Happy Halloween! This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Richard Ramirez AKA the Night Stalker, who in April of 1984 went on a killing spree in California, mutilating and murdering at least 14 people. For over a year, Ramirez crept into houses in the middle of the night to rape and torture randomly selected victims.
We dive into the Stats (7:08), the setting (8:15), the killers early life (13:13) and the timeline (20:52). Then, we get into the investigation & arrest (47:32), the trial (52:27) followed by “Where are they now?” (55:07). We get into our Take Aways and what we think made the perp snap (57:45 ).
As usual we close out the show with how not to get murdered tips (1:02:33), true crime news (1:05:53) and some shout outs (1:07:55).
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
Wikipedia contributors. (10/22/19). Richard Ramirez. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10/23/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Ramirez&oldid=922421053
Crime Museum. (n.d.). Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker. Retrieved 10/22/19 from https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/richard-ramirez/
Moore, Patrick H. (01/17/15). The Making (and Breaking) of Richard Ramirez, Night-Stalker. All Things Crime Blog. Retrieved 10/23/19 from https://allthingscrimeblog.com/2015/01/17/the-making-and-breaking-of-richard-ramirez-night-stalker-2/
Biography. (09/19/19). Richard Ramirez. Retrieved 10/23/19 from https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/richard-ramirez
Dimitropoulos, Stav. (11/01/17). Was a Bad Childhood to Blame for ‘Night Stalker’ Richard Ramirez Becoming a Serial Killer? A&E. Retrieved 10/23/19 from https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/was-a-bad-childhood-to-blame-for-night-stalker-richard-ramirez-becoming-a-serial-killer
Perry, Philip. (12/29/17). New Study Links Brain Injuries to “Acquired Sociopathy”. Big Think. Retrieved 10/24/19 from https://bigthink.com/philip-perry/these-types-of-head-injuries-could-increase-your-risk-of-committing-a-crime
Associated Press. (08/08/06). Supreme Court upholds ‘Night Stalker’ sentence. The Sun. Retrieved 10/25/19 from https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbsun.com/2006/08/08/supreme-court-upholds-night-stalker-sentence/amp/
Murder Murder Murder. (n.d.). Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker. Retrieved 10/25/19 from https://www.murdermurdermurder.com/richard-ramirez
Findlaw. (n.d.). People v Ramirez. Retrieved 10/24/19 from https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-supreme-court/1098993.html
Robinson, Eugene S. (09/07/16). My Dinner With The Devil. Ozy. Retrieved 10/25/2019 from https://www.ozy.com/true-story/my-dinner-with-the-devil/71233/
Goad, Jim. (10/14/18). Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker of Los Angeles. Thought Catalog. Retrieved 10/25/19 from https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2018/05/richard-ramirez-the-night-stalker-serial-killer/
McGraw, Carol. (08/25/85). The Valley Intruder : WILLIAM DOI : Monterey Park, May 14. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10/25/19 from https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-25-me-24893-story.html
Van Derbeken, Jaxon. (10/23/09). ‘Night Stalker’ tied to slaying of S.F. girl. SF Gate. Retrieved 10/26/19 from https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Night-Stalker-tied-to-slaying-of-S-F-girl-3213197.php
Wikipedia contributors. (09/26/19). Church of Satan. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10/26/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Satan&oldid=918083718
Montaldo, Charles. (02/22/19). The End of The Night Stalker. ThoughtCo. Retrieved 10/27/19 from https://www.thoughtco.com/the-end-of-the-night-stalker-richard-ramirez-973175
Books
Parker, RJ. (12/31/14). Serial Killer Groupies. RJ Parker Publishing.
https://www.amazon.com/Serial-Killer-Groupies-RJ-Parker/dp/1502540908/
Podcasts
Becerra, Ricardo. El caso de Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker. La Parka, Historias de Terror http://podcast.
Videos
The Night Stalker. Biography.
http://crimedocumentary.com/richard-ramirez-night-stalker/
Born to Kill? S3 E3: Richard Ramirez. Sky.
http://crimedocumentary.com/richard-ramirez-nightstalker/
History
Romano, Aja. (10/30/16). The history of Satanic Panic in the US — and why it’s not over yet. Vox. Retrieved 10/26/19 from https://www.vox.com/2016/10/30/13413864/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-explained
Wikipedia contributors. (10/24/19). Satanic ritual abuse. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10/26/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Satanic_ritual_abuse&oldid=922861504
Fisher, Kieran. (11/30/16). Satanic Panic: America’s War On Heavy Metal in the 1980’s. Heavy Blog is Heavy. Retrieved 10/26/19 from https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2016/11/30/satanic-panic-americas-war-on-heavy-metal-in-the-1980s/
Serena, Katie. (10/15/19). The Chilling Story Of Murder And Hauntings Inside Los Angeles’ Infamous Cecil Hotel. All That’s Interesting. Retrieved 10/24/19 from https://allthatsinteresting.com/cecil-hotel-los-angeles
Memories Project. (02/23/12). Dad’s stay at the haunted Cecil Hotel. Retrieved 10/22/19 from https://memoriesproject.com/2012/02/23/dads-stay-at-the-haunted-hotel/
Gey, Orrin. (n.d.). The Ghosts Of These Notorious Killers Apparently Still Haunt This Earthly Plane (Richard Ramirez Still Stays At The Cecil Hotel). Ranker. Retrieved 10/22/19 from https://www.ranker.com/list/ghosts-of-famous-slayers/orrin-grey
Dean, Josh. (10/27/15) The Serial Killers Who Haunted The Cecil Hotel. Medium. Retrieved on 10/24/19 from https://medium.com/@jddean/the-serial-killers-who-haunted-the-cecil-hotel-5586e6f7d2d1
How Not to Get Murdered
Halloween Safety Tips
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/all-around/Pages/Halloween-Safety-Tips.aspx
Crime News
Kelly, Lidia. (10/27/19). Ivan Milat death: Serial killer behind Australian backpacker murders dies in prison aged 74. The Independent. Retrieved 10/27/19 from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/ivan-milat-death-backpacker-serial-killer-cancer-cause-age-a9173396.html
Carrick, Evie. (05/12/19). Colorado ‘Horror Hotel’ Known for Alleged Ghost Sightings Reopens With Serial Killer-themed Rooms. Travel and Leisure. Retrieved 10/26/19 from https://www.travelandleisure.com/hotels-resorts/hotel-openings/historic-horror-hotel-reopens-in-colorado
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