Edmund Emil Kemper III, known as the co-ed killer, is an American serial killer who murdered 10 people. From May 1972 to April 1973, Kemper murdered eight people in the vicinity of Santa Cruz County, California. including a 15-year-old girl and his own mother. This was after Kemper's parole for murdering his paternal grandparents at 15 years old. Can we make any sense of this horrendous series of events? Is this a matter of nature, nurture, or is this like most questions that are answered by a firm examination of the middle ground? Join us as we venture down the dark and twisted road of Ed Kemper. Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week. This week’s episode includes descriptions/sound related the following sensitive subjects. Child AbuseChild NeglectExtreme Graphic Violence Extreme Sexual ViolenceViolence Against ChildrenRapeSexual AssaultNecrophiliaDismemberment DecapitationStabbingGun Violence Abduction StrangulationSuffocationMental IllnessInstitutionalization Suicide Check Out Our Friends! BeneBenPlayinhttps://www.youtube.com/@benebenplayin Mothmen 1966https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755030/Mothmen_1966/ Bigfoot https://www.bigfootplay.com/ Articles:https://allthatsinteresting.com/edmund-kemperhttps://skynd-music.com/case-files/edmund-kemper/ Books: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ed-kemper-dary-matera/1139320421;jsessionid=46576FA0413C11E5379D357F1A4E28AD.prodny_store01-atgap05?ean=9781454943167Edmund Kemper: The True Story of The Co-ed Killer: Historical Serial Killers and Murderers (True Crime by Evil Killers) Adverts! Support Campfire on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/campfiretalesofthestrangeandunsettling Satisfy All of Your Merch Needs:https://www.teepublic.com/stores/campfire-tales-of-the-strange-and-unsettling?ref_id=25702 Join the conversation on social media atwww.campfirepodcastnetwork.com Discord: https://discord.gg/43CPN3rz Instagram:instagram.com/campfire.tales.podcast GoodPods:https://goodpods.app.link/T0qvGnXnplb Twitter:www.twitter.com/campfiretotsau Facebook:www.facebook.com/campfire.tales.podcast Visit Our Linktree for Any and All Campfire Info: https://linktr.ee/Campfirepodcast Special Thanks: Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic , on Bandcamp at https://reverentmusic.bandcamp.com/releases or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/6QVhQsYQeeBVOtxrelehTI?si=V5CAxS8sSXyVFn14G7j-GAAdditional music & SFX provided by Artist.ioElias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply Jonathan Dodd for merch design! Show him some love at https://linktr.ee/jonathandodd Easton Chandler Hawk! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/eastonhawkart Christina at The Crescent Hare! Support everything she does at https://thecrescenthare.bigcartel.com/products Todd Purse at Create Magic Studios! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/Createmagicstudios
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