I’ve spent a chunk of the day reading about Ed Kemper, an incarcerated serial murderer from California. Based on what I’ve read, I’ve concluded that Ed’s one seriously fucked up dude. Some highlights, quotes and factoids from a few sources:

“Kemper’s testimony in court revealed his desire to punish his mother did not end with the fatal hammer blow. He cut off his mother’s head, “put it on a shelf and screamed at it for an hour … threw darts at it,” and ultimately, “smashed her face in,” he recalled for the horrified court.” [link]

“As I’m sitting there with a severed head in my hand, talking to it, or looking at it, and I’m about to go crazy, literally I’m about to go completely… flywheel loose and just fall apart. I say, ‘Wow, this is insane!’ and then I told myself, ‘No it isn’t. You’re saying that…and that makes it not insane.’ I said, ‘I’m sane and I’m looking at severed…’ [unintelligible]…Vikings heroes talking to severed heads and taking them to parties. Old enemies in leather bags…part of our heritage.” [painfully transcribed from audio testimony]

“When I see a pretty girl walking down the street, I think two things: One part of me wants to take her home, be real nice and treat her right; the other part wonders what her head would look like on a stick.” [link]
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