Ed Kemper on HOW he TRICKED the POLICE and WHY he eventually TURNED HIMSELF IN [Interview]

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Watch Ed Kemper describe how he managed to stay under the radar of the police and what his motivation was to turn himself in. This interview excerpt is from 1984 when Ed was 36 years old.

Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer, rapist, cannibal, and necrophile who murdered ten people, including his paternal grandparents and mother. He is noted for his large size, at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m), and for his high intellect, possessing an IQ of 145. Kemper was nicknamed the Co-ed Killer, as most of his victims were female college students.

Born in California, Kemper had a disturbed upbringing. His parents divorced; as a child, he moved to Montana with his abusive mother before returning to California, where he murdered his paternal grandparents when he was 15. He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic by court psychiatrists and sentenced to the Atascadero State Hospital as a criminally insane juvenile.

Released at the age of 21 after convincing psychiatrists he was rehabilitated, Kemper was regarded as non-threatening by his future victims. He targeted young female hitchhikers during his killing spree, luring them into his vehicle and driving them to secluded areas where he would murder them before taking their corpses back to his home to be decapitated, dismembered, and violated. Kemper then murdered his mother and one of her friends before turning himself in to the authorities.

Found sane and guilty at his trial in 1973, Kemper requested the death penalty for his crimes. Capital punishment was suspended in California at the time, and he instead received eight concurrent life sentences. Since then, he has been incarcerated in the California Medical Facility.

[jeredlacks]

Amazing how likable a serial killer is. Very polite, well spoken, and intelligent. Those are the scariest kind of killers because they blend in.

[krisbs]

Wow, the actor who played him on Mindhunter nailed him perfectly, uncanny.

[assasin]

he is clearly a very intelligent and sophisticated man, the most dangerous type of psychopath

[tek]

He was very calculating. Every word spoken to the interviewer was designed to create the illusion of humbleness and regret.

[EricTFDC]

Turning himself in just sounds more like another power move for a psychopath.

[andrewfields]

It's crazy how well spoken, articulate and sharp looking this guy is. He is seemingly a rather normal and well put together guy... This is what makes him so dangerous...

[awildgengxr]

he says what only needs to be said, at the right time. its very disarming

[serialkillerminds]

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[PrimetimeD]

The clips I've seen of Kemper are strangely mesmerizing. He's very polite, intelligent, and well-spoken. And he admits to knowing that what he was doing was wrong. He was a monster, no doubt, but it's super interesting to hear these stories.

[VegasViking]

This guy is what you get when you mix high intellect with deep-seated psychological damage.

Man yall were picky bout that spelling

[excuzza]

He murdered without remorse and still was able to get us to picture his life with kids and and a wife.

[deakon]

Kemper and kuklinski are easily the two most intriguing serial killers from a psychological standpoint in my opinion. I could listen to kemper breakdown his mimicry of human behavior all day

[brownbear]

He did not have to turn himself in, but he did.

[shivamji]

He was intelligent, strong, tall, handsome, articulate, soft spoken and psycho. What a rare mix of genes and character . I am in awe of this man, i just watched mindhunter and came to know about this guy . Greetings from india .

[briangoguen]

Such a mysterious person.He seems very bright.I could honestly see how a victim could be charmed by him.

[matthewbond]

Even in this interview, captured, shackled, and whole story told, Ed is in control of the situation.

He appeals to others' compassion so convincingly. No wonder he was so "successful" at what he did.

[gcoinj]

He sounds like he’s related to Dwight from the office

[nick]

He’s very grounded in an intelligent way, the kind of person who’s smart enough to know they don’t know everything about everything

[billcaddell]

This proves that you can never judge a book by it's cover, a monster living inside a normal looking man.

[ThatTallTexan]

The humming really throws the quality into perspective 🎬