S2 Ep4: Richard Ramirez

What Makes a Killer

Audioboom Studios

Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In August 1985, California police officers rescued a man from an angry mod that attacked him as he exited a bus. What they didn't know, was that they had just detained a man the media had dubbed "The Night Stalker". The killer had spent 14 months terrorizing the state of California, claiming 13 victims. After finally getting a good look at the man, police realized they had just made the arrest of the decade, Richard Ramirez.

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Original music by Ben Krejci, Kai Engel, Lee Rosevere, Nctrnm, Daniel Birch, Kevin MacLeod, Scott Holmes, and Sergey Cheremisinov.
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0:30.0	What Makes a Killer contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence and is not intended for all audiences?
0:37.8	Listener discretion is strongly advised.
0:43.2	It's August 1985 and California detectives have finally discovered the identity of a serial
0:49.9	killer who the media have dubbed the night stalker.
0:54.3	The ruthless serial killer
0:55.8	has been terrorizing the state of California
0:58.2	for 14 months, claiming at least 13 victims.
1:03.0	He was a psychotic, paranoid Satan-worshipping psychopath
1:08.0	who derived his pleasure from the combination of lust and violence.
1:13.0	After getting off a bus, the 25-year-old man is recognized from a picture in the newspaper.
1:19.0	A group of locals take it upon themselves to chase after him.
1:24.2	When they finally catch him, they beat him. He has to be rescued by two police officers.
1:30.9	This one cop looks real close. He's, Jesus, it's the night stalker, it's Richard Ramirez.
1:37.0	They didn't know it yet, but they have just made the biggest arrest of the decade.
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