All language subtitles for A Crime to Remember S03E03 And Then There Was One

GIRLS
WHO LIVED ACROSS THE STREET

WERE SMART AND PRETTY
AND REALLY NICE.

THEY WERE CLUB LEADERS
AND STAR STUDENTS,

AND THEY HARDLY EVER
GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH CURFEW.

SO WE NEVER HAD ANY REASON

TO THINK
THAT ON THAT JULY MORNING,

THEY WEREN'T SLEEPING SOUNDLY
IN THEIR BEDS.

BUT CORA AMURAO
HAD NOT SLEPT AT ALL.

SHE HAD LIVED
THROUGH A NIGHT DARKER

THAN YOU OR I WILL EVER KNOW.

AND WHEN SHE DID GET UP
THAT MORNING,

SHE MUST HAVE BEEN PRAYING

THAT IT HAD ALL BEEN
SOME KIND OF NIGHTMARE,

THAT WHAT SHE HAD ENDURED
COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE REAL.

HELP!
SOMEONE, HELP, PLEASE!

SOMEONE, HELP, PLEASE!

**

CHICAGO IN THE SUMMER OF '66
WAS THE SORT OF HOT

THAT CREEPS IN UNDER YOUR SKIN.

AND IT WASN'T JUST THE WEATHER.

THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK
THAT SUMMER OF CIVIL RIGHTS.

EVERYONE WAS PRETTY WORKED UP.

THE MOVEMENT HAD GATHERED
MOMENTUM DOWN SOUTH.

AND WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

BECOMING LAW
JUST 2 YEARS EARLIER,

CHANGES WERE CLIMBING UP NORTH
TO PLACES LIKE CHICAGO.

YOU'D THINK THEY WOULD HAVE
HAD AN EASIER TIME UP HERE,

BUT YOU'D BE WRONG.

RIOTS WERE STARTING
TO BREAK OUT.

SO IT WOULD HAVE
SHOCKED ME TO NO END

TO FIND OUT THAT THE MOST
TERRIBLE VIOLENCE THAT SUMMER

WOULD HAPPEN RIGHT
IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

JEFFERY MANOR WAS A QUIET AREA
AT THE EDGE OF THE CITY.

YOU NEVER EXPECTED
TO LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW

AND SEE A CRIME SCENE.

THE FIRST HOMICIDE DETECTIVE
ON THE SCENE, JACK WALLENDA,

WALKS IN TO THE TOWN HOUSE.

**

AND ALL HE CAN SEE
ARE BLOOD AND GIRLS.

HE'S NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

THERE ARE FIVE LACERATIONS,
ALL WITHIN A 6-INCH AREA.

YOU HAVE EIGHT VICTIMS.

THEY'D BEEN STABBED, STRANGLED.

AND THIS ONE
IS STABBED IN THE EYE.

IN THE LIVING ROOM
IS A NUDE YOUNG WOMAN.

IT APPEARS THAT SHE
HAS BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

THE VICTIM'S WRISTS ARE BOUND.

AND THEY WERE TIED
VERY PROFESSIONALLY AND TIGHTLY.

IT'S A COMPLETE SCENE OF CARNAGE
AND MAYHEM.

THIS HAD TO HAVE BEEN
AT LEAST TWO OR THREE PERPS.

THERE'S A GREAT DEAL
OF SPECULATION WHO POSSIBLY

COULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
SUCH A GRUESOME FEAT.

IS IT A GANG
OF DRUG-CRAZED KILLERS?

THERE IS A SCREEN OFF A
WINDOW IN THE REAR OF THE TOWN HOUSE.

ALSO BECAUSE OF THE RIOTS

AND THE GENERAL SENSE OF TENSION
BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES,

THERE IS SOME GRUMBLING OF,
"WERE THESE A GANG OF BLACKS

WHO MIGHT'VE BROKEN
INTO THIS TOWN HOUSE

AND KILLED
THESE EIGHT STUDENT NURSES?"

THE CRIME LAB TECHNICIANS

ARE BEGINNING THE PROCESS
OF LIFTING FINGERPRINTS.

THERE IS A BLOODY T-SHIRT,

WHICH DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
IT WOULD BELONG TO THE NURSES.

BUT IN TERMS OF CLUES,
THERE ARE VERY FEW.

**

WHEN YOU WORK IN A HOSPITAL,

DEATH BECOMES A PART
OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

BUT IT'S DIFFERENT
WHEN IT HAPPENS LIKE THIS,

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SOMEONE
YOU KNOW.

ALL THE TRAINING IN THE WORLD

CAN'T PREPARE YOU
FOR THAT FEELING.

YOUR BODY GOES NUMB,

AND YOUR MIND
FLIPS THROUGH EVERYTHING

YOU KNEW ABOUT THE PERSON,

AS THOUGH REMEMBERING

ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS
MIGHT HELP YOU HOLD ON TO THEM.

NINA SCHMALE WAS MAYBE THE MOST
POPULAR GIRL IN OUR CLASS.

AND GLORIA DAVY
WAS REALLY ACCOMPLISHED.

SHE WAS HEAD OF
THE STUDENT NURSES ASSOCIATION.

AND PAMELA WILKENING,
WE ALL CALLED HER WILLY.

I WISH I HAD GOTTEN
TO KNOW THEM BETTER.

AND NOW ALL I HAD WAS REGRET.

BUT THAT'S WHY
WE WERE SO THANKFUL TO HEAR

THAT SOMEONE HAD SURVIVED.

CORA AMURAO WAS NEW AT SCHOOL.

SHE'D ONLY MOVED TO CHICAGO
FROM THE PHILIPPINES

2 MONTHS BEFORE.

SHE SEEMED SWEET
AND A LITTLE SHY.

THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A LIVING
EYE WITNESS CAN'T BE OVERSTATED.

THE INVESTIGATORS NEED TO GET
AS MUCH INFORMATION FROM HER

AS THEY CAN,
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

**

CORA.

CORA.

CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED?

CORA IS TERRIFIED.

SHE STARTS TO REVERT
TO HER NATIVE TAGALOG.

SHE'S HORRIBLY TRAUMATIZED
BY WHAT SHE HAS WITNESSED.

SO SHE HAS TO BE SEDATED.

FINALLY, CORA CALMS DOWN.

AND AT THAT POINT, SHE SAYS,

"I REALLY WANT TO HELP."

LAST NIGHT,
I WENT TO BED AT 10:30.

HALF HOUR LATER,
I HEARD A KNOCK.

I ANSWERED THE DOOR.

WHO WAS AT THE DOOR?

HOW MANY MEN?

ONE MAN.

YOU'RE SAYING
THAT ONE MAN DID THIS?

YES, TALL,
6 FEET, BLOND HAIR.

YES.

THEY FIND THIS SHOCKING.

A SINGLE MAN KILLED EIGHT WOMEN.

WHAT ELSE IS HE CAPABLE OF?

WHOEVER HAD
THE ABILITY TO DO THIS

WILL VERY LIKELY STRIKE AGAIN.

**

ONE --
ONE QUESTION AT A TIME.

EIGHT NURSES HAVE BEEN KILLED IN
ONE NIGHT WITH SEXUAL OVERTONES.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE --
WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMBINATION

OF STABBING AND STRANGULATION.

WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE?

WE DON'T KNOW.

THERE IS A SENSE
OF INCOMPREHENSION.

THE POLICE HAVE LEARNED
THAT THE KILLER IS ONLY ONE MAN.

AND EVERYBODY
IS JUST TOTALLY ASTONISHED

AT HOW HE COULD HAVE DONE THIS.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

IT'S THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY.

ARE THERE ANY SURVIVORS?

THERE'S ONE SURVIVOR.

FROM CORA, THE SURVIVING NURSE,
THEY DID HAVE A DESCRIPTION.

A WHITE MALE,
APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS OF AGE,

6 FEET TALL, BLOND HAIR,
WITH A SOUTHERN DRAWL.

THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
LISTEN UP.

I WANT YOU TO COVER
THE ENTIRE AREA.

THEY HAVE A MASS MURDERER
ON THEIR HANDS WHO HAS

A HEAD START OF SEVERAL HOURS.

ALL RIGHT. BURGLARY,
YOU'RE GONNA COVER THIS.

THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE SENSE
OF URGENCY

TO USE AS MUCH MANPOWER
AS POSSIBLE.

SO BURGLARY DETECTIVES
WERE PUT ON THE CASE

IN ADDITION
TO THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVES.

I DON'T WANT
ANY STONE LEFT UNTURNED.

OKAY?
- YOU GOT IT.

THE BURGLARY
DETECTIVES WERE VERY STREET WISE.

THEY KNEW EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY.

THEY KNEW HOW TO GET
INFORMATION.

HEY, FELLA.
I'M A FRIEND OF YOUR MANAGER.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

A BURGLARY DETECTIVE
NAMED EDDIE WIELOSINSKI

LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

AND HE KNOWS IT
LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HANDS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY CANVASSING
THE AREA.

HE GOES TO A GAS STATION,

AND HE TALKS
TO THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT.

THE STATION IS A GATHERING POINT
FOR TRANSIENT PEOPLE

AND TROUBLEMAKERS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A WHITE MALE.

AND HE GIVES CORA'S
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT.

WELL, I -- I GUESS THERE WAS,
ONE GUY.

THE ATTENDANT
SAYS, "WELL, YOU KNOW,

THERE WAS SOMEBODY
WHO SOUNDS LIKE THAT.

HE WAS VERY AGITATED
AND A LITTLE BELLIGERENT."

ANY WAY
YOU COULD IDENTIFY HIM?

THE -- THE TATTOOS,
FOR SURE.

HE HAD, - WHAT WAS IT?

BORN TO RAISE HELL.

IT WAS, RIGHT HERE,
THE LEFT ARM.

DO YOU REMEMBER
ANYTHING ELSE?

MAYBE IT WAS THAT HE HAD TO BE
SOMEWHERE

'CAUSE HE SAID HE WAS, LIKE,
SHIPPIN' OUT TO NEW ORLEANS.

HE SAID HE WAS TAKING A SHIP
FROM SOMEWHERE?

YEAH, YEAH.

WIELOSINSKI HAD BEEN
A MERCHANT SAILOR AT ONE TIME.

AND HE REMEMBERED THE KNOTS
THE GIRLS WERE TIED WITH.

WIELOSINSKI REALIZES
THE SUSPECT COULD BE A SAILOR.

INVESTIGATORS GO
TO THE SEAMAN'S UNION HALL,

WHICH IS ADJACENT
TO THE TOWNHOME

IN WHICH THE GIRLS WERE KILLED.

SIR, WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A WHITE MALE, TATTOOS.

HE MENTIONS THE SAILOR'S
BELLIGERENT ATTITUDE

WITH THE COMPLAINING
ABOUT THE SHIP.

ANYBODY LIKE THAT
COME TO MIND?

UM, YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS ONE GUY.

HE SAYS, "WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE
THAT WAS IN HERE

A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO."

AND HE REACHES DOWN
INTO THE WASTE BASKET...

...AND PULLS OUT
THIS ASSIGNMENT SLIP,

WHICH SENT THIS SAILOR TO A SHIP
CALLED THE SINCLAIR GREAT LAKES

FOR A JOB.

BUT THERE WAS ONLY ONE BERTH
FOR TWO SAILORS,

AND THE JOB WENT TO A SAILOR
WITH MORE SENIORITY.

SO THIS GUY CAME BACK AND RAISED
HELL AT THE UNION HALL.

RICHARD SPECK.

DO YOU HAVE A PHONE
THAT WE COULD USE?

FORTUNATELY,
THE ASSIGNMENT SLIP HAS THIS GUY

RICHARD SPECK'S NEAREST POINT
OF CONTACT, WHICH IS HIS SISTER,

WHO LIVES IN CHICAGO.

POLICE KNOW
THAT THIS RICHARD SPECK

WANTS A JOB ABOARD A SHIP.

SO THEY DECIDE TO ENTRAP HIM.

THIS IS MR. OLSEN FROM
THE NATIONAL MARITIME UNION.

YES, WE HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT
FOR RICHARD SPECK.

IS HE THERE?

WELL, COULD YOU ALERT HIM
AND HAVE HIM CALL US, PLEASE?

THANK YOU.

NOW, WE WAIT.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

PRAY TO MARY THAT HE CALLS.

CORA, CAN YOU -- CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE?

MEANWHILE, AT THE HOSPITAL,

DETECTIVES
WERE WORKING WITH CORA

TO GENTLY COAX A PORTRAIT
OF THE KILLER FROM HER.

CORA.

CORA, CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT HIS EYES?

HE HAD LIGHT EYES,
BLUE -- BLUE EYES.

SKINNY MAN, HAIR BLOND.

JUST A FEW HOURS IN,

THE INVESTIGATION WAS MOVING
FORWARD ALL OVER THE CITY,

FROM CORA'S HOSPITAL ROOM

TO A DIVE BAR
CALLED THE SHIPYARD INN.

AND THOUGH THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT
AT THE TIME, THE POLICE

WERE BEGINNING TO CONVERGE...

HEY.

YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW CALLED,
SAID CALL THE UNION HALL.

THEY GOT A JOB FOR YOU.

...COMING TO THE TRUTH
FROM TWO SIDES.

THANK YOU.

MARITIME UNION HALL.

YEAH,
THIS IS RICHARD SPECK.

Yes, Mr. Speck.

WE HAVE A SHIP FOR YOU.

WHAT'S THE NAME
OF THE SHIP?

IT IS
THE SINCLAIR GREAT LAKES.

SINCLAIR GREAT LAKES?

HIS CHEEK BONES?

- HIGHER.
- HIGH CHEEK BONES.

- YES.
- ALL RIGHT.

DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING
ABOUT THE MOUTH?

LIPS OUT A LITTLE,
NOT TOO MUCH.

WHAT ABOUT THE NOSE?

DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING
ABOUT HIS NOSE?

NOSE, LONG, BIG.

NO, NO, NO.
OKAY.

DON'T GIVE THAT AWAY
TO ANYONE ELSE. I'LL BE THERE.

WE'LL HOLD THE ASSIGNMENT
OPEN FOR YOU

UNTIL YOU GET ON OVER HERE.

BUT, UM,
WE CLOSE AT 5:00 P.M.

YEAH, BEFORE 5:00.
YOU GOT IT.

- WHAT DID HE SAY?
- HE'LL BE HERE.

AND SO WILL WE.

BUT THERE'S A REAL DANGER
IN DRAWING CLOSE TO AN ANIMAL.

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE
THE MAN?

IF IT KNOWS IT IS CORNERED...

YES.

IT MIGHT DO ANYTHING.

THEY TOLD US AT SCHOOL

TO TRY TO GO ABOUT OUR DAY
AS USUAL,

THAT THE BEST THING WE COULD DO

WAS TRY TO FIND A SENSE
OF NORMALCY.

NORMALCY?

THE NIGHT BEFORE,
EIGHT OF MY CLASSMATES

HAD BEEN TORTURED AND MURDERED

RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
FROM ME.

HOW COULD ANYTHING BE NORMAL
AGAIN?

PAT MATUSEK WOULD NEVER WIN
ANOTHER SWIM CHAMPIONSHIP.

I WOULD NEVER SMELL
MERLITA'S COOKING WAFTING

IN THROUGH THE WINDOW.

SUZANNE FARRIS
WOULD NEVER CRACK ANOTHER JOKE.

AND CORA...

WOULD WE EVER
SEE THAT SMILE AGAIN?

WHO COULD DO THIS TO THEM?

EVERY HOUR,
I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK,

WONDERING,
HAD THEY FOUND HIM YET?

WELL,
I DIDN'T KNOW IT RIGHT THEN,

BUT JUST A FEW BLOCKS
FROM THE HOSPITAL,

RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
FROM WHERE WE LIVED,

THE POLICE WERE SETTING A TRAP

FOR A SAILOR
NAMED RICHARD SPECK.

THEY HAVE MANAGED
TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM.

THEY'RE VERY HOPEFUL
THAT HE'S GOING TO SHOW UP.

- BRUIN?
- HE'S RIGHT OVER THERE,

FLANKING THAT DOOR.

ALEX,
STAND RIGHT ON OVER HERE.

YOU'RE GONNA BE
RIGHT ACROSS FROM ME.

STEVE, RIGHT OVER THERE
BY THE RADIATOR.

THIS IS WHAT WOULD NOW
BE CALLED A STING OPERATION.

PROTOCOL IS, IF YOU CAN GET
HIM TO COME THERE,

YOU TAKE UP A POSITION.

AND WHEN HE COMES IN, YOU GRAB
HIM BEFORE HE CAN WHIP OUT A GUN

OR A KNIFE.

THE STING IS ONE ASPECT OF IT.

IN THE MEANTIME,

THEY ALSO HAD TWO-MAN TEAMS
WHO WERE FANNING OUT.

THEY'RE HITTING LOCAL HOTELS
AND BARS AND RESTAURANTS.

EVERYTHING WAS HAPPENING
REALLY QUICKLY THAT DAY.

POLICE WERE EVERYWHERE.

AND THESE POLICEMEN HAD ONLY
RECENTLY LEFT THE CRIME SCENE.

HEY, MAC?

YEAH?

WE'RE LOOKIN' FOR A GUY.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PICTURE
OF THE SUSPECT.

HE'S A SAILOR,
BLOND HAIR, 24 OR 25 YEARS OLD.

ALL THEY HAD
WAS A VAGUE DESCRIPTION.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
THE NAME, RICHARD SPECK.

BUT HE WAS CLOSER
THAN THEY COULD'VE IMAGINED.

DON'T RING A BELL.

RICHARD SPECK
IS STANDING 10 FEET AWAY.

HEY, MAC? LET'S HEAR YOUR STORY.
WHERE DO YOU WORK?

DOWN THE SHIPYARD.

HOW 'BOUT YOU?

SHIPYARD.

SPECK SLINKS AWAY
AND GOES OUT THE BACK DOOR.

IN THE MEANTIME,
AT THE UNION HALL,

THE DAY DRAGS ON,

AND RICHARD SPECK
DOES NOT SHOW UP.

YOU TOLD HIM THAT THE NAME
OF THE SHIP

HE WAS GOIN' ON WAS
THE SINCLAIR GREAT LAKES, YEAH?

YES.

THAT WAS THE SHIP
THAT ALREADY LEFT.

SPECK MUST HAVE KNOWN
HE WAS BEING SET UP.

HE'S NOT COMING.

THE DRAGNET MISSED HIM.

THEY'RE AFRAID
RICHARD SPECK MAY GET AWAY.

YEAH? WHAT'S THE STATUS
WITH THE PRINTS?

AT THE SAME TIME, THE POLICE
THINK THE THREE FINGERPRINTS

FROM THE CRIME SCENE...

- BEAUTIFUL.
- ...BELONG TO THE KILLER.

IF THIS RICHARD SPECK'S
FINGERPRINTS

MATCHED THE PRINTS
FROM THE CRIME SCENE,

THEY HAD THEIR MAN.

THEY RUN A CHECK OF CHICAGO
POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS.

AND RICHARD SPECK
IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

SO THEY CALL THE FBI
IN WASHINGTON D.C.

TO CHECK IF THEY HAD ANYTHING
ON FILE.

AND THEY PULL OUT RICHARD
SPECK'S FINGERPRINT CARDS.

FROM HIS ARREST RECORD IN TEXAS.

BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER,
THIS WAS 1966.

THIS WAS LONG BEFORE E-MAIL
OR FAX MACHINES.

THE FINGERPRINT FILE
FROM THE FBI

HAD TO BE PHYSICALLY
TRANSPORTED

FROM D.C. TO CHICAGO.

AND AS IF THAT WASN'T
HARD ENOUGH...

AMONG THE MANY CHALLENGES
THE DEPARTMENT FACED,

THERE WAS AN AIRLINE STRIKE
GOING ON ACROSS THE NATION.

THE ENTIRE CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT

IS FEELING TREMENDOUS PRESSURE
TO FIND THEIR MAN

AND TO NAIL THIS THING DOWN.

A SUSPECT
ON THE LOOSE FOR 12 HOURS --

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

EVERY SECOND THAT TICKED
BY TOOK THE POLICE FURTHER

AWAY FROM CATCHING THE MONSTER.

AND A MANHUNT IN A CITY
AS BIG AS CHICAGO IS NO JOKE.

BUT THAT WEEK, FORGET ABOUT IT.

THE RIOTS HAD SPIRALED
OUT OF CONTROL.

SIX POLICEMEN WERE SHOT.

OVER 100 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED.

WE COULD BARELY HANDLE THE
PATIENTS IN OUR EMERGENCY ROOM.

OF COURSE, IT WAS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THE GUY

OUT THERE IN ALL THAT CHAOS.

AND BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM,

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS BEING STRETCHED VERY THIN.

AT THE SAME TIME,
ON THE NORTH SIDE,

NEAR THE OLD TOWN SECTION
OF CHICAGO, THESE BEAT COPS

ARE CALLED TO THE RALEIGH HOTEL
ON A ROUTINE CASE.

THEY HAVE THIS TIP THAT A MAN
IN ROOM 806 HAS A GUN.

THEY KNOW THE ROOM IS REGISTERED
TO A MAN NAMED DAVID STATEN.

HEY, BUDDY. WAKE UP.

GOOD MORNING, OFFICERS.

LET'S SEE YOUR I.D.

YEAH.

RICHARD SPECK?

RICHARD SPECK?

LOOK, BUDDY.

WANT TO EXPLAIN
WHY YOU'RE REGISTERED DOWNSTAIRS

WITH ONE NAME,

AND THE NAME
ON YOUR I.D. HERE IS DIFFERENT?

ALL RIGHT.
BEAR WITH ME, NOW.

I KNOW THIS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE
TODAY.

SO MANY THINGS
WERE HAPPENING AT ONCE,

AND THE RIOTS DIDN'T HELP.

THESE WERE JUST REGULAR
BEAT COPS.

THEY WEREN'T EVEN A PART
OF THE MANHUNT.

SO THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW
THEY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT

FOR SOMEONE
NAMED RICHARD SPECK.

THAT'S -- THAT'S NOT MINE.

THAT'S THIS -- THAT'S THIS
LADY'S I PICKED UP LAST NIGHT.

I'LL BE HONEST.
SHE WAS -- SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE.

AND I THINK SHE SAID
IT WAS FOR PROTECTION.

BUT THAT'S HER GUN.
SHE LEFT IT HERE.

I WANT NO PART OF IT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL,
WE'RE CONFISCATING IT ANYWAY.

KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN.

YES, SIR.
THANK YOU, SIR.

IF THEY'D HAVE BROUGHT HIM IN
AND CHARGED HIM

WITH HAVING THE GUN,
THEY'D HAVE HAD HIM IN CUSTODY.

HINDSIGHT IS 20/20, RIGHT?

INSTEAD OF NABBING
THE MOST WANTED MAN IN AMERICA,

THEY JUST LEFT HIM THERE.

AFTER THAT CLOSE CALL,
HE MUST HAVE WISENED UP

BECAUSE BY THE TIME
THE MANHUNT REACHED THE HOTEL,

THERE WAS NO ONE
LEFT FOR THEM TO FIND.

SPECK REALIZES THAT THE WOLVES
ARE CLOSING IN

AND THAT HE SHOULD FLEE.

THE POLICE NOW RUN THE RISK
OF LOSING HIM FOREVER.

THIS RICHARD SPECK
HAD SKIPPED OUT ON A JOB OFFER

AT THE UNION HALL

AND VANISHED IMMEDIATELY
FROM THE HOTEL.

THAT SURE SOUNDS
LIKE GUILTY BEHAVIOR TO ME.

AND THE POLICE THOUGHT SO, TOO.

BUT WITHOUT ANY HARD EVIDENCE,
THEY WERE IN A REAL BIND.

LOOK, JUST PUT HIS PHOTO
IN THE PAPER

SO PEOPLE CAN SEE HIS FACE.

WE PUT A PICTURE
OF SPECK IN THE PAPER,

AND WE RISK BLOWING
THIS WHOLE TRIAL.

JACK, THE PRESS IS GONNA LINE UP
TO HELP US CATCH THIS GUY.

FORGET THE LAWYERS.

WE CAN'T GO PUBLIC
WITH A PHOTO NOW.

SOME FANCY DEFENSE
ATTORNEY'LL SAY THE JURY POOL

WAS POISONED, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
AND THIS GUY WALKS.

YOU WANT THAT?

SINCE THEY DON'T YET
HAVE POSITIVE PROOF

THAT SPECK IS THE KILLER,

IF THEY WERE TO GIVE
HIS PHOTOGRAPH TO THE NEWSPAPERS

AND NAME HIM AS THE MURDERER,

THEN SPECK MIGHT VERY WELL
GET OFF ON A TECHNICALITY.

UNTIL WE CAN MATCH
HIS FINGERPRINTS

FROM THE CRIME SCENE
WITH THE PRINTS

THAT THE FBI IS SENDING US,
WE GOT TO WAIT.

AIR TRAVEL WAS A LITTLE
EXOTIC BACK THEN.

I'D NEVER EVEN BEEN
ON AN AIRPLANE.

IT STILL SEEMED A LITTLE BIT
LIKE MAGIC.

SO IT MADE A KIND OF SENSE

WHEN THE BREAK THE POLICE
NEEDED CAME FROM ABOVE.

STRIKE OR NO STRIKE,
AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOT

VOLUNTEERED TO FLY
RICHARD SPECK'S FINGERPRINTS

TO CHICAGO ON THE JUMP SEAT.

**

SO THE FINGERPRINTS
HAD TO BE MATCHED,

BUT IT WAS A VERY METICULOUS
PROCESS.

ANYBODY COME THROUGH HERE
LIKE THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU COULDN'T GO
ANYWHERE IN CHICAGO THAT DAY

WITHOUT SEEING POLICE,

ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE
WHERE THE MANHUNT HAD SPREAD.

WE DIDN'T KNOW IT,

BUT THEY WERE JUST
SPINNING THEIR WHEELS.

RICHARD SPECK MADE SURE
TO BLEND IN

WITH THE VAGRANTS ON SKID ROW

WHILE HE FIGURED OUT
HOW TO SKIP TOWN.

AND SPECK HAS GOTTEN THE IDEA,

HE'S GOING TO GET ON A FREIGHT
AND GO DOWN TO DALLAS.

I CAN REMEMBER THINKING,

"IF ONLY THERE WAS SOME WAY
I COULD HELP."

THE FUNNY THING WAS,

THAT'S WHAT THE POLICE
WERE THINKING TOO.

IF THEY COULD JUST
MATCH SPECK'S PRINTS

AND PUT HIS PICTURE
IN THE PAPER,

THEN ALL OF CHICAGO
COULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

AND THE DAY WEARS ON.

EVENTUALLY,
IT GETS TO BE ABOUT 5:00 A.M.

THEY'RE BLURRY EYED.

HUGHEY,
THIS ONE LOOKS VERY GOOD.

YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT.

- Yeah?
- I THINK WE HAVE A MATCH.

GENTLEMEN,

WE HAVE AN ALL-POINT ALERT
OUT FOR RICHARD SPECK.

NEWSPAPERS WERE
PROVIDED WITH THE MUGSHOTS

AND THE DESCRIPTION.

INCLUDING THE EMBLEMATIC TATTOO,

"BORN TO RAISE HELL,"
ON THE LEFT ARM.

LET'S GET THE WORD OUT, FOLKS.

WE'RE GONNA CATCH
THIS SON OF A GUN.

POLICE ARE SEEKING
THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN THE CASE

OF THE EIGHT STUDENT NURSES

BRUTALLY MURDERED
ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE.

THE KILLER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS ONE RICHARD SPECK,

A TEXAS NATIVE.

MR. SPECK'S WHEREABOUTS
ARE CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.

RICHARD SPECK MIGHT BE
DISCOVERED BY SOME CITIZEN

AND THE INFORMATION RELATING

TO HIS ACTIVITIES
REPORTED TO US.

HEY, BUDDY.
SEEN THIS GUY?

THERE ARE POLICE EVERYWHERE.

THEY'RE HITTING EVERY BAR,
EVERY PLACE THEY CAN FIND.

THEY'RE SHOWING SPECK'S PHOTO.

THEY KNOW THEY'RE CLOSING IN.

IN THE MEANTIME,

SPECK RENTS A CUBICLE
FOR 90 CENTS IN THE STARR HOTEL.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING,

"WHY DIDN'T THE GUY SKIP TOWN?"

THE POLICE WERE WATCHING
THE TRAINS TOO CLOSELY.

SPECK HAD NO MONEY.

THE INVESTIGATORS WERE CLOSING
IN ON HIM.

HE WAS CORNERED.

THAT AFTERNOON ACROSS CHICAGO,

DR. LEROY SMITH IS TOWARD
THE END OF A 36-HOUR SHIFT

IN THE SAME HOSPITAL WHERE,

BELOW, IN THE MORGUE,
THE NURSES HAD BEEN TAKEN.

DOCTOR, WE HAVE A WRIST-CUTTER
IN, CURTAIN THREE.

THANK YOU, CATHY.

DR. SMITH IS ASSIGNED
A CASE OF AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

BUT IT WAS A WEAK ATTEMPT
AT SUICIDE.

LET'S GO AHEAD
AND CLEAN HIM UP.

**

HE REALIZES
THIS IS RICHARD SPECK.

WATER. WATER.

DID YOU GIVE
THE NURSES WATER?

WATER.

IT FELT, TO MANY OF US
IN CHICAGO, LIKE AN ETERNITY.

BUT IT TOOK ONLY 72 HOURS
AFTER THE MURDERS

FOR THE POLICE TO CAPTURE
RICHARD SPECK.

THE WHOLE COUNTRY WAITED FOR
THE TRIAL FOR 7 ANXIOUS MONTHS.

WE NEEDED ANSWERS.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
IN THE TOWN HOUSE THAT NIGHT?

HOW WAS A SINGLE MAN
ABLE TO KILL EIGHT WOMEN,

ONE BY ONE,

SO SILENTLY THAT NO ONE
EVER HEARD THEM SCREAM?

CORA, THE SURVIVING NURSE,

HASN'T BEEN SEEN
FOR 7 MONTHS NOW.

THERE WERE RUMORS THAT SHE'D
GONE BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES,

THAT SHE'D BEEN
THROUGH ENOUGH ALREADY,

AND HAD NO INTENTION
OF TESTIFYING.

NOBODY KNOWS WHERE CORA IS.

NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY
HOW THE MURDERS OCCURRED.

BUT AT 11:00 A.M.
ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE TRIAL,

CORA WAS USHERED PAST THE PRESS
THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR.

CORAZON AMURAO.

**

AS IT TURNS OUT,

THEY HAD PUT HER IN THE WITNESS
PROTECTION PROGRAM.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE
YOUR NAME?

CORAZON AMURAO.

THE PROSECUTION WAS AFRAID
THAT SHE WAS SO FRAGILE,

PSYCHOLOGICALLY,
THAT SHE MIGHT JUST BREAK DOWN

AND MIGHT NOT BE ABLE
TO TESTIFY.

CORA, CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS IS
A REPLICA OF THE TOWN HOUSE

AT 2319 EAST 100th STREET?

THAT IS THE SAME.

WHAT TIME DID YOU GO
TO SLEEP ON JULY 13th?

AT 10:30 P.M.

DID YOU WAKE UP
AT ANY TIME LATER THAT NIGHT?

YES.

I HEARD A KNOCK IN OUR BEDROOM
AT ABOUT 11:00.

I GOT UP,
AND I ANSWERED THE DOOR.

AND I SAW A MAN
WITH A GUN IN HIS RIGHT HAND.

HE TOOK US
TO THE REAR BEDROOM.

HE LEADS THEM TO A BACK,
LARGE BEDROOM,

WHERE OTHER NURSES ARE SLEEPING.

AND HE TOLD US TO SIT DOWN.

THAT'S RIGHT.
NO ONE'S GOING TO GET HURT.

JUST DO WHAT I SAY.

OKAY. GOOD.

HERE'S THE DEAL.

I NEED MONEY
TO GET TO NEW ORLEANS.

WHO'S GOT MONEY IN THEIR ROOM?

RAISE YOUR HANDS.
OKAY. OKAY.

THE AMERICAN GIRLS
SEEMED TO THINK WE SHOULD DO

WHAT HE SAYS
AND THAT HE WILL GO AWAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WHAT ABOUT YOU TWO?

BUT THE FILIPINO GIRLS
WANTED TO TACKLE THIS MAN

RIGHT FROM THE START.

CORAZON SAID SHE HAD SEEN
THIS TYPE OF PERSON

IN THE BACKCOUNTRY OF THE
PHILIPPINES WHERE SHE GREW UP.

THANK YOU. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.

THEY EMPTY THEIR
PURSES, GIVE HIM EVERYTHING,

YET HE DOESN'T LEAVE.

WHAT HAPPENED THEN?

HE STOOD AND TOOK BEDSHEETS
FROM MISS MATUSEK'S BED.

IN THE MONTHS
LEADING UP TO THE TRIAL,

I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT WONDERING,

"COULDN'T THEY SENSE
WHAT HE WANTED TO DO TO THEM?

WHY DIDN'T THEY RUN
OR SCREAM FOR HELP?

HOW COULD HE OVERPOWER
EIGHT PEOPLE?"

THE ANSWER CORA GAVE HAS
HAUNTED ME FOR 50 YEARS.

WOULD YOU PLEASE TURN AROUND
FOR ME?

HE SIMPLY ASKED
FOR THEIR PERMISSION.

HE BEGINS TO TIE THE NURSES UP,
ONE BY ONE.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

THERE'S SIX OF US.

WILL YOU PLEASE TURN AROUND?

THIS IS THEIR FINAL
CHANCE, REALLY, TO MAKE A MOVE.

DID YOU TRY TO STOP HIM
AT ANY TIME?

NO.

IF THEY'D ATTACK HIM
OR SCATTERED,

THEY'D RUN OUT THE DOORS
AND BEGIN SCREAMING,

MOST OF THEM WOULD BE ALIVE
TODAY.

YOU KNOW HOW IT
IS IN THE MOMENT,

WHEN DEEP IN YOUR GUT
YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG,

BUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT
WOULD MAKE THE SITUATION REAL.

I THINK THEY THOUGHT, IF THEY
IGNORED THAT GUT INSTINCT,

MAYBE IT WOULD
ALL JUST GO AWAY.

HE TIED ALL OF US.

AND HE WAS SMILING
DURING THIS TIME.

THEN HE UNTIED
MISS WILKENING'S ANKLES,

AND HE TOOK HER
OUT OF THE ROOM.

THEN, SUZANNE AND MARY ANN
CAME HOME.

THESE TWO NURSES CAME IN LATE.

AND HE WAS STARTLED.

WE COULDN'T SEE THEM,
BUT WE HEARD A STRUGGLE.

THEN IT WAS QUIET AGAIN.

ONCE HE'D KILLED SUZANNE FARRIS
AND MARY ANN JORDAN,

HE WAS IN A FRENZY.

AND IT WAS JUST A MATTER

OF SYSTEMATICALLY ELIMINATING
WITNESSES.

WHILE SPECK IS OUT OF THE ROOM,

CORA UNDERTAKES AN EFFORT

TO CONCEAL HERSELF
UNDER ONE OF THE BEDS.

CORA IS WATCHING...

...AS HE COMES BACK AND FORTH.

HER FEAR IS JUST GROWING
AND GROWING.

HE'S NOW GOING TO TAKE
HIS EIGHTH VICTIM, GLORIA DAVY.

PLEASE.

AND HE PROCEEDS TO RAPE HER.

AND THEN, HE TOOK MISS DAVY
OUT OF THE ROOM, TOO.

AND THEN
CORA IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT.

SPECK HAS LOST COUNT
OF THE BODIES.

NO ONE WOULD HAVE BLAMED HER

IF SHE HAD ONLY GIVEN A WRITTEN
STATEMENT AND STAYED AWAY.

IF IT HAD BEEN ME,

I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE
BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO FACE HIM.

BUT CORA AMURAO WAS
A STRONG WOMAN, AN IMMIGRANT

AND A SURVIVOR.

IF YOU SEE THE MAN
IN THE COURTROOM TODAY,

WOULD YOU PLEASE
POINT HIM OUT?

AND I THINK SHE WENT THERE
FOR TWO REASONS,

BOTH FOR HER FALLEN FRIENDS

AND BECAUSE SHE WANTED
TO WALK UP TO SPECK

AND LET HIM KNOW...

..."YOU DON'T SCARE ME
ANYMORE."

THIS IS THE MAN.

CORA HAS SHOWED TOTAL COURAGE...

...THAT SHE COULD SEE SPECK
AGAIN

AND NAME HIM AS THE KILLER.

THE JURY REQUIRED ONLY
45 MINUTES TO RETURN A VERDICT

OF GUILTY, DESERVING OF DEATH.

1966 WAS SORT
OF A THRESHOLD MOMENT

WITH RICHARD SPECK
INVADING PEOPLE'S SPACE

TO COMMIT MASS MURDER.

PEOPLE WERE SCRUTINIZING
THEIR NEIGHBORS

AND LOCKING THEIR DOORS.

IT WAS KIND
OF THE MURDER OF INNOCENCE.

HE NOT ONLY KILLED
THE EIGHT NURSES.

HE KILLED A LITTLE BIT
OF ALL OF US.

FORGIVE OUR TRESPASSES

AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS
AGAINST US.

AND MAYBE THE SADDEST PART
OF ALL WAS THE THING

THESE YOUNG WOMEN
WOULD BE REMEMBERED FOR.

THE THING
I WOULD REMEMBER THEM FOR

WAS AS A REMINDER THAT THE
ONCE-GOOD WORLD HAD GONE BAD.

* WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN *

* BY AND BY, LORD *

* BY AND BY *
AND THAT WAS ITS OWN TRAGEDY.

WHAT CAN YOU LEARN
ABOUT A PERSON IN THE 500 WORDS

OF A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

OR IN THE 60 MINUTES
OF A TELEVISION SPECIAL?

IN A MASS MURDER LIKE THIS ONE,

THE VICTIMS AREN'T JUST ROBBED
OF THEIR LIVES.

THEY'RE ROBBED OF THEIR MEMORY.

BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER
ALL OF THEM,

EACH AND EVERY ONE.

GLORIA DAVY.

PAMELA WILKENING.

PATRICIA MATUSEK.

MERLITA GARGULLO.

SUZANNE FARRIS.

NINA SCHMALE.

VALENTINA PASION.

AND MARY ANN JORDAN.

* WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN *

* BY AND BY, LORD *

* BY AND BY *

* THERE'S A BETTER *

* HOME AWAITIN' *

* IN THE SKY, LORD *

* IN THE SKY *