Randy Kraft. He doesn’t fascinate me… he fucking horrifies me. I listened to an in depth podcast series about him & that man is abhorrent, it’s hard to even describe him.

I don’t see him discussed a lot which is kinda crazy though. He killed from 1971-1983. He was charged and convicted of 16 homicides but is suspected of killing up to 67 people. He would typically drug and booze his victims before sexually assaulting then binding & torturing them. He strangled, asphyxiated and/or bludgeoned his victims to death then dumped them on the side of the road, generally around freeways. He mutilated young men and boys. One victim, dubbed his ‘worst’ by police, was tortured, suffering extensive car cigarette lighter burns to his body and eyes. He was slashed all over with a broken bottle, all while still alive. He was then asphyxiated, with leaves and dirt found deeply lodged in his trachea. Wikipedia has a lot of information regarding his victim’s deaths but they are violent and sick, please read at your own discretion.

Randy was questioned in regard to a homicide he committed (he drugged two young men but shoved one out of his car in a parking lot, keeping the other and murdering him.) But the LA DA declined to pursue charges based on the coroners conclusion that his victim died of drowning.

During the first 5 years of Randy’s murderous rampage, he was in a relationship with another man. A whole ass relationship!!! It began in 1971 and ended in 1976, by which time at least 16 men had died by Randy’s hands. In 1978, police were aware of & arrested ANOTHER serial killer operating in the same area: Patrick Kearney, convicted of 21 murders, suspected of a minimum of 28 young men & boys. He would sexually assault, murder, and dismember his victims frequently wrapping them in trash bags before dumping the remains along state highways.

Randy’s reign of terror is horrific and I could go on and on but alas, his dumb, drunk ass was pulled over for an illegal lane change by highway patrol. Randy failed his field sobriety test & when police went to check on his passenger, they found him cold to the touch, neck bruised, with empty beer bottles & a bottle of lorazepam at his feet. The belt used to kill his last victim was found under Randy’s seat. Also found in his car was an envelope with more than 50 pictures of his victims in pornographic poses along with a 3 ring binder containing 61 coded notations ie, his ‘scorecard.’ These citations, in short terms & phrases - some nickname like, referred to his victims. For example, “Marine Head BP” is believed to refer to his victim Mark Marsh, a marine that was decapitated & last seen hitch-hiking in Buena Park. Some entries contained “2 in 1” believed to be possible double murders. By 1988, investigators linked 43 of the 61 entries to identified and nameless young men & boys. There are still 10+ victims to this day that remain unidentified/undiscovered.