Proof that pure evil does exist in this world. He wasn't classed as mentally ill, he was sane, just sick and evil. At one point I had to stop watching and go away from it for a while.
Yes, he really was evil incarnate. I actually had to take a break from it too and normally I lap this stuff up.
What really got to me was the kids, that he would abduct them and then take them and abuse them for hours and then let them go. I found that really chilling, he was a serial killer, that's horrific enough but it wasn't evil enough for him. He wanted the kids to remember what he did. He wanted to cause permanent damage they had to live with.
I think that's what made him so much more creepy than your average serial killer. Normally they follow a pattern, have a certain type of victim and have a preferred method of killing them. But with him it was so random, as long as it was depraved he was into it. Killing people of any age, male or female, in a whole manner of ways and also molesting boy and girls. It was so indiscriminate. Anyone living in LA at the time would quite likely be petrified as his next victim could literally be anyone.
God knows how anyone who survived an attack by him went on, with the memory of what he did to them and knowing how it could have ended. I was very impressed with the little girl who he let go who we saw as an adult. She seemed very together all things considered.
I watched all of the Night Stalker this weekend too and was really creeped out by it. Home Invasions are terrifying to me.
I was creeped out by it too, more than your average serial killer doc. I found myself going to check that my front door was locked between episodes!
he way he ends up getting caught and the role the community played is so remarkable.
Yes, that was quite satisfying. I wonder if it would have gone down like that today or if it would have been mostly people standing back filming it on their phones.
