Category: RICHARD’S BACKGROUND
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Family Matters – Part Two
Note: Richard’s early years have been covered here, detailing his various head injuries, physical and mental problems, and his time in the custody of the Texas Youth Council, so I need not repeat that. Likewise, the influence of his infamous cousin, Miguel, and the associated trauma and violence. Please see the posts indicated for more…
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California Dreamin’
A Den of Thieves We usually do not write about the charges against Richard Ramirez in San Francisco (SF) because the SF legal documents are unavailable. Most of what we know about the San Francisco charges against Richard comes from news articles available at the time, as well as small pieces of information contained within…
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Who will pick up the pieces?
Interview with Faye Snyder in 1990 Faye: “Could you talk about some of your childhood trauma?“ Richard Ramirez: “I know enough about psychoanalysis to know what you want of me. Right now, I’m strong. You want me to remember things with you, but the mind is like a jigsaw puzzle: You take one piece out,…
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A Bad Seed
So much of what we think we know about Richard Ramirez is based on myths and rumors. It’s like the “telephone” game played in the United States. Someone makes a statement, and that statement becomes so distorted that it doesn’t even remotely resemble what was said to begin with. The story gets changed and no…
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Richie
“Rarely do we find people who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On February 29, 1960, at 2:07 a.m., at Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso, Texas, a…
Expendable For A Cause. 