Yes! I wrote the same thing. I like a good backstory of how these monsters came to be, but the Netflix miniseries was captivating. It reminded me of the film Zodiac.
Yes and there’s more than 1 perspective on the case. So, hearing both (Netflix and this video) stories was good . If your interest is in law enforcement and human nature a person could say that’s better. The mistake at the dental office was interesting as 1 example.
The Netflix show went on and on and on and on and on about the shoe footprints.... it eventually led nowhere.... I noticed their documentaries use a lot of redundant fillers......
Probably the worst thing ever, having someone break into your home, your "safe place", and completely violate you. You'd lose all sense of safety and feelings of security.
That teenage kid not only saved his parents' and his own life, but he was also able to give police the information that they desperately needed! That kid is a frickin badass!!
@@ParasiteEvel Well I was one and I went to school and remember it the people around me, so yeah we should all have some common sense about kids. We all were one st some point. So, let's not be a dumb ass and be like nah I know nothing about kids. :l So yeah you should know about kids as well unless you were never around any and don't even remember how you were as a kid and the people around.
Can we talk about how TERRIBLE these sketches are! Of course they couldn’t find him. I could be holding this sketch & standing next to Ramirez & wouldn’t know it was the same person 🥸
So his cousin Mike was released back into society 4 years after MURDERING HIS WIFE IN FRONT OF RICHARD, and then allowed to still be around this poor child.. I know it was the 70's but how was he not put into a mental hospital after being deemed too mentally unstable to be in jail?!
It doesn't make sense that people can go free because of mental illness. They for sure need to be in jail if they are uncontrollable psychopaths. They are more dangerous if they can't control themselves
There are born psychopaths and created psychopaths. He was created. I find it fascinating and also completely tragic. We as a society need to put more focus on how NOT to create psychopaths. The things he did to people were absolutely terrifying and depraved, but I can't help but wonder what would have become of him if he were raised in a safe, loving environment.
People do that? I live in a very safe neighborhood where no one has been robbed in the past 100 years but I always keep my windows closed and doors locked. I don't think I would be able to sleep if I wouldn't. Even if it's safe.
I lived through this. We lived in the same neighborhood as one of his victims. Horrific. It inspired me to go into forensic psychology & have no regrets.
Hello. I graduated in psychology and now I’m going to pursue forensic psychology. It’s been really hard to find someone who can guide me or someone I could look up to. Would you help me with my queries?
@@thahrimdon I prefer not. People are edgy on Internet because they're anonymous. Very few use theirs really names. They're not worth my time or attention. I prefer to answers to the people who are decent and nice.
That Romero kid is a hero of inexplicable proportions. Kid had the alertness of a Special Forces Operator. He woke up his parents upon identifying an intruder OUTSIDE his home, that’s special. He then followed through and ID the vehicle and license plate number. Amazing!
I can't imagine the guilt the couple that dropped charges against him knowing they could have potentially stopped or paused his reign of terror saving who knows how many lives.
I would feel absolutely guilty. Even if my charges wouldn't have kept him in jail long enough to save all of his victims. if I could have prevented at least one death, I would feel less guilty. I feel for that couple. Ramirez was a psychopath.
@@robbennett6749 This narrator did make some odd choices in wording. If I were to guess I’d say it was written by someone for whom English was not their native language; someone who didn’t really understand certain idioms.
What makes me angry is that he could have been caught earlier if the investigation was dealt with professionally instead of it being a competition to hide info from each other and who will get fame from finding the night stalker 😒💢
yeah the citizens of east LA repremanned him and took shit into their own hands. They were not gonna let him get away with this. And that 13 year old boy taking the number plate. They did the cops job for them.They all deserve medals for that...BiG Balls to take down a serial killer!! 👊🏼💯🎖
They created the Night Stalker because the detective was an oompa loompa he wanted to be famous like his buddy Frank Salerno from the Hillside Strangler case which I now believe was also fabricated I knew Richard for 30 years and I have the beginning of the story because I was his first victim and none of you know what happened
@@Mysteriousgirl13 It's funny how Richard had just come back from Arizona the day he got arrested he didn't even know what was happening those cops killed those people that entire summer and blamed it on him he only killed two believe that or not
I live about 15 miles from Mission Viejo, where the Romero’s lived. While all this was going on the police recommended placing wooden dowels in the window tracks so they couldn’t be forced open. To this day we have those same wooden dowels in our windows, 36 years later.
You forgot to mention his most famous quote: “Serial killers only do what governments do at a massive scale” he learnt to kill from his cousin, who in turn was taught to kill by the government.
I remember..i worked in Los Alomitas..spelling yikes..as a preschool teacher..i had to open the school at 6 am..i used to carry a lead pipe..i suppose it made me feel better..we would close our 2 story windows at night as well..i was glad when they caught him..scary times..
It boggles my mind how much 'easier' police have it today to identify perpetrators. Back in the day, they practically needed a handwritten letter by the killer to know who it was. At least when it was random like these types of crimes. I admire the detectives that tracked down and captured these killers in the pre-DNA era.
Yes. I'm pretty sure DNA would have helped in the Jack the Ripper murders. I think about history, including before there were such a thing as police and even laws. The things people could get away with is terrifying. And there has always been evil messed up people in the world.
The people of East LA and that 13 year old boy actually deserve a medal for what they did. They had balls and took down that monster!!! Not the police. But all their work is appreciated 👏 🎖💯
@@toddmichaeljohnson7139 Yes but the citizens caught him. not the police. yeah the police did good work but because people were vigilant he was caught. imagine if those people didnt beat him up and make him stay... he could still be running round killing more people.
My Dad was living in Los Angelos during the time Richard Ramirez was on a killing spree. One day after a long day from work he found his apartment door wide open. Everything inside was a mess... papers scattered, drawers open as if someone broke in and try to steal something. Luckily, dad didn't had anything valuable and no one was hurt that day. Don't know if Richard had anything to do with but it's something he experienced during that timeline. Everyone, get good door locks. Always lock your doors. I may be paranoid but I always check my door and sleep with a crossbow.
To be fair, it is a phenomenon because it feels forbidden and the women that get interested in murderers think they are supporting the underdogs who were misunderstood.
Once. He and Doreen haden't divorced yet when Richie passed... she legally was entitled to have all his stuff, and his ash, that she supposingly sold to a museum. ....cant say "rest in peace"; more like try to rest from (curious) freaks. His ash should have been buried next to his parents!!
It's such a strange thing. Not only was he an absolute monster yet total coward but he had the worst hygiene in the world. His surviving victims said he smelled awful and there was an episode of "unsolved no more" where Ken interviewed a guy who's been on death row in San Quinton for decades who personally knew several serial killers including Ramirez and he said it was the same in prison...he smelled absolutely terrible. My favorite part of Ramirez story is the good Samaritans beating him senseless and the guy Ken interviewed said when Ramirez first came to prison he thought everyone would be afraid of him but the very first day he walked into the yard and inmate beat him and stabbed him and nearly killed him. He spent the rest of his sentence basically hiding in his cell and was afraid to even walk past other cells because they would try to grab him through the bars and everybody enjoyed tormenting him. So he was at the bottom of society, the bottom of the totem pole in prison, and smelled like death...yet several women were dumb enough to think he was amazing.
His cousin had a big impact on what he would ultimately become and his father's abuse just added fuel to the fire. I'm not defending what Richard did at all, I'm just saying if he had a better upbringing than maybe he doesn't become a serial killer, or maybe he does anyway. RIP to the innocent victims and my sympathys go out to the family's that were affected by the loss of their loved ones. Outstanding video, thank you for sharing it with us.
Your right, but people will choose to do what they want at the end of the day. I don’t have a father, Im not going to act out of anger or sadness and kill all men. I will do better, find peace and love within myself etc. but everyone has their own opinions
@@Leslyyjr did ur father beat you tho? were u brought up by disgusting men ? were u taught by ur father figure how to stalk and murder women as if that was okay ?
@@Leslyyjr I'm kinda late but yk that u can't compare not having a dad with litterly seeing murder in front of u and getting taught how to stalk woman.. These are 2 entirely different things.
He died of complications from B-cell lymphoma while awaiting execution on California's death row. He died peacefully compared to his victims. Just sad....:
I like how this focused more on the victims and those working on the case. You rarely get this POV. Hollywood likes to glorify the killers and parody them (American Horror Story). The stress and the tremendous relief was felt when I saw this. I cant imagine their pain but I am happy they were able to be heard.
Idk about glorify😂 if anything u watch the show like I did and look this up to see the actual story behind it. I’m not over here being a fanboy of him or nothing
Tbh this also glamorizes his murders. Spent way too much time talking ab the brutality of the killings over who the victims were. All we know about the victims are their ages and names. That’s not giving credence to them, that’s tying their life to the way they died. Their life shouldn’t be remembered only by who killed them and how he did it.
@@frostfeather6584. Oh please. There is no interest in that. You go create that genre. “ went to work. Maybe had a kid, liked Arby’s and movies. Loved their family. “ It will be really interesting.
He always preyed on the weak, and used the sneakiest methods. There's this mystique about all the black magic stuff, but if you look at his actions he was a dumb coward.
Yep! Along with that, his interviews and way he talks and carriers himself you can tell he is just a low IQ easily influenced coward. He talks in circles and recites vague sayings as if he saying something deep. His arrest day you can see the fear and despair in his face. After he has been in jail awhile he became more smug when he knew he was safe. He ran from a man that he shot in the head who lived and chased him out. Pure cowardice. His satanism was just surface level bs to make himself feel better and standout.
@@danleonhardt4360 none of that matters, they were other serial killers like him who werent satanists, detectives just werent that good at catching them yet. And if Richard or anyone else truly believes in satanism than I guess they will meet him in hell. Hope it was worth it.
@@danleonhardt4360Didn't work at all. He got captured by some senior citizens on Hubbard st and started thanking God that the cops came when they did cause they saved his life from the senior citizens that caught him. He found a new religion when he was exposed as a coward running for his life. 😀😀😀😀😀
I believe he interpreted that he'd already been beaten by those meant to nurture him and be a part of his community. In mistrusting a world that failed to protect him, he never engaged in positive social connection and learned that instilling fear and terror was the only rush of feeling his brain knew how to experience.
@@evoluna3056 He had an equally tormented sister that married a man who snuck out every night and she pretended not to notice to keep the house calm. And yes realizing he was fundamentally incapable of connecting/trusting other humans he embraced the power he felt in evil rather than cower in the light of others. It's not just that people learn to abuse because they have been. IT's that the release of emotions fear, pain, terror, pleasure all become imprinted in the developing mind as a comingled experience. Where one should be learning to pair touch with nurturing, compassion, and care, their primal psyche is seared with hurt in place of love. Women turn this in and self-destruct and allow others to destroy them, men act it out.
@@maebandy The demonic realm plays a large part in the choices of the abused. Many people had tormented childhoods that went on to expose evil rather than embody it. The spiritual war is real.
My mom told me she was terrified when Richard became big news and was on the loose. She was a teenager around that time and said once he was caught, a lot of people down here were relieved. (If anyone sees this, I'm not sure if I've ever asked but have you guys done Ted Bundy? You guys are fantastic with your videos, especially about killers. I recently finished a huge psychological project & my professor assigned me to do Ted (which I wish he didn't) and Ted was one very complex and scary individual. If you haven't yet, don't worry, I just enjoy how you put all these stories together & was curious. Thanks for all you do!)
Oh my gosh this narrator''s voice is AMAZING!!! It brought back memories when I was in 5th grade in my ESL classes, in which we would listen to book audios everyday :) The voice sounds the exact same!
I went to a drivers Ed run by retired police officers. Once I was driving and talking to a teacher and we were talking about serial killers. He told me about how he met Richard Ramirez when he was a young cop and lived in California. He was the neighbor of (I believe) Maria Hernandez and Dale, so he came home to be a witness to the scene of the crime. So he met Richard in court, and he was in close contact to him on an elevator. He said there was pure evil and no remorse in Richards eyes.
Millions of people have abusive, traumatic childhoods but don't turn into serial killers. No-one forces you to kill. It must have cost the American taxpayer millions to keep this killer on death row for years after he was convicted beyond a reasonable doubt. What a deal! I will never understand the American "justice system". The only people who benefit are the snake oil lawyers.
Guys... you totally rock at this TH-cam thing. Outstanding as usual. I truly believe you guys are the BEST true crime and educational documentary people out there. Please keep the videos coming and I promise we will keep showing up to watch them. Stellar as always EWU.
Also, there was an incident where he tried to kill a girl Whitney Bennett, in her bed at night. He bludgeoned her with a tire iron I think it was, then he tried to strangle her using a telephone cord, but it started to spark and he stopped because he thought it was divine intervention telling him to leave her alone. The girl ended up living and later married one of the two cops on the case, Frank Salerno's son. Also, she was the only person he ever expressed remorse about later.
This was much MUCH better than Netflix, it actually gave you information about Richard and not the cops with their freaking egos 🤦🏻♀️ He never had a chance to be anything else with the type of family he had growing up and I’m not excusing him for what he did I’m only stating that he was MADE that way. Nature vs Nurture...
No way its that black and white. Lots of people have gone through the same if not worse than Richard and they didnt become horrible serial killers. No doubt his childhood played a role in his personality but that alone doesnt create a coward murderer, some people are just off to begin with.
Yeah, it was really annoying listening to these detectives half of time talking about their own lifes . Like bitch , I don't care about your stupid life . I can only feel sorry for Richard. I know that it is not an excuse and that some people go through the same shit as children. but still it depends on how mentally strong you are , and how bad were the things you went through.
@@ultimategohan1551 lots of people are born sociopaths/psychopaths but not all of them will become a psychopathic killers. They're more widespread than people imagine. They're not born inherently evil and they know what's right and wrong, however they lack capability for compassion, empathy or love due to their brain structure. They see other people as things that can be manipulated in order to benefit them. It takes specific environment in which child was raised and personality traits to turn them into a psychopathic serial killers hurting and murdering others for fun and excitement.
Wow that's creepy, I just started watching the night stalker documentary on Netflix and legit 30 seconds later I get notification of THIS video pop up 🤣🤣
It's amazing how many of these guys that fancy themselves powerful apex predators invariably select woman and children as their victims, as opposed to people who are more of a match for them physically. It's like declaring yourself the greatest martial arts expert in the world but insisting you'll only fight 10 year old's to prove your skill.
@@persona2grata It still took balls to climb in random windows after nearly being shot multiple times before, and at a time the whole state was on high alert armed and ready to kill him.
I’m not making excuses for him by any means! That being said, if a child feels safer sleeping among the dead than what should be the comfort of his own home you know there’s some real fucked up shit happening with that family! Talk about a perfect recipe for how to make a serial killer! At least the people of East LA came together to do what the police couldn’t.. Not only stop him but put a beaten on him! Kudos to them and that kid!
Like I pity you, I found your thread about racism you made 4 months ago on the house of horrors for boys and damn I genuinely have never despised a lady more than I do you. You’re willfully ignorant.
Its not that strange, i live in a big city and theres a smallish cemetery round the corner from me and at night its really a peaceful/relaxing place. Used to drink there with friends.
poverty, war, racism, religion, drugs, generational incrementation til one of them makes it big. There is actually a 3 generations theory in neuropsychiatry.
@@maebandy atheism= lack of moral code. Y’all think you can justify anything if it fits your narrative. Atheism is way more dangerous, just ask hitler, o wait.
@@wonder777warrior6 Yeah, no. Many religious people commit disgusting crimes as well, including murder. In fact, religion is responsible for many of the atrocities committed around the world over the centuries, so please don't pin it on atheism. Also, Richard's family were all hardcore Catholics, especially the father who would do horrific things to his children.
Well i mean, he was abused from the second he gained sentience, everyone close to him was a bad influence on him. He witnessed a family member that idolized commit murder in front of his very eyes at a very young age. Combine all of these and you have more trauma than you could ever hope to fix. I don't believe that Good and Evil are genetic traits. And in Richard's case he himself is a victim in many ways, this doesn't excuse his actions in any way but it really goes to show that abused children adapts to their surroundings, and this is the result of that.
@@TheTwitchybird yea almost all serial killers had a childhood like that. I’d say the real disturbing people are the ones that have a good family and didn’t have those kind of traumas but still kill
Yo bingeing on The Night Stalker miniseries got me through a really bad breakup. I appreciate that the Netflix special focused on the victims' stories and the cops' hunt for him. They talked about Ramirez for less than an episode and his story was basically summed up by I think one of the cops. He said something like, Any trauma you could think of in someone's childhood that would create a serial killer happened to Ramirez...
The show American horror story had him on the show he was a demonic spirit that would influence others to kill, I can respect they didn't mention what he did just said he killed people for "Satan"
Right quick, just disconnecting Richard's child self from who he ultimately became, makes me feel so sad that he became a disgusting and cruel "person" because of the abuse brought to him by other men, who were older and absolutely worthless! There needs to be some way to prevent children from growing into monsters.
Ironically he was probably already pre-disposed with serial killing genes or tendencies . The most common theory with these types of killers is that like a weapon. Genetics loads the gun, but the environment pulls the trigger. Most likely he was born a psychopath. But there are LOTS of them on the planet that have never and will never hurt anyone. However throw in abuse, violent pictures with a sexual undertone and throw in some male "role models" who stalk women or kill them in front of you....and ta-da! You just created your very own serial killer. Yes there are people who are in abusive situations that don't turn out this way. The common theory is they weren't born psychopaths. Anyway, that's what has always fascinated me with serial killers.
I was in my early teens when this was happening. Geographically _most_ of these murders occurred within a fairly closeby radius 10-20 miles. I lived less than 5 minutes from the Zazzaras in Whittier. Back then we slept with our windows open. This stopped it. Scared the cr@p outta me back then.
Why would you leave your windows open having a golden state killer who killed much more people? Ot mass media would not cover his crimes? Just curious.
We always had the windows open and during that time we had to keep them closed witch made it hot in the house. I was a teenager and very angry at him for killing our friends i was not afraid of him I wanted to catch him.
If you want it open for air a bit make sure to put in a metal or wooden bar so it can't be opened further no matter where you live. I live in a small, statistically "safe" town but was raised not to make it easier for psychos or burglars. Bad things can happen anywhere. A perfect example of why you should always use all the inside locks in a hotel and in your own home. So many people fail to do that simple thing but we live in an insane world and we must at least do that. No matter the hotel or where we live. Don't live in fear but do what you can to stay as safe as possible.
So basically what he learned very early in life from both his own experiences and those of his cousin is that you can literally do anything you want with little to no consequence. Not hard to fathom why he escalated from petty crime to serial killing.
This video is so well done. Coming from someone who watches a lot of true crime, isn’t hugely affected by it, and has heard of this case somehow this made me emotional. This one got me, man. This guy was absolutely relentless, and zero empathy to boot. What the fuck was so broken in his brain..
I grew up in the area. Most of the single story homes in that area are deep. Meaning the family room and rooms are mostly located towards the back of the houses. You will never know someone is coming through the front door. Long hall ways, too many access points and It's difficult to hear anything through the walls in those types of homes because those homes weren't built for security they were built for comfort.
Netflix wasn’t trying to make a documentary about the killer making him more Infamous. They focused on the victims and the investigation. Which I agree with but also I’m still very interested in the childhood of these psychos.
I was in high school in Los Angeles county when this happened. Everyone was scared at the time..afraid to sleep. My father went as far as hiring someone to put metal bars on our windows.
This monster is as evil as it gets. The devastation he caused will last for generations. So many blame his childhood. The things he went through definitely affected what he became but they weren't the reason he committed the crimes he did. There are children who have been through just as much and worse and are kind, giving, generous souls. As for his "groupies", I can't even begin to fathom what their motivations were.
His childhood quite literally is the reason why he became how he is. Other people turning out fine doesn’t mean his childhood wasn’t the reason for this. When you raised with violence and learn horrific things from a young age, you’ll most likely will turn out evil. I’m quite certain he wouldn’t turn out so evil if he was raised in a loving family
@@midget420it sure was triger but not the main reason. I dont know if he ever got diagnosed but if so, i can guess he was pshichopath. If so, his brain is different phisicly. His modus operandi is different from all others and for that i still cant find any info why is that. He was chaotic in his killings and attacks. Is like he only wanted to kill… nothing more… he ruined so many families.
@@krotchlickmeugh627It happened in TX genius. While he was working at the hotel. Richard was charged not the couple but they didn’t want to come back around and deal with it anymore. Pay attention to the story
Wow .All the books and movies never mentioned these twisted relationships within his family .He was basically trained and groomed to be the menace to society that he would later become .Goes to show evil isn’t always natural .It can be implanted into you by your environment
It can be a contributing factor for sure but plenty of kids go through hell and don't turn into serial killers or abusers. It's a bad cocktail of nature and nurture.
By turning to self-improvement, seeking a cognitive behavioral therapist, and turning to G-d instead of Satanism and horrible people as one’s role model. Most abuse survivors do not make the choices he made. His choices were inexcusable.
@@ChanaElisheva I think most people end up somewhere in between. They become alcoholics and drug addicts with various mental problems, but don't actually kill people. Most people with such a traumatic childhood (especially in the 70s/80s) don't even know or believe that they can still get help and get treatment. There's still a lot of misinformation about therapy and many people don't believe in it, aren't educated on mental health, so the social awareness of that must've been incredibly low in the times when Ramirez was young. Someone with so many traumas, from a poor family living in a small city over 40 years ago with zero education on psychology would very likely not go to therapy or seek self improvement on their own. To make it clear - I'm absolutely not trying to excuse people who do evil things, just trying to understand and analyze it.
Can you please explore and cover infamous Canada’s Highway of Tears? There is so much weird and controversial stuff surrounding that. I think it’s also a very important and sadly vast collection of cases that begged to be looked at and known. By the way I love your channel! :)
Is this about the murder cases of indian women? I don't know what is so controversial about that. It's all about racism and discrimination. Murderers getting away with it,because their victims were native americans. Simple as that.
My grandmas brother was married to Richards mother and I had no idea. I’d always read about his case not knowing he was part of my family 🙄 ( not by blood, but through marriage )
@@JinaMukherjeeF they both died a long time ago of OD's. They were tweakers addicted to Clonazepam and so many other things but apparently really favored Clonazepam.
@@JinaMukherjeeF no, I wasn't even born yet when everything went down. It was this big family secret nobody wanted to talk about, but I found out after questioning my dad about my grandma's brother's health due to epilepsy running on her side of the family and I had been in the middle of testing for epilepsy, so that's when he said one of her brothers had epilepsy and another was addicted to drugs and died of an OD. He said that her brother was really troubled because he was married to a woman who was just as addicted to drugs as he was and together, they would just tweak. I asked him why the woman was a tweaker too and he said she was really messed up and so was her son. I asked why her son was messed up and he said because he killed a lot of people in the bay area where he and my dad's side of the family even lived. And I have always been extremely interested in murder cases my whole life so the moment I heard about the bay area I had a feeling about who that son was. He said it was a man named Richard Ramirez and they called him the night stalker. My grandma had pictures of Richard with her brother and I'm assuming Richard's mother as well but once he was caught and she realized it was her step-nephew who did it, she burned all the items she had of him because she didn't want anything evil in her house.
@@ChristinasCure broooo that's crazzzyy it is so scary to even imagine family members living in the area where killings happened.Glad u never had to cross paths with him.I mean not much was told about his mom and dad except for the fact they were hardworking people now that u said it,it kinda seems richard's childhood was messed up
How many lives could have been saved if that couple didn't drop the charges? This is not meant to bash that couple, not at all. I imagine they were, and may still be, heartsick that they dropped the charges. Thank you for the post!
If only richard was raised well by his parents and was taken care of by government authority when he was a kid, this horrific numerous incident will not happen. IF ONLY..
@Michelle a three years difference Is super predatory but two years difference i don't think Is that bad (atleast it was kinda normalized in my highschool) Anyways often you see in murders and psychopaths that they were dating teenagers, and sometimes the girls get involved in the murders
I remember when he was on the loose doing his evil. I was a teen in the Bay Area . Pacifica to be exact. Me and the friends were all terrified about this dude cause the media was running non-stop stories. So, we made a bet/challenge that we had to sleep in a tent in my buddies back yard all night to prove we weren’t afraid. There was 6 of us and by midnight, no one was left in the tent and we were sleeping in the living room after hearing noises .
Yea,:he was always going to be warped and damaged, but his horrible life experiences alone don’t a serial killer make. That’s him. He was broken. Evil.
You must be like those women that sent him letters, admiring him, and even going as far as marrying him. If he would be in the same room with you, he'd probably murder you. But sure, have sympathy with a demon possessed deranged murderer. 🤦♂️
@@0TheJigsawKiller0 right it's like no one in these comments are acknowledging that piece of garbage killed and tortured one victim to death , I always focus on the victims of serial killers instead of the serial killer Our society is so backwards despite evidence to the contrary , there has never been a "loner" "isolative" "nice guy" serial killer, Richard Ramirez, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Ed Gein were all very social and out going Jeffrey Dahmer was known to frequent gay bars and chat up with gay men during his killing spree It's one of the reasons men like this get away with murder The FBI had to come and tell people to stop promotion stranger danger because every child was molested or killed was by someone the parents knew and had access to their kids
So many untrue facts in this video The 13y.o kid was working on his dirt bike in his garage, and saw Richard getting into the stolen car he parked near his house, when Richard was attacking one of the boys neighbors Also people recognized Richard at a greyhound station And he was trying to steal a guy's car in east LA when the neighborhood jumped him His wife left him because he was charged with killing a 9y.o in San Francisco
Philip Carlo wrote a very good book about Ramirez. I devoured it a couple of years ago. It's so interesting and offers some insights and anecdotes that will leave you speechless. I remember one scene when Madonna visited Sean Penn in prison and Ramirez stepped out of the elevator or was in a questioning booth. Madonna asked Penn who that good-looking guy was and Penn answered: "This is the night stalker - wanna meet him?" Madonna said, he was giving her goose bumps, but yes, she would like to. Penn talked her out of it, which was, I guess, the best solution.
Yep, word was that Ramirez asked for and received an autograph from Penn . He also wrote that cellmates develop a certain kinship. However, Penn noted "Except for you" . At the time, SP was doing a 30 day stint in a cell nearby.
I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard one ex-homicide investigator (who happened to be Christian) who stated that Ramirez's Satanism wasn't just an act. He said he even "befriended" Ramirez and eventually offered Ramirez some type of treat (cigarettes I believe) if he could say something in relation to the name of God, but Ramirez couldn't do it, despite straining in an effort to do so. The way he described the interaction was quite scary. Again, I have no idea as to the veracity of the story, but it came off as believable and frightening. He said he would typically try to engage many of the more vicious and infamous prisoners in the LA county lockup as some sort of personal research into evil and to what influenced the more egregious killers. Anyway, it made for some scary stories.
Dear God. Richard never stood a chance, did he? First dad screws him up with his mom obviously failing to protect him for whatever reason that doesn't matter, then psycho cousin becomes his mentor and builds a coffin of pure crazy for him- taking out his wife right before the kid, after that sis's disgusting husband gets his late night creeper-freak paws on him giving him the serial killer blueprint, then finally psycho-cuz returns with nails for the coffin he built before. Richard should've been taken out to pasture early on, bruh. Dude had no hope of ever being a human being. He was a whole entire monster. Thanks mom and dad!
he really didn't. everything about this case is heartbreaking. both what happened to the victims and what happened to him. no one deserves what he went through and no one deserves what he did as a result. just an awful sinareo in every single aspect. he's an evil person but I truly believe he was made not born. perhaps he was born predisposed to this but I doubt he would have been nearly this horrific otherwise, if he got into serious crime at all.
In 1979, "Night Prowler" was released on AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' album, to which it would be Bon Scott's last album. The rhythm has a slow blues rhythm, and ominous lyrics. The connection between AC/DC and Ramirez was the song "Night Prowler", and the last time he was caught, he was brandishing a AC/DC shirt. The murders happened right before their "Fly on the Wall" Tour. The critics said that AC/DC are 'Devil worshippers", especially with songs like "Hell Ain't A Bad Place to Be", "Highway to Hell", and "Hells Bells". The song "Night Prowler" is actually about a guy who used to steal underwear from people's laundry lines, that actually inspired "Night Prowler" back in 1979. Congress calls AC/DC "Anti-Christ Devil's Child", but in reality, the name came from the back of Angus' sister's sewing machine. This was a song that was suppose to be fun to listen to that got taken out of context and blown out of proportion.
I have always wondered why, was he allowed to wear those super dark, aviator, sunglasses, in the middle of a heinous, horrifying, murder trial in the courtroom, this just added to his persona of devilish EVIL!👺 I know when I had to go to traffic court, you better not have on sunglasses, chewing gum, or looking/reading a newspaper/book magazine. You better put some 'spect on that courtroom!🥺
I was just about to comment about that! I once was told by a judge in traffic court that I didn’t meet the dress code. She made me go get a jacket from my car. I was wearing a sleeveless blouse and pencil skirt. I always found it odd they’d allow him to wear sunglasses in court! That wouldn’t go down in Texas lol, I know that!
@@43MinutesWithJamieRose that’s crazy! There’s literally people that rolled out of bed and are still in their pajamas in traffic court in Ohio. But in my experience, having a professional/decent appearance goes a long way with the judge - shows you somewhat care about what you did. Sounds like you were dressed just fine, but I guess the shoulders showing was “too much” 🤔🙄🤪
@Aura Darkskipper Why did he crave so much candy? I feel like that was a symptom of the in utero chemical exposure that eventually led to the leukemia, but that's a 3 min old theory.
It's interesting (and terrible) to note just how many serial killers, sexual predators, domestic abusers, stalkers, etc, were abused and exposed to violence in their childhoods. It does NOT excuse their actions, but it does explain how trauma can lead to a lack of empathy. So many of these monsters (who began as victims themselves) take their anger and pain out on others rather than seeking help or making a conscious effort to discontinue the cycle. In their minds, the rest of the world has to pay for what was done to them and they think that people only exist for them to violate and kill. Disturbing.
@@TheDoodleli As I said, serial killers like Ramirez lack empathy. He's also is deceased, so I'm not sure why you're referring to him in the present tense
The Netflix series was more about the cops and how they did not coordinate well to truly find him. This was about him.
Thank you!
Indeed it was.
Netflix really sucks at documentaries, it's not the first time, for example the Ted Bundy documentary was trash!
Yes! I wrote the same thing. I like a good backstory of how these monsters came to be, but the Netflix miniseries was captivating. It reminded me of the film Zodiac.
Yes and there’s more than 1 perspective on the case. So, hearing both (Netflix and this video) stories was good . If your interest is in law enforcement and human nature a person could say that’s better. The mistake at the dental office was interesting as 1 example.
The Netflix show went on and on and on and on and on about the shoe footprints.... it eventually led nowhere.... I noticed their documentaries use a lot of redundant fillers......
Probably the worst thing ever, having someone break into your home, your "safe place", and completely violate you. You'd lose all sense of safety and feelings of security.
remember the police respond ( after the fact) they don't prevent, we must take steps to provide our own security
@@cra7g686 Who loved it?
@@pigtailsandteddybears5985 That person is obviously a nut job.
@@larriveeman long live 2A (I hope) 🔫
And to think some woman loved that guy lol 😬
That teenage kid not only saved his parents' and his own life, but he was also able to give police the information that they desperately needed! That kid is a frickin badass!!
No he was not killed cause he wanted a stealth kill or something if he changed his mind guessed what lol kid would die.
@@lolicongang.4974 youd know about kids
@@ParasiteEvel
Well I was one and I went to school and remember it the people around me, so yeah we should all have some common sense about kids.
We all were one st some point.
So, let's not be a dumb ass and be like nah I know nothing about kids.
:l
So yeah you should know about kids as well unless you were never around any and don't even remember how you were as a kid and the people around.
Yiur a badass for carrying all this beauty 😍
@@osuplaeyurreallygood bro I’m married , just don’t like dumbasses
a bullet ricochets off her keys? talk about divine intervention, thats one of the wildest things I've ever heard
😂😂👏
@Meruril god hated those other women and girls tho lmao
A 22 isn't gonna go through much. It was lucky. But if it was a higher caliber it wouldn't have mattered.
@@jf6647 like he said it was a divine intervention you didn’t do much by making this comment
@@pineappleproduction795 what happened to the other victims then? Did god not give a fuck about them
Can we talk about how TERRIBLE these sketches are! Of course they couldn’t find him. I could be holding this sketch & standing next to Ramirez & wouldn’t know it was the same person 🥸
True
During the evening news, that sketch used to terrify me as a kid growing up in LA at the time
So his cousin Mike was released back into society 4 years after MURDERING HIS WIFE IN FRONT OF RICHARD, and then allowed to still be around this poor child..
I know it was the 70's but how was he not put into a mental hospital after being deemed too mentally unstable to be in jail?!
The injustice of the justice systems!
probably because they were afraid of the demonic activity they saw. It happens.
Right?! Not excusing his awful crimes, but Richard NEVER had a chance to have a normal life. He should have been in treatment his whole life tbh
It doesn't make sense that people can go free because of mental illness. They for sure need to be in jail if they are uncontrollable psychopaths. They are more dangerous if they can't control themselves
@@Kj-ze7pd Not jail, they didn't choose to be mentally ill. They should be in treatment facilities.
I realize that everyone has choices in their life but I do really feel like his upbringing is basically a recipe for how to make a serial killer...
Yes. Also mixed with his multiple concussions. He was doomed.
There are born psychopaths and created psychopaths. He was created. I find it fascinating and also completely tragic. We as a society need to put more focus on how NOT to create psychopaths. The things he did to people were absolutely terrifying and depraved, but I can't help but wonder what would have become of him if he were raised in a safe, loving environment.
@@crowmedicine3890 I had taken a few criminal and forensic psychology classes in college and it truly is a fascinating but very sad subject.
Head injurys for sure and being teased for having seizures
@@lilymarie6754 It's obvious that you are not smart.
I was a teenager during this in L.A. To this day I'm not comfortable sleeping with windows open. That was one of they ways he would get into houses.
People do that? I live in a very safe neighborhood where no one has been robbed in the past 100 years but I always keep my windows closed and doors locked. I don't think I would be able to sleep if I wouldn't. Even if it's safe.
People sleep with their windows opennn????????
Same as colonel Russell Williams..youtnube the CONFESSION...WARNING..VERY GRAFFIC
@@ltrasha7230 on a hot night
That is why to this day, I will only live in upstairs apartments. That way I feel safer opening windows.
I lived through this. We lived in the same neighborhood as one of his victims. Horrific. It inspired me to go into forensic psychology & have no regrets.
Hello. I graduated in psychology and now I’m going to pursue forensic psychology. It’s been really hard to find someone who can guide me or someone I could look up to. Would you help me with my queries?
@darshjoshi4316 you got cold shouldered 😂
@@darshjoshi4316 creep.
@@darshjoshi4316I'm interested in forensics. I'm still an undergraduate. I feel good after reading these comments .
@@darshjoshi4316 crime scene investigator, forensic psychology and medical examiner are my choices 😅
The fact people were fans of Richard is actually sick.
Look at some of the most recent comments 🤢🤮
@@thahrimdon I prefer not. People are edgy on Internet because they're anonymous. Very few use theirs really names. They're not worth my time or attention. I prefer to answers to the people who are decent and nice.
The same people who obsessed over Ramirez are doing the same thing to regular celebrities nowadays . It was just the beginning of groupies really .
This guy raped and killed yet he still got more women than me…. That hurts
Actually they are called "Groupies".
We slept with a gun by our bed. He killed a neighbor of ours. He was so close to us. So scary I will never forget it.
Geez glad your safe
OMGG
He struck so much fear into others
Stop the 🧢 my n word
@@GxbeOverWatch nega you gay af
The 1 thing that makes me proud of the citizens of LA they chased and beat him!
YES! I cried happy tears when they showed all those people cheering that he was caught. The community really came TOGETHER 👍🏼💖
Need to do the same to Newsome!😉
@@PhantomOfThePsy-Opera when people realize these politicians worship the devil like Ramirez- they will.
It reminded me of Bobcat goldwaith saying 'that didn't hurt ' after each punch and kick
The ONLY thing
The whole family were bat shit crazy.
Same thing I said...crazy ass family 🥴
demons in a family line.
They are just evil I guess
I think his sister Ruth was the only normal one
F You
my great uncle is a surviving victim. the netflix series was the first documentary that mentioned his story!
How’s he doing?
That Romero kid is a hero of inexplicable proportions. Kid had the alertness of a Special Forces Operator. He woke up his parents upon identifying an intruder OUTSIDE his home, that’s special. He then followed through and ID the vehicle and license plate number. Amazing!
I can't imagine the guilt the couple that dropped charges against him knowing they could have potentially stopped or paused his reign of terror saving who knows how many lives.
I don’t think any normal humans can comprehend stuff like this.
I don’t think he would’ve done enough time though,would’ve got out and continued.
I would feel absolutely guilty. Even if my charges wouldn't have kept him in jail long enough to save all of his victims. if I could have prevented at least one death, I would feel less guilty. I feel for that couple. Ramirez was a psychopath.
shutup
Exactly!
"The group of good samaritans relentlessly beat him...."
We need to bring back torture as a form of punishment.
@@nealkelly9757
No we don’t
😂😂😂 yeah, you don’t want to get on the wrong side of a group of good samaritans
😂👏🏽
@@robbennett6749
This narrator did make some odd choices in wording. If I were to guess I’d say it was written by someone for whom English was not their native language; someone who didn’t really understand certain idioms.
What makes me angry is that he could have been caught earlier if the investigation was dealt with professionally instead of it being a competition to hide info from each other and who will get fame from finding the night stalker 😒💢
yeah the citizens of east LA repremanned him and took shit into their own hands. They were not gonna let him get away with this. And that 13 year old boy taking the number plate. They did the cops job for them.They all deserve medals for that...BiG Balls to take down a serial killer!! 👊🏼💯🎖
Who expects them to be professional? They in it for the paychecks.
They created the Night Stalker because the detective was an oompa loompa he wanted to be famous like his buddy Frank Salerno from the Hillside Strangler case which I now believe was also fabricated I knew Richard for 30 years and I have the beginning of the story because I was his first victim and none of you know what happened
@@Mysteriousgirl13 It's funny how Richard had just come back from Arizona the day he got arrested he didn't even know what was happening those cops killed those people that entire summer and blamed it on him he only killed two believe that or not
@@ruthaakamonica5602 lol wtf‽ are you mad?
I live about 15 miles from Mission Viejo, where the Romero’s lived. While all this was going on the police recommended placing wooden dowels in the window tracks so they couldn’t be forced open. To this day we have those same wooden dowels in our windows, 36 years later.
That's fucked bro sorry
My family too. All these years later.
I'm Canadian and still do that 😅
You forgot to mention his most famous quote: “Serial killers only do what governments do at a massive scale” he learnt to kill from his cousin, who in turn was taught to kill by the government.
The government and the military are 2 completely separate entities btw
@@phrozti188 The government approves billion dollar budgets for the military soooooo.
@@soft_machine_ the government doesn't go around killing people over untreated mental disorders🤯
Being a civilian and killing other civilians simply for no reason or non reason is not the same as government funded war.
@@phrozti188 Operation Northwoods and Operation paperclip says otherwise
I remember..i worked in Los Alomitas..spelling yikes..as a preschool teacher..i had to open the school at 6 am..i used to carry a lead pipe..i suppose it made me feel better..we would close our 2 story windows at night as well..i was glad when they caught him..scary times..
It boggles my mind how much 'easier' police have it today to identify perpetrators. Back in the day, they practically needed a handwritten letter by the killer to know who it was. At least when it was random like these types of crimes. I admire the detectives that tracked down and captured these killers in the pre-DNA era.
They did not catch him! Citizens did
Yes the citizens caught him! However not this father!
Look up Colin Pitchfork. UK criminal who was the first to be caught by DNA profiling. Was in the 80s
Yes. I'm pretty sure DNA would have helped in the Jack the Ripper murders. I think about history, including before there were such a thing as police and even laws. The things people could get away with is terrifying. And there has always been evil messed up people in the world.
After police released all information about him
The people of East LA and that 13 year old boy actually deserve a medal for what they did. They had balls and took down that monster!!! Not the police. But all their work is appreciated 👏 🎖💯
Lol
@@toddmichaeljohnson7139 Yes but the citizens caught him. not the police. yeah the police did good work but because people were vigilant he was caught. imagine if those people didnt beat him up and make him stay... he could still be running round killing more people.
Exactly you are 100 percent correct here.
@@Mysteriousgirl13 exactly.
@@damianstarks3338 👊🏽👊🏽💯 They should have been given some type of award or acknowledged for what they did. Some super hero sheeeat lol
My Dad was living in Los Angelos during the time Richard Ramirez was on a killing spree. One day after a long day from work he found his apartment door wide open. Everything inside was a mess... papers scattered, drawers open as if someone broke in and try to steal something. Luckily, dad didn't had anything valuable and no one was hurt that day.
Don't know if Richard had anything to do with but it's something he experienced during that timeline.
Everyone, get good door locks. Always lock your doors.
I may be paranoid but I always check my door and sleep with a crossbow.
Get a good shotgun or rifle. One shot won’t always stop someone. I do want a crossbow though!
It was Ramirez
@@antihacker-8645 how do you know
Crossbow 😂😂😂
That last sentence hits you like an arrow to the chest
Wow, a known serial killer got married twice in prison while I can’t even get a date 😂. I gotta sort my life out man 😂.
lmao
To be fair, it is a phenomenon because it feels forbidden and the women that get interested in murderers think they are supporting the underdogs who were misunderstood.
he should have been executed right away. its an insult to the victims to keep such a monster alive for so long at tax payers expense!!
Once. He and Doreen haden't divorced yet when Richie passed... she legally was entitled to have all his stuff, and his ash, that she supposingly sold to a museum. ....cant say "rest in peace"; more like try to rest from (curious) freaks. His ash should have been buried next to his parents!!
It's such a strange thing. Not only was he an absolute monster yet total coward but he had the worst hygiene in the world. His surviving victims said he smelled awful and there was an episode of "unsolved no more" where Ken interviewed a guy who's been on death row in San Quinton for decades who personally knew several serial killers including Ramirez and he said it was the same in prison...he smelled absolutely terrible. My favorite part of Ramirez story is the good Samaritans beating him senseless and the guy Ken interviewed said when Ramirez first came to prison he thought everyone would be afraid of him but the very first day he walked into the yard and inmate beat him and stabbed him and nearly killed him. He spent the rest of his sentence basically hiding in his cell and was afraid to even walk past other cells because they would try to grab him through the bars and everybody enjoyed tormenting him. So he was at the bottom of society, the bottom of the totem pole in prison, and smelled like death...yet several women were dumb enough to think he was amazing.
His cousin had a big impact on what he would ultimately become and his father's abuse just added fuel to the fire. I'm not defending what Richard did at all, I'm just saying if he had a better upbringing than maybe he doesn't become a serial killer, or maybe he does anyway. RIP to the innocent victims and my sympathys go out to the family's that were affected by the loss of their loved ones. Outstanding video, thank you for sharing it with us.
Your right, but people will choose to do what they want at the end of the day. I don’t have a father, Im not going to act out of anger or sadness and kill all men. I will do better, find peace and love within myself etc. but everyone has their own opinions
@@Leslyyjr did ur father beat you tho? were u brought up by disgusting men ? were u taught by ur father figure how to stalk and murder women as if that was okay ?
@@Leslyyjr everyone handles and copes with things differently
@@Leslyyjr I'm kinda late but yk that u can't compare not having a dad with litterly seeing murder in front of u and getting taught how to stalk woman.. These are 2 entirely different things.
@@XXXS0RAYAA no yea its two different things. Just goes to show everyone deals with it differently.
He died of complications from B-cell lymphoma while awaiting execution on California's death row. He died peacefully compared to his victims. Just sad....:
Thnx to the system
But HE DIED....
Rest in piss Richard..
Peacefully?? Lmaooo
The stuff he ate daily no wonder he got cancer. Literally lived off sugar.
I like how this focused more on the victims and those working on the case. You rarely get this POV. Hollywood likes to glorify the killers and parody them (American Horror Story). The stress and the tremendous relief was felt when I saw this. I cant imagine their pain but I am happy they were able to be heard.
Idk about glorify😂 if anything u watch the show like I did and look this up to see the actual story behind it. I’m not over here being a fanboy of him or nothing
Tbh this also glamorizes his murders. Spent way too much time talking ab the brutality of the killings over who the victims were. All we know about the victims are their ages and names. That’s not giving credence to them, that’s tying their life to the way they died. Their life shouldn’t be remembered only by who killed them and how he did it.
@@frostfeather6584.
Oh please. There is no interest in that. You go create that genre.
“ went to work. Maybe had a kid, liked Arby’s and movies. Loved their family. “
It will be really interesting.
Richard Ramirez never fails to both interest me and intensely creep me out.
He always preyed on the weak, and used the sneakiest methods. There's this mystique about all the black magic stuff, but if you look at his actions he was a dumb coward.
Yep! Along with that, his interviews and way he talks and carriers himself you can tell he is just a low IQ easily influenced coward. He talks in circles and recites vague sayings as if he saying something deep. His arrest day you can see the fear and despair in his face. After he has been in jail awhile he became more smug when he knew he was safe. He ran from a man that he shot in the head who lived and chased him out. Pure cowardice. His satanism was just surface level bs to make himself feel better and standout.
All of which worked. Don’t deny satanism and dismiss it so easily.
he seems like a smart coward instead, after all his methods actually worked.
@@danleonhardt4360 none of that matters, they were other serial killers like him who werent satanists, detectives just werent that good at catching them yet. And if Richard or anyone else truly believes in satanism than I guess they will meet him in hell. Hope it was worth it.
@@danleonhardt4360Didn't work at all. He got captured by some senior citizens on Hubbard st and started thanking God that the cops came when they did cause they saved his life from the senior citizens that caught him. He found a new religion when he was exposed as a coward running for his life. 😀😀😀😀😀
I bet the thought never crossed his mind that he’d eventually be beat by a group of Good Samaritans
I believe he interpreted that he'd already been beaten by those meant to nurture him and be a part of his community. In mistrusting a world that failed to protect him, he never engaged in positive social connection and learned that instilling fear and terror was the only rush of feeling his brain knew how to experience.
@@maebandy Yes true, but he had a loving caring sister. It was his own decision to be evil.
@@evoluna3056 He had an equally tormented sister that married a man who snuck out every night and she pretended not to notice to keep the house calm. And yes realizing he was fundamentally incapable of connecting/trusting other humans he embraced the power he felt in evil rather than cower in the light of others. It's not just that people learn to abuse because they have been. IT's that the release of emotions fear, pain, terror, pleasure all become imprinted in the developing mind as a comingled experience. Where one should be learning to pair touch with nurturing, compassion, and care, their primal psyche is seared with hurt in place of love. Women turn this in and self-destruct and allow others to destroy them, men act it out.
@@maebandy you spoke nothing but facts
@@maebandy The demonic realm plays a large part in the choices of the abused. Many people had tormented childhoods that went on to expose evil rather than embody it. The spiritual war is real.
He literally makes me cringe with that greasy hair 🤢 I feel terrible for his victims. He truly is the worst nightmare
I feel the same... he makes me so sick to look at him🤮
Greasy hair and rotten teeth. He must have smelled Bad.
Yes!
He wasn't a nightmare!!
I love him😩
My mom told me she was terrified when Richard became big news and was on the loose. She was a teenager around that time and said once he was caught, a lot of people down here were relieved.
(If anyone sees this, I'm not sure if I've ever asked but have you guys done Ted Bundy? You guys are fantastic with your videos, especially about killers. I recently finished a huge psychological project & my professor assigned me to do Ted (which I wish he didn't) and Ted was one very complex and scary individual. If you haven't yet, don't worry, I just enjoy how you put all these stories together & was curious. Thanks for all you do!)
Oh my gosh this narrator''s voice is AMAZING!!! It brought back memories when I was in 5th grade in my ESL classes, in which we would listen to book audios everyday :) The voice sounds the exact same!
I went to a drivers Ed run by retired police officers. Once I was driving and talking to a teacher and we were talking about serial killers. He told me about how he met Richard Ramirez when he was a young cop and lived in California. He was the neighbor of (I believe) Maria Hernandez and Dale, so he came home to be a witness to the scene of the crime. So he met Richard in court, and he was in close contact to him on an elevator. He said there was pure evil and no remorse in Richards eyes.
The whole thing is horrible. He didn't stand a chance to be a normal(nonhomicidal) person. And all those poor people that were the victims.😔
But there are many abused and mistreated children that don’t become serial killers. Not an excuse
Nah, no excuse for this bag of crap. Don’t ever feel sorry for these criminals.
Millions of people have abusive, traumatic childhoods but don't turn into serial killers. No-one forces you to kill. It must have cost the American taxpayer millions to keep this killer on death row for years after he was convicted beyond a reasonable doubt. What a deal! I will never understand the American "justice system". The only people who benefit are the snake oil lawyers.
I was 16 in 1985 and lived in the LA area. I remember it well. I was so scared!
All I can think about is the Karate Kid images of California. You are so lucky to be so cool before cool LA must have been so fun back then.
Geez glad your safe
How was living as a teen in 80's?
You’re so lucky to have been a teen in the 80s. I wish I could go back. 2022 is a shithole to be alive in.
@@kjosen5962as u comment this on a vid abt a serial killer in the 80s 💀
Guys... you totally rock at this TH-cam thing. Outstanding as usual. I truly believe you guys are the BEST true crime and educational documentary people out there. Please keep the videos coming and I promise we will keep showing up to watch them. Stellar as always EWU.
That must have been a terrifying time to be alive in LA!
Wow 14:20 the keys saved Maria... I have never heard of such a thing, it is extraordinaire ! And above all, how lucky she was !!!
She's blessed ! 🙏
Also, there was an incident where he tried to kill a girl Whitney Bennett, in her bed at night. He bludgeoned her with a tire iron I think it was, then he tried to strangle her using a telephone cord, but it started to spark and he stopped because he thought it was divine intervention telling him to leave her alone. The girl ended up living and later married one of the two cops on the case, Frank Salerno's son. Also, she was the only person he ever expressed remorse about later.
This was much MUCH better than Netflix, it actually gave you information about Richard and not the cops with their freaking egos 🤦🏻♀️ He never had a chance to be anything else with the type of family he had growing up and I’m not excusing him for what he did I’m only stating that he was MADE that way. Nature vs Nurture...
No way its that black and white. Lots of people have gone through the same if not worse than Richard and they didnt become horrible serial killers. No doubt his childhood played a role in his personality but that alone doesnt create a coward murderer, some people are just off to begin with.
Yeah, it was really annoying listening to these detectives half of time talking about their own lifes . Like bitch , I don't care about your stupid life . I can only feel sorry for Richard. I know that it is not an excuse and that some people go through the same shit as children. but still it depends on how mentally strong you are , and how bad were the things you went through.
@@ultimategohan1551 lots of people are born sociopaths/psychopaths but not all of them will become a psychopathic killers. They're more widespread than people imagine. They're not born inherently evil and they know what's right and wrong, however they lack capability for compassion, empathy or love due to their brain structure. They see other people as things that can be manipulated in order to benefit them. It takes specific environment in which child was raised and personality traits to turn them into a psychopathic serial killers hurting and murdering others for fun and excitement.
Wow that's creepy, I just started watching the night stalker documentary on Netflix and legit 30 seconds later I get notification of THIS video pop up 🤣🤣
The poor little girl it’s awful😞
Yes! I was petrified about kidnapp & rape! ..... I don't knew that information!!!
He was recently connected to that murder. I think as late as 2009. I read a book about him but she was never mentioned as a victim.
It's amazing how many of these guys that fancy themselves powerful apex predators invariably select woman and children as their victims, as opposed to people who are more of a match for them physically. It's like declaring yourself the greatest martial arts expert in the world but insisting you'll only fight 10 year old's to prove your skill.
And then using a weapon as well lol
@Floyd Abrams Yah, that's kind of true, isn't it? Blech, that's depressing. You're bumming me out; I'd rather think of them as big cowards.
@@persona2grata It still took balls to climb in random windows after nearly being shot multiple times before, and at a time the whole state was on high alert armed and ready to kill him.
@Luca Baki Good on you, but here's hoping you never have to test that honor then! World has enough killers.
persona2grata: In nature apex predators target the weak, the fragile and the vulnerable, and take as little risk as possible ...
I’m not making excuses for him by any means! That being said, if a child feels safer sleeping among the dead than what should be the comfort of his own home you know there’s some real fucked up shit happening with that family! Talk about a perfect recipe for how to make a serial killer!
At least the people of East LA came together to do what the police couldn’t.. Not only stop him but put a beaten on him! Kudos to them and that kid!
Like I pity you, I found your thread about racism you made 4 months ago on the house of horrors for boys and damn I genuinely have never despised a lady more than I do you. You’re willfully ignorant.
Its not that strange, i live in a big city and theres a smallish cemetery round the corner from me and at night its really a peaceful/relaxing place. Used to drink there with friends.
@@ultimategohan1551 drinking there with friends isn’t even remotely similar to spending the night alone there when you’re a kid.
He was dealt a really shit hand how does a family have that many psychopaths in it?
poverty, war, racism, religion, drugs, generational incrementation til one of them makes it big. There is actually a 3 generations theory in neuropsychiatry.
@@maebandy this!!
Exactly!
@@maebandy atheism= lack of moral code. Y’all think you can justify anything if it fits your narrative. Atheism is way more dangerous, just ask hitler, o wait.
@@wonder777warrior6 Yeah, no. Many religious people commit disgusting crimes as well, including murder. In fact, religion is responsible for many of the atrocities committed around the world over the centuries, so please don't pin it on atheism. Also, Richard's family were all hardcore Catholics, especially the father who would do horrific things to his children.
I believe he had the genes to be evil to begin with but those 2 men turned him into a serial killer.
Well i mean, he was abused from the second he gained sentience, everyone close to him was a bad influence on him. He witnessed a family member that idolized commit murder in front of his very eyes at a very young age. Combine all of these and you have more trauma than you could ever hope to fix. I don't believe that Good and Evil are genetic traits. And in Richard's case he himself is a victim in many ways, this doesn't excuse his actions in any way but it really goes to show that abused children adapts to their surroundings, and this is the result of that.
@@TheTwitchybird yea almost all serial killers had a childhood like that. I’d say the real disturbing people are the ones that have a good family and didn’t have those kind of traumas but still kill
@@Rosterized well said 👏
Sounds like that 13-year-old boy is got a future ahead of him being the best detective they've ever seen
There's a lot of serial killers throughout history but something about Richard Ramirez really creeps me out and honestly scares me.
He looks so creepy
Sent by Satan vibes
Albert Fish creeps me out like that. I think its because he kinda looks like my dad, on top of the horror that he was.
This channel needs to cover all serial killers cases like this.
Can yall believe someone actually married this monster! She even said he was innocent
There was a lady in the Netflix doc about him that described these woman pretty well with this quote: “dumb bitches”
@@FalseH3 yeah that’s pretty accurate lol.
She left him once the DNA proved his guilt, she was fuckin half off anyways, no normal guy would fuck with that codependent troll
Worse than that there was one of his admirers on the jury, they couldve fucked the whole trial
@@rstar3457 are u serious!!! Damn
Yo bingeing on The Night Stalker miniseries got me through a really bad breakup. I appreciate that the Netflix special focused on the victims' stories and the cops' hunt for him. They talked about Ramirez for less than an episode and his story was basically summed up by I think one of the cops. He said something like, Any trauma you could think of in someone's childhood that would create a serial killer happened to Ramirez...
The show American horror story had him on the show he was a demonic spirit that would influence others to kill, I can respect they didn't mention what he did just said he killed people for "Satan"
So there's more about that evil sicko, figures 😒😡
Theres always more
Now THIS is a documentary. Well done!
Right quick, just disconnecting Richard's child self from who he ultimately became, makes me feel so sad that he became a disgusting and cruel "person" because of the abuse brought to him by other men, who were older and absolutely worthless! There needs to be some way to prevent children from growing into monsters.
Ironically he was probably already pre-disposed with serial killing genes or tendencies . The most common theory with these types of killers is that like a weapon. Genetics loads the gun, but the environment pulls the trigger.
Most likely he was born a psychopath. But there are LOTS of them on the planet that have never and will never hurt anyone. However throw in abuse, violent pictures with a sexual undertone and throw in some male "role models" who stalk women or kill them in front of you....and ta-da! You just created your very own serial killer.
Yes there are people who are in abusive situations that don't turn out this way. The common theory is they weren't born psychopaths. Anyway, that's what has always fascinated me with serial killers.
Yes! Love that this gentleman was the narrator for this one! He's got that great creepy documentary voice.
He is the reason I double check my doors at night and morning...
I was in my early teens when this was happening. Geographically _most_ of these murders occurred within a fairly closeby radius 10-20 miles. I lived less than 5 minutes from the Zazzaras in Whittier. Back then we slept with our windows open. This stopped it. Scared the cr@p outta me back then.
Why would you leave your windows open having a golden state killer who killed much more people? Ot mass media would not cover his crimes? Just curious.
We always had the windows open and during that time we had to keep them closed witch made it hot in the house. I was a teenager and very angry at him for killing our friends i was not afraid of him I wanted to catch him.
If you want it open for air a bit make sure to put in a metal or wooden bar so it can't be opened further no matter where you live. I live in a small, statistically "safe" town but was raised not to make it easier for psychos or burglars. Bad things can happen anywhere. A perfect example of why you should always use all the inside locks in a hotel and in your own home. So many people fail to do that simple thing but we live in an insane world and we must at least do that. No matter the hotel or where we live. Don't live in fear but do what you can to stay as safe as possible.
Every man in his life absolutely failed him. But some people are just born broken, and I think Richard was one of them.
Imo i dont think he was born broken, he was a made serial killer not born
He was exposed to bad chemicals inutero
So basically what he learned very early in life from both his own experiences and those of his cousin is that you can literally do anything you want with little to no consequence. Not hard to fathom why he escalated from petty crime to serial killing.
Bingo, exactly. Groomed to torture+kill by cousin, introduced to drugs+satanism = disaster
This video is so well done. Coming from someone who watches a lot of true crime, isn’t hugely affected by it, and has heard of this case somehow this made me emotional.
This one got me, man. This guy was absolutely relentless, and zero empathy to boot.
What the fuck was so broken in his brain..
hes crAzy
Hey.. he has an evil evil look.
I honestly believe somehow or someway he was another mk ultra experiment like charles manson
@@youtubefreakyoutubefreak8071 There are evil people out there, I can tell you. Even here in Germany, people you would not think of being evil.
Hi
Not even 7 am here in Kentucky, and am so excited to be awake this early so I can watch this video!!! Stay safe EWU crew!
I grew up in the area. Most of the single story homes in that area are deep. Meaning the family room and rooms are mostly located towards the back of the houses. You will never know someone is coming through the front door. Long hall ways, too many access points and It's difficult to hear anything through the walls in those types of homes because those homes weren't built for security they were built for comfort.
Netflix wasn’t trying to make a documentary about the killer making him more Infamous. They focused on the victims and the investigation. Which I agree with but also I’m still very interested in the childhood of these psychos.
I was in high school in Los Angeles county when this happened. Everyone was scared at the time..afraid to sleep. My father went as far as hiring someone to put metal bars on our windows.
This Is normal in my country but because people are scared of robberies not serial killers.
Im from argentina.
You can see the evil in his eyes...😬yikes!
Richie wasn't evil.
@@rebelchickhan3082 stfu
@@rebelchickhan3082 wtf
This monster is as evil as it gets. The devastation he caused will last for generations. So many blame his childhood. The things he went through definitely affected what he became but they weren't the reason he committed the crimes he did. There are children who have been through just as much and worse and are kind, giving, generous souls. As for his "groupies", I can't even begin to fathom what their motivations were.
Frontal lobe damage
You try going through what he went through … you’d be pretty messed up too
@@geenarage9543 lol
His childhood quite literally is the reason why he became how he is. Other people turning out fine doesn’t mean his childhood wasn’t the reason for this. When you raised with violence and learn horrific things from a young age, you’ll most likely will turn out evil. I’m quite certain he wouldn’t turn out so evil if he was raised in a loving family
@@midget420it sure was triger but not the main reason. I dont know if he ever got diagnosed but if so, i can guess he was pshichopath. If so, his brain is different phisicly. His modus operandi is different from all others and for that i still cant find any info why is that. He was chaotic in his killings and attacks. Is like he only wanted to kill… nothing more… he ruined so many families.
The fact that the couple got charged for beating an intruder senseless but not ramirez is sickening.
Welcome to california
@@krotchlickmeugh627It happened in TX genius. While he was working at the hotel. Richard was charged not the couple but they didn’t want to come back around and deal with it anymore. Pay attention to the story
@@krotchlickmeugh627LibErAlS! It happened in Texas🤡
@@promodelworld687 101 people (so far) obviously didn't pay attention to the story - made me wonder what I'd missed!
They didn’t get charged. Learn to pay attention.
Wow .All the books and movies never mentioned these twisted relationships within his family .He was basically trained and groomed to be the menace to society that he would later become .Goes to show evil isn’t always natural .It can be implanted into you by your environment
It can be a contributing factor for sure but plenty of kids go through hell and don't turn into serial killers or abusers. It's a bad cocktail of nature and nurture.
Just watched the Netflix doc series a few days ago
He always caught my eye. I knew there was something more to this story
@@nehehhdhdhs4574 yo whats wrong with u
@@nehehhdhdhs4574 yea with Richard if he was still alive!
@@teresaunderwood2632 is the thought that he was with children turn on to you or…?
@@Wolflover-vi9ip wat he say
Sadly, the real question, how could one not be a serial killer with this up bringing.
By turning to self-improvement, seeking a cognitive behavioral therapist, and turning to G-d instead of Satanism and horrible people as one’s role model.
Most abuse survivors do not make the choices he made. His choices were inexcusable.
@@ChanaElisheva Turning to God? Lol
There are plenty of people who worship God that have committed disgusting crimes like this and still do!
@@ChanaElisheva I think most people end up somewhere in between. They become alcoholics and drug addicts with various mental problems, but don't actually kill people. Most people with such a traumatic childhood (especially in the 70s/80s) don't even know or believe that they can still get help and get treatment. There's still a lot of misinformation about therapy and many people don't believe in it, aren't educated on mental health, so the social awareness of that must've been incredibly low in the times when Ramirez was young. Someone with so many traumas, from a poor family living in a small city over 40 years ago with zero education on psychology would very likely not go to therapy or seek self improvement on their own. To make it clear - I'm absolutely not trying to excuse people who do evil things, just trying to understand and analyze it.
You're joking right? Millions of people suffer every day, they don't end up serial killers.
@@xXMuseFan1996Xxstop lying 😂
the way just reading or hearing the "night stalker" is already giving me goosebumps. this man is so sick.
By knowing his personal life, his childhood, and his backstory giving me another perspective.
monsters create monsters
Is anyone else curious about what happened to Mike’s two children?
They were adopted by members of the extended family I understood
Can you please explore and cover infamous Canada’s Highway of Tears? There is so much weird and controversial stuff surrounding that. I think it’s also a very important and sadly vast collection of cases that begged to be looked at and known.
By the way I love your channel! :)
Is this about the murder cases of indian women? I don't know what is so controversial about that. It's all about racism and discrimination. Murderers getting away with it,because their victims were native americans. Simple as that.
Well at least I know all my poor decisions in life will never add up to knowingly marrying a serial killer.
Lmao 😂😂🤣
Hi friend ☺
@@stephenduke412 hello
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well... there's no way of knowing that yet lol
God gives us all free will, it's disturbing to see what some humans do with that free will, actually it's downright sickening.
there is no god lmao
There is, and he loves you more than you will ever be able to comprehend
Can we just take a moment to appreciate what a great documentary that was. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
My grandmas brother was married to Richards mother and I had no idea. I’d always read about his case not knowing he was part of my family 🙄 ( not by blood, but through marriage )
broo that's mad he was kinda his stepdad how r they doin rn tho
@@JinaMukherjeeF they both died a long time ago of OD's. They were tweakers addicted to Clonazepam and so many other things but apparently really favored Clonazepam.
@@ChristinasCure did u like ever meet richard or any of his fam members tho?that would be terrifying crossin paths wiht him
@@JinaMukherjeeF no, I wasn't even born yet when everything went down. It was this big family secret nobody wanted to talk about, but I found out after questioning my dad about my grandma's brother's health due to epilepsy running on her side of the family and I had been in the middle of testing for epilepsy, so that's when he said one of her brothers had epilepsy and another was addicted to drugs and died of an OD. He said that her brother was really troubled because he was married to a woman who was just as addicted to drugs as he was and together, they would just tweak. I asked him why the woman was a tweaker too and he said she was really messed up and so was her son. I asked why her son was messed up and he said because he killed a lot of people in the bay area where he and my dad's side of the family even lived. And I have always been extremely interested in murder cases my whole life so the moment I heard about the bay area I had a feeling about who that son was. He said it was a man named Richard Ramirez and they called him the night stalker. My grandma had pictures of Richard with her brother and I'm assuming Richard's mother as well but once he was caught and she realized it was her step-nephew who did it, she burned all the items she had of him because she didn't want anything evil in her house.
@@ChristinasCure broooo that's crazzzyy it is so scary to even imagine family members living in the area where killings happened.Glad u never had to cross paths with him.I mean not much was told about his mom and dad except for the fact they were hardworking people now that u said it,it kinda seems richard's childhood was messed up
How many lives could have been saved if that couple didn't drop the charges? This is not meant to bash that couple, not at all. I imagine they were, and may still be, heartsick that they dropped the charges.
Thank you for the post!
Crazy tho they have to spend the money to go all the way back to Texas or wherever for the trial. Who would wanna do that
If only richard was raised well by his parents and was taken care of by government authority when he was a kid, this horrific numerous incident will not happen. IF ONLY..
It is a bit weird that it seemingly was never reported that he was skipping a lot of school and showing up with bruises and such?
@Michelle a three years difference Is super predatory but two years difference i don't think Is that bad (atleast it was kinda normalized in my highschool)
Anyways often you see in murders and psychopaths that they were dating teenagers, and sometimes the girls get involved in the murders
I remember when he was on the loose doing his evil. I was a teen in the Bay Area . Pacifica to be exact. Me and the friends were all terrified about this dude cause the media was running non-stop stories. So, we made a bet/challenge that we had to sleep in a tent in my buddies back yard all night to prove we weren’t afraid. There was 6 of us and by midnight, no one was left in the tent and we were sleeping in the living room after hearing noises .
He never stood a chance, nor did anyone who crossed his path. His entire family line including, included his extended family, is a cesspool.
Yea,:he was always going to be warped and damaged, but his horrible life experiences alone don’t a serial killer make. That’s him. He was broken. Evil.
I think you got the best story telling voice dood!!
I was living in LA in the 80s. I remember the Night Stalker very well.
I have tremendous sympathy for his childhood. He never stood a chance and i know it’s not excusable but still
Go worship him u mugg
i wonder if you'd still feel this way if he raped and brutally murdered your own daughter or mother
You must be like those women that sent him letters, admiring him, and even going as far as marrying him.
If he would be in the same room with you, he'd probably murder you.
But sure, have sympathy with a demon possessed deranged murderer. 🤦♂️
@@0TheJigsawKiller0 right it's like no one in these comments are acknowledging that piece of garbage killed and tortured one victim to death ,
I always focus on the victims of serial killers instead of the serial killer
Our society is so backwards despite evidence to the contrary , there has never been a "loner" "isolative" "nice guy" serial killer, Richard Ramirez, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Ed Gein were all very social and out going
Jeffrey Dahmer was known to frequent gay bars and chat up with gay men during his killing spree
It's one of the reasons men like this get away with murder
The FBI had to come and tell people to stop promotion stranger danger because every child was molested or killed was by someone the parents knew and had access to their kids
Lots of people have messed up childhoods but don’t kill people… I have no sympathy.
So many untrue facts in this video
The 13y.o kid was working on his dirt bike in his garage, and saw Richard getting into the stolen car he parked near his house, when Richard was attacking one of the boys neighbors
Also people recognized Richard at a greyhound station
And he was trying to steal a guy's car in east LA when the neighborhood jumped him
His wife left him because he was charged with killing a 9y.o in San Francisco
Philip Carlo wrote a very good book about Ramirez. I devoured it a couple of years ago. It's so interesting and offers some insights and anecdotes that will leave you speechless. I remember one scene when Madonna visited Sean Penn in prison and Ramirez stepped out of the elevator or was in a questioning booth. Madonna asked Penn who that good-looking guy was and Penn answered: "This is the night stalker - wanna meet him?" Madonna said, he was giving her goose bumps, but yes, she would like to. Penn talked her out of it, which was, I guess, the best solution.
The best true crime I've read.
@@Gurra88 one of the very best, it's a pageturner for real
Yep, word was that Ramirez asked for and received an autograph from Penn . He also wrote that cellmates develop a certain kinship. However, Penn noted "Except for you" . At the time, SP was doing a 30 day stint in a cell nearby.
That's one sick SOB.
Richie wasn't a sick SOB! You SOB
@@rebelchickhan3082 STFU
I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard one ex-homicide investigator (who happened to be Christian) who stated that Ramirez's Satanism wasn't just an act. He said he even "befriended" Ramirez and eventually offered Ramirez some type of treat (cigarettes I believe) if he could say something in relation to the name of God, but Ramirez couldn't do it, despite straining in an effort to do so. The way he described the interaction was quite scary. Again, I have no idea as to the veracity of the story, but it came off as believable and frightening. He said he would typically try to engage many of the more vicious and infamous prisoners in the LA county lockup as some sort of personal research into evil and to what influenced the more egregious killers. Anyway, it made for some scary stories.
How to grow a murderer
The whole story is tragic.
Dear God. Richard never stood a chance, did he? First dad screws him up with his mom obviously failing to protect him for whatever reason that doesn't matter, then psycho cousin becomes his mentor and builds a coffin of pure crazy for him- taking out his wife right before the kid, after that sis's disgusting husband gets his late night creeper-freak paws on him giving him the serial killer blueprint, then finally psycho-cuz returns with nails for the coffin he built before. Richard should've been taken out to pasture early on, bruh. Dude had no hope of ever being a human being. He was a whole entire monster. Thanks mom and dad!
he really didn't. everything about this case is heartbreaking. both what happened to the victims and what happened to him. no one deserves what he went through and no one deserves what he did as a result. just an awful sinareo in every single aspect. he's an evil person but I truly believe he was made not born. perhaps he was born predisposed to this but I doubt he would have been nearly this horrific otherwise, if he got into serious crime at all.
In 1979, "Night Prowler" was released on AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' album, to which it would be Bon Scott's last album. The rhythm has a slow blues rhythm, and ominous lyrics. The connection between AC/DC and Ramirez was the song "Night Prowler", and the last time he was caught, he was brandishing a AC/DC shirt. The murders happened right before their "Fly on the Wall" Tour. The critics said that AC/DC are 'Devil worshippers", especially with songs like "Hell Ain't A Bad Place to Be", "Highway to Hell", and "Hells Bells". The song "Night Prowler" is actually about a guy who used to steal underwear from people's laundry lines, that actually inspired "Night Prowler" back in 1979. Congress calls AC/DC "Anti-Christ Devil's Child", but in reality, the name came from the back of Angus' sister's sewing machine. This was a song that was suppose to be fun to listen to that got taken out of context and blown out of proportion.
I have always wondered why, was he allowed to wear those super dark, aviator, sunglasses, in the middle of a heinous, horrifying, murder trial in the courtroom, this just added to his persona of devilish EVIL!👺
I know when I had to go to traffic court, you better not have on sunglasses, chewing gum, or looking/reading a newspaper/book magazine.
You better put some 'spect on that courtroom!🥺
I was just about to comment about that! I once was told by a judge in traffic court that I didn’t meet the dress code. She made me go get a jacket from my car. I was wearing a sleeveless blouse and pencil skirt. I always found it odd they’d allow him to wear sunglasses in court! That wouldn’t go down in Texas lol, I know that!
for the same reason they let Bundy represent himself.
@@43MinutesWithJamieRose that’s crazy! There’s literally people that rolled out of bed and are still in their pajamas in traffic court in Ohio. But in my experience, having a professional/decent appearance goes a long way with the judge - shows you somewhat care about what you did. Sounds like you were dressed just fine, but I guess the shoulders showing was “too much” 🤔🙄🤪
@@mbr0916 lol I thought I looked fine, but to each their own I suppose lol
@Aura Darkskipper Why did he crave so much candy? I feel like that was a symptom of the in utero chemical exposure that eventually led to the leukemia, but that's a 3 min old theory.
A new EWU Crew upload ✔
Another true crime upload ✔
A follow up/update/missing info to a Netflix docuseries ✔✔✔
I remember this guy attack a family like 5houses away from ours in los angeles. And at 12 years of age it was scary as hell!
Holy crap that must have been tramatizing
Geez glad yall are safe
Have u ever been to hell before?
@@antihacker-8645 yes,In L.A. in 1992!!!
@@OmarMartinez-iq8fg how and why in 1992
This is better than the Netflix show. Great content! Keep up the good work.
It's interesting (and terrible) to note just how many serial killers, sexual predators, domestic abusers, stalkers, etc, were abused and exposed to violence in their childhoods. It does NOT excuse their actions, but it does explain how trauma can lead to a lack of empathy. So many of these monsters (who began as victims themselves) take their anger and pain out on others rather than seeking help or making a conscious effort to discontinue the cycle. In their minds, the rest of the world has to pay for what was done to them and they think that people only exist for them to violate and kill. Disturbing.
@@TheDoodleli As I said, serial killers like Ramirez lack empathy. He's also is deceased, so I'm not sure why you're referring to him in the present tense
cuz when they ask for help, no one ever does. What else are they gonna do?