Richard Chase

[das...@spartan.com]

Could someone please enlighten me concerning the case of Richard Chase?

Thanks.

[DangerMag]

The best book to check out would be "Alone with the Devil," by Ronald
Markman. There's another book called "The Dracula Killer," written by the
cop who arrested Chase, but it's pretty light.

Yrs:
Dan K.

[creepie]

In <3khrtr$l...@data.interserv.net> das...@spartan.com writes:

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>Could someone please enlighten me concerning the case of Richard Chase?
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> Thanks.
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Richard Chase was a twentysomething schizophrenic who had been in and
out of mental hospitals for most of his adult life. His is a classic
case of someone who could have been stopped early as he made
virtually no attempt to conceal his bizarre inclinations. In fact,
despite his rants about internal organs sliding around in his guts and
unknown forces plotting to poison his blood, a doctor certified him sane
and let him go back to his overwhelmed and apathetic parents. Chase
collected puppies and cats the way some of us go to the store for a
coke. He believe that the antidote to poisoned blood is (natch!) fresh
blood, which he drank whole. One can almost see the flash of a
light-bulb over his head as he watched a former acquaintance make her
way from the doors of the supermarket to the doors of her car; no wonder
the blood wasn't working -- it wasn't HUMAN blood! An orgy of murder,
mayhem, sexual assault and pseudo-vampirism followed.

The movie, "Rampage," is loosely based on the Chase case. I attended a
lecture by William Friedkin, the director of "Rampage," and he said that
he changed the ending of Chase's story to fit more realistically into
the traditions of this country. In the movie, Friedkin's killer is
judged insane and eventually released. In life, Richard Chase hoarded
his meds in prison and OD'd.

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[Michael McKoin]

In <3kkim8$d...@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Cre...@ix.netcom.com (creepie)
writes:

So the story has a happy ending!