The Townhouse Massacre: The Unforgettable Crimes of Richard Speck (True Crime)
“It just wasn’t their night” – Richard Speck On the evening of 13 July 1966, an intoxicated Richard Speck broke into a townhouse at 2319 East 100th Street in Chicago, to rob a group of student nurses. Speck woke the residents and ordered them into a room, calmly requesting money in exchange for their safety.
“It just wasn’t their night” – Richard Speck
On the evening of 13 July 1966, an intoxicated Richard Speck broke into a townhouse at 2319 East 100th Street in Chicago, to rob a group of student nurses. Speck woke the residents and ordered them into a room, calmly requesting money in exchange for their safety. The young women obliged. They believed that he was just going to take the money and leave but Speck had other plans.
He tied them all up with strips of bed linen, and led one of the girls into a separate room to “talk alone”. The situation took a turn for the worse when two more resident nurses burst into the townhouse, surprising Speck in the act. What transpired in the following hours would grip the nation with fear and forever change the perception of society.
The Townhouse Massacre is a chilling and gripping account of one of the most brutal and gruesome true crime stories in American history. Ryan Green’s riveting narrative draws the reader into the real-live horror experienced by the victims and has all the elements of a classic thriller.
CAUTION: This book contains descriptive accounts of abuse and violence. If you are especially sensitive to this material, it might be advisable not to read any further
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Fascinating Another great read from Ryan Green. Richard Speck is someone I had actually heard of, which made this book of even more interest from the pool of “lesser known” serial killers.I found myself gripped by the way this story unfolded. I felt sympathy with everything Speck went through as a child. Losing the father he adored. Then very much disliking the misogynist he became. Though understanding (at least from a psychiatric point of view!!) his complex reasoning.Ryan guides…
An excellent read that draws you in I had heard of Richard Speck but knew nothing of his crimes. Green makes the link between Speckâs childhood adversity, his confused (to say the least!) attitude to women, and leads us towards the murder spree with his usual deft storytelling. Green never disappoints, and after reading each book, I find myself wondering who his next subject will be.
Unputdownable Richard Speck was one of eight children. When his father died his mother remarried. Her new husband hated and abused Richard. One day he beat him so badly around the head it caused brain damage which the authorities suspected was the reason for his crimes. He eventually left home and started drifting in and around Chicago finding work where he could to support his drink and drugs habit. He thought all women were whores and took advantage of them wherever he could, eventually killing eight…