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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

The Backstory: Before Idaho: A Mass Murderer Slaughters 8 Students in Their Dorm

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Music History, Comedy, Entertainment News, Music, News

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The Idaho killer was sentenced this week to life in prison for stabbing to death 4 college students. But 60 years ago, another mass murderer stabbed and strangled 8 nursing students in Chicago. As in the Idaho case, he made one crucial mistake that got him caught.

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0:00.0

Okay, did you catch this week's sentencing of the Idaho killer who murdered four university students?

0:05.9

It kind of reminded me of another random mass killing that took place in Chicago almost 60 years ago.

0:12.9

Richard Speck broke into a dorm where eight nursing students lived.

0:17.5

Over the course of three hours during a summer night in July,

0:22.4

he methodically stabbed the young women to death, raped his final victim, and then slipped away. I'm Patty Steele.

0:28.3

However, as in the Idaho case, the killer made a crucial mistake. That's next on the backstory.

0:37.3

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1:01.5

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1:16.6

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1:23.8

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1:29.8

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1:32.7

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1:35.0

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1:37.4

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1:39.1

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1:41.0

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1:43.0

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