Bloodlust and Madness: The Vampire Crimes of Richard Chase
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Richard Chase’s descent into madness wasn’t subtle… it was a loud, blood-soaked alarm bell that went unanswered for years. Diagnosed with severe mental illness but repeatedly dismissed by those around him, Chase spiraled into horrifying acts of violence fueled by delusion. From bizarre rituals involving rabbits to unthinkable crimes against innocent people, his story is a grim reminder of the devastating consequences of untreated psychosis. In this episode, we unravel the tragic and disturbing life of the man who would come to be known as the “Vampire of Sacramento.”Join us as we navigate the origins of his delusions, the ignored warning signs, and the series of murders that shocked California in the late 1970s. This episode is a harrowing exploration of mental illness, violence, and the systems that failed to intervene.
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| 0:00.0 | You know those moments where you think, wow, someone should really step in and help this guy. |
| 0:18.0 | Well, welcome to the life of Richard Chase, a man who went from blaming his mom for controlling |
| 0:23.3 | his mind to, let's just say, developing a very personal relationship with the neighborhood |
| 0:29.6 | rabbit population. |
| 0:31.6 | Diagnosed with severe mental illness, but consistently ignored, his spiral was a full-on crash, and everyone around him just kept handing him the keys. |
| 0:42.3 | This is a story of a man whose untreated delusions turned gruesome and left the permanent stain on Sacramento. |
| 0:49.0 | From the bizarre to the downright horrifying, this episode's going to leave you wondering how many red flags |
| 0:54.6 | could possibly go unnoticed or just flat out ignored. |
| 0:58.9 | But before we get into that story, if you like your true crime brief and bingeable, you |
| 1:04.3 | have found the right podcast. |
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| 1:13.6 | Welcome to 10-minute murder. When it comes to true crime, some cases read like poorly thought-out fiction, implausible, |
| 1:32.8 | grotesque, and baffling. Then there's Richard Chase, whose life was a parade of warning signs |
| 1:39.1 | ignored until the catastrophic crescendo. Chase wasn't so much born into chaos as he was marinated in it. |
| 1:48.0 | Every aspect of his life seemed to scream for intervention, but no one picked up the phone. |
| 1:53.6 | Born in 1950 in Sacramento, California, Richard Chase arrived as an unplanned stress test |
| 1:59.7 | for a marriage already teetering on the brink. |
| 2:02.7 | His parents weren't exactly relationship goals. |
| 2:05.9 | Their arguments made the Hatfills and McCoys look like diplomats. |
| 2:09.7 | Richard's mother, a master class in paranoia, regularly accused her husband of poisoning her. |
| 2:16.1 | Why? |
| 2:17.1 | So he could supposedly have his way with her while she |
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