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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 18, 2022 2:10:48 GMT
Of course, many have a strange fascination with serial killers. Why, I don't know, this isn't psych paper. Most of us have read books, watched TV shows, seen moves about killers from Jack the Ripper to modern day ones. If there was a true, huge serial killer working now in a big city, the internet would explode. Came close with the "Beltway Sniper" in 2002. Media about Charles Manson, Dennis Rader, David Berkowitz, Aileen Wuormos, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy. But few have heard of Dean Corll, maybe the most sadistic serial killer in US history. Gacy raped, torture and strangled 33 boys. Corll at least 28. The torture inflicted on his victims is unmentionable (one example, he emasculated some with his teeth). I bet you could go to Amazon and find a cart full of Gacy books. There are four about Dean Corll. Granted, he didn't have a headline grabbing name like "Son of Sam" or "The Night Stalker". Granted, he never had a trail (an accomplice shot him in 1973). Neither did David Berkowitz. Why do some killers catch the public's eye and some don't?
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Post by clusium on Oct 18, 2022 3:46:52 GMT
Of course, many have a strange fascination with serial killers. Why, I don't know, this isn't psych paper. Most of us have read books, watched TV shows, seen moves about killers from Jack the Ripper to modern day ones. If there was a true, huge serial killer working now in a big city, the internet would explode. Came close with the "Beltway Sniper" in 2002. Media about Charles Manson, Dennis Rader, David Berkowitz, Aileen Wuormos, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy. But few have heard of Dean Corll, maybe the most sadistic serial killer in US history. Gacy raped, torture and strangled 33 boys. Corll at least 28. The torture inflicted on his victims is unmentionable (one example, he emasculated some with his teeth). I bet you could go to Amazon and find a cart full of Gacy books. There are four about Dean Corll. Granted, he didn't have a headline grabbing name like "Son of Sam" or "The Night Stalker". Granted, he never had a trail (an accomplice shot him in 1973). Neither did David Berkowitz. Why do some killers catch the public's eye and some don't?
Good question. Canadian serial killer couple, Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka had made headlines internationally. However, they were not the only serial killers from Canada. For example, few people outside of Canada have heard of Clifford Olson, who had killed 11 kids, & then sold the bodies to the police for $10,000.00 a body (with one body of one victim thrown in as a "freebie"). Then when he was convicted & all their murders & sent off the prison, he spent the bulk of his time in prison making frivolous lawsuits against the Canadian Government claiming that "his rights" in prison were being infringed upon. Eg: He was not allowed to have a blowup doll in prison. Oh boo-hoo. More recently, we had Bruce McArthur who was convicted of murdering 8 men - most of whom were immigrants from other countries, such as Iran or India, etc.
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Post by forca84 on Oct 19, 2022 17:26:38 GMT
I believe a movie was made about Corll called "In a madman's world" and the 2003 Indie "Freakout!". The first one is on YouTube I think but was never officially released. I seem to remember one of his accomplices made an appearance on "Mindhunter".
It seems like he's been neglected of getting the TV or movie treatment as opposed to Bundy or Dahmer. The Freeway Killer William Bonin is another. Despite having one film made by Matthew Bright.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 24, 2022 22:48:49 GMT
Of course, many have a strange fascination with serial killers. Why, I don't know, this isn't psych paper. Most of us have read books, watched TV shows, seen moves about killers from Jack the Ripper to modern day ones. If there was a true, huge serial killer working now in a big city, the internet would explode. Came close with the "Beltway Sniper" in 2002. Media about Charles Manson, Dennis Rader, David Berkowitz, Aileen Wuormos, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy. But few have heard of Dean Corll, maybe the most sadistic serial killer in US history. Gacy raped, torture and strangled 33 boys. Corll at least 28. The torture inflicted on his victims is unmentionable (one example, he emasculated some with his teeth). I bet you could go to Amazon and find a cart full of Gacy books. There are four about Dean Corll. Granted, he didn't have a headline grabbing name like "Son of Sam" or "The Night Stalker". Granted, he never had a trail (an accomplice shot him in 1973). Neither did David Berkowitz. Why do some killers catch the public's eye and some don't?
Wasn't he given the moniker 'the Candy Man' though? That'd make a creepy headline.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 24, 2022 22:56:01 GMT
Of course, many have a strange fascination with serial killers. Why, I don't know, this isn't psych paper. Most of us have read books, watched TV shows, seen moves about killers from Jack the Ripper to modern day ones. If there was a true, huge serial killer working now in a big city, the internet would explode. Came close with the "Beltway Sniper" in 2002. Media about Charles Manson, Dennis Rader, David Berkowitz, Aileen Wuormos, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy. But few have heard of Dean Corll, maybe the most sadistic serial killer in US history. Gacy raped, torture and strangled 33 boys. Corll at least 28. The torture inflicted on his victims is unmentionable (one example, he emasculated some with his teeth). I bet you could go to Amazon and find a cart full of Gacy books. There are four about Dean Corll. Granted, he didn't have a headline grabbing name like "Son of Sam" or "The Night Stalker". Granted, he never had a trail (an accomplice shot him in 1973). Neither did David Berkowitz. Why do some killers catch the public's eye and some don't?
Wasn't he given the moniker 'the Candy Man' though? That'd make a creepy headline. The Candy Man was the moniker that the media gave to him. His family owned a candy factory in Houston. But post mortem. Some get the nickname before hey get caught. The Night Stalker, Son of Sam, The Beltway Sniper.
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Post by clusium on Oct 24, 2022 23:17:19 GMT
Wasn't he given the moniker 'the Candy Man' though? That'd make a creepy headline. The Candy Man was the moniker that the media gave to him. His family owned a candy factory in Houston. But post mortem. Some get the nickname before hey get caught. The Night Stalker, Son of Sam, The Beltway Sniper.
Before graduating to serial killer, Paul Bernardo got the nickname of 'the Scarborough Rapist,' when he was a serial rapist some 137.2 KM, away from Saint Catherine's, where he began to kill. As for 'the Son of Sam': David Berkowitz gave himself that moniker, in letters to the police.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 25, 2022 1:10:54 GMT
The Candy Man was the moniker that the media gave to him. His family owned a candy factory in Houston. But post mortem. Some get the nickname before hey get caught. The Night Stalker, Son of Sam, The Beltway Sniper.
Before graduating to serial killer, Paul Bernardo got the nickname of 'the Scarborough Rapist,' when he was a serial rapist some 137.2 KM, away from Saint Catherine's, where he began to kill. As for 'the Son of Sam': David Berkowitz gave himself that moniker, in letters to the police. Berkowitz was known as the ".44 Caliber Killer" before he wrote the Son on Sam letters. The NY Daily News was good at that to make eye grabbing headlines.
Here in Buffalo, we had a nasty serial killer, Joseph Christopher, the ".22 Caliber Killer". He killed 12 and wounded seven in very small time period, from September to December, 1980. In one afternoon in NYC, Christopher stabbed six men, four fatally. He got a good nickname, not too original.
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Post by clusium on Oct 25, 2022 2:49:58 GMT
Before graduating to serial killer, Paul Bernardo got the nickname of 'the Scarborough Rapist,' when he was a serial rapist some 137.2 KM, away from Saint Catherine's, where he began to kill. As for 'the Son of Sam': David Berkowitz gave himself that moniker, in letters to the police. Berkowitz was known as the ".44 Caliber Killer" before he wrote the Son on Sam letters. The NY Daily News was good at that to make eye grabbing headlines.
Here in Buffalo, we had a nasty serial killer, Joseph Christopher, the ".22 Caliber Killer". He killed 12 and wounded seven in very small time period, from September to December, 1980. In one afternoon in NYC, Christopher stabbed six men, four fatally. He got a good nickname, not too original.
Horrible. Is he still in prison?
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 25, 2022 2:54:24 GMT
Berkowitz was known as the ".44 Caliber Killer" before he wrote the Son on Sam letters. The NY Daily News was good at that to make eye grabbing headlines.
Here in Buffalo, we had a nasty serial killer, Joseph Christopher, the ".22 Caliber Killer". He killed 12 and wounded seven in very small time period, from September to December, 1980. In one afternoon in NYC, Christopher stabbed six men, four fatally. He got a good nickname, not too original.
Horrible. Is he still in prison? No. He died of cancer in Attica in 1993 or thereabouts
He was a racist asshole, only attacked black men
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Post by clusium on Oct 25, 2022 5:21:02 GMT
Horrible. Is he still in prison? No. He died of cancer in Attica in 1993 or thereabouts
He was a racist asshole, only attacked black men
Wow!!! Just like that guy who shot those people in that supermarket in July!!!!
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 25, 2022 10:32:08 GMT
No. He died of cancer in Attica in 1993 or thereabouts
He was a racist asshole, only attacked black men
Wow!!! Just like that guy who shot those people in that supermarket in July!!!! Unfortunately, there's a lot of that around here. Western NY is a strange state. I live in one of the suburbs of Buffalo, in the "Southtowns". Go 10 minutes to the north and I'm in downtown Buffalo. 10 miles to the south and I'm in a very rural area, as rural as West Virginia or Kentucky. Almost 90% white and, while most are decent, I've run into a lot of virulent racists. I think the most infamous resident of the metropolitan area was also a bit racist. That would be Timothy McVeigh.
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Post by forca84 on Nov 27, 2022 20:07:40 GMT
So I've watched the movie based on Corrl on YT. It looks like it's shot on hand held. Gives it that washed out nostalgic look. Given the subject matter it was very gritty. Almost like a Docudrama. One thing that brought it down every 2 minutes some text would say something like "He began smoking Marijuana and not going to School." Like... Why not just show that instead of putting text on during a scene constantly? Budget issues maybe? It got very old fast. I'd say it's worth at least one watch if you are curious. The cast was convincing. And it has an odd flat atmosphere that permeates the movie. Similar to "The Snowtown Murders".
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