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

listener discretion is advised. This episode includes graphic descriptions of

murder, animal cruelty, and cannibalism, as well as discussions of necrophilia

and sexual assault that some people may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

The summer of 1977 was a stressful time for Beatrice Chase.

Her 27-year-old son, Richard, had grown increasingly volatile since his discharge from the Beverly Manor Psychiatric Hospital.

Beatrice had not explicitly barred her son from visiting, but had not invited him over in a while.

She found her life was simpler the less she saw,

Richard. Then, one afternoon while Beatrice was home alone, she heard a

frantic banging at her door. It was too loud for it to be her cat. She didn't hear any voice, but guessed it was Richard.

He was probably having one of his fits. She couldn't see him like this. Then the knocking ceased and an even louder noise resounded off the porch.

Beatrice rushed to the door, flinging it open.

Richard stood there, holding her cat by the tail. He had

killed it with a single gunshot. Despite her horror at what her son had done, Beatrice Chase never reported the incident to police.

What happened that summer day did not become public knowledge until after her son was a household name,

after he had killed six innocent people. The Hi, I'm Greg Polson. This is Serial Killers, a Parcast Original. Every Monday we dive into the minds and madness of

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