Edmund Kemper: The Coed Killer

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In the 1970’s, one 6-foot, 9-inch tall man named Edmund Kemper towered over his peers, and most considered him to be a gentle giant. No one in his life could have imagined that he murdered six teenage girls hitchhiking through Santa Cruz, California, or that he would finally turn his rage on his own mother.
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[@rcharmel9316]

That judge that sent him back home with mom should have gone to prison as well.

[@clearshade3560]

I know, despite doctors specifically telling him otherwise after he just killed his grandparents. It’s like what was he thinking and how did he make it this far to be in that position of work

[@WeSkeem]

was looking for this comment. agreed.

[@Sigart]

@@clearshade3560 IT is unfortunately a very widespread idea amongst laymen that mothers will always do what's best for their child (or at least try to) and that a mother's love is the best cure for a troubled teen and so on and so forth.

[@fehyndana7725]

That mom was a weirdo as well...I would certainly not let anyone live with me that killed my parents

[@kalajel]

Why should he be sent to jail when he, like many other judges in many other cases, did exactly what his feminists overseers told him to do?

[@ThreeEyedMonkeyMan]

"The child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel it's warmth"

[@neili4970]

Yup

[@hyacinth1320]

what's this from?

[@neili4970]

@@hyacinth1320?

[@neili4970]

@@hyacinth1320 old saying used in moviues to

[@ThreeEyedMonkeyMan]

@@hyacinth1320 I think it's an old African Proverb.

[@hafsaxvi4027]

Ed Gein & Edmund Kemper are both the perfect examples of how bad parenting can ruin an individuals life to the extent of making them a serial killer. Both their mother hated either of the sex & made them do the same. Ed Gein's mother hated women & Edmund kemper's mother hated men. Both of these hatreds traumatized both the ed's. Their mothers are to be blamed too...

[@neoasura]

Well, it's not politically correct to blame mothers for any problems when it comes to killers.

[@valtontony826]

@@neoasura what does this have anything to do with politics

[@hafsaxvi4027]

@@neoasura not mothers particularly,parenting plays a huge role in shaping an individual

[@fehyndana7725]

@@neoasura that's bs, mothers are blamed all the time for serial killers' behaviours! I dont know a single documentary where they dont talk about the relationship to the mother! In movies its the same! Starting way back at "Psycho"

[@allaussietraveller9879]

@@fehyndana7725 A. Talking about the relationship between killer and mother does not equal blaming the mother And B. You've obviously not actually seen Psycho, because that is not what happens.

[@Thumper17]

"Sexually violated her face." is one hell of a term.

[@LadyVLR]

Especially spoken with a polite British accent!

[@Shadowgunner785]

If you read or watch documentaries on him you will realize why simon said it so politely.

[@shatboiiiheywaddup4232]

@@DuckYou69 Thanks.

[@annalisette5897]

My best friend was a prison guard and told me some terrible things about crime. A number of offenders have done....um.....creative things that fit that term. They are too terrible to describe.

[@Tomas-te3ph]

Phyuck Yiu and pissed on her I heard

[@BurnedSpace]

imagine being killed by someone who is 6’9 probably the scariest thing ever

[@arthas640]

@Perlas Negras XII I'd assume 69 would either fail or quit halfway through to start crying, assuming that he could actually work up the courage to even try

[@fhantasm]

Imagine being the guy getting dunked on by LeBron James. That's the closest thing to getting murdered by a 6'9 dude.

[@ryanwitkop23]

Nice

[@richards9407]

Not quite as scary as 6'10"

[@Rodolphus1]

Well I am 6'6, so if a 6'9 guy tries to kill me and succeeds, I guess I would be okay with it. Well done.

[@lorrainekresch7075]

Many years ago I saw a documentary in which the consulting psychiatrist said that if we want to stop creating serial killers, we have to stop brutalizing our children. Made a lot of sense then, and it still makes a lot of sense. It seems like Edmund Kemper is an excellent example of that pyschiatrist's wisdom.

[@MartinsGarage97]

Forever Hopeful are these the same ones that set him free? 🙄

[@redram5150]

Forever Hopeful it’ll stop killers like Kemper from being created. It wouldn’t stop the creation of others. Some, like Kemper, seems a victim of nurture. For others it’s nature

[@NoFrameHell]

Stopping the single mother epidemic by cutting welfare would diminish greatly these issues very rapidly.

[@MaineCoonMama18]

I agree with Forever Hopeful, it would at least help with the issue. I would add that we also need to work on making mental health care more available and less stigmatized. Then people suffering from mental illness would have a better chance of getting the help they need before things really escalate. Obviously, that would be of benefit to many people, not just potential serial killers. In the interest of destigmatizing mental illness, I'd like to share that I actually see a psychiatrist and take medication for anxiety.

[@dx1450]

@@NoFrameHell Cutting welfare is not going to stop women from becoming single mothers. It will only make their lives worse.

[@yoinkymcsploinky9649]

This could have been a brilliant man if he wasn’t abused as a child

[@AnnaLVajda]

Geez he doesn't sound that abused I had to see animals killed and eat my "pets" i did not have to kill cats his parents divorced and he had to sleep in the basement? It says nothing about him being beaten as a child. I used to read history books about war and disasters too none of that sounds like cause to kill people I had a single Mom with a boyfriend I disliked lots of kids had that.

[@Elle-xf8mw]

@@AnnaLVajda do you think abusing just mean get beaten?!!!! mental abuse is way worst, you are not in the center of the world, to compare every one with yourself! people are different, some events might trigger some thing in some other people that might not have effect on you, human brain and psychology is complected, you need to broaden your mind

[@michelleg9194]

Maybe yes maybe no. You can’t say that for certain.

[@Elle-xf8mw]

@@michelleg9194 That's why that person wrote " could have" it's the same

[@Harinjo916]

Alot of people need to understand that some human beings are alot more susceptible to emotional harm which can be influenced both by mental and bodily harm by others.

[@jamesdjl4359]

"His mother was convinced that he would hurt his sisters" Ironic because he didn't ever lay a finger on his sisters. But, he sent that wretched woman to the grave in a brutal fashion. Unfortunately a bunch of other women had to suffer before he got up the courage to take out his anger on the one person who caused it .. his own mother.

[@zarasbazaar]

He didn't lay a finger on his sisters, but he used to mutilate their dolls.

[@jmpm-tz1so]

@@zarasbazaar watch his interview with a french guy i think it last 1:48:00 hours he explains what happened, idk if its true but if it is, its a reasonable reaction from a child...

[@angryscouserinamerica2949]

The doll was retaliation against his younger sister who had broken one of his toys.

[@abebuckingham8198]

@@angryscouserinamerica2949 Where do you think he learned to act out his anger that way?

[@merelysoup4846]

@@abebuckingham8198 His father cutting up his pet chickens and desensitizing him him to those scenes when he was very much uncomfortable.

[@thatllputmarzipaninyourpie3117]

The reason Kemper always bothered me so much, is because I'm pretty sure I would have liked him if I had known him. Most serial killers seem creepy (Ramirez), or like an arrogant ass (Bundy)--but Kemper seems down to earth, smart, and likable. Just as monstrous though as all the other killers. I feel so bad for his victims.

[@jessn.2665]

Auto-Bahn Kenobi same. Even if I’d known about his past and diagnosis I probably would have liked him.

[@rvanhees89]

Same

[@rvanhees89]

@@JMurdochNZ well I always like people who have done some deep introspection and have learned from it hehehe They provide usefull lessons...

[@redram5150]

I always thought the same about Kemper. After seeing his interviews, he appears all too normal.

[@MaineCoonMama18]

It's definitely an unsettling thought. I can't help feeling sympathetic about the torment he endured. He is, in fact, still a person. A very broken person with severe mental illness who did absolutely horrific things, but a person nonetheless. I think that's the most unsettling part about serial killers and the like, that they're people too.

[@julienbahit8305]

The fact that he turned himself in, and being the voice Behind countless audiobooks, including Star Wars..adds to his notoriety.

[@callumwong611]

Wait what star wars?

[@Jshaw6614]

@@callumwong611 The novel version of Episode 4 from 1979

[@samuelsparks3632]

He turned himself in because he knew he was gonna get caught, he wanted to do it in his own terms, if he didnt kill his mum and her friend he would of probably carried on killing

[@imstuff2499]

@@samuelsparks3632 wow that's amazing how did you read his mind from across time?lmao

[@gandalf_thegrey]

@@samuelsparks3632 Yeah, totally. That's why he pledged for "Death by torture" in his court case.

[@anncoster7458]

I cannot imagine the moment you are sitting in a car and realize that the huge man in the car with you is not the gentle giant you thought he was. How horrifying those last minutes must have been.

[@adelemol]

So much is focused on the killer the poor people they killed are completely forgotten how very sad 😔 talk about the victims not the killer and I believe things would change because they should not be highlighted at all except for psychological testing and that’s behind closed doors in prison. I feel so sad for the people that were murdered.

[@bassett_green]

"Ed later went on to kill a cat" Amongst other things

[@oliveryt7168]

A cat is not a thing. A stone is.

[@panzerofthelake506]

@@oliveryt7168 everything is a thing

[@ryhaanshabeer1071]

@@panzerofthelake506 nothing exists Both everything and nothing: confused screaming

[@williamthefloridano5290]

”He was the kind of person you could imagine having a fascinating conversation with...” *dramatic close up* ”...Over a cup of coffee.”

[@arthas640]

*gasps Britishly*

[@KalaiVani-is4cq]

D

[@SK-qu4wo]

...and an egg salad sandwich 😂

[@iamstewpit6740]

Why is everyone talking about him in past-tense like he's dead? The mf is still alive.

[@DeannaJacksonDJsDelectables]

I can't help but feel like his mom and grandma contributed to him becoming a serial killer. 😞

[@AirWolf2301]

Well they did... if they where normal he would have probably be just "wired" at worst.

[@eliasarches2575]

Feminism.

[@carey579]

Maybe but not everyone with traumatic childhoods become serial killers and of that heinous degree. Tbh his childhood wasn't even that bad comparatively to what many endure. His mother made him give himself up to the police when he killed his grandparents. Idk why he would be let out after that? Maybe because of people like the commentators here who blame everyone and everything except the perpetrator.

[@carey579]

@Tusumia Probably why his mother's instincts made the creep sleep away from his sisters... She did not have a chance to explain herself unlike him who seems to be almost seen in a sympathetic light now :(

[@Christian-os3sh]

@@carey579 yeah ofc not everyone ends up bad from bad experiences, it's individual. But it certainly increases the chances. Like not every soldier gets PTSD, but they are correlated. Not all people who use Heroin become junkies, but a minority does.

[@nostyx]

You're right! You never know who may be a killer! My friend's sister married a guy who grew up a few houses down from Jeffrey Dahmer. He said that Jeffrey seemed like a perfectly normal person, actually seemed like a nice guy.

[@babyblue707.]

which is scary because imagine your neighbor being a serial killer and all you go out of your way some days to have a conversation with him without knowing that he murders people for pleasure 😬

[@susanbodiford3530]

ED & JEFFREY HAVE THE IMAGE OF BEING NORMAL PEOPLE, I KNOW I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MISS THE RED FLAGS ,BECAUSE THESE TWO REALLY KNEW HOW TO HIDE THEIR DEMENTED WAYS & THAT'S HELL OF SCARY!

[@Bluesit32]

Dahmer was a pretty nice guy...unless you were a handsome gentleman. Even then, he didn't like being violent.

[@johnnyflannigan136]

Dhalmer was a very nice guy, had me over for dinner once....he whipped up one of his famous mystery meat dishes 🍽

[@springbloom5940]

Everyone is a killer

[@jellomiki]

I'm pretty sure that this guy is way happier in prison than he was as a free man

[@lucieb9824]

Yes he is, he turned himself in because he didn´t want to kill

[@Obs23456]

@@lucieb9824 actually he said it was because he felt it had become a folly, that being said it’s not hard to not kill people so his head was obviously not right and he ended up preferring living like an ant

[@babyyyz7948]

@@Obs23456 is he dead?

[@Obs23456]

@@babyyyz7948 no he’s still alive in prison, like I said an ant

[@thehoodedman6954]

@@Obs23456 why an ant though

[@mav8535]

I remember him from the tv show mindhunter. Very good job by the actors there.

[@ComaDave]

Agreed. The guy who played Kemper was quite astonishing.

[@aeris2001]

@@ComaDave I disagree, the actor plays him completely wrong, it's like he never watched the interviews

[@TheBlueB0mber]

Yes! I was hoping someone already made this comment. They made great casting choices all around with "mindhunter"; and I can't wait for season 2

[@michaelmungai8559]

@@aeris2001 i think the show was less about how Kemper really truly acted, and more about using him as a representation of the bizarre and idiosyncratic nature of most serial killers. as someone who hasn't watched the interviews, his performance was one of (if not THE) best part of the show.

[@kellygreene3717]

What actors? I only saw actual photos of him and his victims.

[@KiSuukkoMeow]

This man will never stop to fascinate me. Imagine the things he could've achieved if he got the right help earlier in his life and was able to put his time and energy towards something useful...

[@Amsayy]

Erika Sinervä better yet, imagine the things the young women he slaughtered could have gone on to achieve. This man at least has been able to contribute something to the psychology of serial killers and murderers. Those women never had that chance and could have contributed something wonderful to society themselves.

[@australium7374]

@@Amsayy turns out that’s what happens when you have a person who kills someone recovers and then the incompetent government sends him back to the instability that drove said person to murder. not saying it’s excuse less but it’s kind of stupid how they forced him to go back to his mothers house even though it would’ve been smarter to let him free and do what he wanted with his life.

[@backtoshellac6459]

Lesson of the video: Treat your children right.

[@glendeaton4470]

@SAMURAI 武士 yeah abusing a kid makes a child's chance of being a serial killer higher not all kids who are abused kill but most are

[@glendeaton4470]

@SAMURAI 武士 if my teacher hit me I'm hitting them back

[@glendeaton4470]

@SAMURAI 武士 ... I'm indian

[@glendeaton4470]

@SAMURAI 武士 don't worry I live in America I'm part Indian American

[@devme20]

@@glendeaton4470 did the samurai dude delete his comments or his account.. because all his comments are gone

[@melissajackson79]

I honestly feel for Ed Kemper, I know what it's like to be abused by your mother. I guess the big difference between us is that I'm not angry, I'm heart broken. I could never imagine hurting anyone, especially not my mom. My deepest desire is for her to want me and the idea of losing her makes me panic. I wish I could be angry, but I can't.

[@hermionestranger4964]

I feel the same way to my mental mom. John Douglas, the FBI profiler behind Mindhunter, mused that men were likelier to become serial killers than women because when women are abused, they tend to either internalize it (that's that heart-broken feeling we both have), flagellate themselves (by turning to drugs or prostitution) or taking it out on their family (like being an abusive mom). Whereas men are likelier express anger than internalizing disappointment, and this anger may manifest itself in the form of sex crimes towards strangers or spree-killings.

[@minseonglee5942]

SUS

[@charliebone8335]

Seek therapy. If she doesn't love you, she's not worth it.

[@MakinaMakinaMakina]

I too was abused, but by my father. I see a lot of similarities in myself and Ed Kemper, I hate all men, including myself, I often fantasise about killing men who have authority over me, like my managers at work etc, and it all boils down to the mental abuse I received from my father as a child. I’ve never acted on it, not yet

[@zhawendaagozibezhik898]

I feel bad for his childhood, he needed love and mental health care. I feel like he was failed in so many ways. His mother and grandmother were nothing but detrimental to his development.

[@dendrien]

It’s gives to show that monsters aren’t born, they are created.

[@26michaeluk]

Well it's actually the genetics combined with the environment they grew up in. I have no doubt he wouldn't have killed if the mom didn't put him through pure hell.

[@DevilOnlyKnitsLace]

It's Nature and Nurture that create antisocial people.

[@hogalicious1527]

Ted bundy......

[@limeyfigdet7460]

It can be both, and quit calling people monsters. They're just variations of humans. Why is nuance so difficult for people to get?

[@thomashale2096]

Every single person has the potential to become a serial killer, it just takes the right conditions to allow it to fester into becoming a serial killer. It also doesn’t help that most serial killers have a higher potential to become serial killers. Ed's potential was low. Higher than normal, but way below other serial killers. Everything had to go as wrong as they had in order to cause such a Bright life as Ed's to stray into darkness. It’s really a tragedy, what happened to Ed and what he did because of it.

[@bobsempletank5362]

Imagine getting and listening to an audiobook to later find out that the guy narrating it is one of the most notorious serial killers of all time

[@alexanderbemis9065]

Seeing Edmund Kemper on mindhunter and him and Ford just having conversation is probably some of my favorite moments on the show

[@Cottontailart]

If his mum hadn't had locked him in the caller constantly as a kid and treated him badly he wouldn't have been a monster in my eyes, I think he would have been in the FBI

[@carey579]

'His father would force him to get over his sensitivity of watching animals killed.' Let's not turn a blind eye to his dad's role.

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

So he would've been a monster.

[@tacob0]

@@carey579 Thats how things are on a farm. Farmers have thier kids kill chickens from an early age if they are to take over since as a chickenfarmer you often kill chickens to check thier health (as in the health of all chickens not the one you just killed :P). Easyer to learn as a kid then an adult.

[@danielhancock1265]

She might have locked him down in the basement because she saw the monster in him!

[@deliveryman7001]

As an under-cover agent.. his height would definitely blow his cover. Any other position there he would suit a position nicely.

[@willinwoods]

15:42 *If we can learn anything from this story, it is not that we should distrust one another, but that some children are in dire need to be saved from their parents/families... either that, or the consequences may be quite severe and long-lasting.* There, fixed it for ya.

[@PrimoPete]

Tommy Vaske Amen to that.

[@theoddity8375]

Did the judge that sent him back to his mother get charged with negligence or anything after the killings? It seems to me that sending someone to their trigger for their mental breakdowns after being warned by the psychiatrists would be a clear case of negligence.

[@mulemule]

@@theoddity8375 During that era, society's revulsion towards psychiatry surpassed its contempt towards child abuse.

[@debrajones7344]

@@theoddity8375 Couldn't very well send to his father, Ed had murdered his mother and father.

[@sampuhhupmas5666]

@@debrajones7344 He killed both his grandparents and his mother, but his father was alive and well.

[@masterimaginariumdooblepop7592]

I would love to watch an alternate history where Ed Kemper becomes a cop. A super intelligent giant police officer who hunts other killers. That would kick ass.

[@matthoskins2318]

seems a little disrespectful to his victims, don't you think bud?

[@masterimaginariumdooblepop7592]

​@@matthoskins2318 It's a hypothetical situation, bud. Also, ever heard of the show Dexter, bud?

[@laurenmary9296]

Every so often I come back to Ed Kemper's story to remind myself how important it is to evaluate traumatic experience, and understand my pain. All in the hopes that I can remain whole.

[@underwaterseas]

Mindhunter introduced me to this one

[@sMASHsound]

the actor that played ed, did an amazing job. i was entranced listening to him.

[@imposterblockade1826]

This one? Disrespectful asf ur location will introduce me to this one

[@purplehazerunnerx]

Just today i watched episode about him on netflix and at the evening yt recommended this video... Jesus Christ.

[@arthas640]

@@sMASHsound I assumed that like most movies they were either artificially exaggerating his height or hired an abnormally tall actor to make him more intimidating. Surprise, surprise the real Ed Kempor was about FOUR OR FIVE INCHES taller than the actor portraying him!

[@jessecaisbomb]

such a good show

[@m.p1120]

Kemper’s case will never fail to perplex and amaze me. Not only did the system fail itself and Ed, but the way he went about these murders and his life around them is truly remarkable. His mind is an incredibly complex one where everything he did was so well thought out.

[@peterandrews4418]

I'd like to think he was generally remorseful. It's possible. It's also possible that after the death of his mother, the state became his mother figure and father confessor all in one. He was at his happiest when he was looked after by the mental hospital. Many patients and inmates become institutionalised and dependant. Thank for another well delivered piece

[@abebuckingham8198]

He didn't seek institutionalization until after he had committed many crimes. At that point he may simply have concluded it was necessary, as it clearly was.

[@deborahromilly2766]

My mind is boggled by the amount of brilliant information you concisely squeeze into more or less twenty minutes. I'm totally hooked. For this insatiable history junkie you are my i.v. drip. Thank you very much., I adore you.

[@julia061174]

The scariest thing I heard was BTK neighbour describing how she knew him before: "if I would need to go through the wood at night, I would want Dennis to accompany me"

[@lordbogdanoff5002]

The fact that he cried over 2 chickens that he cared Shows how pure he was

[@pegleg2959]

Umm.

[@quincy-2000]

@@pegleg2959 key word “was”. After being shown the cruelty he felt from killing the chickens he connected that feeling to being normal. Due to his high intelligence and upbringing he was able to see that cruelty as universal regardless of the type of animal (or human).

[@zipsey]

a tragic story of a man who could’ve been saved. watching mindhunter really gives more insight on this guy. great show. rest in peace ed. rest in peace.

[@nobodyimportant6582]

I'm now very concerned by how much I relate to this man. The delusions, poor impulse control, unbridled rage towards abuse parents, it all... Resonates with me. It's honestly quite scary, especially considering what I've done as a child. Reminds me why I keep trying to seek help. So I don't wind up a murderer like him.

[@cmen6895]

Seek legitimate help with people who don’t just pretend to care.

[@rcharmel9316]

Okay edgelord calm tf down

[@Eminem12378]

This is great. More serial killers is exactly what I wanted to see. Thanks for running such a great channel and for listening to your audience :)

[@mattheweldredge9880]

Shannon, Jennifer, Shell and Simon. Thank you all for the wonderful programming. Simon you are the best commentator in the business.

[@itac.2280]

It’s so upsetting to know that if he was raised right, he would have been a very different man, and those people wouldn’t have been killed. In the very beginning he just sounded like a sweet little boy who wanted his parents to love him. Yet they forced him to be desensitised to gore and killing animals. I feel so sorry for his victims and their families.

[@maxdorra1]

i haven't been able to find a good true crime channel to watch while high but now I found one. the way you talk and the pauses and just everything. finally

[@miraculux.]

dear overeager editor - please, you can't cut to a closeup at the end of every sentence ;;;;;; it's a bit tough not to notice the pattern that way. Otherwise great work everyone!!!

[@knightseer7041]

lol.. just noticed

[@mothmanlives7212]

miraculux damn why’d you have to point it out. Now I can’t stop noticing it lmao

[@shannonware5409]

😂 ugh I shouldn't of read the comments before watching the video

[@tiko5876]

miraculux lmao it’s so bad

[@PeteSkeets]

OMG! I Like these videos but those close ups dude! ::close up:: They get a bit annoying. I was scrolling through the messages to see if anyone else has noticed. Lol.

[@Riz2336]

He's got an unusual story, I think it was his mothers fault that caused it to happen

[@CuriousMindYoutube]

I know many people like him .

[@kermitthefrog7425]

@@CuriousMindKZbin ???

[@abebuckingham8198]

Possibly, but the main witness against his mother is the man who killed her and then sexually violated her face, among other things. He may not have had the most objective opinion of her.

[@tannonheld5386]

These videos are amazing. More info in any other documentary I've watched on mass murderers. Thank you!

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:05 - Chapter 1 - Early life 3:50 - Chapter 2 - Kemper's first victims 6:20 - Chapter 3 - Stolen youth 8:35 - Chapter 4 - The blood lust begins 12:45 - Chapter 5 - Catching kemper

[@apeksharao6]

Not all heroes wear Cape!

[@JacobG]

@@apeksharao6 a cape*

[@apeksharao6]

@@JacobG Nobody asked

[@WillJM81280]

No one who kills people just to see what it feels like should ever be set loose on society ever again. That’s just common sense.

[@christco120]

Kemper would probably agree. He doesn't want to get out of prison, and has regularly waived his parole hearings.

[@MrAdonis258]

Probably should’ve arrested half of the marines then..

[@captaincancer7786]

@@MrAdonis258 Half is a bit pushing it. If 1 out of 2 marines had killed at least one person, then the fucking middle east would've been depopulated long long ago. Fact of the matter is warfare in general isn't nearly as brutal as the cinemas make it out to be. Mostly just waiting around, maybe providing suppressing fire in the thick of it, but you'd rarely actually come into life or death situations, let alone have the willpower to kill your enemy.

[@Quecuhzoo]

Captain Cancer are you in the military? Lol you sound like all of my ncos

[@JiveDadson]

Common sense is vastly overrated.

[@jingowarrior4285]

Honestly I'm surprised this hasn't been turned into an extended episode for The Casual Criminalist, where it details Eds up brining, the murders and Eds life after turning himself in to the police.

[@GioMero4Eva]

Your videos are giving me great topic ideas for my Ethics and Psychology classes! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@maureenjacobs7452]

Well done sir. After reading and watching a plethora of background on Edmund Kemper, you still informed me on little things I was not aware of. Also, love your take on his life! I have a great theory, synopsis, etc on him! I wont bore you on the details. Fantastic and awesome job!

[@viennekemper188]

once I had a substitute teacher who had studied forensics and subsequently, serial killers. That was an interesting discussion in roll call when he read my name... (no relationship btw)

[@kinglessi1431]

😂😂😂😂

[@yungcoochiehugger]

vinny ! what was your youtube name when you commented this?

[@crypt5129]

@@yungcoochiehugger Bruh read the last name

[@simplelife88393]

He has some interesting interviews on youtube. He speaks very well in them, which makes it listenable

[@abebuckingham8198]

It's very different than listening to Bundy who relished every minute of the attention.

[@badgercrafts2915]

Just found this channel :) it's like finding extra Casual Criminalist episodes 🥰

[@NASkeywest]

Its amazing listening to him talk about what was going through his mind.

[@phyllisdevries5734]

WOW! This was the most informative documentary on Edmund Kemper , I have ever watched. I am very impressed. have you done Ridgeway? I've heard he was a necrophiliac. fascinated with your work. 😘

[@NixLaLoupe]

Yes! I've been waiting for another biographic on a scary person. Excited!

[@oaktree2406]

I'm a scary person. I want tho excite you...

[@NixLaLoupe]

@@oaktree2406 How are you scary?

[@oaktree2406]

@@NixLaLoupe i didn't take a shower today and it's 11 am. Also i slept till 10. Are you scared...😀

[@NixLaLoupe]

@@oaktree2406 Not even slightly. Good try though. 🙄

[@oaktree2406]

@@NixLaLoupe damn. I need to get a bigger skeleton for my closet. Anyhoo..i like the tie dye...

[@BEATNIKMACHINE]

But I love everyone of your videos Simon and I thank you for the Endless hours that you and your team put in to give us such High Quality viewing !

[@agerven]

A very complete and objective biography, well done and thank you!

[@chowtownpiper]

I've met Edmund Kemper at CMF when you talk to him he is very articulate.

[@From_A_Diverging_Timeline]

He is smarter than most people. Though I've heard most serial killers are on the low end of the iq spectrum. I guess there are outliers.

[@supersoaker317]

I feel bad for him he needed so much help and no one gave him the time of day his parents are as much responsible as he is

[@theprettybond159]

You feel bad for someone who killed multiple daughters who were innocent and did nothing wrong. Ok. A whole whole lot of people have terrible family situations and don't kill innocent people.

[@supersoaker317]

@@theprettybond159 i'm not excusing his actions i feel bad he didn't get the help he needed because if he did things might have turned out different

[@smokeyjoe291]

@@theprettybond159 If there’s a chance that this man would not have turned to murder had he received the correct care as a child, then yes it is absolutely reasonable to feel sorry for him. There were more victims of his circumstance than the ones reported on the news

[@minseonglee5942]

SUS

[@jonjetmore4018]

@@supersoaker317 It just comes off very strange that your sympathies are with the man who brutally murdered, raped, and beheaded women. Maybe he doesn't need your sympathy as much as the innocent people he butchered.

[@johnfroelich8554]

Details i never heard before. Great job 👍 !

[@jadeybaby007]

Out of all serial killers I’ve researched I think Ed Kemper is at the top of my favourites list. He has so much insight into what he is and why. He has never attended a single parole hearing knowing he will never be sure that he won’t kill again.

[@unknownuser6809]

Okay, thats enough Bio Graphic videos for today. Any more and I can see myself be added to some watch list by authorities

[@tirannlaws8311]

This is just a tragic story for everyone involved and even though I know what it's like to have a really screwed up family it doesn't make what he did right at all I just hope that the victims families can have at least some measure of peace knowing that justice has been served and that he will likely never kill again

[@Actingskint]

It's the reassuring " kind man next door " that helps to keep me feeling safe .

[@JerryEricsson]

Shows like this make a person wonder; it also makes a person such as I very happy that I live in such a small town, where there are no murders, and a bad day crime wise is if there is a speeder through town and the SO arrests a drunk driver on the same day. Sure I have lived in high crime areas, Tacoma Washington, El Paso Texas and Arlington Va, but that was years ago when I was a soldier. Perhaps that's why, when I became totally disabled, I came home to South Dakota where there is little crime, alas there isn't much of anything else to do either. Sure glad I have these videos to watch so I don't get to bored.

[@TinkersTales]

Simon, I pride myself on being the 'kind man next door'. I grow tomatoes plants on my front fence, and make 'Free Tomato' signs. I have hens, I give eggs to every house in my street. THANKS, now they think I am a killer.

[@KolorMeyellow]

I'm watching these for the first time. Are they available in podcast on spotify?

[@Biographics]

Yes. The early episodes are published there daily, we’re slowly catching up to the present day.

[@harriwhipp7949]

@biograpgics Watching through your older videos and I was surprised that you didn’t have an episode about Joseph Fritz. So I would like to suggest him as a subject for a biographics episode.

[@nxbxdy3404]

This was far more informative than the Born to Kill documentary. There's still some missing details but it was still meticulous. Well done.

[@SpiralsAreAlive]

“Having a pleasant conversation over a..” *looks into the camera like a Sherlock James Bond “cup of coffee”

[@ehrldawg]

"The kind man next door might be a serial killer - The creepy dude might be the straight and narrow type.

[@stephenboley5758]

“You just might never know that that kind man next door is a serial killer” Ughh that hit me in places

[@emquinlin1931]

Please bring this camera angle back on all channels Simon. It's entertaining

[@LilLeon97]

“Raised by conservatives” “his mother was a third wave feminist” wow. Really.

[@amb_.]

Definitely not conservative if it’s third wave feminism lmao

[@SCharlesDennicon]

Not a bad video. Not bad at all. I know pretty well Kemper's story, and you summed it up pretty well in 16 minutes. Good job.

[@andygreen3575]

The reality is anyone can become a killer with enough provocation/abuse, sanity has a very tenuous control of our more primal selves.

[@culraven7573]

Law enforcement have a facinating 10-80-10 theory. 10% of people will commit any crime for any reason, 10% will never commit any crime for any reason and the other 80% can be pushed, coerced, forced to commit some (usually non violent) crimes. That is a very simplistic rundown but it seems to hold true.

[@FollowingUsernamesR]

That just isn't true. Most abused kids don't grow up to be psychopaths, it is literally an excuse to try to make someone else responsible for his actions. Many people, having been hurt, make the opposite decision, to make the world a better place, to not harm others. HE was a bad person..HE killed people, and no crappy childhood can rationalize or minimize his responsibility for that.

[@fehyndana7725]

@@FollowingUsernamesR exactly! Some horribly abused kids later become the best parents because they want to make everything better than their own parents. Everyone has personal responsibility. Also there is always a genetic component to serial killers that gets triggered by certain events, but it was there all along. If you don't have it, you won't become a killer even if the same happens to you.

[@js66613]

@@fehyndana7725 Not always. Otherwise we should be worried about all the descendents and relatives of war "heroes" that killed in any of the wars. And even without all the wars, anyone by your logic is capable of killing. Our ancestors were hunters and gatherers.

[@roseedge5626]

No. That's not the reality.

[@leowise206]

I love so much how Mr Whistler says "...over a cup of coffee" 0:28

[@WantSomeWhiskey818]

I will never defend Kemper but I have to admit his self-awareness is heartbreaking. The man could've been great and famous for so many reasons but instead he was given the darkest type of fame. May his victims rest in peace.

[@honedrazorblade]

I see what effects a broken home can have on a person, and what a single parent can be responsible for.

[@garrick3727]

"You just never know if that kind man next door is a serial killer." Thanks, Simon.

[@1tonofclay]

Holy crap, I walk by "the Jury Room" bar in Santa Cruz pretty much daily. I had no idea.

[@JamesJ422]

This monster has always fascinated me, particularly the reaction to his mother

[@gustavofring8765]

"And I said .... There is your sex"

[@myownmusic8182]

I can sympathize somewhat with Kemper. I was abused as a kid, and I think I could easily have went down the same route.

[@a.f9578]

nah you too scared to do so words are easy to say

[@oam6626]

My Own Music omg wow you’re so quirky

[@CuriousMindYoutube]

Same thing happened to me . My mother's so stupid. No one can catch me. In Third world countries cops are corrupt and stupid

[@RomanZolanski123]

Otto Anthony-Martellock what

[@js66613]

@@oam6626 oh my gosh, wow... you're so b---y. ~

[@CannelleInOK]

Edmond Kemper actually fascinates me. I'm not a serial killer groupie but his case is the most interesting to me. A lot of information about Kemper has been conflicting. You get two or three different stories on one incident.

[@jacksonjamieson4094]

Watching this on mother's day and I gotta say... I love my mom even more now

[@thoraneh7365]

His mother being speculated to have BPD upsets me as someone also diagnosed with that. 99% of us wouldn't hurt anyone, in fact it's almost always ourselves we hurt. If you are reading this please dont buy into the stigma that we are all awful people

[@FollowingUsernamesR]

Mental illness is not your fault any more than a physical illness is your fault. It is important to destigmatize it, because treatment for individuals makes things better for the community as a whole. But lots of mentally ill people are kind, just like most abused children don't become serial killers.

[@nirvanagirllovesrock]

As someone with experience with multiple men who have BPD, that is such a lie. They DO hurt people often, even if it's unintentional.

[@CJBMAGGOT94]

So hard to watch his interviews. He is so good at making himself feel like a decent person you almost feel sorry for him. A true genius level IQ.

[@jeffsstt]

What a master narator! Thank you

[@KEVMAN7987]

Watching this in mid-August 2019 before the Mindhunter season 2 premiere.

[@ChrisD4335]

wait a minute, you can be too tall to be a cop? So Police academy lied and high tower would have never made it?

[@nathanward8844]

How about an episode on Antoine Lavoisier the father of Chemistry

[@kirstenkim5011]

Who is he?

[@jorgeluisgarcia1006]

@@kirstenkim5011 Was!! French chemist that lived in the late18th century and was guillotined like many others of the nobility by the French Revolution.

[@aldoushuxley5953]

I can only recommend his interviews. Certainly a very interesting character. To his credit, he seems to regret his actions and turned down every parol hearing. I can only wonder, what might have happened to Ed, had he had a better childhood.

[@Cruddy129]

Imagine the life he might have had if his parents weren't just outright psychotic and abusive to the point where it makes you wonder why they even thought of bearing children, the kid could've worked wonders

[@varun009]

I watched a documentary where they stated his height like 20 times. I feel like some guy felt really chaffed that he'd found a giant.

[@chito2294]

aww. this one is kinda sad

[@KaiseaWings]

I love how that perfectly normal childhood game (escape from a deadly gas) is now viewed in a sinister light. Like we didn't all play those sorts of games as kids. Though perhaps we didn't have the real world context for it and treated it like an adventure. Interesting guy.

[@Caelia7]

I'd like to hear more about Kemper. Would love it if you covered him on Casual Criminalist!

[@Caelia7]

I believe his mother had justified fears over his sisters. She wasn't mother of the year but she hadn't abandoned him twice like his father, and she always took him back. And maybe she shouldn't have but thats a parent isn't it.

[@404people]

My boy Ed needed to work on his damn post moves coulda been leagued!

[@hudsonessex8515]

i honestly feel for ed, growing up in a abusive and demeaning household myself i know how bad the urges can get but luckly i dont have the delusions to go along with them

[@tomtizzard4033]

Awesome video one of the best I've seen on him.

[@IgnorancEnArrogance]

Some of your speaking cadences are hilarious man, like at :34 - "A facinating conversation with.......OVER A CUP OF COFFEE DUN DUN DUN DUN MWAHAAHAHAHA" it makes it sound like the coffee is the culprit haha