tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post6624240113686653697..comments2024-03-04T23:34:35.712-05:00Comments on Number 16: The nurse who survived Richard Speck's 1966 murder rampageJoannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303862386440522922noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-8018370059884073622017-10-18T19:33:36.144-04:002017-10-18T19:33:36.144-04:00Found her on Facebook under the name Cora Atienza ...Found her on Facebook under the name Cora Atienza and states that she is currently located at Las Vegas Navada. She has a beautiful family and it seems she is as at peace now judging it just on the pictures. Hope she already found peace all through out these years. I wouldnt find myself peaceful with what she encountered. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10508146487502423779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-9885667877938749112017-09-17T22:46:40.642-04:002017-09-17T22:46:40.642-04:00I just saw this story on tv on id investigation.&q...I just saw this story on tv on id investigation."a crime to remember s04e03.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265688342658712280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-69926782725878037752017-08-03T13:34:51.737-04:002017-08-03T13:34:51.737-04:00Prior to her arrival in Chicago, Corazon studied n...Prior to her arrival in Chicago, Corazon studied nursing at Far Eastern University, a private, non-sectarian university in Manilla, Philipinnes. See update at the end of my article for her current residence.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303862386440522922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-29685161732023329792017-08-01T22:12:16.650-04:002017-08-01T22:12:16.650-04:00Not a comment but question for Joanne, the author ...Not a comment but question for Joanne, the author of this blog. I'm curious to learn if Corazon still lives in Woodbridge, VA as of this writing. In your research, do you have details of the hospital she worked at in the Philippines before coming to over to Chicago as a student nurse?<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-26257287158621352222017-04-06T02:57:06.180-04:002017-04-06T02:57:06.180-04:00By the looks of the photo? It looks like she lived...By the looks of the photo? It looks like she lived a good life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166450470886016457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-26758847490854260902016-09-28T11:01:01.237-04:002016-09-28T11:01:01.237-04:00I agree that she is a one of a kind truly beautifu...I agree that she is a one of a kind truly beautiful person to care more about honoring the memories of her colleagues than finacially benfiting from the tragedy. Great article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-35935784422036754492016-09-05T23:00:39.945-04:002016-09-05T23:00:39.945-04:00I remember reading, probably in Ziporyn's book...I remember reading, probably in Ziporyn's book, that Speck had fallen out of a tree as a boy, landing right on the noggin; and there is a literature about other murderers to whom this happened early in life (as far as environs, well, his siblings were there and they turned out fine).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967201989899800853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-71776449481120215782016-09-05T22:45:51.150-04:002016-09-05T22:45:51.150-04:00Very unfortunately, the SCOTUS did away with the d...Very unfortunately, the SCOTUS did away with the death penalty, after he was sentenced to a well-deserved death.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967201989899800853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-54884834054279931252016-09-05T22:43:51.723-04:002016-09-05T22:43:51.723-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967201989899800853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-42185622720104305162016-05-18T14:48:20.075-04:002016-05-18T14:48:20.075-04:00The account of the Speck murders on Biography.com ...The account of the Speck murders on Biography.com reads: "When 23-year-old Corazon Amurao opened the front door to Speck's knock, he forced his way in at gunpoint. Speck then rounded the nurses up and ordered them to empty their purses, before tying them all up. He proceeded to brutalize them in the most horrific fashion over the following few hours."<br /><br />However, an account in a Chicago Tribune piece by Bob Secter reads: "The hiring hall for merchant seamen on Chicago's Southeast Side was just down the street from a townhouse where nine student nurses lived. On the night of July 13, a drifter who had been looking for work on a Great Lakes freighter broke into their townhouse. His name was Richard Franklin Speck." Several other sources say that Speck broke into the townhouse. Therefore, I believe you are right. Thank you for the correction.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303862386440522922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-23028003109428597352016-04-22T21:26:30.534-04:002016-04-22T21:26:30.534-04:00Your information is incorrect. Speck entered the t...Your information is incorrect. Speck entered the townhouse by popping out a window screen, and then reaching inside and unlocking the door. The door that Cora answered was her bedroom door. When she opened it, he was standing there with a gun. He then ordered her and her roommate to another bedroom where four of the victims were sleeping. The remaining three victims had been out for the night and came home later. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-77711506919954383632016-04-19T18:26:30.419-04:002016-04-19T18:26:30.419-04:00I was 9 when this happened. Stayed all weekend at...I was 9 when this happened. Stayed all weekend at my grandparents house which was nice watching TV and sleeping on their small couch. The news came on and the pain hurt so bad in my heart for everyone and her. I was afraid to sleep for several years after that knowing that it could happen to anyone but why? To this day, she is valiant and my heart continues to go out to her and how she chose to do what she had to do. God Bless her, her losses and her realizing she forced/made a future. Smile through God's good Graces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-92227325979088402352016-02-04T02:01:00.189-05:002016-02-04T02:01:00.189-05:00I think the defense later pointed out that the jur...I think the defense later pointed out that the jury selection was biased by excluding certain people. Something like that.<br />I think this evil man lived a horrible life in jail. BTW how come this jail allowed all these awful activities? Is it still going on. It is hell then this man has to live. However I do believe he should have been executed so that the families do not have to relive year after after going to parole hearing blocking his release. Sometimes I wonder how justice in USA.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13010285223574723538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-33131497969661655902015-12-25T00:56:40.587-05:002015-12-25T00:56:40.587-05:00Richard Speck's autopsy revealed congenital de...Richard Speck's autopsy revealed congenital defects in his brain, and he had family issues (his biological Dad died when he was 6 & his stepdad was a 25-yr prison veteran who drank and abused his stepchildren) that turned him into an alcoholic H.S.-dropout at age 16. I don't mean to apologize for him, but if you don't understand how much our environment shapes us, then we'll never learn anything from crimes like these.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-59052452120383370112015-12-11T00:28:31.287-05:002015-12-11T00:28:31.287-05:00I happen to come across this article about Corazon...I happen to come across this article about Corazon. When she came back to the Philippines my mother happen to be friends with this amazing and strong woman. Corazon agreed to be my older sisters God Mother when she was born back in 69. Ryan McMackinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651319300784525493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-44811250479306226972015-12-11T00:19:28.598-05:002015-12-11T00:19:28.598-05:00I just watched A Crime to Remember on the ID chan...I just watched A Crime to Remember on the ID channel. i don't remember this case which was so sad and brutal. Thank the Lord the surviving nurse Cora was able to move on enjoying a good life.Reneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-32247784432323816932015-12-10T21:59:06.685-05:002015-12-10T21:59:06.685-05:00I was 9 or 10 years old when Speck committed these...I was 9 or 10 years old when Speck committed these crimes. At the time of these murders, I was going to a hospital with my mother while she did volunteer work. I would sit in the lobby, roam around the hospital or sit outside & watch the student nurses go in & out of the nursing school next door to the hospital. They looked so pretty in their white uniforms. They made me want to be a nurse. Then one day as my mom and I stood at the bus stop I noticed a newspaper box. The one paper that's in the front had the headline of Richard Speck and the nurses that he murdered. I didn't want to be a nurse anymore. What he did affected a nine year old to that degree. I have always wanted to ask him why? how? Not the details how, but the mental how, the what kind of heart how. I think he hated himself for what he did. That's why he allowed himself to be subjected to such humiliation & degradation while in prison. Oh he may have laughed for the cameras and made it seem like he was living the "life" behind bars, but I don't think that was the case. He was miserable, in more ways than one. And he had every right to be! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-44288122156403012402015-12-10T21:36:58.269-05:002015-12-10T21:36:58.269-05:00How is it that Richard Speck committed these crime...How is it that Richard Speck committed these crimes, had an eye witness who pointed him out, was found guilty, yet was allowed to live out his life in prison? There are people (some probably innocent) who have been executed for crimes less heinous, and I cannot understand what kind of system we have that allows this to happen. What kind of system preserves the culprit of such a crime and yet kills people who did far less? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-55903991887892117282015-12-05T16:34:28.295-05:002015-12-05T16:34:28.295-05:00I also realized it is the anniversary date of Spec...I also realized it is the anniversary date of Speck dying. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04253838842457233503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-74968527980007123502015-12-05T16:32:51.338-05:002015-12-05T16:32:51.338-05:00I WAS 9 AND LIVED 90 MILES WEST OF CHICAGO AND REM...I WAS 9 AND LIVED 90 MILES WEST OF CHICAGO AND REMEMBER THE MAN HUNT AND MY MOM WAS SO AFRAID. THE THING THAT REALLY STICKS IN MY MIND WAS THE LIFE MAGAZINE ARTICLE WITH A BLOOD STAINED WHITE NURSES CAP LIKE THEY USE TO WEAR, I BELIEVE ON THE FRONT COVER OF LIFE MAGAZINE. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT SHE HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH IN LIFE SINCE THIS HORRIFIC CRIME. THANKYOU FOR THE INFORMATION ON HER. LIKE THE OTHERS I HAVE WONDERED ALOT ABOUT HER OVER THE LAST 49 YEARS.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04253838842457233503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-56985019059819520452015-11-29T16:48:07.576-05:002015-11-29T16:48:07.576-05:00I was 13 when this happened. I lived far away in ...I was 13 when this happened. I lived far away in San Francisco, but it was one of the most shocking events -- forever etched in my mind. Corazon was quite a hero, and she has handled her life with such grace, and love. Quite a woman. I was away for the holiday but this came on ID this morning. I've seen his antics online in prison, and he is a pathetic, lost soul. The opposite of Corazon.....2catladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433068672257464242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-37868434616977884552015-11-29T16:14:02.129-05:002015-11-29T16:14:02.129-05:00I was 8 and remember my dad telling me about this....I was 8 and remember my dad telling me about this. I'm from the UP of Michigan and he was in our area just prior to thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-63074133898822383102015-11-29T16:07:06.985-05:002015-11-29T16:07:06.985-05:00I remember this horrific crime from when I was a k...I remember this horrific crime from when I was a kid. I have often thought of this lady and I am in awe of her bravery in getting Speck caught. I am glad her life seems to have turned out well, as I had always hoped that it had,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-83411948817107314842015-11-26T02:55:20.721-05:002015-11-26T02:55:20.721-05:00I was 10 years old when this horror took place. I ...I was 10 years old when this horror took place. I remember it well. I live in new york and to this day this always will stand out as one of the worst tragedies against women ever. That SOB should have been executed. Thank you Cora for your strength and grace . It should teach us all to be better people. God bless youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769446111726567693.post-32018888199209781432015-11-25T15:43:58.747-05:002015-11-25T15:43:58.747-05:00You never really know how you would react when in ...You never really know how you would react when in an absolute horrific position that all of those young remarkable women were in. Cora is a shining example of courage, pure steel and grace. I am humbled by her integrity to not profit, but to keep honoring her friends. I am not sure how she got through it, especially the post traumatic episodes that she must've had after and for years to come. But she, Cora is a true Hero and she had the best revenge by continuing to live with such grace and humanity. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099040274880998466noreply@blogger.com