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Between May 1972 and April 1973, Edmund Kemper murdered eight people, including six young women.

He ended his murder spree by killing his mother and her friend.

Four days later, he turned himself into the police and confessed to all

eight murders. Just two months before Kemper's confession, another serial murderer was apprehended in

Santa Cruz. Herbert Mullen, like Kemper, had gone on a killing spree in 1972 and 1973,

also in the same small beach community of Santa Cruz, California.

His last victim was shot in broad daylight in front of witnesses.

Mullen was quickly found and arrested.

At first, when Mullen's crimes came to light,

Santa Cruz residents breathed a sigh of relief, believing that the butcher

murderer, the killer responsible for the missing and murdered coeds, had been caught.

After Kemper's arrest, he began leading investigators to the dismembered remains of his victims

in the hills and beaches of Santa Cruz. Locals were shocked to discover that not one, but two monsters, had been living among them.

In this final episode of the series, Murder City, I'll take you back through Santa Cruz's

darkest years, 1972 and 1973, when Santa Cruz County investigators were overwhelmed with homicides.

I'll share the story how these two serial killers were caught and how they ended up unlikely

roommates behind bars. This is Chapter 3 of Murder City, Ed Kemper and Herbert Mullen.

This is Esther, host of Once Upon a Crime.

Here at Once Upon a Crime, we strive to give you details about the true crime cases we cover that you won't hear anywhere else. I dive deep into the backstories of victims

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