Welcome to very scary people. Im donnie wahlberg. Some Crime Experts call the 1980s the decade of the Serial Killer. According to at least one study, there were about 200 of these murderers on the loose during that time. But one man stood out. His crimes were random and vicious. His victims ranged from toddlers to the elderly. The citizens of los angeles were paralyzed with fear while police struggled to stop him. His name was richard ramirez, and he was the night stalker. Man it happened in this Apartment Building in a groundfloor unit. Yochelson Jennie Vincow was a 79yearold lady living alone in an apartment in northwest los angeles. Jordan she had just turned off the light in her apartment, and because it was the peak of summer, she left the window open. Jennie vincows asleep in her bed, very vulnerable. Jordan while she slept, a shadow appeared at the window, and it was the outline of a man. And then he opened the window further and crept inside. He was looking for items to steal.
to a working-class mexican-american family. hancock: like many border areas, el paso/juárez is generally a pretty poor area. richard s mother worked in a boot factory, and his father worked for the santa fe railroad. we met when he was like 5 years old, and i would ve been 8 years old. his dad and my mother went to school in camargo together. richard was the youngest of five kids. milam: i met ricky in the second grade. he was just a normal kid like everybody. we would all hang around and play baseball, just like normal kids would do. do certain activities like swimming, having a little party, get-together, things like that in the barrio. he was brought up catholic. his mom got him as an altar boy, but he would tell me that he was not way into being an altar boy,