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Reference to Speck in LAw and Order epsiode Vengence

Stone: I don't know. I think 25 to life is pretty good.
Robinette: I know tw0 people that would call it a gift.
Stone: [handing him a newspaper] Maybe this would cheer them up.
Robinette: The obituaries?
Stone: Richard Speck murdered eight nurses and died in prison. He was 49. Cheney's 42.

Howland666666 (talk) 23:37, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

TV trivia

Did anyone want to discuss restoring the TV trivia items in the Media section? If not I'm going to continue reverting new additions. GA-RT-22 (talk) 16:22, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

why does this page make these claims

In the sources linked in the section about the '88 tape, the claims of hormones and panties are not present. only the quotes, drug use, and sex are mentioned in the articles linked. i dont know anything about the case, but i was struck immediately by the weirdness of this section and checked the sources. i dont know wikipedia editing etiquette so im putting this here in the hopes someone can either delete the unsourced claims or find reliable sources that back them up. thanks ~2026-20413-0 (talk) 11:54, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That's been in there for 20 years, added without a source by an editor who apparently had a good reputation at the time but disappeared shortly after. [1] I think I removed the parts that aren't in the sources, and fixed the quote, but please check my work. GA-RT-22 (talk) 13:24, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]