How They Caught Serial Killer The Night Stalker

[@kadj27]

7:47 This wasn't actually a man who caught the colour and type of car Ramirez had driven off in, as well as part of the number plate. It was actually 13-year-old, James Romero. He had just arrived back home from a long trip and had slept the entire car ride, so he was awake late at night. Upon hearing Ramirez's footsteps near his home, James panicked (as they had many encounters with home invaders before) and told his family to make as much noise as possible. This scared Ramirez off and James bravely ran out of his home, identified the car as a Toyota, got part of the number plate, and then called 911. It's a shame he doesn't get enough recognition for helping the police track down Ramirez, even at the young age of 13.

[@seahawks_zone1270]

Wow that’s a great story. Thx for the insight. Learned smth new today.

[@kadj27]

@@seahawks_zone1270 No problem!

[@SuperFilmregisseur]

Yeah amazing storytelling thanks

[@breadgirl9806]

James Romero was so underrated in this case! I’ve seen a few documentaries, and anyone working with law enforcement on that case talks about how pivotal James Romero’s identification was. I hope he’s living a great life out there.

[@Indyman4288]

Colour.....you must look at all of us peasants with copious amounts of pity.

[@Ryanbmc4]

My dad grew up with Richard in El Paso and actually testified in his trial. It's crazy to think about how small the world is.

[@Ryanbmc4]

@Michelle he said that Richard was kind of a weird dude. Had a very abusive family and kind of just kept to himself because he had very little people skills.

[@anxonxymous3482]

@@Ryanbmc4 yeah, proof or it didn't happen

[@Ryanbmc4]

@@anxonxymous3482 you can look up "Keith Springer" in the trial documents. Have at it bro. I'm not sure why I would need or want to lie about that haha.

[@ytkl-jt8019]

@Detroit Rap News you don’t have to believe him it’s not by force 💀💀

[@Ryanbmc4]

@KillaCrossover318 I never said my father lives in El Paso today. They grew up together in El Paso. I don't know all the details of it or do I care to really dig into it. It's in the court transcripts. Idk what else to tell you. I'm not sure who Eddie is, but I'll ask my dad.

[@robingeorgetowntx]

My brother was one of the detectives that captured this monster. He also worked on the Hillside Strangler’s case.

[@carinabella3393]

Frank Salerno?

[@BurntTM]

Tell him thank you for getting this monster off the streets all those years ago.

[@milespeep9520]

Yoo really 😨😨

[@fahadhossain5705]

Any psychological scarring ?

[@Maria_Isabelle]

That’s fantastic! What was his name? I may have seen him in a tv show I recently watched

[@isodax9576]

I used to live in East LA growing up and my neighbor (about 58 year old woman) used to always tell me how she got to witness the night stalker get arrested. At the time I was in middle school and has no idea who that was. Fast forward to me as a full blown adult wishing I can go back and talk to that neighbor because I have sooo many questions

[@metalmanny666]

I live a block from where he was captured

[@SuperFilmregisseur]

​@@metalmanny666did you know anything about him

[@twocvbloke]

The fact someone married him while he was in prison, it's just so grotesque that someone would be insane enough to do that... :S

[@Semilamist]

Some women just want to be murdered

[@pootz8082]

Women were still obsessed with him even with the knowing that he was a serial killer

[@TheAmazingCrazyguy75]

Charles Manson was married. People are wack

[@laceylovley6535]

Women like that were abused sexually growing up. The saying goes little girls grow up to mary there fathers. They think they can fix the men who abuse others.

[@themysteriouslegend765]

It’s his looks

[@yourstepdad7285]

My dad was a senior in high school when this was going on in east LA, he said he remembered how his parents installed and started deadbolting the doors as soon as the sun went down. He said his parents also made him and his sister come home before 8:00 out of fear that he’d hurt them. He also said it really took the fun out of his senior year and he was terrified that the same thing would happen to his parents.

[@AuRoaraAnimations]

this guy was way to lucky for how unorganized he was

[@spacegoat_3d801]

He had the dark lord on his side

[@RadTradX]

Too*

[@Natasha-ce3rm]

That’s how he got away with it for quite a bit- not much pattern to go off of. I mean there’s some pattern of course; just not as much as what authorities are used to seeing.

[@LittleDP05]

its actually harder to catch an unorganized killer compared to an organized one due to the fact that once you figure out the pattern, you can predict on what the organized killer will do next

[@Kenny-sl6hb]

@@LittleDP05 You are totally wrong. He had witness, fingerprint, foot length etc. against him. Ted bundy had way more victims.

[@GrimyDuck-dz5dg]

How they caught the Night Stalker: Waited until day.

[@Toxic_Death]

Very smart.

[@mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412]

Smh 🤣

[@koharukzma]

The moon be like

[@ogililpop5819]

nice one

[@GXQ42]

😂

[@adl0815]

Wow, kudos to the old man, pulling him out of the car. 💪

[@eva5601]

Ramirez walked up to a lady who was about to enter her car, and forcefully asked her for her car keys. She started screaming, and her husband heard his wife's screams as he was watering his lawn, so he ran and jumped the fence to help his wife. He pulled the monster out of the car. In addition, her screams caused residents to step out of their homes, and someone recognized him, as the night stalker. That's when the beatings began.

[@maxpowers2891]

I used to live 2 blocks from where they caught him , the stories of that epic beatdown have been passed down for years now, they had a block party shortly after

[@js09js09]

Ramirez was such a coward. He talked tough for a guy who made a living hunting people with a gun while they were asleep. At least some other serial killers attacked victims with their hands and while they were wide awake. Those serial killers gave their victims at least a small fighting chance. What chance did any of Ramirez's victims have? He was a coward. I would actually enjoy getting someone like him in a room alone for 10 minutes with no weapons and see how tough he really was.

[@BlueMoonlight777]

There was this situation where one of the family members ran away but came back for saving the others. And he ran away because he didn't expect it. Like you said.. A coward.

[@MouthWash8]

Um… Aren’t all serial killers cowards?

[@eva5601]

Ted killed women in their sleep. I was in Florida, when he killed two sorority sisters, killed a 12 year old girl, and severely injured three other women. I was 12 years old, the same age as Kimberly, and I also lived in Florida, at the time of the monsters rampage. Our school principal scheduled a meeting at the auditorium and gave us safety tips on how to avoid getting kidnapped by a stranger..We only lived in Florida from November 1977-January 1979. And went back to California. In addition, we lived very close to where Ramirez killed his victim in Montebello. I was 19 years old, and I remember it well. My mom was yelling out, "Oh my God!" "Montebello is very close to here!" We live in Walnut Park, which is approximately 12 miles south of Montebello. It's stressful to be living very close to murders committed by serial killers.

[@V10_estate]

Cope don’t get mad he got more woman then you will ever have

[@trewic8678]

@@V10_estate bro what

[@aalfonso1981]

I lived in San Francisco around the time he was terrorizing the city, and I remember my mom getting very upset with me when I came home late from school due to going to a friend's house playing Nintendo. At the time I didn't understand the big deal, but later realized it was because of the Night Stalker. Just that name alone sent shivers down my spine when I was a kid.

[@10ReasonsWhy]

I honestly feel that people who idolise serial killers should be investigated.

[@sinaradss]

Nah man they are mostly some idiots but you're right they need to investigate them I was someone who like jack the ripper I don't know why but now I'm a changed man I made a huge glow up

[@LucíaVega-e4c]

Bro, what is “investigating me going to do? I’m gonna love Richard, Ted, and Jeffrey no matter what!

[@97NikeSb]

I love that people from the neighborhood took him down.

[@daharos]

I remember that summer in East LA... the only time we ever closed windows during the night even in the stifling heat. I think they caught him not much more than a mile from where I grew up.

[@chupamela7995]

Cap

[@mag9604]

@@chupamela7995 Bruh

[@evathespeaker9537]

Hating someone simply because they couldn't rise above an extreme situation and instead gravitated towards lashing out is ignorant and foolish, not to mention arrogant. Implying that you would've turned out ''better, moral and just'' at the end of a decades long tunnel that dark, startingpoint being the formative childhood years, is minimalizing the impact severe and systematic trauma has on some people.

[@mag9604]

@@evathespeaker9537 Bruh tf you on about you have some trauma you want to explain to us

[@evathespeaker9537]

@@mag9604 I think the content of my channel will answer that.

[@baronvg]

I grew up in Los Angeles in the 80s and I just remember it being a dark and dangerous time lol. If it wasn’t serial killers, it was gangs, if it wasn’t gangs, it was drugs and so on.

[@normaldude86]

Still see so many gangs on la

[@jvdude9061]

The fact the Feinstein is still in a position of power is baffling

[@evanderpierznik]

Thanks for doing this one! I requested it on the "How They Caught John Wayne Gacy" video and I'm glad to see it's out!

[@Jugodemangooo69]

Yeah its all thanks to you 👏🏼👏🏼

[@theboxedaussie1947]

@@Jugodemangooo69 lol

[@evanderpierznik]

@@Jugodemangooo69 I know it didn't affect it, it's just a funny coincidence

[@choichavarria7534]

I watched this whole docu on netflix it was sooo good

[@evanderpierznik]

Same but on my second watch through my mom walked in during episode 2 which did not go over well

[@cinnamndollx]

Same

[@djodyssey99]

I watched the American Horror Story version 😂

[@ianhinkle2863]

which show was this on?

[@willianadadonn]

What’s the name of it??

[@bhgtree]

His randomness and disorganization were the things that made him hard to catch.

[@KeshiaK39]

I've heard this story so many times and never get bored of it... Not a good guy though, unfortunately.

[@evathespeaker9537]

Hating someone simply because they couldn't rise above an extreme situation and instead gravitated towards lashing out is ignorant and foolish, not to mention arrogant. Implying that you would've turned out ''better, moral and just'' at the end of a decades long tunnel that dark, startingpoint being the formative childhood years, is minimalizing the impact severe and systematic trauma has on some people.

[@honeybawnches2016]

They skimmed sooo many details. He didn’t simply let some women and children go, he tortured them. His shoes were not the only clue but his poor dental hygiene led police to a dentist who was expecting to treat him but he never showed (forgot why),the roommate encountered Ramirez after he shot her roommate and he let her go (she survived by pure luck thanks to her car keys).

[@formansredforehead]

In the Netflix documentary it was explained that Richard did show up for his dentist appointment, but the silent alarm device law enforcement gave to the dental office malfunctioned that day so they weren't able to be notified in time.

[@memeeemee214]

This is why he’s so fascinating because he’s very extremely different than regular serial killers

[@mrenigma1564]

he is a f**king serial killer whats so fascinating about him ?

[@ssbashalot7324]

What makes him different?

[@longlivetheking1671]

The only thing different about him is that he was delusional and made other serial killers seem like geniuses lol

[@acasualstory7673]

Fascinating?

[@Dominick77]

@@ssbashalot7324 did you watch the video?

[@unknowned3815]

Infographics is the best man🔥🔥🔥

[@manuelrubalcava3510]

Yup! I remember when he was caught by citizens here in my hometown of East L.A

[@evathespeaker9537]

Hating someone simply because they couldn't rise above an extreme situation and instead gravitated towards lashing out is ignorant and foolish, not to mention arrogant. Implying that you would've turned out ''better, moral and just'' at the end of a decades long tunnel that dark, startingpoint being the formative childhood years, is minimalizing the impact severe and systematic trauma has on some people.

[@evathespeaker9537]

@Edvard Hagerup Grieg ''he could've chosen to be a decent person'' shows how little you know about Richards background. He never had a chance.

[@ssbashalot7324]

@@evathespeaker9537 Still don’t justify anything. After reading your comments, it’s clear you idolize this guy for a living.

[@evathespeaker9537]

@@ssbashalot7324 He's perfect. A broken man, who tried his hardest... and failed. No shame in that. All his cards were bad, and he played his best hand and lost...Rest in peace Richy, you are missed, mourned and loved forever 😔 🌹

[@ssbashalot7324]

@@evathespeaker9537 That’s his fault nobody else and not a reason for him to end lives.

[@GasPipeJimmy]

Richard Ramirez was the second serial killer named the Night Stalker, the original Night Stalker was later renamed the Golden State Killer, and killed more people.

[@evanderpierznik]

He left quite a lot of people alive, oddly

[@vihaandumir1649]

He’s still alive too

[@vihaandumir1649]

76 years old and in prison

[@Alex38369]

No the golden state killer killed less people

[@hollymolly7685]

@@vihaandumir1649 no they never found original night Stalker

[@patrickjohnson8684]

I feel like most serial killers are cowards that never actually try to fight a fait fight.

[@eva5601]

Very true. Ted Bundy would break into women's home while they were asleep, and club them, or he would club them unconscious when their backs were turned. He sure skedaddled, when he tried to pick up a girl, but when her brother showed up, he jumped in his car and drove off.

[@cassiehigginson1238]

My husbands mom was picked up by Ted Bundy and he drove her to her sister's house and the sisters boyfriend jumped on his car and punched the windshield and he shoved his mom out and he drove off he was scared of men

[@Johnnyvincent12]

​@@cassiehigginson1238 wait the second are you seriously

[@cassiehigginson1238]

@@Johnnyvincent12 serious as a heart attack

[@Johnnyvincent12]

@@cassiehigginson1238 ok

[@theovereditedarena5672]

I compare people to The Nightstalker all the time, and never knew anything about him other than his mugshot until today

[@FaZeDarthimus]

I know this guy did terrible things but the way he was caught was epic

[@part-timebrock1126]

Man, can you make a video on La Bestia and Monster of Andes... These killers killed the most people...

[@erikgislason2283]

thank u for your great uploads! love from sweden

[@Kedaver]

Jag e också svensk!

[@erikgislason2283]

@@Kedaver nice!! :)) Uppsala här.. Sj?

[@Kedaver]

@@erikgislason2283 göteborg haha

[@erikgislason2283]

@@Kedaver där hat jag släkt.. kungälv, stora höga, kode, mölndal.. :))

[@Kedaver]

@@erikgislason2283 kul!! Har bott i Mölndal i några år haha

[@eangelful]

What would you do if you saw a group of people surround a wanted serial killer and the cops weren’t there yet?

[@dglover326]

That scene from AHS

[@sleutherchris5308]

Join in

[@adamparker3151]

Join them

[@boblawblaw9451]

What if he was the wrong guy and just looked like Richie.

[@quepingapiper]

@@boblawblaw9451 well he still punched a woman and tried to steal her car

[@somberthoughts555]

My grandmother lived about 6 blocks away from where he was captured

[@christianporter3638]

I’ll say this story every time they talk about the night stalker: Old head I used to know was in Quentin with him (while he was on death row) and used to serve meals to him. Every time he served him, he’d spit right in/on his food, causing Ramirez to yell for the guard (lol) and complain - to which the guard did nothing. I know it’s kind of classless, but comparatively speaking…..c’mon

[@tannerbenson7864]

In my opinion, we need more people like that prison guard. I think the guard should have secretly used his plate/food as a makeshift toilet lol. At least once, just for laughs lol

[@evathespeaker9537]

Hating someone simply because they couldn't rise above an extreme situation and instead gravitated towards lashing out is ignorant and foolish, not to mention arrogant. Implying that you would've turned out ''better, moral and just'' at the end of a decades long tunnel that dark, startingpoint being the formative childhood years, is minimalizing the impact severe and systematic trauma has on some people.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

@@evathespeaker9537 Alright, we get it, you don't have to spam

[@demongoddessx3]

If people like him would put all that energy in something useful instead of killing the world might become a better place..

[@DigitalSpectator]

"It's easier to destroy than to build"

[@hollymolly7685]

@@DigitalSpectator it's tough to build rather than destroy

[@DigitalSpectator]

@@hollymolly7685 And people that have no will choose the second

[@evathespeaker9537]

Hating someone simply because they couldn't rise above an extreme situation and instead gravitated towards lashing out is ignorant and foolish, not to mention arrogant. Implying that you would've turned out ''better, moral and just'' at the end of a decades long tunnel that dark, startingpoint being the formative childhood years, is minimalizing the impact severe and systematic trauma has on some people.

[@hpowtou]

"Hey cousin, Bye cousin, COUSINNN😡"

[@hectorespinosa6599]

My brother's and I saw him once. We used to go pick cans as boys. For some reason he ignored us. We weren't sure who he was but where skeptical

[@drishe08]

I watched the night stalker hunt for the serial killer for the third time and man it still scares me and gives me goosebumps

[@surefireshaxx3494]

Even though he was around in the 80s and I’m only 20 right now, my mom was super paranoid of this guy specifically. She would tell me about guys like this growing up and that’s why I see everything so split. Only black or white. Only good or evil. No grey area

[@marii7865]

I learn more from these guys than any school that I will ever go to

[@scarlet7675z9g]

Bro his riggidy raggidy roo ahh teeth 💀💀💀

[@footodor]

💀💀

[@chetanyasinghbhatti69]

Best way to capture a Night stalker was to wait for the day

[@jaimeguerrero4314]

i love all these vids keep them coming dude

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

9:24 - On the other hand, loads of people watch slasher movies and listen to Black Sabbath _without_ becoming serial killers.

[@Tobias20028]

Big respects to the people who start beating him up

[@robobo1726]

This guy is literally the joker

[@victorjavirmironmartinez4933]

@@robobo1726 A stoner*

[@scarecrowbfc6700]

I’ve been watching these consistently

[@mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412]

"How they caught Wayne Williams the Atlanta child murderer" please and thank you.

[@richardeberhart451]

Alleged

[@evathespeaker9537]

Hating someone simply because they couldn't rise above an extreme situation and instead gravitated towards lashing out is ignorant and foolish, not to mention arrogant. Implying that you would've turned out ''better, moral and just'' at the end of a decades long tunnel that dark, startingpoint being the formative childhood years, is minimalizing the impact severe and systematic trauma has on some people.

[@sharkchaos5160]

This is such a good video.

[@suiramnarliza]

Imagine being the Night Stalker the day he got caught. U just comeback in town after a trip to see ur family just to enter a shop and to see ur face all over the place as a wanted man 😂

[@thespookysir4485]

How do you survive a triple headshot?!?! TF !!?

[@carinabella3393]

His ammunition was really old in a few break-ins. I had the same question but saw Detective Gil Carrillo mention the ammunition issue in an interview.

[@ruinthuessia1078]

Fps games be like

[@SW2799]

In the mid-1980s as now, I live in the Los Angeles area. In the summer of 1985 I was in Europe for several weeks. It’s scary to think that the night stalker in LA even made big news over there. Scary. But I was actually glad I wasn’t here in LA when it happened.

[@adamlopez9629]

This was a good one, I read the book a long time ago, good story

[@teobeo6851]

*I LOVE THIS SERIES*

[@Stanleyyyyy]

In my books, he is the worse serial killer of all time.

[@emiliotirado4531]

Lol tbh he was so sloppy with his killings

[@stella.201]

@@emiliotirado4531 he's still one of the most famous ones

[@gabegonzalez7803]

My aunt was stalked by him in El Paso before he started killing people

[@enigma9115]

He probably committed crimes in El Paso before he moved to California. Did your aunty report him?

[@dismothafuka405]

"Serial killers do on a small scale what governments do on a large one" Richard Ramirez.

[@thalastianjorus]

Diane Feinstein saying something idiotic? Shocking. Truly

[@michaelgaskins291]

You better never disrespect the music this man jammed out too those bands are legends

[@drishe08]

Wait the 1985 one he shot Dayle okasaki she was Maria Hernandez's roomate but Maria was not shot that critical she actually managed to walk as she was concerned for her roomate so she went to the front door because she expected the killer would through the garage door but he came through the front door and he pointed the gun towards her and she said "hey you shot me once do you want to me shoot again" and then he left This was explained by Gil Carillo (Night Stalker Hunt for the serial killer)

[@JO1GEE]

I remember my dad told me he’d be so scared too sleep he bought a gun and had it under his pillow at all times

[@travisswann23]

18 instead after dropping. Love this channel!

[@babystunna8721]

The way they caught him sound like something out of a movie

[@aussie1461]

It’s crazy how many people in these comments have their fathers somehow related to this case

[@LiberatedSpirit1]

Trolls

[@eggdog--]

Could you possibly make a video about Pennsylvania criminals/ serial killers?

[@ricardonavarrete5065]

My mom lived in the area of where he did his killings thankfully nothing happened to her

[@Jaykerz]

I know a retired sheriff that ran into ramirez but no one had known what he looked like at the time so they let him go. He was walking on the beach late at night and they just told him he needed to leave

[@texhnolyzer2h]

Him after saying that in court: 🐶👺

[@toadifer]

Every time I watch one of these videos, I laught to myself as I say ‘’they caught him with handcuffs’’ and then hear about a psychopathic serial killer

[@shaymundane1335]

I love Infographics, but several things were gotten wrong and not told right It's not included, and I'm not sure why, but there was a little girl who survived multiple nights of his attacks after being kidnapped. She was later released from Ramirez at a gas station and he told her to call her mother. It was also a thirteen year old boy who caught his license plate numbers and make, not an older man. But I guess they didn't wanna tell those facts or protect the kids or something.

[@jeiro6513]

I wish there was video of people chasing him

[@elenarodriguez7809]

How is it not mentioned that he had an older cousin that was a Vietnam vet who got off on killing people during the war and took pictures of them and used to show them to Ramirez. It wasn't the music or the movies that contributed to this sicko. It was his upbringing and relatives and him. Yes him. Ramirez could have chose not to be a killer despite his upbringing.

[@ETOPsycho6774]

Can you believe he got married while in prison?

[@AracelyAlonso]

Apparently had a child as well

[@shidder_mutt]

Marrying while incarcerated is very common

[@carinabella3393]

@@AracelyAlonso He did not have a child. He had one girlfriend in El Paso. In LA he hired prostitutes and couldn’t get it up sometimes. And he & his wife Doreen could not have conjugal visits given he was in San Quentin.

[@eva5601]

A person on drugs would be the only excuse I could think of.

[@evathespeaker9537]

YES

[@elinbird00]

0:28 hes not doing the horn sign he’s doing the love sign lol

[@finnscribner363]

9:20 say what you will this dude was crazy but he had W music taste

[@martaakh6726]

i watch again . excellent job

[@leanncleveland3777]

What I liked was when the community helped corner him and hold him till the cops arrived

[@chrisnizer5702]

That crowd absolutely tore the friggin' fur off him. Getting taken into custody by the police may have saved his life.

[@SnowyWolborg]

The police were just 3 minutes slower, then it would have all been over with.

[@notsolexd28]

bro his channel is underrated asf

[@cypher7161]

Night walker why is it every time every killers name is actually good

[@l.p3861]

Not every one. There's one from San Francisco called the doodler.

[@BasedZillenial]

@@l.p3861 I’m weak 😂😭

[@PrisonEscapeV2Bandit]

@@l.p3861LOL, "THE DOODLER"

[@ShalinaRai-gu6ss]

Maria Hernandez glad she survived the attack just like other ppl too but Maria also managed to tell the police

[@Mybloodmissy]

A woman married him. Something is wrong. With that woman

[@chetanyasinghbhatti69]

Does anybody else think an animated Netflix series by this channel will be the best ever ?

[@king_piratezzz4581]

I love the infographics show the graphics to animation the talking behind it's freely really a great KZbin channel I recommended to everyone my favorite was the rise of Warren Buffett

[@devinburkett9036]

they *Probably* just *Stalked* *him* *during* the *Night!!*

[@mikeshoemaker1909]

Keeping him alive was sick evil that he talked about in all of you gutless

[@yesyoucanTellme]

The animation is on point. I had to search "plkhiye zby psikhopat", I was not wrong.

[@samanthacarver4081]

Huh?

[@TylerPearl77]

They caught him during the day duh

[@evanderpierznik]

😂

[@DTownNash]

Lol ikr ?

[@juniornava1963]

Is it werid my dad was at the same place one time with the night stalker...and my dad didn't know who he was

[@mcsancho78]

I was in elementary school when this monster was terrorizing California & every one was afraid of him

[@DespairKarma]

THIS IS WHY THE MAYOR SHOULDN'T EVER BE TOLD ANYTHING ABOUT ANY SORT OF CRIME

[@emmahanson6025]

I love how it's been 10 minutes and there's already 2.2k-ish views

[@francescorodriguez6698]

Can you do a video about how they caught the 22. Caliber killer, they never talk about him.

[@Dreamybloo101]

Wow that's amazing

[@janellafernandez6476]

Rest In Peace To Them.

[@rileypoe7331]

They used Silence and Squall

[@robertdaniels-lane7321]

Well, technically he was right about the hypocrisy claim.

[@Seth.5746]

Oh no those are the people I listen to I love Ozzy Osborn and Black Sabbath and especially AC/DC.

[@mr_bruh8683]

my aunt went too the same highschool as him Jefferson Highschool

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice video