Richard Ramirez

California grandmother Joyce Nelson told her son she "wouldn’t want to be a prisoner in her own home” when he asked her to lock her doors with the "Night Stalker" on the loose.

After he was arrested for murdering more than a dozen people, Richard Ramirez drew a horde of female fans vying for the killer's attention. One even married him. 

Richard Ramirez, who brutally murdered more than a dozen people, grew up in an abusive household and witnessed his cousin kill his wife as a teen.

Rosie Juarez, the eldest niece of serial killer Richard Ramirez, says her uncle started abusing her when she was just 6. It continued for years, she said. 

Doreen Lioy, who later married serial killer Richard Ramirez, said she was "captivated" by his mug shot when police broke in to interrupt the TV show she was watching.

Before police captured serial killer Richard Ramirez, Los Angeles residents brutally beat him with a gate post and barbecue utensils.

A series of prison recordings with the murderer and sex offender unearths new truths in the Peacock original docuseries Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Tapes.  

Typically known for Hollywood and sunny beaches, California has been the hunting ground for a disturbing number of serial killers, as evident in Oxygen's Serial Killer Capital: Los Angeles.

Before the premiere of The Real Murders of Los Angeles, dive into the city's sinister serial killer past.

Former detective Gil Carrillo told the crowd at CrimeCon2021 he later realized how afraid his wife was while Carrillo was hunting down serial killer Richard Ramirez.