In the summer of 1985, Los Angeles was in the midst of a heat wave when a serial killer, the likes of which the world had never seen before, struck.

A murderer who used guns, knives, hammers, tire irons, machetes, hand cuffs, electrical cords, and his own bare hands and feet to kill with, who attacked his victims at night, while they slept in their beds. A killer that chose his victims completely at random, so that no one was safe. A killer that came to be known as the Night Stalker.

Today we delve into the life and times of Richard Ramirez, his troubled birth, deeply religious parents, disturbing childhood, and his incredibly dark adolescence, all evolving into his life of full-blown devotion to evil and crime, and belief that the devil would protect him as he committed some of the most heinous and brutal acts in the history of true crime.

Buckle up for a truly shocking and horrific episode about one of the most horrible and terrible people that ever roamed the earth, a literal demonic monster that held a city in terror, as we bring you RICHARD RAMIREZ The Night Stalker Part One: The Desert and the Graveyard.

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References:

The Night Stalker: The Disturbing Life and Chilling Crimes of Richard Ramirez by Philip Carlo

Night Stalker: The Shocking True Story of Richard Ramirez, the Serial Killer Whose Murder Spree Terrorized Los Angeles by Clifford L. Linedecker

Night Stalker: The Hunt For a Serial Killer 2021 American four-part true crime documentary miniseries from Netflix

Church of Satan: We don't support murder | CNN

Richard Ramirez: Biography, Serial Killer, The Night Stalker

Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker Who Terrorized 1980s California (allthatsinteresting.com)

Richard Ramirez's Death, Explained - How The Night Stalker Died (womenshealthmag.com)