S1 Ep16: Edmund Kemper, The Co-ed Killer

Devils in the Dark

True Crime, Comedy

4 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard finish the series with a killer of enormous proportions… literally. At a staggering height of 6”7, ‘Big Ed’ is one of the most violent and messed up killers of the century. After murdering his grandparents aged just 15 years old, Edmund went on to kill dozens of University students before exacting revenge on his estranged mother in one of the worst ways imaginable. Expect sinister beginnings, another tale of reformation gone seriously wrong, and one of the most gruesome ends Helen and Danni have ever seen.

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00:00 - Introduction

07:13 - Where Edmund’s story begins

13:04 - Edmund vs. the family cats

16:01 - Edmund is sent away to his grandparents

16:32 - Edmund murders his grandparents

17:40 - The sealing of Edmund’s criminal record

21:12 - Edmund gets in a motorbike accident

22:54 - The murders of Mary Anne Pesce and Anita Lechessa

28:45 - The murder of Aiko Koo

35:55 - Forest Schall speaks about the murder of his sister, Cindy Schall

38:40 - The murders of Rosalind Heather Thorpe and Allison Liu

40:36 - Edmund frequents The Jury Room bar to get the inside track

42:05 - A diligent gun clerk raises the alarm

45:24 - Edmund murders his mother

48:46 - The murder of Sara Taylor Hallet

49:24- Edmund goes on the run, but it doesn’t quite go to plan

52:32 - The trial of Edmund Kemper

54:48 - Outro

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0:00.0	Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.
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0:29.3	Terms Apply. Welcome to Devils in the Dark with me, Helen Anderson. And me, Danny Howard.
0:34.7	With two best friends entering the world of true crime,
0:38.0	I'll be sharing the stories of some of the worst and most horrific murder cases in history
0:44.1	with the help of professional criminologists,
0:47.0	and we're taking you along for the ride.
0:49.4	In this episode, for the season finale,
0:53.4	we are looking into the grimmest and most gruesome serial killer
0:57.8	in American history. And I'd even go as far as saying the most violent. It's Edmund Kemper. You ask me how I am first.
1:16.3	I always ask you how I am.
1:19.3	Go on.
1:20.3	Do it.
1:21.6	Ask me how I am.
1:26.1	Helen, how are you?
1:29.2	I got something to confess to you.
1:31.7	Oh God, okay.
1:32.6	What?
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