalled of Speck was his tattoo that read: “Born To Raise Hell.” Two days later, the cold-blooded killer arrived at County Cook Hospital following a suicide attempt and a doctor recognized the tattoo from news reports. The assistant Cook County district attorney said of the sadistic attacks, “It really was the first random mass murder of the 20th century. It really was the end of an age of innocence. It changed everything. We all be...