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By 1952, instability had already taken root in Richard Speck’s life. That year, his older brother Robert died at the age of 23 in an automobile accident, further fracturing an already volatile family structure. Loss, upheaval, and emotional neglect would become recurring themes in Speck’s formative years. Between 1951 and 1960, while living in Dallas, Read more
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Richard Benjamin Speck was born on December 6th, 1941 in Kirkwood, Illinois to parents Benjamin Franklin Speck and Mary Carbaugh Speck. He had a sister named Carolyn that he was close with and four older sisters and two older brothers. Childhood, home life and young adolescence: Speck’s mother was religious, a stay at home mother, Read more
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