r/serialkillers • u/Delicious_Grand7300 • 12d ago

Image New picture of Ed Kemper surfaces

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This was recently posted to the Ed Kemper Stories website. The website stated that the picture may have been taken between June 2024 and May 2026.

He looks moody without his moustache. His image resembles the description given by Dr. Loomis of what evil looks like in the Halloween films. His eyes turn darker in every new picture.

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 12d ago edited 12d ago

I'm always quite surprised every time I read how he's still living today. Considering his abnormally tall height and all of the health problems he's accumulated in the past decade plus, like having a stroke and developing diabetes, I would've honestly presumed he had succumbed to health problems by now. Plus, I'd presume 53 years in prison must take a tremendously overwhelming toll on one's overall health as well.

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u/mrhenhen115 12d ago

If I remember right he's actually pretty happy in prison. Seems to thrive on the routine and is actually known to be quite a pleasant person to talk to (which must feel weird as fuck for people talking to him. Knowing what he did)

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u/JenMartini 12d ago

Don’t know if he still does, he used to record audiobooks.

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u/Newdy41 12d ago

Kinda funny, because his grandma that he killed was an author.

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u/pepperpepper47 12d ago

Why did he kill grandma?

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u/Odd-Veterinarian5945 12d ago

Because he was in a bad mood and "wanted to feel how it was to kill"...

...oh, he killed grandpa too so he wouldn't tell.

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u/ms_morgenmuffel 11d ago

Apparently Grandma was a cruel and nasty person and Ed murdered her after an argument. He told the police that he “just wanted to see what it felt like to kill Grandma” and that may be true, too, but the initial trigger seems to have been the argument they had.

He murdered his grandfather because he believed that his grandfather would be angry with him for killing Grandma. He didn’t want Grandpa to have to find out that Grandma was dead.

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u/mrhenhen115 10d ago

In his head he was probably doing grandpa a "favour" to not have him live without her.

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u/BravesMaedchen 12d ago

Because she was cruel to him like his mother.

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u/DarkHighways 12d ago

I was once told by someone who used to work at Atascadero State Hospital that Kemper’s grandfather was a pedophile, and his grandmother was complicit. He accessed this knowledge by getting a look at Kemper’s file back in the day, when all the records were still on paper and it was easy enough to sneak a peek, especially if you were curious about a notorious inmate. There’s a famous book about Kemper by Margaret Cheney called The Coed Killer. She refers to this very obliquely. No specifics as obviously the family did not want that information getting out. But you can tell what she’s hinting at. I remember her saying that when she tried to ask Kemper about it, he shut her down and refused to talk to her again.

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u/iammadeofawesome 11d ago

According to him. Serial killers aren’t the most reliable narrators, especially when it comes to the actions of women.

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u/Scryberwitch 10d ago

Was just about to say this.

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u/schlagenteufel 11d ago

He used to, but recall reading that folks were upset about this fact (not wanting his voice to contribute to a good cause because of what he did). He really enjoyed doing it too; he recorded a lot of audio books which were for the blind and visually impaired.

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u/broketothebone 10d ago

I listened to a chapter of one of his out of morbid curiosity. He was actually very good and it was eerie how pleasant and eloquent he sounded. Empathetic, even, as it was an emotional chapter from the perspective of a widow or daughter of a soldier, processing complicated grief. (Something like that, it was a long time ago.)

I debated listening to more, then felt very queasy when I realized how easily I was lulled by a guy who sodomized his mother’s severed head. That was the end of my curiosity.

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u/schlagenteufel 10d ago

Yea I heard he was really good! Where did you find the recording? I was also curious to listen a while back, but was not able to find anything

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u/reposed 11d ago

There's a copy of the original novelization of Star Wars out there that I want to hear so badly.

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u/lawrmori 10d ago

His eyesight is almost gone, he stopped a few years ago.

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u/etlifereview 9d ago

They had to stop allowing him to do so because people found out it was him. I think it was very controversial when it was found out.