The "Killer Vampire" Who Turned His Victims Into Smoothies
Hot On The Case
Breanna Heim
5.0 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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In this weeks episode of Hot On The Case we investigate the Dracula Killer, the Vampire of Sacramento. Richard Chase was one of the most disturbing figures in true crime history, leaving a trail of fear across California in the late nineteen seventies. Known for his obsession with blood and the gruesome nature of his crimes, Chase’s life was marked by severe mental illness, paranoia, and a descent into darkness that shocked the nation.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the first week of October and you know what that means, the Halloween season is officially here. |
| 0:07.0 | It's the most wonderful time of the year. |
| 0:10.0 | A time when we walk amongst monsters, ghosts, ghouls, vampires, and creatures of the night. |
| 0:17.0 | We dress up as them, we laugh at them, and for one night of the year, we get to play |
| 0:23.3 | pretend. But the man that we're talking about today didn't need to put on a costume to be a monster. |
| 0:30.9 | You've said you had a very definite feeling about Rick Chase. My belief was that Richard Chase now was doing things with small animals, animals and birds, you know, |
| 0:48.7 | and that he would graduate to larger animals and eventually to people. |
| 0:55.0 | That he was sick and dangerous. |
| 0:59.2 | Is your door locked right now? |
| 1:01.9 | Are you sure? |
| 1:03.2 | Could someone slip into your home right now without you knowing? |
| 1:07.4 | If there's one thing I know for sure, after you listen to this week's episode, you'll |
| 1:13.4 | never leave your door unlocked again. |
| 1:15.9 | Yes, it is October. |
| 1:17.8 | It's my favorite month of the year. |
| 1:19.7 | It's my birthday month. |
| 1:21.5 | And to celebrate, I switched up my set a little bit. |
| 1:24.1 | I'm obsessed. |
| 1:25.6 | Let me know what you think. |
| 1:26.8 | Do we love it? Do we hate it? Should I |
| 1:29.5 | keep it up like this year round? There was big news this week, fellow detectives, and I'm sure a |
| 1:35.3 | majority of you already know about it because you guys have been DMing me, commenting on every |
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