He inflicted all types of horrors on his victims from slashing a woman’s throat to near decapitation, to hacking victims with knives and machetes, to beating victims with his bare hands, and even on one occasion, shocking an eighty-one year old woman with an electrical cord. Sneaking or breaking into his victims’ houses in the middle of the night, Ramirez was dubbed “The Night Stalker.”Īfter forcing his way into his unsuspecting victims’ homes, Ramirez would often ransack the house for any valuables, shoot or bind its occupants, and senselessly rape, beat, and mutilate his victims, leaving gruesome and disturbing crime scenes in his wake.
With evidence linking him to a murder as early as April of that year, Ramirez carried out senseless and graphic home invasion attacks for more than a year. Ramirez began his reign of terror in the Spring of 1984 after moving to California a couple of years prior.
His vicious crime spree throughout California was marked by brutal and horrific violence, satanic symbols, and a wreckage of human damage. Includes 16 Pages Of Photos.Born in 1960 in El Paso Texas, Richard Ramirez grew up to be one of the most feared American serial killers, murdering thirteen victims by the time he was twenty-five. Perfect for true crime readers of I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Zodiac, and Helter Skelter. "An exceptionally well-told true crime tale." - Publishers Weekly "An astonishing portrait of a killer not seen since In Cold Blood." - New York Daily News Carlo interviewed them and presents their disturbing stories in this updated edition along with an exclusive death row interview where the killer himself gives his thoughts on the "Ramirez Groupies" -and what he thinks they really want.Ĭarlo's interviews with Ramirez are featured in Netflix's Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. From watching his cousin commit murder at age eleven to his nineteen death sentences to the juror who fell in love with him, the story of Ramirez is a bizarre and spellbinding descent into the very heart of human evil.Īfter The Night Stalker was first published, thousands of women from all over the world contacted Carlo, begging to be put in touch with the killer. Philip Carlo's classic The Night Stalker, based on years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with Ramirez, revealed the killer and his horrifying crimes to be even more chilling than anyone could have imagined. The definitive account of the notorious California serial killer examines the psychology of a murderer, his crimes, and his cult followingĭecades after Richard Ramirez left thirteen dead and paralyzed the city of Los Angeles in the 1980s, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture, and sadistic murder.
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