History Thru The Lens

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My interests in history and photography come together in this photoblog. Featured in this blog are historical pictures such as the above photo of the RMS Olympic and her sister ship the RMS Titanic, which would prove to be the last one of them together side by side. Hopefully all who visit will enjoy it and recommend the site to their friends.

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Richard Speck


Richard Speck is pictured here during his 1966 trial for murdering and raping 8 women in a townhouse in a suburb of Chicago. At 11pm on July 13, 1966, Speck entered the residence, which served as a dormitory for student nurses, and he would depart hours later leaving behind eight slain women. One student, who was visiting for the night, managed to wiggle herself under a bed in one of the rooms and survived the ordeal. Speck was convicted and sentenced to death, but it was later changed to life imprisonment. He died in prison in 1991 at the age of 49.

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