The Vampire Killer of Sacramento

Criminal Behaviorology Episode # 64 Title: The Vampire Killer of Sacramento The entire presentation can be found on our YouTube channel: @criminalbehaviorology - - The views of our guests, should we have any, do not necessarily reflect those of Criminal Behaviorology, nor our sponsors. Donate to Criminal Behaviorology Patreon: The horrific story of this real life vampire in the 1970s. With a little help from behavioral profiling, police captured the perpetrator and stopped him from committing future grotesque murders. What is most frightening is that such an obviously mentally unbalanced individual was unmonitored and untreated in the general public. Highlights: - Richard Trenton Chase, the horrific serial killer case in 1970s California. - Robert Ressler’s book Whoever Fights Monsters, a segment on the Vampire of Sacramento case is read. The desperate search to find who was responsible. - The so-called “organized” versus “disorganized” offender types. The disorganized concept might be the result of a perpetrator’s psychosis. How an understanding of mental illness helped in making a very accurate profile in this case. - Profiling: How the type of income, relationships (or lack thereof), condition of his car, and even the perpetrator’s physical appearance were predicted with surprising precision. - Ressler’s interest in such a case having occurred so recently, and the unique opportunity to go “on site” with a behavioral profile. - The true credit profiling deserves in assisting a criminal investigation. - An appeal written by Richard Trenton Chase: A paranoid and rambling document born of a psychotic mental state. - Adding stimuli, in strategic ways, with the intent of catching a perpetrator. Documents on the Chase story: Whoever Fights Monsters from archive.org: FBI files on Richard Trenton Chase: Previous Halloween Specials on Criminal Behaviorology Podcast: - Night of the Shaping Dead, October 2019: - Trick or Treat! Behavior Theory and Crime, Dog Training and Beggars’ Night Becomes Halloween, October 2020: - Eating at Us: Cannibalism in History, Legend and in the Animal World, October 2021: - More Horror Movies Equals Less Crime: An Analysis of Movies on Crime Reduction, October 2022: - Halloween Candy Poisoned? Reality and Urban Legend in Halloween Fears, October 2024 Look up CrimBehav on Facebook: facebook.com/CrimBehav. CB Podcast Sites: On YouTube: On Rumble: On Locals Social Media: On Twitter: On Patreon: Amazon: Please write a review on any of our podcast sites listed above. Questions, comments, and requests for transcripts to: criminalbehaviorology@gmail.com Thank you for listening.

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The Vampire Killer of Sacramento is an episode from Criminal Behaviorology by Timothy Joseph.

This episode is 00:55:32 long.

This episode was published on Oct 31, 2025.

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