Ed Kemper VS. Actor Portrayal #Shorts

Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer and necrophile who murdered six college students before murdering his mother and her best friend from September 1972 to April 1973 following his parole for murdering his paternal grandparents. He is noted for his height of 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 hitchhiking in the Santa Cruz area. Most of his murders included necrophilia, with occasional incidents of rape and cannibalism.[1][2]

Born in Burbank, California, Kemper had a troubled upbringing. His parents divorced in early life; as a child, he moved to Montana with his abusive mother Clarnell, who locked Kemper in their basement which had been frequented by rats. He ran away to reunite with his father, but was left behind in North Fork, California on Christmas Day in 1963, where he murdered his paternal grandparents when he was 15. Following the murders, he was briefly diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia 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.

[hiphopanonymous]

The actor who played him was smug, Edmund wasn't. The writing made him seem proud and braggy, Edmund wasn't.

[artygurl]

Edmund was serious. He was straight to the point. No laughs no smug smile just facts

[Dem]

He's not so smug, he's moreso matter-of-fact

[downandaroundgarage]

They need to do another season of the show it was unbelievably good

[samanthaserrano]

The actor was bragging and cocky...Edmund was only factual

[idilali]

What's crazy, when he killed his mother which was the source of all his anger he stopped killing and turned himself in.

[izzyjones]

Cameron did such a great job as Ed Kemper..he legit WAS Kemper on screen

[Paravoid]

I don’t know why people give this actor so much credit. He doesn’t act like Kemper. He’s just saying the same words.

[VanNastrand]

Damn the real footage was more intimidating, cold and calculated .

[eenho]

The amount of unsolved murders is astounding

[jameshodges]

Regardless of acting, amazing show, wish it didn't get canceled.

[Kat-prqm]

I think the actor that played kemper did an excellent job. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing?? 😂

[christoph]

The actor speaks too slow, and his cadence makes him seem somewhat off… Ed Kemper is well spoken and a seemingly normal person.

[joshnorton]

He spoke too slowly. Ed was smart and his mind moved fast. The actor who played him didn't capture that at all.

[elrens]

The actor acts like he hasn't watched Kemper speak. Kemper was matter of fact and stoic not cocky and tickled.

[jdlambo]

I’m just an extremely accomplished murderer. They didn’t have to twist his words to make it better. Fn showbiz

[livinginthisgalaxy]

They mixed the younger Ed with the older one who just kept on babbling and would have that weird smile on his face.

[outis-A]

They had to do this cause I guess they didn’t understand a dynamic how an almost stoic like expression could be powerful or scary.

[martinflores]

COME ON NETFLIX, BRING THIS FUCKING SHOW BACK!!! Its a badass show.

[bennieboi]

Absolutely terrible acting. No BS I literally could have done better. He tried to hard and the facial expressions are wrong. Everything is wrong. How could a producer see this and think that’s spot on?