S2 Ep12: Edmund Kemper, The Co-Ed Killer

What Makes a Killer

Audioboom Studios

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In April 1973, in Santa Cruz California, a 24 year old man is on the run for the violent murder of his mother and her best friend. The only problem? Authorities have no idea that the crime has been committed. After three days of driving, and with no media coverage of his crime, the man makes a surprising call...to the police. And that's not the only twist, he is responsible for multiple other murders that are being investigated by the police, and he confesses to all of them in graphic detail.

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Original music by Ben Krejci, Kai Engel, Kevin MacLeod, Sergey Cheremisinov, Chris Zabriskie, and Daniel Birch.

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0:00.0	What makes a killer contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence and is not intended for all audiences?
0:07.4	Listener discretion is strongly advised.
0:21.0	It's April 1973 in Santa Cruz, California, and a drunken woman has just arrived home from a party. Her 24-year-old son is up waiting for her.
0:24.0	His massive 6-foot-9 frame towers above her as they exchange brief words.
0:31.0	After she falls asleep, he bludgens her to death with a hammer.
0:37.3	In the day following the murder, the man violently mutilates the body of his mother before stashing her in a closet.
0:45.4	He then goes on to claim another victim, his mother's best friend.
0:51.3	But these two women are not the first victims of this violent killer.
0:55.0	The man has eight murders under his belt, including both of his paternal
1:01.0	grandparents. But his main targets, young college-aged women.
1:06.9	She was hitchhiking home from school.
1:09.2	She was taken out to a remote area where she was shot in the head with a 22 caliber gun.
1:16.0	The man leaves Santa Cruz and drives away in his final victim's car.
1:22.0	He drives for three days and ends up in Colorado. He then
1:26.3	enters a phone booth and calls the police. He dials the Santa Cruz Police Department.
1:33.5	It's a busy Friday night in Santa Cruz.
1:36.0	Officer says, Santa Cruz Police Department, can I help you?
1:39.0	I need to talk to Lieutenant Sheer.
1:42.0	He doesn't work on the weekends.
1:44.0	You'll have to call back on Monday.
1:46.0	I got to put you on hold.
1:48.0	He calls back and he finally says,
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