Several witnesses, some reluctantly, come forward telling investigators about Spector pulling guns and holding them against their will. ibid.
The second trial proceeds much like the first: Spector’s violent past with women and the forensics tell a disturbing tale. ibid.
Hi, my name is Adriano [de Souza]. I think my boss killed somebody. 911 taped call
I have no motive. Phil Spector, 22nd March 2005 tape made for website
These people are out to destroy me. ibid.
The kid doesn’t know what a phonograph is! Phil Spector 2013 starring Al Pacino & Helen Mirren & Chiwetel Ejiofor & Jeffrey Tambor & John Pirruccello & Clara Mamet & James Tolkan & Natalia Nogulich & Matthew Rauch & Linda Miller & Rebecca Pidgeon & George Aguilar et al, director David Mamet, Linda
I invented the music business … Where’s the statue of me? Where’s the presidential medal? ibid. Phil to Linda
The prosecution has nothing. ibid. Linda
What do they hate about me? I’m alive. ibid. Phil
On September 26th the jury reported itself deadlocked, ten to two in favour of conviction, and incapable of reaching a decision. The judge declared a mistrial. On October 3rd, the Prosecution announced that they would retry the case … In the second trial, whose jury, on April 13th 2009 found Phil Spector guilty of Second Degree Murder and sentenced him to nineteen years to life in California State Prison, Corcoran, where he resides today. ibid.
SPENCE, GUSTY et al: World in Action TV -
Gusty Spence, leader of the outlawed Protestant extremist organisation the Ulster Volunteer Force, was kidnapped [by UVF] a week ago. He was out in parole … World in Action go in search of Gusty Spence. World in Action: In Search of Gusty Spence, ITV 1972
Spence had served six years when last weekend he was paroled for forty-eight hours to attend his daughter’s wedding. On his way back to jail he was kidnapped. ibid.
SPENCER, BERT: see BRIDGEWATER, CARL
SPENCER, BRENDA: Brenda Spencer - I Don't Like Mondays TV - Killer Kids TV -
I just started shooting for the fun of it. I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day. Brenda Spencer
I think I was trying to get myself killed. Brenda Spencer
The song was inspired by this 16-year-old girl Brenda Spencer. On a Monday morning in January 1979 Brenda Spencer started shooting from her house into the primary school across the street, killing two adults and injuring eight children and a policeman. When asked why she was shooting, Brenda declared, I Don’t Like Mondays. I Don’t Like Mondays, 2006
America’s first ever school shooting. ibid.
As Brenda continued shooting, police evacuated 300 pupils out the back of the school. They were bussed to safety. ibid.
In 2001 Brenda Spencer suddenly and unexpectedly revealed she had been sexually abused by her father. Her claims were treated with scepticism. ibid.
… And then another crack, another little girl, and all hell breaks loose. Behind the shattered window of the bungalow across the street Brenda Ann Spencer is smiling; for once Monday morning is turning out to be bearable. Killer Kids s3e21: Deadly Compulsion, LMN 2014
Life imprisonment. ibid.
SPENCER, DIANA: viz DIANA, PRINCESS
SPILOTRO, TONY: Mobsters TV - Tony Spilotra - Mafia's Greatest Hits TV -
August 1961: A hot summer night on Chicago’s south-west side, outside a meat-packing plant … Mobsters Tony Spilotro and Mario DeStefano dragged Jackson inside the warehouse: Mad Sam was waiting. Mobsters: Mad Sam DeStefano, 2012
May 15th 1962: A police officer on Chicago’s south side walks up to an abandoned car on 55th Street. Neighbours had complained about an intense stench coming from the car’s boot. The bodies were covered with maggots ... The victims were local thugs ... The Outfit considered the neighbourhood off limits ... Violating a mob rule meant a visit from 24-year-old Tony Spilotro ... The M & M murders. In the following months the story circulated around Chicago. One thing was clear – Tony Spilatro could get information from anyone and could use any means necessary. Mobsters: Tony Spilotro, 2008
After school he hung out with a local gang. ibid.
Spilotro was given a lucrative bookmaking territory on the north-west side of Chicago. Bookmaking was a major source of income for Tony. ibid.
The Mobsters pocketed the rest. The desert city had become a cash cow for the outfit. With so much money flowing from Las Vegas casinos the Mob needed muscle to protect its investment. Naturally, the bosses turned to a man who had killed and tortured on behalf of the Mob for years – Tony Spilotro. And the young mobster saw it as a chance to prove himself. ibid.
The judge found the mobster not-guilty. But his victory was short-lived. That same month was indicted once again. ibid.
In the wake of the indictments the Nevada Gaming Commission raided The Stardust casino. The move put a serious hole in the Chicago Outfit’s Vegas revenue. ibid.
Do I have time to say a prayer? Tony Spilotro
A home-loving husband, dedicated father, Tony Spilotro was in fact suspected by the FBI of over twenty murders. As Las Vegas enforcer for the Chicago Mafia Spilotro hit whoever his bosses wanted taking care of. Mafia’s Greatest Hits s1e5: Tony The Ant Spilotro, 2012
The Chicago Mafia controlled some of the biggest hotel-casinos in the city. ibid.
1973: Spilotro found himself back in Chicago under investigation for murder. ibid.
Frank Cullotta decided to accept the protection of the FBI. ibid.
The bodies were found just eight days later on a farm in the neighbouring state of Indiana. ibid.
Tony Spilotro’s death marked the end of an era in Sin City. ibid.
SPRINGFIELD 3 murders: People Magazine Investigates TV -
It’s been 48 hours since anyone heard from Stacey [McCall], Susie [Streeter] or [Sherill] Levitt … 3 women disappear from a residence in the middle of the night without a trace. Countless tips and leads lead to an elaborate web of possibilities to one of Missouri’s most haunting mysteries. People Magazine Investigates s4e3: The Springfield 3, ID 2019
5,000 leads within days … Police learn that Cheryl has an older son [brother] by the name of Bart Streeter …. Susie’s brother … He’s an alcoholic and he has a turbulent relationship with his mum and sister … ibid.
Sharon’s corpse was by a sewage facility only a hundred feet from Cox’s hotel room. But, after being arrested, Cox is let go because of insufficient evidence tying him to the murder. ibid.
Bart was arrested in Tennessee attempting to abduct a young woman from a beauty shop. ibid.
Nearly 30 years ago the Springfield 3, a mother, her daughter and her daughter’s friend, vanished without a trace in Springfield, Missouri. True Crime Recaps: Vanished! Where are the Springfield 3? Youtube 29.05, 2022
With only a broken porch light, a few obscene phone calls, and a mysterious green van to work with … this case has stumped investigators to this day. ibid.