**Warning: some readers might find this hard to read….

The capital city of California is known for a lot of great things: The Sacramento Kings, Cal Expo, The Capitol and historic landmarks. But, it also was the home of one of the most notorious serial killers: Richard Trenton Chase. It is not so much that he had hundreds of victims, but what he did to them simply made him a MONSTER.

Richard was a notorious killer that drank the blood of his victims and consumed their body parts. At the time, there were six known victims. The Vampire also consumed dead animals, eating them raw and I wonder if they were still alive when he ripped them to shreds with his teeth.

Richard grew up in Sacramento, California. He was quite the rambunctious child, often setting fires and torturing poor, neighborhood pets. Richard suffered from a mental illness and to deal with his problem he became an alcoholic and drug addict. His family and roommates eventually got fed up with him and he spent his time alone.

He spent his time killing animals and either consuming them or blending them up and drinking their remains. Raw.

Richard eventually became hospitalized after lethally injecting himself with rabbit blood. Many hospital staff became frightened of him as he was found with blood smeared on his face. What the medical staff didn’t know was that he was biting off the heads of birds and sucking their blood.

Chase convinced himself that his heart was shrinking and became obsessed with drinking blood to stop the shrinkage.

He then moved on to humans.

Evelyn (38) and her son Jason Miroth (6) David David Ferreira (22 months) and Danny Meredith

On January 27, 1977 Miroth was at home with her son, nephew, and friend when Richard Chase entered her house. Chase shot and killed Evelyn, raped her corpse and drank her blood. When Evelyn’s neighbor Danny knocked on the door and was killed by Chase who later stole his car.

In Evelyn’s home, her son Jason and her 22 month old nephew David were playing. Chase gunned down Jason and then set his eyes on David. Chase shot the baby in the head and proceeded to eat his brains. When the police arrived, the baby was missing.

A mummified, decapitated, baby was then found later in a box near a church. It was David.

Teresa Wallin

Teresa was excited to become a mother. She would never imagine that she would never give birth or see her baby. On January 23, 1978, Richard Chase entered her home as the door was unlocked. He shot her three times and raped her corpse, removed her nipple and drank her blood. He also removed her organs.

Ambrose Griffin

Perhaps the least goriest of his killings. Ambrose was helping his wife unload groceries when Chase shot him several times. Chase and Ambrose had no relationship. Ambrose was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. He was Chase’s first victim.

Chase was eventually caught. Among the items discovered in Chase’s apartment were a 12-inch butcher knife, animal collars, three blenders containing blood, and several dishes inside the refrigerator containing human body parts.

Chase eventually killed himself by overdosing on prescription drugs in his jail cell. He was 30 years old.

Chase told detectives that he took locked doors as a sign that he was not welcome. But if they were unlocked, it was fair game.

Have you checked your doors yet?

Check out this episode created by Black Box TV:

The Vampire of Sacramento – ONISION – BlackBoxTV

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