Happy Halloween Readers,
I put out a poll on both Twitter and Instagram asking if
you guys would be interested in a true-crime week for Halloween you guys said
yes so here, we are. This week I will be looking at Peter Sutcliffe, Ted Bundy,
Richard Ramirez, Jeffrey Dahmer, Aileen Wuornos, John Wayne Gacy and Lizzie Borden. No copyright infringement was intended with use of this photo it is for educational purposes.
The second post today we are looking at Richard Ramirez
who was also known as the Night Stalker. Richard is the first of the serial
killers I am looking at that made an appearance on American Horror Story his
first appearance was in Season 5 Hotel. As with Peter Sutcliffe, I am missing
out the details if you really need to know you can do your own research.
Let's get some facts out the way first
- He was a Satanist
- Killed at least 14 people
- Attempted to kill five more
- While incarcerated, Richard married one of his supporters, 41-year-old Doreen Lioy, in 1996
to say Richard had a rough childhood would be an
understatement. To escape his violent father, Richard began to hang out with
his older cousin, Miguel, a decorated Vietnam veteran. Richard was heavily
influenced by Miguel and. Miguel told Richard about the torture and mutilation
he had inflicted on several Vietnamese women, corroborating these stories with
photographic evidence. At age 13, Richard witnessed the same cousin murder his
wife. Witnessing the shooting turned Richard from a scared, abused young boy
into an LSD user and developing an interest in Satanism, which he practised
throughout his life.
Richard was arrested for the first time in 1977, at aged
17 for marijuana possession. He soon moved to California, progressing to
cocaine addiction and burglary, and cultivating an interest in Satanism. Theft
turned to violence with Richard's first known murder on June 28, 1984; the
victim was 79-year-old Jennie Vincow, who killed during a burglary in her own
home. What followed was a spree of brutal murders, rapes and robberies, leaving
dozens of victims in its wake.
For 14 months, Richard travelled all over California,
from Los Angeles to San Francisco, murdering and robbing. His victims were both
male and female, ranging in age from 22 to 80. The one thing all of the crime
scenes had in common was evidence that a Satanic ritual of some kind had occurred.
Random fact I always confuse with Richard Ramirez is that
is the house was locked he wouldn’t enter, turns out that wasn’t the case. The
serial killer I am thinking of is Richard Chase would try to enter homes at
random, but would always leave if the door was locked.
Richard was captured on August 31 1985, after he was
badly beaten by East L.A. residents while attempting two carjackings. Richard was
formally sentenced to death in the gas chamber on November 7, 1989, and was sent
to San Quentin Prison in California to spend the remainder of his days. Ramirez
died from B-cell lymphoma at age 53 on June 7, 2013.
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Sources
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/richard-ramirez
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ramirez
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_Ramirez
https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-ramirez-night-stalker
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/richard-ramirez/
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