Richard Speck
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Richard Speck was an American mass murderer infamous for the 1966 killings of eight student nurses in Chicago.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Speck canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10325740 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Speck Context triple: [Mindhunter, featuresFictionalizedVersionOf, Richard Speck]
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A.
Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather was a 1950s American spree killer whose notorious murder rampage with his teenage girlfriend inspired numerous films and fictional characters.
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B.
Nathan Leopold
Nathan Leopold was an American criminal best known for participating in the infamous 1924 "Leopold and Loeb" murder case, in which he and Richard Loeb killed a young boy in a notorious attempt to commit the "perfect crime."
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C.
James Carroll Beckwith
James Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his refined academic style and contributions to the New York art scene.
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D.
Jean Lépine
Jean Lépine is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "One Christmas."
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E.
Dan White
Dan White was a former San Francisco city supervisor best known for assassinating Mayor George Moscone and fellow supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Speck Target entity description: Richard Speck was an American mass murderer infamous for the 1966 killings of eight student nurses in Chicago.
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A.
Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather was a 1950s American spree killer whose notorious murder rampage with his teenage girlfriend inspired numerous films and fictional characters.
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B.
Nathan Leopold
Nathan Leopold was an American criminal best known for participating in the infamous 1924 "Leopold and Loeb" murder case, in which he and Richard Loeb killed a young boy in a notorious attempt to commit the "perfect crime."
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C.
James Carroll Beckwith
James Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his refined academic style and contributions to the New York art scene.
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D.
Jean Lépine
Jean Lépine is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "One Christmas."
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E.
Dan White
Dan White was a former San Francisco city supervisor best known for assassinating Mayor George Moscone and fellow supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American criminal
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human ⓘ mass murderer ⓘ |
| arrestDate | 1966-07-17 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Graceland Cemetery, Chicago (unmarked grave) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| convictedOf | murder ⓘ |
| convictionDate | 1967-04-15 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| crimeCommitted |
kidnapping
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murder ⓘ rape ⓘ |
| criminalPenaltyJurisdiction | State of Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-12-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfCrime | 1966-07-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-12-05 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | Speck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Richard Benjamin Speck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| knownFor | mass murder of student nurses ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| mediaDepiction |
subject of books about the 1966 Chicago nurse murders
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subject of television documentaries on American serial and mass killers ⓘ |
| methodOfSuicideAttempt | self-inflicted arm lacerations ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1967 trial in Peoria, Illinois ⓘ |
| notableFor | 1966 murders of eight student nurses in Chicago ⓘ |
| numberOfMurderCounts | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation | laborer ⓘ |
| originalSentence | death ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kirkwood, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfCrime | Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Illinois Department of Corrections NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prison | Stateville Correctional Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForSentenceModification | U.S. Supreme Court ruling on capital punishment procedures ⓘ |
| sentenceModifiedTo | 400 to 1,200 years imprisonment ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateOfCrime | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivingWitness | Corazon Amurao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victim |
Gloria Davy
NERFINISHED
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Mary Ann Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Merlita Gargullo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nina Jo Schmale NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamela Wilkening NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Matusek NERFINISHED ⓘ Suzanne Farris NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentina Pasion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Richard Speck Description of subject: Richard Speck was an American mass murderer infamous for the 1966 killings of eight student nurses in Chicago.
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