Born to Kill? (2005)
S03E04 Richard Ramirez: The Nightstalker
Episode Overview
By the age of ten, Richard Ramirez, an avid heavy metal enthusiast, was already spending nights in graveyards. He would later unleash chaos across Los Angeles, targeting unsuspecting residents in their own homes. This drug-fueled burglar, who worshipped Satan, engaged in horrifying acts of rape, murder, and mutilation, relishing the fear he instilled in his victims as they pleaded for mercy. Men, women, children, and the elderly all fell prey to his rampage, while law enforcement scrambled to apprehend the elusive killer who shattered conventional understanding of serial murder. Was Richard Ramirez destined for violence, corrupted by drugs, or was his dark path shaped by a harsh upbringing in the struggling border town of El Paso?