THIS BOOK IS THE TALE OF A SEVERELY DERANGED YOUNG MAN WHO COMMITTED THE MOST SHOCKING CRIME IN CHICAGO'S LONG LIST OF HORRENDOUS SERIAL MURDERS. IN A SINGLE NIGHT, AN ATTEMPTED BURGLARY TURNED INTO THE MURDER OF EIGHT INNOCENT PHILLAPINE STUDENT NURSES IN THEIR APARTMENT DORNMITORY. THE MAN, RICHARD SPECK, HAD A LONG HISTORY OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, THE TALE IS TOLD BY A PRISON PSYCHIATRIST, DR. MARVIN ZIPORYN WHO INTERVIEWED SPECKT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER SEVERAL YEARS WHILE SPECK WAS IN PRISON. DR. MARVIN. ZIPORYN TEAMED UP WITH A "TIME" MAGAZINE REPORTER TO PROVIDE THIS ACCOUNT OF SPECK'S PSYCHOLOGICAL ABERRATIONS. SPECK WAS IDENTIFIED BY A SOLE SURVIVING STUDENT NURSE WHO HAD HIDDEN UNDERNEATH A BED AS THE MURDERS WERE COMMITTED OVER SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE NIGHT. THERE ARE 18 B/W PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MURDERED STUDENTS AND SPECK. SPECK DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AFTER 25 YEARS IN PRISON.

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Title: BORN TO RAISE HELL THE UNTOLD STORY OF RICHARD SPECK - THE MAN THE CRIME, THE TRIAL
Publisher: GROVE PRESS, INC., NEW YORK, NY
Publication Date: 1967
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION, PRICE CLI

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