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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

“The Vampire of Sacramento” Pt. 1: Richard Trenton Chase

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

He was a strange child—messy, disorganized and prone to random outbursts. As Richard Chase neared his 20s, things got worse… much worse. He convinced himself he needed to drink blood to stay alive.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:27.0

Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

0:31.0

listener discretion is advised.

0:33.4

This episode includes discussions of murder,

0:36.1

animal cruelty, mutilation, cannibalism,

0:39.3

and sexual harassment that some people may find offensive.

0:43.4

We advise extreme caution for children under 13. December 29th, 1977, a cold and quiet evening in Sacramento, California.

0:59.0

Ambrose Griffin, a 51-year-old engineer, pulled his car into the driveway of his modest

1:04.8

home on Robertson Avenue. His wife Carol sat behind him. He switched off the

1:10.1

car and handed her the keys, asking her to open the trunk full of groceries.

1:15.0

Carol Griffin happily complied.

1:18.0

Their daughter-in-law, Gail, stood in the doorway to their home,

1:21.0

holding the front door open as Carol and Ambrose took bag

1:25.2

after bag inside to the kitchen. As she straddle the foyer in the front stoop,

1:31.4

Gail caught a glimpse of a silver gray car moving down

1:34.5

Robertson, a 1966 Ford Ranchero. She didn't pay much attention to it.

1:40.8

Ambrose stepped back onto the driveway to retrieve the last bag of groceries just as the silver

1:46.3

car pulled alongside their house. Then two loud pops split the air, gunshots.

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