Sure, murderers often have a lot in common with each other — mostly the whole... murder thing. But does that mean they're all destined to be friends? These killer beefs prove that it certainly does not.
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00:00Sure, murderers often have a lot in common with each other, mostly the whole murder thing,
00:05but does that mean they're all destined to be friends? These killer's beefs prove that
00:09it certainly does not.
00:11John Wayne Gacy confessed to approximately 30 murders in 1978, six years after he committed
00:16his first. Two years before his 1994 execution, Gacy spoke to CBS2's Walter Jacobson for more
00:22than two and a half hours, during which he flat-out denied the crimes to which he had
00:26previously confessed.
00:27But the most heated moments in Jacobson's interview involved other killers. When asked
00:31what he thought of Jeffrey Dahmer, Gacy chose to discuss the fact that Dahmer was not declared
00:35insane during his trial. Gacy strongly believed that Dahmer's case represented a failure of
00:40the justice system.
00:41Because if Jeffrey Dahmer doesn't meet the requirements for insanity, then I'd hate like
00:48hell to run into the guy that does.
00:50After that, Jacobson mentioned names like David Berkowitz and Ted Bundy, and asked if
00:54Gacy felt any kinship with them.
00:56No. God, I hate that when they put me in the same club with them.
01:01Between 1965 and 1968, three children were killed in Staffordshire, England, in what
01:06became known as the Cannock Chase murders. Raymond Morris was ultimately convicted on
01:10one murder charge, but was widely believed to be responsible for the other two. He started
01:15his life sentence at H.M. Prison, Durham, in 1969, just over three years after convicted
01:20child murderer Ian Brady arrived at the facility.
01:23The two killers, both among the nation's most notorious, met in prison and fought a couple
01:27of unusual battles. Brady struck first, pouring hot tea on Morris. He brought his tea to a
01:33boil and added sugar, ensuring that the scalding liquid would stick to Morris' head. This landed
01:38Brady in solitary confinement for 28 days. Morris later retaliated, pouring hot water
01:43over Brady. He received the same sentence.
01:46So what started the beef? It's believed that the fight broke out over which of the two
01:50killers was more notorious.
01:52Ed Kemper, also known as the Co-Ed Killer, lives in the California Medical Facility in
01:57Vacaville, where he will most likely die.
01:59I was really aware of the evil I was capable of. You know, the murderous violence.
02:06After killing his grandparents in 1964, when he was only 15 years old, he was incorrectly
02:11diagnosed with schizophrenia, and spent the next six years at Atascadero State Hospital.
02:16Not long after being released on parole on his 21st birthday, he carried out a string
02:20of murders in 1972 and 1973, the last of them being his own mother and her best friend.
02:26The November 1, 1973, issue of the Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a portion of the Co-Ed Killer's
02:31trial. Kemper was asked about a water-throwing incident that occurred during his stay at
02:35the San Mateo County Jail, and he described his bizarre relationship with Herbert William
02:39Mullen. Mullen killed 13 people in California, his killing spree overlapping with Kemper's.
02:45Kemper was very candid about his feelings toward his fellow serial killer. He described
02:49throwing water on Mullen to shut him up. Kemper considered Mullen a nuisance, but he developed
02:54a system to solve that problem. He rewarded Mullen's silence with peanuts, positively
02:59conditioning him to be a model inmate. He said,
03:02"...that's called behavior modification treatment."
03:04This strange arrangement led Kemper to call Mullen mentally ill. Mullen died in 2022,
03:10but Kemper is still serving his sentence, as of this video.
03:14Technical writer-turned-true-crime author Sondra London was romantically involved with
03:18not one, but two serial killers. Gerard Schaefer, also known as the Killer Cop, and Danny Rowling,
03:25also known as the Gainesville Ripper. Though she'd only dated Schaefer in high school,
03:29before he actually became the Killer Cop, the same cannot be said for her relationship
03:33with Rowling, who she became involved with while he was incarcerated and awaiting execution
03:37in Florida.
03:39London published her first book, Killer Fiction, in 1990. Composed mostly of Schaefer's short
03:44stories, letters, and art, it provides a unique glimpse into the mind of a killer. In a revised
03:49version of the book, Schaefer hurls several insults at Rowling, calling him a coward and
03:53an unhinged screed. As if to counter him, the back of the book features quotes from
03:57numerous serial killers, including Rowling. He wrote,
03:59"...this guy's got real problems, doesn't he? Schaefer's twisted and delusional writings
04:04left a bitter taste in my mouth. He boasts he is the greatest killer of women this century,
04:09how could anyone blatantly brag about such a thing? This stuff is well-written puke.
04:13I can write better than Schaefer, period."
04:15Interestingly, Rowling and Schaefer were both incarcerated in the same prison. Talk about
04:20tension. In a letter to London, Rowling suggested that Schaefer was in danger. It was quickly
04:25proven right. Schaefer was stabbed to death by another inmate in December 1995. Though
04:30it was deemed to be the result of an argument that stemmed from something trivial, it's
04:34believed that it was actually due to the fact that Schaefer had worked as sort of an informant
04:38while behind bars, and had drawn the ire of a well-connected fellow prisoner.
04:42Pedro Rodrigues Filho, also known as Killer Petey, was a vigilante serial killer who may
04:47have inspired Dexter.
04:49Trust me, I definitely understand.
04:54Rodrigues started his career by robbing and killing drug dealers, gaining notoriety across
04:58Sao Paulo, Brazil. He reportedly lost his pregnant girlfriend to gang violence, sparking
05:03an escalation in his campaign of violence. He was convicted of killing 71 people, all
05:08of them supposed criminals, though many believed he killed over 100 people.
05:12After he was arrested, Rodrigues killed several fellow prisoners, consistently elongating
05:16his sentence. One of his potential targets escaped his grasp, Francisco De Assis Pereira,
05:22who was known as the Park Maniac. In an interview with TV Record, Rodrigues confessed that he
05:27had a strong desire to kill the Park Maniac. He said,
05:30I can't see him from afar because it makes me so sick. It makes me sick when I see that
05:34guy. That guy ruins us. It may be a day before I get out, but if I put an end to a disgrace
05:39like that, I'll send him to hell."
05:41Killer Petey never got him. He was murdered himself in an ambush in March 2023, about
05:46five years after he'd been released from prison.
05:49In 1990, four convicted serial killers met every day for a game of bridge at San Quentin
05:54State Prison's death row. The players were Randy Stephen Kraft, William Bonin, Doug Clark,
05:59and Lawrence Bideker. Kraft was the Scorecard Killer, who was sent to San Quentin after
06:03police found a coded list of his alleged kills in 1983. Bonin was the Freeway Killer, a nickname
06:09he shared with Kraft. Clark, along with an accomplice, was the Sunset Strip Killer, who
06:13targeted sex workers in Los Angeles. Bideker was one of the two Toolbox Killers, who kidnapped,
06:19tortured, and murdered five girls in 1979.
06:22San Francisco-based writer Mark McNamara observed and interviewed the four killers about their
06:26daily game. Apparently, Kraft and Bonin never got along. McNamara described the breakdown
06:31of each game. Bridge requires two teams of two, so Kraft played with Clark while Bonin
06:36partnered with Bideker. McNamara offhandedly mentioned that Kraft and Bonin, quote,
06:41"...loathe each other and refuse to play together." This kept them from playing on the same side,
06:45but they still joined in card games every day.
06:48As to why the hatred? No one is really sure, but Kraft took his game of bridge rather seriously
06:52and Bonin was the weakest player of the four, by far. We're not exactly sure when the game
06:57stopped, but it was certainly over by 1996. That's when Bonin was executed for his crimes.