Richard Ramirez
Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker, was born in 1960. He was a serial killer, serial rapist, kidnapper, pedophile, and burglar. His cousin shared with him some of the horrible acts he committed while serving during the Vietnam War. Richard Ramirez enjoyed the stories his cousin told him. He used drugs at an early age and became interested in Satanism. He saw his cousin kill his wife during an argument. At a young age Richard went to live with his sister, and would go with her husband on “peeping tom exploits”. Richard raped and murdered a 9 year old girl, and then went on to rape and abuse a fair number of people, and murder 15. He was married to a woman who divorced him when he was found guilty of raping and murdering the 9-year-old girl, and at the time of his death her was in a relationship with another woman. His crimes spanned from April of 1984 to August of 1985. He died in prison in 2013 of B-Cell Lymphoma.
Past Representation
Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker, was born in 1960. He was a serial killer, serial rapist, kidnapper, pedophile, and burglar. His cousin shared with him some of the horrible acts he committed while serving during the Vietnam War. Richard Ramirez enjoyed the stories his cousin told him. He used drugs at an early age and became interested in Satanism. He saw his cousin kill his wife during an argument. At a young age Richard went to live with his sister, and would go with her husband on “peeping tom exploits”. Richard raped and murdered a 9 year old girl, and then went on to rape and abuse a fair number of people, and murder 15. He was married to a woman who divorced him when he was found guilty of raping and murdering the 9-year-old girl, and at the time of his death her was in a relationship with another woman. His crimes spanned from April of 1984 to August of 1985. He died in prison in 2013 of B-Cell Lymphoma.
Current Representation
Recently the Night Stalker has become extremely popular in television and film. Multiple films and documentaries about the Night Stalker have come out from 1989-2021, and he has made an appearance in the horror show “American Horror Story”. It seems as though people romanticize him less now than they did during his trials. There has been fanfiction written about him and blogs created about him, and he does seem to still have fans on Twitter, TikTok, and Tumblr. However, overall it appears as though the Death Row Romeo has lost his groupies. People do consider him still one of the most attractive serial killers, which in it of itself is a weird comment to make, but it appears his “good looks” couldn’t erase the gory details of his murders. Why did women fantasize about him, especially during his trials? Who’s to say the exact reason.
