EDMUND KEMPER: The Co-Ed Killer Had A University Parking Sticker
8 October - 39 minsSanta Cruz students were told to accept rides only from cars with a university parking sticker, and Edmund Kemper, a six-foot-nine man who'd killed his grandparents at fifteen, had one because his mother worked on campus.
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FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: “I just wanted to see what it felt like to kill Grandma.” “When I see a pretty girl walking down the street, I think two things. One part wants to be real nice and sweet, and the other part wonders what her head would look like on a stick.” “If I killed them, you know, t...
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