I Bought a Serial Killer’s Record Collection!

[@brianjames5685]

Scott Williams? He just escaped I heard. He's looking for the fellas that been touching his vinyl.

[@noblerecords]

OH NOOO

[@coolmickey68]

@@noblerecords spit take

[@doobiz]

🤣

[@fredriknilsson4743]

😂

[@user-zx1ir7jt4c]

😂🤣😂

[@ZackDimondRecords]

I love this channel because it's the only one I know that goes from "this record is killer" to "this record is a killer's."

[@noblerecords]

Full circle!

[@marktheroux9465]

Richard Ramirez was a Metallica fan: in 2022, guitarist Kirk Hammett said that when they filmed their St. Anger music video at San Quentin State Prison in 2003, Ramirez was reportedly infuriated that he wasn't allowed to attend the performance so he just paced around his cell.

[@Tridentwolf]

It’s no surprise. People in to metal aren’t typically serial killers or criminals to be fair. The most down to earth, wholesome, kindest and happy people i know are in to the hard metal stuff.

[@Dieafreak]

There are a ton of really disturbed and psychopaths and killers that are into The grindcore genres. Not so much gridncore but usually Goregrind, Gorenoise and Pornogrind. Not so much Grindcore though. Also I’ve seen a lot sick fucks into Brutal death metal and slam death metal. They are the August Underground type of characters. Or “incels” and disturbed “incels” who like to shoot up places. Some like gg allin too I’ve seen. I’ve seen the really sick ones into this kr simply when they get found out and all the shit. The El Paso Walmart shooter also was into Poronogrind and in a Pornogrind band.

[@angaudlinn]

"The weirder the person - the better the collection", best summery I've heard this year I think. :D

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

Usually true, but you have to get the right flavor of weirdo. Not all weirdos have great record collections, but very few great record collections aren't from people who aren't weird in some way.

[@MicahMicahel]

like that one serial killer that does it all to Huey Lewis?

[@angaudlinn]

@@MicahMicahel Patrick Bateman is fortunately fictional. Sadly, Huey Lewis isn't! ;)

[@philipmcp]

Gives new meaning to "every record collection has a story." Glad you repurposed the energy of those records into new hands.

[@noblerecords]

Thanks!!!

[@RAWNLEY]

He dispersed the curse. Great job.

[@Skyjacker_]

Patrick Bateman, the character in Brett Easton-Ellis's 'American Psycho' listens to stuff like Huey Lewis & The News , Robert Palmer and Phil Collins.

[@Silkscarf153]

And Whitney Houston

[@te9591]

Should be Q Lazzarus

[@GHolyspotweld]

scary!

[@SamThredder]

I think I remember in the book he actually doesn't even really like music, he just thinks he has to talk about the newest stuff or have pretentious opinions in order to sound more interesting. He literally just wants to fit in and find the most up to date state of the art recordings to play on his brand new top of the line Sansui system. It's been a while though but that's the jist I got

[@garymoen930]

The creepiest part of the whole story was just how normal his collection was. Makes you think about serial killers and how they are hard to distinguish from orher people.

[@scottiequality1981]

That doesn’t surprise me. I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t have a real interest in music. Surface level is very sociopathic. If you don’t have real emotions, why would you care about the emotional complexities of music?

[@backlogcabin8003]

Proves that normal people are far scarier than people who aren't

[@audioeeze8396]

With it being close to Halloween, I think it was the perfect time to talk about this collection. Now you peaked my interest in this story so I now have to dig into this a little deeper. Great video, it's a shame that the collection he had wasn't as crazy as he was.

[@brentmcdaniel2355]

Man love your channel ans story telling.i came across your channel about 1 year ago and you got me into record collecting. I have my own channel reviewing records that I but. Thx for the content man.

[@noblerecords]

Thanks man, that means a lot!

[@dimebagdave77]

This is quite possibly the best and most interesting VC video EVER.. i said it✌️🤘😁

[@noblerecords]

🤣🤣 thank you sir. 100% True Story!

[@asupremelove5149]

Funny enough this reminded me of a story from a buddy of mine that worked in a music store in Dallas in the 90s. Couple of guys pulled up that didn't look like normal music fans. Turns out they were govt agents. The request was "Help us find the loudest most obnoxious music you can find." Of course they obliged. Turns out they were heading to WACO. My buddy found out later the music they were buying they were going to use on David Koreshs compound during the siege You just never know who's going to walk into your store and for what reason - Tree

[@machiel5888]

This is such BS lmao

[@kurtisw4826]

@@machiel5888no man. I was in the shop looking at 7”s when this happened.

[@costafinkel]

Next Video... "I bought a pastor collection, and there was some Slayer there.."

[@realsoundsmusic]

Hey Dillon, I recently bought a large collection of records which all had "Jack The Ripper" as the name of the band / artist, or more commonly one of the tracks on the disc. 100s of them. Some obvious stuff like Link Wray or Screaming Lord Sutch, with every possible variant of each 7" or LP including demos and test pressings on all of the labels. There was also some really obscure records which I'm still trying to get more information about. As you can probably guess there were quite a few rare punk singles amongst the lot. I spent quite quite a while wondering what sort of person got together such a collection? Perhaps another serial killer? Keep up the good work, spreading the love of vinyl, and sharing the information. Peace and respect. TT

[@Shdowstorm]

Any White Chapel?

[@lobotomyscam1051]

I'd love to look through the rare punk singles!

[@rich4u1973]

Love the stories, one of the first videos i watched of yours was when you told us about the guy and the basement!! Lol Love the channel

[@gailsmith1608]

Glad you only kept a few of them and I love true crime. Love that you went there for spooky season. Cheers. Good story

[@tendraftsdeep]

Killer video dude! We will be visiting the shop next month

[@noblerecords]

Nice! Thanks man, see you soon!

[@bigsweetc6]

@@noblerecordsliterally a “killer” video! 😂😂😂

[@CrackHouseChronicles]

As a record collector and true crime podcaster...this was a great video!

[@mikemtbc]

Maybe "Thriller" Vinyl were his trophies. He might have been The HeeHee Slasher. I will say I think the nicest, most normal seeming people have the craziest collections.

[@thomasmandeno2776]

There were 2 excellent ‘no pun intended’ opportunities there Dylan. You mentioned that it was or wasn’t a “Killer” record collection, and the judge “sealed the record”😂

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

He did say the case records were sealed

[@wheresallthezombies]

This randomly popped up in my algorithm. I love records and serial killers. lol. Also, I just saw Pentagram open for the Sword on Sunday night. They were great. My girlfriend had no idea who they were and couldn’t see them. She thought they were young dudes till the singer started talking. lol.

[@tetsuoashima420]

You are literally the first person I've ever heard mention Neil Merriweather. I have my dad's copy of Merriweather - Word of Mouth. Jams!

[@AlcoVoz]

11:01 "if there's an interesting story behind it I'll try to keep one just so I have something to remember it by." That's just what a serial killer would say lol thanks for sharing, very interesting story. I had the same thoughts as you that it would be some super interesting stuff then it turns out to be a regular guy's record collection. I'm sure "he seemed so normal."

[@noblerecords]

Hahahah oh no! I’m keeping trophies! 🤣

[@CarlWheathers-ch5xs]

A serial killer being a Carpenters fan just makes so much sense.

[@scottbivins4051]

Neil Marryweather Rocked! Space Rangers albums were killer. Hollywood Blvd is a must listen. Neil Merryweather was asked to join CSNY at one time.

[@allans3852]

Good video. An honest entertaining story. We all have a macabre experience, as you said, working in a record store. At Waterloo Records in Austin back in 1990, I sold a cd to a murderer ( dark stuff - the kind you flashed at the beginning) I understand hesitating in sharing.

[@allans3852]

If you were going to recommend just one album to a collector that liked a lot of genres, which would you say, “get this one.”

[@allans3852]

one of Nobles records

[@N0rthT]

OH! I’d be looking for that record that Buffalo Bill was listening to in Silence of the Lambs. I looked it up not long ago and it’s easily a $400 record. I like it. It’s a bit shoegaze I’d say. I’m loving this video already. Alright…. I suppose it’s an American Psycho situation… just likes Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. The Thriller albums! I love thinking that the guy figured they’d be worth a lot of money someday because it was so popular. It cracks me up, thinking about a psycho killer doing the same mundane stuff we all do. Remember that Halloween movie where Michael Myers drove a car? All the fear of him left me when I imagined him a a four way stop, getting frustrated that another driver isn’t going when he waves them through…. Do you think he uses his turn signals? It’s beautiful how our guy talks about his relationship with his wife. She lets him be him and he appreciates her so much that he wants to make sure she’s alright with what he’s doing. He also values her opinion so much that he’ll check his own desires if she really thinks something is a bad idea. Probably because he recognizes she’s often right and wanting to show her the same love and respect she shows him when he brings home boxes of filthy records.

[@zecazevedo]

The American Psycho didn't like Peter Gabriel, just Phil Collins.

[@N0rthT]

@ OK, I read some of the book and saw the movie once. I remember him liking 80s pop/soft rock. I guess what I’m saying is that I found it anachronistic. Like if someone were trying to make a character read “psycho killer,” they’d have made the character listen to death metal. In the case of American Psycho, I think it’s more interesting to have the character like music that’s not on the nose, psycho killer music. It immediately draws me in… “this is different. This is interesting. Heck, it’s creepier that he doesn’t fit into the usual box and he seems normal and is successful in the real world In the case of Michael Myers in Halloween…. I guess I looked at Michael Myers as pure and ancient evil. Even if he was born the same year I was, his evilness transcends that. Giving this mystical demon modern/earthly concerns kinda killed it for me. Imagine an evil demon complaining about how the show Game of Thrones finished. It makes him too familiar. Being that American Psycho was a more realistic story, it’s creepier thinking that I share the same appreciation for love songs that the lead character does. I guess the fear of Michael Myers stems from him being otherworldly, whereas with the American Psycho guy, it’s more disturbing that he could do such awful things while passing a the typical wall street ghoul. He makes the viewer grapple with their own reality…. Makes us not take our safety for granted.

[@John-et5wu]

It makes sense to think that a serial killer would have a weird music taste and better records, but to me a serial killer having a very normal mundane music taste makes the most sense. It reminds you of how outwardly normal and non weird most serial killers actually behave.

[@opaljk4835]

This is the actual truth of is. Son of Sam was big into 101 Strings and The Carpenters…Ted Bundy was also just the most plain ass music taste in the world. Dahmer was a big Black Sabbath fan, so that’s something at least…but not too out of the ordinary

[@musictalkwithjohn]

Perfect VC horror story for Halloween! Thanks for sharing, Dylan.

[@Mark-zu2kx]

Some people make bad choices in life, but how do you end up with a complete collection of them?

[@calesaucer6999]

I dig the ORL and Mars Volta box sets in the background! TMV has been my favorite band since high school.

[@FleagleSangria]

Not sure I would have admitted this Dillon 😆 this brings the vinyl addiction to an entirely different level “He murdered how many? Oh ok. Mmmm…were his Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Song Of The South versions by any chance? 😬”

[@andrew.simpson]

That’s a great story just want to say though that, luckily, you weren’t invited to buy his record collection before he was caught. 😅

[@asupremelove5149]

So I bought a serial killers record collection.....*pulls up a chair *

[@PJHVols]

You: the guys name is Scott Wilson Williams Me: **immediately googles Scott Wilson Williams**

[@noblerecords]

🤣🤣🤣

[@01real1]

There are Danny Rolling's songs (demos from tape) on the web (youtube): Mystery Rider, It's A Gray Way, Broken Hearts - folk rock, nice vocal and lyrics. Maybe you could issue those songs on vinyl, after cleaning the tape noise/hiss and resolving copyright issues? People say there's a whole cassette tape somewhere. And, yes, it is that Danny Rolling, a killer.

[@birdy1numnum]

*Wow! My favorite videos you make have thumbnails with your eyes bulging out. More crazy 🤪! Also, you didn't mention the "details" of that Mama Lion album!!*

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

For the young 'uns who are not clued in on the "details," I think they can be found in the Jello Biafra interview section of Incredibly Strange Music, Volume 2.

[@beachcomber3036]

DILLON U GOT A KILLER DEAL.

[@Thomasgene]

Wow! Should I be concerned about My collection of Floyd Crammer records or Charlie Rich albums. Not to mention my infatuation with Herb Alberts Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass! Great story! Great channel.

[@daviamorim]

As someone who used be into reading about serial killers, I'm not at all surprised that his collection sucked. Serial killers tend to be very simple uninteresting people, apart from all the gruesome stuff they do.

[@levioppo4588]

Dude I didn’t know you had a KZbin channel I drive up from Greenville Sc to come to your shop when I can

[@johnsutemire6477]

Great video as usual and i love your stories

[@GustavoScafuro]

A serial killer without a killer collection...what a bummer lol I would be surprised if the Exciter album was Violence & Force \m/

[@johann_casparbaumgartner6972]

Or *"Unveiling the wicked"* maybe? I am kinda surprised it was - like he said - the selftitled "Exciter" album from 1988! and not one of the much more known first four albums....?!? But, oh well, the first song on that album was *"Scream Bloody Murder"* ...

[@GustavoScafuro]

@@johann_casparbaumgartner6972 well spoted!

[@TheBbullock92]

Film composer James Newton Howard was a member of Mama Lion/Heavy Cruiser as keyboardist!

[@Carnivore2301]

Thanks... Never heard of Horse before, it reminds me of Witchfinder Genral

[@jontoyman]

Anything with Lynn Carey on it is great. That Mama Lion album had a controversial gatefold. Open it up and she's topless. She was a 1972 Penthouse pet

[@erikmolnar6585]

That is a funny correlation! I always get vibes, especially with dj collections. Not so much 1 record, but a whole crate of them. We bought a collection from a military person who was stationed in Germany. Huge collection and super cheap. All the records were so clean. I felt like he just went to clubs and bought records as an afterthought and didn't play many gigs if any? There was some small legal paperwork in one of the crates. Like a card. I think the guy got in trouble in the military? Something that included alcohol like a bar fight or whatever

[@ralphmilano1703]

wonder what happened to a certain copy of the beatles white album that inspired two nights of the famous murder spree in 1969 LA

[@xz3ss]

Probably worth a lot

[@dimebagdave77]

WTF! 😂 many thanks and Happy Halloween ALL AT NOBLE RECORDS!!✌️🤘👊👻👽💀☠️

[@noblerecords]

Thank you Dave!

[@Judy_P]

What would it have said about the killer if his Mama Lion album had the "other" cover? Also, is there any significance to the fact that Lynn Carey performed the vocals in "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls?"

[@jacywebster1590]

Great story. Although you did draw me in with the rare psych you displayed at the beginning.

[@lindaleg3659]

The tomatoes patch killer was a patient of mine that they made a lifetime documentary about. True story.

[@verndebes892]

I noticed on the introduction of your video show a picture of a Joesph’s album! Interesting did you know that they recorded an album as Come on the dandelion label owned by Jim musil! He tried to lease to mainstream along with an album I produced! Only a 45rpm single was released! I’m not sure why mainstream turned it down! The single is very hard to find!

[@retromusings]

Crikey. This is mental. Very fascinating story. Many thanks for sharing it.

[@TrashCanMary666]

Hey! Do you sell vinyl on Discogs?

[@pepeeze]

11:33 "Both records are killer" and you didn't even flinched!

[@garyjedlicka5394]

Fantastic video. When I saw the title was thinking about Patrick Bateman. Genesis, but not Peter Gabriel Genesis. Too arty, too intellectual 😂

[@denalinde]

I bought & sold records long before eBay even existed. These are the stories you’d hear at record swap meets. 😂💜

[@davidedwards3360]

Do you sell to Uk

[@ZestonN]

Big difference between Normal Music Tastes vs Psycho Killer Music Taste: Normal People primarily want music to rev them up and move. Psycho Killers need music to cool down and Focus. If you're in the house of a guy listening to Danzig, Marilyn Manson, and Ghost; you're in Safe Company, for the most part. If you're in the house of somebody who listens to Jolene, Mandy, and Sonny and Cher songs on constant repeat: You Gonna Be Turned Into Furniture and/or Barbecue.

[@supertruck610]

The Nightstalker was homeless but held on to his ac/DC and judas priest cassettes to play in the cars he stole or the occasional boom box. He pawned everything for cocaine.

[@lobotomyscam1051]

He stayed in a infamous sleazy hotel.

[@scottiequality1981]

“They’re not gonna be there either.” I feel bad for laughing, but that was really funny🤷🏻‍♂️

[@BrutishYetDelightful]

Interesting vid! I agree wholeheartedly about "the weirder, the better" as far as record collectors go. Years ago, the late great cryptozoologist Scott Mardis abandoned into my care a small record collection that included things from Ginger Baker to GG Allin. Isaac Gordhead. Captain Beyond. NEAT stuff. RIP, Scott. Ye have crossed the footlog into the pine thicket in Blount County.

[@dimebagdave77]

5:33 😂 yeah, it can get gnarly at some collector's homes id imagine 😂😂 edit: i want you to know, that i laughed SO hard during this video, thanks👍 i needed that

[@noblerecords]

Haha thank you!

[@Metal-Heaven-Records]

Very great story. Great to hear.

[@asupremelove5149]

Gives a new meaning to "Man this is a killer tune." 😆 Was there any Beach Boys or Donovan (If you know the references you know.) 😉

[@rickgarcia5793]

This subject has come up before on a Podcast I listen to, and it seems that most, if not all, serial killers have very mundane tastes in music. You'd expect stuff like The Misfits or Slayer but it's mostly stuff like Styx or James Taylor 😂

[@MickSupper]

Maybe he used the Barbara Streisand record to calm and lull to sleep his victims.

[@rickgarcia5793]

@@MickSupper 😆

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

Lynn Carey of Mama Lion was also the voice of The Carrie Nations on the Beyond Valley of the Dolls soundtrack.

[@deathmetalrob5563]

Happy Halloween 🎃 perfect time to share this story.

[@brianjames5685]

In England we had the satanic panic. Bands were accused of all types of crazy things. Then we had a lady called Mary Whitehouse who decided it was "video nasties" that were responsible for everything that was wrong in the UK. They banned lots of horror films and elevated them into a coolness that they never would have had. That all happened and then we got more rock/heavy-metal music based satanic panic. Then they went after hip-hop and rap. They are still trying to do similar things. The last 5 years have been the worst time I've ever known to be in England and the governments answer was - We need to investigate the Oasis reunion concerts ticket prices lol.

[@asupremelove5149]

Britain's censorship has been a little bonkers over the decades.

[@MickSupper]

I remember the satanic scare back in the late 80s/early 90s here in the US. I used to have 2 VHS tapes with a pasture putting out interviewing a former "satanist". Probably all faked. Got to where schools wouldn't let students wear all black because it was evil. lol

[@richmoreno9938]

October is the perfect time for this story. 🎃

[@JimmyV1530]

Well that's a vinyl collection story you don't hear every day, thanks for sharing this Halloween season. 🔪🍽

[@SamLassiter94]

Might be weird, but do you still have some of the records for sale?

[@vinylreckoning]

Stacey heard “serial killer” and perked RIGHT UP😂

[@MAGICMUFC]

The Exciter record made him do it. And now he's behind bars like Mama Lion.

[@noblerecords]

Hahahaha best comment!

[@s.n.a.k.e.plissken]

Two questions: Was there a Huey Lewis and the News record, and was the previous owner named Patrick Bateman?

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

Supposedly, that's not the case with Charles Manson. It doesn't sound like he had a lot of records & most accounts from Family members say that the only two bands he was into were the Beatles and the Moody Blues. You can hear the Moody Blues connection in that there's a line in "Cease to Exist" that is both lyrically and melodically similar to the "You know I love you" line in the Moody Blues, "Nights in White Satin."

[@H-mu4bo]

Manson was a hippy so the lightweight Grandad music was his thing

[@MicahMicahel]

@@H-mu4bo he wasn't really a hippy at all. He was exploiting the stupidity of hippies.

[@evanperry3699]

When youre looking for "buckets of rain," but all you're being offered is a bucket of knives😂

[@JacksonPolyp]

Haven't you seen American Psycho? Patrick Bateman has a very MOR record collection

[@Metal-Heaven-Records]

I love True Crime and I like Records!

[@jawsthegreatpurpleshark]

“he’s gotta have some slayer i mean cmon it’s in the name”😂😂😂😂😂 hilarious

[@FroggyKrueger8969]

The Carpenters are the quintessential Serial Killer's soundtrack. Metal is for the kids ;)

[@elvis.on.velvet]

If you’ve got a few of those gruesome stories as you stated, I hope you consider sharing before the end of the month! 💀🎃

[@stank.schwilliams]

Weirdly enough, a lot of my records have come from the collections of deceased people. Pretty large sewer-slide & OD rate among punks/metal-heads :/

[@killrmillr]

I wonder if the guy will see this video in prison.

[@Metal-Heaven-Records]

Killer Video 🤘🏻🤘🏻Awesome!!!

[@jem550]

Perfect story time for the Halloween season. Crazy.....

[@shanesmith2853]

Somehow, the fact that the collection is so normal makes it even weirder. Can you imagine being wacked to Barbara Streisand?

[@TLA1014]

HOLY CRAP! What a bizarre story! I would have kept a few records too! What did your wife say when you told her the collection was dropped off at your store?

[@noblerecords]

She was cool with it. Definitely a little weirded out by it but no big deal 🤣

[@TLA1014]

@@noblerecords Awesome!

[@scottbivins4051]

Oh my gosh I would have went to that house in a minute!

[@arzabael]

So what you’re saying is not only was it a classic situation of “he seemed liked such a normal guy”, his record collection was “such a normal collection”

[@nigelcampag1290]

C'mon Dillon. You know it's obligatory for anyone who shows the Mama Lion LP that they have to mention what Lynn Carey is doing behind the bars 😄.

[@cvltzilla]

i have a Gacy painting in my record room, does that count?

[@rodshard8605]

I used to visit USA from UK looking for soul 45s from 70's to 90's. One of my contacts was Dennis West. Last time I saw him his wife had been murdered and I think he was a suspect according to other dealers I knew. Pretty sure he told me himself. Still 45s were cheap, I got some nice Northern Soul records and who hasn't toyed with the idea of offing the wife.

[@dantredogborsa7048]

"So guys, let's start this, the first album we have here is Kreator's 'Pleasure To Kill'"

[@davidr1676]

I can't remember if it was Kreator or Destruction who canceled at a "metal fest" around '87. Death Angel filled in for them. Death played. I might be wrong, but I want to say Dark Angel too, but don't remember. I did flip when I saw him hold up Possessed's first(?) Seven Churches and I remember they broke up in 87 or 88, think eventually back together. Slayer, Hell Awaits was out when I started regularly listening to them. First heard them with something prior to that. Live Undead or Haunting The Chapel, but Reign in Blood pulled me in and all but forgot about Metallica at that point.

[@davidr1676]

Criminally Insane....Kill and Kill Again...Angel of Death. Not remembering other titles I dare mention.

[@JJSkywalker2407]

I have some original pressings of Diana Ross, Isaac Hayes The Doors George Jones Robin Trower Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells and I have a rare interview with David Coverdale of Whitesnake via telephone from 1990

[@melthebell33]

all killers have "normal" stuff, its interesting to see what was in this guys collection

[@Baker_229]

Wild title

[@noblerecords]

Tis the season!

[@r.ivangriffin2190]

Should have told him to take the knives over to the boys at Beltway next door. 😂