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[@KellyGaba-he2bk]

❤⅗ Sex

[@doreenkucek3508]

He's just pure EVIL. He had no reason to do such evil things to people he didn't know them. I'm sure God and Jesus put him where he belongs. D Jones 6:39 6:40 😂

[@valeriobrio8941]

Hi AC can you tell me who sing and the title of the intro song? searched on shazam but not match

[@dannyrichards-nb9sh]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@dannyrichards-nb9sh]

Thx. 4 sharing. Plz make alot more. 🙏

[@bmanz8117]

The police didn't ever catch him. The people in the streets in a neighborhood took him down and called the police.

[@underworldguardian6694]

without police, people wouldn't know who he was 😂

[@bardshitler3328]

Same as most high profile serial killers the police just wait around take the glory for the arrest after

[@chrissyknowsitall5170]

I bet some of those people had to use some real strength not to kill him that day.

[@convictions831]

Very true the people did he had the neighborhood in panic sick demonic basturd loved woman so yeah he'd have yeah laugh and what he done laugh at his victims

[@geoffreybreasley9845]

No it wasn't it was Jim Bob is that you Jim Bob

[@rickyhurtado]

I read that Ramirez had been knocked out cold several times in his child hood. That's actual brain trauma. You couple that with the other factors of his life: physical abuse, mental abuse, having an uncle teach you about his war crimes in Vietnam, and witnessing a murder, etc. It's not an excuse but there were definitely factors that added up to this serious dysfunction.

[@jonathanramos8414]

You could definitely see why he became a serial killer. It's a shame that his family was such garbage. Of course I don't like what he did but his parents have no one to blame but themselves. Other killers like Dahmer in the other hand had a fairly loving family I don't know why he became a killer. And a cannibal at that

[@rickyhurtado]

@@gingerwoo3910 oh, it was only a matter of time before the experts came in.

[@OrtusMallum2075]

​@@gingerwoo3910Perhaps you missed where the commenter said "It's not an excuse".....

[@TruthGatherer2013]

people are the way they're programmed to be like, unless they understand that and start to reprogram themselve. I think he deserved to pay for his crimes, but im just saying@@gingerwoo3910

[@hhgjkfhjnkj8788]

@@gingerwoo3910 You can’t solve a problem if you don’t understand it…

[@XanderShiller]

His own people capturing him was as poetic as justice can get.

[@rml1919]

It would've been even sweeter if the Southsiders (Surenos) would've caught him. They would've fuqed that guy up tho.

[@nopeandnope7398]

They were bada$$!!!

[@ohwell94]

@@rml1919 there would not had been enough of him left to even leave a stain on the pavement

[@Ironheart73]

yeah, he got caught trying to steal a car, and he got his ass so badly handed to him that when the cops came, he begged to be arrested. Those cops should have just fed this psycho to the dogs

[@SFGUNNER]

We don't tolerate that shit.

[@monav4062]

In March of 1984, I had just turned 24 and had gotten my first apartment twenty miles away in a suburb of Los Angeles which was at the beginning of the year-long serial killer case of Richard Ramirez. And, I can tell you being a young female and having moved into my very first apartment, as Ramirez started his killing spree, I was scared out of my mind! I went out and bought nails and a hammer and nailed all of my windows shut! Every day when I came home from work, I would literally 'clear' every room in my apartment by turning the lights on and then checking every room, even looking to see if anything was out of place. In the late 70s and the early 80s, Southern California was a Mecca for serial killers! While I was still a teenager we had The Hillside Stranglers from 1977 to 1978 who murdered 10 women and teenagers. William Bonin The Freeway Killer from 1979 to 1980 killed 14 men and male teenagers, although he claims to have killed 21. And, then we had Richard Ramirez who heinously murdered a total of 14 people including children, and was said to have also raped 11 people that included children. I remember coming home from high school and watching the nightly news that reported, "Yet another body of a young female found nude and displayed on the side of a hill in the Los Angeles area". At the time, and because I lived on the coast less than 10 miles from the beach, it was 'normal' for teenagers to be seen 'hitch-hiking' to the beach. When the Hillside Strangler Serial Killers were reported to be picking up young women hitch-hiking we all stopped hitch-hiking that day! You didn't see young people hitch-hiking anymore! Living in Southern California during the late 1970s and early 1980s was VERY scary!! Looking back on it and seeing the documentaries on all of these Serial Killers that were active during the time I was a teenager and then as a young woman terrifies me and makes me feel really lucky that I survived as a young female on my own during that time! At the time Richard Ramirez was on the loose, I worked with a man named Steve. He and his wife lived in Downey, CA, and they were active members of a fairly large well known Christian Church and they had made many friends at the church. One day Steve came into work which was a Monday and he just didn't seem to be himself and I ended up asking him if he felt well? He then proceeded to tell me and a couple of our other co-workers that he and his wife had attended their church the day before and had found out that one of the couples that he and his wife knew at the church had been murdered by the "Night Stalker"! At the time, no one knew the name Richard Ramirez, because he hadn't been identified yet. This was very shocking to hear! One of the things that Steve said was that the killer had cut out their eyes (maybe the person who told Steve about the couples eyes being cut out worked for the Los Angeles Police Department and may have been at the scene?!). This fact was not made public until after Ramirez was arrested and more information on the victims was released. This was the reason that I nailed all of my windows shut in my new apartment! And had deadbolts put on my entrance doors! Even after Ramirez was caught and sent to prison, I constantly worried that he would escape! My anxiety and fear finally ended when he died in 2013. I was so happy when he died! I'm sure there were a lot of people who felt that way! FYI Steve's friends at Church -- were murdered on March 27, 1985. Their names were Vincent Charles Zazzara and Maxine Levenia Zazzara who lived in Whittier, CA, and were both shot. After Maxine died, Richard mutilated her body with a knife and gouged out her eyes. .

[@BigtimeJuicer]

You are an incredibly brave and strong woman. To have been so young and on your own as this was all unfolding, is remarkable. This guy really was a monster. I've been a competitive bodybuilder & strength athlete for the majority of my life. Most people think I'm intimidating because of my size .. The reason I'm telling you this is because I know that I'd be nervous as hell to be in your shoes!. Forget sleep! I'd have gotten myself a gun, a dog and most likely spent the nights staring out my windows. I hope you are at peace now and living somewhere you're safe and loved. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@AslamJais79]

You're so lucky. Thank you for this long story I really appreciate your sharing 👍🏻

[@ardaoguzhan8181]

I call this story 🧢

[@GymShark_Open]

You never know what' s going on around you. A few years go, Finland police started investigating a man, who's many guests had been drowned. Dude was a serial-drowner. Very scary man.

[@brittbergara]

@@ardaoguzhan8181of course u do, u can’t even think that there are some ppl who remembers when this happend and had personal storys abt it

[@laurelgirard8475]

Ramirez was the only serial killer that scared the crap out of me. He was so erratic and unpredictable. I still can’t believe he got to live out his life in prison. Sexual Sadists are the scariest.

[@Malibusurfsup]

epitome of evil in looks too

[@KamChillTV19558]

He looked like he had the devil in him, he was very scary but like that lady said you add to the recipe, add 2 it, add to it n u end up with a serial killer, an absolutely terrifying case and man, but I truly think that him going from a good guy to a bad guy was all in the things that he saw and what was done to him, but still NO NO NO EXCUSE FOR MURDER AND RAPE AT ALL, HE RAPED N KILLED KIDS N ELDERLY, THATS ANOTHER HORRIFYING THING !!!!

[@Celestialnighthawk]

@@KamChillTV19558he wasn’t the devil he was a kid who was psychotic and wanted attention you people seem to forget that these serial killers are still human and do these crimes so they can be famous yet we give them what they want and they die happy

[@frankpensanti8294]

Dogs are mans best friend...... of all Ramirezs victims..... none amoung them had a dog in the house. Some of the victims had guns in the house... but it was too late..... No one had a dog... .

[@EricW-eu5xz]

@@Celestialnighthawk I agree with what you said. And no he wasn’t the devil but he was in agreement with the devil. He was a coward. I don’t care about his friends claim about some bs supposed self taught martial arts. He couldn’t fight due to the fact that he never won a physical altercation against a male who wasn’t shot while in his sleep. Mr. Peterson even fought him off and chased him after being shot already and shot at whole pursuing the coward ramirez.

[@tiffei]

his cousin is disgusting for showing richard those graphic images/videos at such a young age.

[@xlpaso]

Fr he fucked up his mind into thinking it was good and ok to do bad shit

[@euphratesjehan]

Not only for showing the pics but for committing those atrocious acts and taking or having pictures as momentos Disgusting

[@Coal-RubL]

Fr man murdered his wife and raped people

[@HK-vy3fh]

Bastard murdered his wife in front of him too. Shot her in the face. Fucked up family in general. At least these two evil and vile creeps were. Disturbing.

[@stephenmarkelov1829]

He also killed his wife or shot her IN FRONT OF RICHARD which is really weird and Richard said it really affected him.

[@donnacaldwell3267]

I’ll never understand how all these “professionals” can believe R.R. came from any kind of “normal” childhood. He had a crazy abusive father who used to hit himself in the head with a hammer until he bled and beat his sons. R. sustained two serious head injuries as a child, both of which left him unconscious and neither time did he receive proper medical attention. Afterward he developed epilepsy and was not treated for that either. A teacher molested all his brothers and probably him too. His dad used to take him to the cemetery when he was angry with him and chain him up there and leave him overnight. Then his crazy cousin whacked his own wife in front of R. and showed him pictures of women he’d raped and murdered., and also got him hooked on drugs and showed him how to burglarize houses and cut throats “properly.” Yeah…I don’t quite see that as any kind of “normal” or “average” childhood. I’m not excusing his atrocious deeds by any means, but there are reasons people choose evil paths. I don’t buy the “bad seed” theory 100%. Some may be, but most have unbelievable pasts and if you check into it, things become a lot more understandable.

[@michellecopeland3545]

Thank you I agree.

[@GymShark_Open]

You can't become normal with a childhood like that.

[@michy3075]

This is well laid out to show reason while not dismissing accountability.

[@brianticas7671]

​@@michy3075the thing is the world 🌎 has become less sympathetic now a days. A lot of psychopaths. Obviously Richard had it rough. Most of society expected him to be functional and still licks his wounds pay his bills and pay for therapy which is expensive 🫰. He basically let his childhood get the best of him We all are affected by our childhoods man

[@Ironheart73]

As dark as his story is, I find it hilarious that he got caught trying to jack a car in the wrong neighborhood. The people kicked his ass so bad, that when the cops finally showed up he begged to be arrested.

[@carlosanaya4149]

Did not know this.

[@joedavidson6556]

You do now

[@Ironheart73]

@@carlosanaya4149 Actually what is funnier is that it was actually an old man in his late 50s who threw the first punch. As soon as Richie got in the car, the owner saw him. Richie told the guy to not come near him, because he had a gun with him. But seeing he had no gun on him, the old man opens the door of the car, literally snatches him out of it, and punches him on the face. Then another guy threw like a pipe in him, and as he started to runaway, the entire block was beating his ass with poles and shit. In fact, had those cops not showed up, he would have died a more gruesome death than his victims did. From the hands of his own people, of all people

[@danielwebster5748]

@@Ironheart73 there's men in their 50s and then there's men in their 50s and they're two different groups. I'm 50 years old myself and I guarantee you somebody grabbing my car and they had no gun especially I would snatch them right out of there and beat the hell out of him myself. Is this depends on if you're sick or not. I caught this young kid one time stealing my car. I grabbed him around his blonde afro he was half white and half black. Snatched him out of that car and drug him by his ear to his house and told him that he just tried to steal my car and I wouldn't want to call the police on him.

[@Bibiana862]

@@Ironheart73 are you in love with him ,you call him Richie?

[@ThinkLascivious]

The relative who was the Vietnam vet definitely was a BIG influence. I wish they would talk about that more.

[@einienj3281]

He wasn't a "typical" serial killer; no victim type, or weapon of choice, he was more opportunistic, impulsive..

[@cafezo87934]

He might have stalked the victims during the day than hit at night. He has to be familiar with the house how to get in how to get out who lives in the house

[@einienj3281]

@@cafezo87934 They literally had doors and windows open or unlocked.. doesn't need stalking just go and try the door, if it doesn't open, move on to the next one..

[@cafezo87934]

@@einienj3281 one victim said Richard told her to shut up or he'll kill her two kids. How does he know how many kids there are. What if they have dogs or alarm systems were there alarm systems back then whatever what if he hit a cops house or a gangsters house lol you get the idea. He's a professional burgular. He staked everything out before he killed. Killing is not pretty nor clean.

[@Difrentstyles]

Lots of serial killers do not use weapons

[@wrnchhead76]

I consider him a spree killer. Like the DC Sniper

[@cutdogslim]

Dude was pure evil

[@socialmediademigod1496]

no other way to describe it

[@naveenchandrapathak9274]

pure evil... impure evil.... Are they different ？

[@ericbasora4697]

Naaaa I'm fukin around he was a terrible human being.

[@bobby-7167]

​@@naveenchandrapathak9274I would say yes they are one is pure evil NPR evil would be diluted like some good there for whatever reason he became pure evil he definitely was to do the things he did

[@Alan7997]

What was it that made him this way? It's called his cousin Mike.

[@chrissystepford2263]

He was already mentally ill. What his cousin showed him just played into his psychosis.

[@tjvincenzi3695]

It was the devil. It always is. We don't wrestle against flesh and blood

[@shirleydtaylor6846]

My parents a/c went out during his murder spree. My Dad was 70 and wasn’t able to defend himself. He bought a gun to protect himself.

[@shonii119]

I saw a documentary on Netflix about the Cecil Hotel and evidently Ramirez stayed there for a bit. That hotel had quite a rep.

[@MrCarlitosway713]

Ive watched every documentary about Richard Ramirez for the last 20 years, but every time I see a new doc about him I click on the video faster than Usain bolt can run the 400. I like to watch every new video to see if they cover something new and have maybe new pictures never before seen. Thank you Absolute Crime for this upload.

[@cafezo87934]

KZbin search true crimereli. Hear from Richard's brother and niece. Good stuff 👍

[@jonathandoe2316]

Man this Ain't hardly new. Search Court tv Richard Ramirez and Richard Ramirez vid 1. Some you may not have seen.

[@ruthaakamonica5602]

I watch these old videos just to piece together what really happened because Richard wasn't the one killing these people ....l know because he raped me in June of 1984 ( if you could call it rape ) He was very inexperienced , got - off really fast and didn't hurt me ! It took 28 years later before l realized he was the same man known as the Night Stalker because l never saw his eyes that day and he had a gun to my head ....l met him two years later when l got arrested in court He was there next to me and we talked through the wall but l never knew he was that same man until 28 yrs later and the year before he died That's how l know he didn't do all these murders !

[@jonathandoe2316]

@@ruthaakamonica5602 Jeez another one your right he didn't do all those murders. He did them and several more if you dig deep. So , because he raped you (supposedly) and he was fast(allegedly) he couldn't have Killed some of those people.

[@ruthaakamonica5602]

@@jonathandoe2316 No he didn't and he was like a juvenile without a lot of experience He'd been robbed by a hooker in the same room l stayed in the next night ,he came in with a key looking for her , he'd been badly hurt and went on to kill a random woman later that evening.but he didn't rape her , it was 8 mos later when he followed an Asian lady off the freeway early in the morning after he slammed some cocaine he tried to catch up with her she started screaming at him and calling him names he apologized telling her he thought she was somebody else she refused to shut up and started screaming she would call the police when he grabbed her and shot her in the street that night the OTHER murder took place in the same town to a woman who's roommate knew detective Gil Carrillo ....but he lied claiming it happened first ...several more murders started happening and each one of them had some kind of connection to Gil a seasoned Vietnam veteran who enjoyed killing people and got away with it who's still getting away with it with the sex trafficking in California I know all about it there's nothing more you can say to me that would change my mind I've watched this whole thing unfold over half of my life and I survived

[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

call it morbid, but its actually nice that a program shows the crime scene photos. A lot more should do this

[@neliradu9337]

Check out forensic files, they often show crime scene photos.

[@KamChillTV19558]

It was gross but you can actually understand just how terrible the crimes are when you see photos, as horrifying as it is. But I do understand what you mean.

[@KamChillTV19558]

​​@@neliradu9337I will have to check it out, never heard of that channel, I've experienced more trauma than most, but I never killed, my dad got a hole in his brain and brutally murdered my poor beloved mother and I still after 26 years still have nitemares about it 😭😭😭💔💔💔💔 I watch these things 2 try to understand WHY do they do such terrible things, WHY did he kill my Mum, I have nearly been killed too, a guy tried raping n choking me to death but my hero chased him away, he luckily was caught, but unfortunately the man that saved my life has now passed, but will always be my hero ❤❤❤

[@sakabula2357]

Hate that they blur it but also understandable for the family of the victims..

[@SB-kq3td]

Just as I was thinking.

[@ItsOkLilFella]

I believe that he lost all hope and trust in humanity due to what he endured as a child, and he invited the demons in.

[@maxandmols9526]

Removing the eyes after comiting a crime usually indicates you feel ashamed of your actions, eye removal is because you don't want to be seen doing what you have done. Its quite common, often serial killers carry out the practice early in their development and will stop later as they feel less guilty for what they have done.

[@relizabethj5114]

In the book, she reached for a shot gun which was empty which then infuriated him, so he had tried to take her heart but couldn’t get passed the ribs so he gouged out her eyes instead.

[@MsStephanieJane31]

I’m sickened. Absolutely disgustingly horrified beyond belief! Even the children and elderly were subject!!! 😢😟😭😭😭😭

[@grangrampa832]

So sickening I could throw up those poor innocent people he was such an evil monster

[@MsStephanieJane31]

@@grangrampa832 I know Omg💔😥💔🥀💔😥💔🥀

[@OrtusMallum2075]

Do not watch what Albert Fish did....

[@marielonergan1390]

Theirs some thing so wrong when you hear children and old people of course everyone matters bit as a mom children breaks my sole

[@occultsupport]

but he's hot 🤩their fault for not liking it

[@Andy_CFC]

Ramirez would drive around in the dead of night, turn off the engine on his car and roll down the street with no lights on slowly coming to a stop. He’d be silent, a professional burglar. Wearing all black, he’d merge into the shadows. Terrifying guy and young too, only 25 years old.

[@lawyerlizenel6727]

His eyes seems to be empty, even dead

[@jenniferlopez3554]

His cousin certainly is responsible for Richard's agressivity

[@jennifermercury5433]

I honestly believe that all the males in his family are responsible for whatever Richard Ramirez turned out to be. I'm not excusing anything that he did, or something like that. What he did was horrendous and evil. And I agree that he could have made another choice. But I still feel very sorry for how he had to grow up.

[@jenniferlopez3554]

@@jennifermercury5433 agree with you

[@jennifermercury5433]

@@jenniferlopez3554 thank you so much for understanding what I was trying to say.

[@legandarysuicune]

@@jennifermercury5433You know I just wanna cry my heart out for him, like he could have had the bright future but every single thing went wrong for him, it's just so unfair, I believe & he should be at the better place now with love and happiness ( & his victims , just adding this cause y'all will come at me ) there's a reason that he turned out to be a killer the root cause was his family, cousin & everyone around him, hope he is in a happy place now

[@AS-wj1du]

He was surrounded by wicked demons in his family who brutalised women and showed hideous and gruesome pictures but it's still no excuse for his evil deeds. He obviously got off on pain and r*pe and wasn't normal. Just watched the movie they made 4 years after his arrest. The actor seemed short, don't know if he was and he had a sort of resemblance to him. Showed when he realised they knew who he was and started running and banging on a Hispanic girl's door and she called the police and then he tried to steal a car which wouldn't start, tried to abduct a woman and an old man beat him with a pipe and the street started running him down, beating on him. His teeth were just as black and rotting and he had a demonic laugh. He must have stunk 🤮

[@jillianpw9789]

Too bad he doesn’t have one of his seizures during one of his crimes he was committing, where the victim could have ended up killing HIM, That would’ve been poetic justice!!

[@hjm9571]

He'd outgrown the seizures in his late teen years. It's rare, but not impossible, to "outgrow" a seizure disorder. He was lucky to outgrow those things.

[@victoriabens6679]

so he just walked past random houses & went “ hmmm, im gonna go in this one now” 🥴

[@gmr7494]

My co-worker's brother worked alongside Richard Ramirez one summer doing manual labor over near East LA. He said he was a real weirdo.

[@mexicanoaliendrunk5987]

Lier

[@klown839]

Bullshit. Ramirez was a burglar and didn’t have a job when he was in LA.

[@jennifermercury5433]

​@@klown839 I totally agree with you on that point. He never had a job. I think that the one and only job he ever had was the one that he had at the Holliday inn when he tried to rape that woman. I might be mistaken on this, and if I am, I'm sorry

[@pineapple365]

Did he explain how he was weird? 🥺

[@sakabula2357]

​@@pineapple365He didn't dunk his Oreos in milk......creepy..😢

[@1984NatashaT]

I remember watching a documentary with his niece. She was only a child at the time and her parents used to take her to see him in prison. She was, and still is as an adult, terrified of him.

[@hjm9571]

Shit, I would be, too, if I were in her shoes. 🫣

[@zacharykawaley-lathan2758]

Another amazing doc 👏🏾

[@optimisticcosmic]

It's probably impossible to understand the feeling of living in a city where there's an active serial killer that's sneaking into peoples homes. This was long before security systems and cameras.

[@pacyguy7144]

Fantastic documentary best one I've watched 👍🔥

[@JL-qo1hg]

Best short doc on this specimen.

[@jimbob-ut1ns]

It's when his uncle came back for the Vietnam War and told Richard about all the killings and was his role model really. Not one mention of him at all?

[@hjm9571]

Cousin, not uncle.

[@jenniferlopez3554]

Humiliating victims , terrorising them ... And killing them so brutally

[@playvoltage]

thank you for more episodes of this great series! love from australia

[@roadrunner381]

I move to Hollywood on labor day in 85, was sleeping in my car, 25 yrs old, glad he didn't come knocking on my window!😳

[@user-gm5uk4cf4s]

This what I call true crime this is the best crime series I have seen thanks guys

[@dianeferre1273]

Il never 4get this time. I was living alone in a 3 bedroom house in CdM. RR had just committed another home invasion/attacks in Mission Viejo. I told my older brother to move in with me. No one felt/was safe until he was caught.

[@Tomtaylor7337]

This narrator is so amazing, his voice os so soothing 😢 I can’t get enough of his voice 😢

[@disappearintothesea]

The narrator on the old forensic files has a great voice too.

[@Stu-SB]

Christopher Slade is his name

[@user-ux7zw6cz3d]

i hate when the people call those horrible criminals an animal, animal kill for food they don't just torture incent human being for fun. they kill to survive., there's no other creature worse than human being

[@kzs-]

No one is truly innocent, you mindless insentient pawn

[@eva5601]

It's drugs, that changes a person brain chemistry. It's not just during the actual drug state. It's years of drug use, and that alters a persons behavior, turning a person into an aggressive cowardliness, with no remorse, and no empathy person. Btw, many people are physically, emotionally, and witnessed murder, but don't commit multiple murders. There is no excuse for killing a person, only if a person did commit murder during self defense.

[@ashleyellis8875]

One of the best story’s of community action ever everyone of the citizens that sprang to action deserved medals they put an end to his reign of terror

[@sherylcoetzer1]

It was choice. He made the decision to do what did. Stop blaming all the the other stuff. He chose evil and acted on it.

[@cafezo87934]

He never knew anything else.

[@sherylcoetzer1]

@@cafezo87934 I don't know if I am buying that. Many had it much worse than him and turned out to be wonderful people. It came down to him choosing his lifestyle.

[@himajeonie97]

@@sherylcoetzer1 there r ppl who had it worst than him? Can u name someone?

[@sherylcoetzer1]

@@himajeonie97 I am not able to do the research right now but if I could I would oblige you. I would have loved to continue the conversation, though.

[@crazycatlady68]

He had developed seizures and was subjected to horrific images and stories from Cousin Mike in his formative years. He was said to be a wonderful kid up until then. Who knows if it was his "choice"? Doesnt seem like he was born evil..he became evil through circumstances. Not supporting this asshole whatsoever btw...but would Aileen Wournos have become what she was if she had not been abandoned by her family and turned to prostitution? She was incredibly abused. Was she born evil? No. Neither was Ramirez.

[@zaclazari5490]

No one is born to kill...this is factual

[@sleepyjo9340]

This isn't actually true. They've discovered genes that can lead a person to commit murder.

[@akdragosani]

Very Great Documentary 👍🏻

[@TheLedonne3]

"Detective, I think you must have me confused with someone else, my name is The Nice Talker" - Richard Ramirez

[@carlogambino8109]

Classic...still a great doc...Gil and Mr. SALERNO are epic...

[@stevewheatley243]

Without specifics I had a rotten childhood. I've never killed and have no wish to. Ramirez had no excuse.

[@the_spider_lily911]

True

[@aprilwilliams5864]

Everybody don't respond the same way to similar types of trauma.

[@stevewheatley243]

@@aprilwilliams5864 He knew right from wrong and chose evil. Therefore there's no excuse for Ramirez.

[@chloehollyoak8906]

@@aprilwilliams5864 you're right. some people choose to use it as an excuse to abuse and hurt others and other people choose to do better. ramirez clearly chose the former.

[@Senna458]

Some people simply choose to be losers.

[@gregdahlen4375]

Did some people continue leaving their doors unlocked after everyone knew he was out there and dangerous? Cuz even after people learned he was murdering believe he took some more victims.

[@RustyX2010]

yes they did cause it was a really hot summer in 1985 and a lot of people did not have central air in their homes/apts.

[@roaropgard8575]

Shame for the victims Rest in peace 😔

[@lillaurap]

I don't think shame is the word you're looking for

[@roaropgard8575]

oops

[@adamantium4797]

@@roaropgard8575 shame on the victims Shane on u

[@roaropgard8575]

You mean the Nightstalker?

[@adamantium4797]

@@roaropgard8575 shame shame

[@grangrampa832]

What about that cousin murdering in front of him ad introducing those things to him and he enjoyed it

[@CRUSH71]

Great and well produced episode. Have you done one on Lawrence Bittaker, the "Toolbox Killer"?

[@susantadem6824]

Richard Ramirez is scariest than Dahmer,Bundy and Gacy

[@xlpaso]

No, there are far more scary serial killers. Like the ones who haven't been caught

[@einienj3281]

Was his cousin, the vet, Mike, convicted of war crimes too?

[@cafezo87934]

No lol he wasn't even convicted of killing his wife what makes you think he would be convicted of killing asian women overseas. All in the name of war right.

[@einienj3281]

@@cafezo87934 Rape and mutilation of corpses should be.. they are not war casualties..

[@williamtobin7282]

NO..Plus I think ol Mikey only did about 5-7 years for shooting his wife in the face..This sewer dweller played a big part in the formulation of young Ricardo there to emulate in his footsteps...

[@peterwallace4964]

I hope so

[@laural1784]

No

[@boldbearings]

"Our Billy wasnt born a killer, he was made one by years of systematic abuse...." Lecter.

[@sakabula2357]

Great movie...

[@iamred5427]

I thought it sounds familiar from what movie was this?

[@user-cc5bi4fv1q]

Richard actually was ducked down behind the counter and when Gail Ogasaki slowly looked up over the counter he shot her right in the forehead.

[@MadHatter1337]

Deadly Peek a boo

[@johnharvey1356]

Why don't we ever hear about the bad guys that break into a house and are carried out in a body bag because the good guy in the house shot and killed him?

[@markokada7311]

At 16:42, the former FBI profiler, Robert Ressler, appeared, who had been invited to Japan to solve the Japan's cold cases 15-20 yrs ago. Also 3-4 other American forensic scientists who used to work for the FBI in the past showed up on Japanese crime TV shows. Those former FBI crime profilers & crime scientists are in high demand to resolve the cold cases in Asia, Europe & even in S. Africa, or around the world. What distinguishes them from the rest is the effective usage of the Forensic Psychology instead of relying on the old-fashioned physical & mental interrogations, or coercing the suspects to confess that is illegal in the West, i.e., the confession under duress is unacceptable in the US. Unfortunately America has the most serial murders even in comparison to Europe, but the sciences inclusive of the Forensic Psychology, an essential part of the resolution, is distinctively advanced as well. I'm truly impressed w/ that,,,,Good for you, America, & keep up w/ the great works. ,,,,,,(12/01/22)

[@iomyhousee5615]

Hoi!

[@MikeHunt-gy6lc]

Obviously serial killers have done some unimaginable things but this guy has to be the scariest of all time. Watching this is just shocking and gives me the chills.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Interesting documentary

[@markokada7311]

This is unequivocally one of the heinous & depraved crime of the most extraordinary proportions. It is literally beyond belief. Without qualms, he reached the ultimate horrific level of atrocity & depravity. I can't help speculating that this is one of the worst case of a sociopath w/ the utter lack of compassion, conscience, compunction & remorse. I'm in doubt he is a psychopath on the grounds of the fact that he knew what he was doing was wrong. But he had been severely influenced w/ those illegal drugs such as cocaine & heroin-related drugs. As a consequence, he was not able to think & judge in normal manners. In other word, his prefrontal lobe of the brain must have become dysfunctional ( the function of a prefrontal lobe of one's brain is equivalent w/ a brake of one's car) & so he was able to commit those unspeakable heinous atrocious crimes with no qualms. It is truly a puzzling query if that is owing to Nature or Nurture, & it is unclear as of now but in the future, I hope it could be clarified more accurately & better w/ the assistance of more advanced & sophisticated medical equipments such as F. MRI ( Functional MRI ), Ct scan, PET Scan, etc.,,,,Thanks for reading my lengthy comment,,,,I wonder if anyone comply w/ me,,,,,,(11/28/22)

[@barbararoland2473]

The man was just evil, he enjoyed himself high or not.

[@markokada7311]

@@barbararoland2473 Yes, you can say it again,,,,I concur w/ you!!,,,Have a marvelous day wherever you are.,,,,,From Tokyo,,,,,(12/08/22)

[@barbararoland2473]

Thank you Mark Okada have a great day and happy holidays I am from the USA

[@markokada7311]

@@laural1784 But he did it so in Viet Num, Right?

[@neliradu9337]

No high can justify the things he did. This wasn't an isolated incident. He kept doing it simply because he enjoyed it. He's not a victim of circimstance; he's just an absolute POS human being. And I think that's the appeal because everyone wants to believe that only some kind of monster or someone suffering mentally can do this. The reality is alot scarier; we live amongst people like this. People with absolutely zero regard for human life

[@sheribrougham4863]

His eyes are soulless. That pure evil.

[@mrsseasea]

If he had not been subjected to terrible things as an adolescent, he would have been a productive person. I could say this however, he’s a ruthless killer. Pure evil

[@AridGems]

This case and the Kevin Cooper case had me shook as a youngster growing up in So Cal in 80s. Decade of slasher movies. The 80s were a great time to be alive. lol

[@e.s.9080]

Living in the central valley of California (Fresno), during that time, there was a fear that he may head our way, if unknowingly, he had at least once. I remember the news reports so frequent on tv, radio that, in combination of seeing some silly Stallone film..."Cobra", caused me to have a nightmare about this guy. Much like Manson, small in stature but you would never want to meet him in person.

[@rauljuarez3884]

He skipped us 😂.. and went to San Francisco at that time..... visalia CA..

[@sakabula2357]

Lol..I remember Cobra..

[@stardustring]

We lived in rosemead California he did a killing in rosemead. I was born 1982 , but my family remembers. The in 1990 we moved to Fresno California.

[@alfredoibarra4592]

No one is destined to be good or bad, it is the enviroment where one is raised that produces good or bad people I believe. If people are not receiving love in the family, they go and look for that lack of love, sometimes and most often in the wrong places.That is why mothers and fathers ought to treat their children with a lof of care and love, not hidding from them anything, and never betraying them, Because once a child is betrayed, he becomes a lost soul.

[@jenniferlopez3554]

The cousin had become crazy after returning from Vietnam

[@trudehunnicutt8214]

I remember this. I lived in the next town just north of Rosemead (San Gabriel).

[@chad3452]

Ramirez, green river, and dahmer are the poster boys of 80s serial killer era id say... Poster girl is Aileen Wournos

[@socialmediademigod1496]

what about BTK and Gasey

[@MadHatter1337]

@@socialmediademigod1496Gacy*

[@michaelmolitor1888]

They really made El Paso look like a dump in this documentary.

[@Bullseye50]

I hope I wake or come to terms one day that my life has been one big dream

[@arnoldguisa4155]

My mom came to the USA in August 1985 a day after he was caught. Scary because my mom lived with her aunt in east LA like 3 blocks away he was caught 😮

[@tangerinedreamfan9973]

That chihuahua doggie is so cute at 18:29.

[@kevinkaatz883]

Born that way, uncle Mike and his murder photos triggered Ramirez

[@bmdshred77]

No one is born to kill

[@janinelockett2222]

I have watched/heard about almost every serial killer amd non have bothered me. That is untill the night stalker came around to my knowledge. I am so glad i wasnt alive when he was around. He was scary.

[@Rolltidewhiskey]

This is why have the Second Amendment

[@LuxMundiLR]

I think they should have warned that there are some VERY GRAPHIC images in this documentary, even for true crime fans.

[@wendepope5855]

OMG!!!! Then don't watch it!!!

[@glengamble526]

Does baby want a blanky and bottle before bed? 🙄

[@patrickpreston2455]

I wish someone could give more details about the crimes and the poor victims frankly I don't care how he grew up.

[@johnscanlon2598]

Theres a good one on Netflix about him

[@letsgobrandon464]

Yea the docuseries goes over him and his victims past, and then some

[@spudspuddy]

born mental, all of them, proven fact

[@relizabethj5114]

Read the Nightstalker by Philip Carlo

[@antonchigurh3794]

When I was 15 and living in L.A. at this time , my folks went to Hawaii for two weeks and had a friend look after me. The friend never showed up. I was alone in the house watching the Night Stalker stuff on the news and scared to death. I basically slept under my bed for 2 weeks. Lol.

[@stardustring]

I would had gone to a hotel room. Booked a high floor were he could not get in through my window.

[@racheljersey8247]

I know his father split his head. He had seizures. I had too study him for a criminal class.

[@sakabula2357]

I wanted to do a thesis on him for Uni...but those were the days before the internet and found it very hard to get actual medical records of Ramirez as a child..

[@yootoob1001001]

The professionals (with the exception of the forensic psychologist guy) seem very invested in a good vs evil mindset rather than looking objectively at the stacking of factors that lead to who Richard Ramirez became.

[@Dani-ICU-RN]

Ughh. I lived in Huntington Beach back then.we were paranoid as kids.This shd have trigger warning for pics😖

[@antoniojones1726]

Go back to 4319 when the cops say no one was born to be a sinner he's wrong we all born in sin shaped in iniquity

[@KamChillTV19558]

Did you see Cecil Hotel? Does anyone know about what happened to the lady at Cecil, its on alot of channels about the unexplained, just happened to occur in the city Ramirez lived in most of his grown life, he looks possessed by a devil 👿

[@wondertono]

That hotel story creeps me out.

[@valeriobrio8941]

hi everybody someone know the title and the artist of the song of the intro?

[@rickbonilla8308]

Man, Skid Row looked like Disneyland back then, compared to what it looks like today.

[@haideralimir811]

I heard girls used to send him there nudes in jail, after knowing the nature of what he had done, absolutely pathetic.

[@joshthemediocre7824]

So he was caught on this day Aug 29th 1985? happy anniversary Mr. Stalker...

[@cafezo87934]

8/31/1985

[@Stu-SB]

Philip Carlos book is a great read on this

[@jeffreywillits1834]

I used to work with his uncle, Bill Sanchez.

[@deannaofcourse8443]

He is so different from other serial killers I have studied he is very smart and cunning not saying othere weren't as well I think him and Bundy are more alike then some realize

[@eva5601]

I wonder what Ted Bundy thought of Richard Ramirez. I bet Bundy blamed it on pornography.

[@stevewheatley243]

Too bad the cops stopped the people from finishing Ramirez.

[@milkweedsage]

Half agree, but then the citizens would be charged and/or live with terrible memory for the rest of their lives. They made the right choice.

[@limbicbrain1]

Schlesinger has the most serious mustache on this planet. In centuries past, they would have made ramirez king of california.

[@MovistarMonster]

So what happen to the other sicko,Ramirez cousin? 🥴

[@AfterGlow-ch8gt]

Died of a heart attack at the age of 45.

[@della4386]

I see Richard as a person led by other defective victims to become what he was. Yes the damage to his head added to his severe mental illness. He was like an animal with no control . With no love and abuse society suffered. Shame he did not run into someone to help him as a child. Yes as a Christian, i feel sadness for him. I feel sadness for all the victims, but he was a victim also. Evilness comes from evil. Its a vicious cycle. We must become more involved with all the children displaying violent behavior. Look at our school shootings.. It is getting worse. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over with bad results or no results. So we go to the source, the homes.

[@George-nb5oj]

I cant believe horrible things this man done to weak people and kids and woman thought he was a sex god

[@TerezaNoel]

I was 11 years old. It was so hot! We lived in a yellowish house.. it was such a scary time

[@farinshore8900]

Could do without the sensationalism - we are all capable of killing. It is a question of context and opportunity. How many people who kill in situations of domestic violence are accused of being born to kill? How many people who kill in self defense are accused of being born to kill? The factors that contribute to someone becoming a serial killer are factors of nature and nurture. Most often, the signs are there in childhood - leaving these children neglected.

[@anatta467]

in my opinion they are using "born to kill" as a description of the personality not the act or acts of murder. But the personality that appears to have always had a lack of empathy or presented psychopathy.

[@lovelysosweet8386]

He was possessed by the devil!