6. Ed Kemper, aka “The Co-ed Killer”
Remember when I said serial killers didn’t look that scary? Well, there are some exceptions. Edmund Kemper, one of the most evil serial killers ever, was a 6’9’’, 300 pounds, 130 IQ, violent schizophrenic with a childhood fantasy for the death penalty, who at age 15 killed both his grandparents “to see what it would feel like”. He then called his mother, who incited him to turn himself in, which he did, because good boys do as their mothers say. That’s just the beginning.
After being released from psychiatric care at age 21, the number 6 in our list of most evil serial killers ever moved back in with his mom and took a job at the State of California’s Department of Public Works/Division of Highways. In 1972 he was injured in an accident and, unable to work, he turned his attention to student female hitchhikers, who he would pick up, take to secluded rural spots, and violently murder. Afterward, he would take the bodies back to his place, where he’d practice necrophilia, dissect them, and later dump or bury them in the fields. He repeated this operation six times before taking it out on his own mother, whom he beat to death with a claw hammer, cut off her head, had sex with it, and later used it as a dartboard. As if this wasn’t enough, he then called her best friend, had her come over, and strangled her. When he was done, he fled, but later called the police from the road and turned himself in, like a good momma’s boy. Sadly for Kemper, whose lifelong dream was to be executed, he only got life in prison.
