The Night Stalker: a satanic serial killer

Brut America

He terrorized California in the 1980s, murdering 13 people on a "satanic reign of terror."  This is the story of the "Night Stalker," Richard Ramirez.

Transcript

00:00At his arraignment Ramirez pleaded innocent but displayed a pentagram on the palm of his hand and exhibited bizarre behavior

00:30Who's safe?

01:00I

01:02I

01:04I

01:29Most terrifying of all is the fact that

01:32People were being attacked when they were at home

01:36Asleep in their bed at their most vulnerable when you feel you're most safe and suddenly

01:42There's somebody that's standing in your house looking to end your life

02:01At the beginning of the 24-hour news cycle where suddenly this is in the papers every day

02:06It's on broadcast television on the local news every night

02:09And so it becomes this crazy cat and mouse where the public is terrified

02:15The media wants to put out information the cops only want a certain amount of information

02:19And then there's this quickening that happens as the summer goes on where Ramirez gets into this incredible frenzy

02:31You

03:01Ramirez moved quickly killing and leaving heading to another area to kill again

03:31The next day an angry crowd in East, Los Angeles

03:36The next day an angry crowd in East, Los Angeles

03:57Recognizing Ramirez from those photos chased him down and beat him

04:06Holding him after he tried to steal a woman's car

04:09The police arrested him and charged Ramirez with what had become known as the Night Stalker murders

04:14And in the case of Ramirez, there was a strange surreal afterlife where he became this like fetishized, you know, sexual icon

04:33And in the case of Ramirez, there was a strange surreal afterlife where he became this like

04:40fetishized, you know

04:42Sexual icon

04:44and sort of object of desire in the courtroom and whatever else in spite of the fact that this guy's a vicious brutal killer and

04:51child molester

05:12And in the case of Ramirez, there was a strange surreal afterlife where he became this like fetishized, you know, sexual icon

05:42And in the case of Ramirez, there was a strange surreal afterlife where he became this like fetishized, you know, sexual icon

Category

Transcript

Recommended