The True Story of Netflix’s ‘Night Stalker’ Is Absolutely Chilling

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Night Stalker’s true story—which is pretty scary due to its subject matter but, unlike the show, probably won’t keep you up tonight.

Maybe. Actually, I lied, it definitely still will. Simply put, Richard Ramirez was a serial rapist and murderer who preyed upon the greater Los Angeles area in the 1980s.

He was active between summer 1984 and summer 1985, at which point he was caught and tried for multiple gruesome homicides. I won’t get into too many of the brutal details of his murders, but Ramirez used a variety of weapons to kill, assault, and mutilate his victims.

He , when 79-year-old Jennie Vincow was found murdered asleep in bed. He then committed a string of murders, assaults, and burglaries in the months following—including three.