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From death row to "Bomber's Row," the world's most notorious criminals often end up sharing prison yards. Join WatchMojo as we explore those rare and chilling moments when history's most infamous killers crossed paths behind bars! From Kemper and Manson to "The Freeway Killer" playing cards with "The Toolbox Killer," these prison encounters are as fascinating as they are disturbing.
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00:00Known as the Alcatraz of the Rockies.
00:02Its infamous inmates include the...
00:05Boston Marathon Bomber, the Unabomber, and the Shoe Bomber who tried to bring down...
00:10Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at those instances where a correctional facility...
00:15...housed multiple inmates with a particularly notable reputation.
00:18His description eludes...
00:20...to me, but I have felt...
00:22...powers that are evil.
00:25Edmund Kemper and Herbert Mullen, California Medical Facility, USA.
00:30It isn't exactly uncommon for certain dangerous criminals to cross paths while incarcerated
00:34at the same...
00:35prison.
00:36I've lived as an ordinary person most of my life, even though I was living a...
00:40...parallel and increasingly sick life...
00:43...other life.
00:44Edmund Kemper...
00:45...a nationwide infamy in the United States as the co-ed killer.
00:48While the slayings committed by Herbert Mullen...
00:50...were performed by the killer's own admission to apparently prevent California earthquakes.
00:55And he looked at me and he just looked up on the table and he said,
00:59When God speaks...
01:00...to you, you listen.
01:01These two met while incarcerated at a California medical facility...
01:04...in Vaca...
01:05...in Louisville, California, where Kemper was serving concurrent life sentences...
01:08...against Mullen's life imprisonment...
01:10...with the possibility of parole.
01:11The former reportedly pushed around his smaller counterpart...
01:14...utilizing...
01:15...what he referred to...
01:16...as a type of behavioral treatment...
01:18...to curb Mullen's habitual chattiness...
01:20...and penchant for singing.
01:21Ian Brady and Graham Young...
01:23...HMP Parkhurst...
01:25...and Park Lane Hospital, UK.
01:27Ian Brady was a petty criminal who grew up in Glasgow...
01:30...where he's remembered for his cruelty to other children and animals.
01:33This pairing of killers spent time...
01:35...at not one, but two facilities over the years.
01:38Ian Brady, who was responsible...
01:40...for the Moore's child killings between 1963 and 65...
01:44...and Graham Young...
01:45...a.k.a. the teacup poisoner.
01:47Graham Young kept poison close to him at all times.
01:50He was carrying at that time...
01:52...small bottles...
01:54...violence...
01:55...with antimony toxin in his stock pocket.
01:58He called it his friend.
02:00HMP Parkhurst Prison and Park Lane Hospital...
02:02...later named Ashworth Hospital...
02:04...would house...
02:05...or Brady and Young...
02:06...who would occasionally play each other in chess.
02:08The history of Nazism also...
02:10...reportedly served as subjects of the pair's conversations...
02:13...during their time together.
02:14While Brady was...
02:15...quoted as being fascinated by Young's methodology...
02:17...and modus operandi...
02:18...during his decade-long...
02:20...the period between 1961 and 71.
02:22Although Ian Brady's crimes...
02:24...now belong to another...
02:25...the era...
02:26...they will be recorded as among the most infamous...
02:28...ever seen in Britain.
02:30Jean-Paul Gerbet and Carla Hamoka.
02:32Saint-Ande Plains Penitentiary, Quebec.
02:35Paul Bernardo and Carla Hamoka...
02:38...were known as the Ken and Barbie Killers.
02:40...a moniker that referred to the couple's...
02:42...smiling, healthy good looks.
02:44Appearances which...
02:45...disguise their brutal crimes.
02:46It was like...
02:47...you know...
02:48...the Barbie and Ken couple...
02:49...who seemed like the idea...
02:50...is an ideal relationship.
02:53But they were far from a match...
02:54...made in heaven.
02:55Homoka was released from prison...
02:57...back in 2005...
02:58...in exchange for testimony...
03:00...that helped convict her husband...
03:01...of first-degree murder...
03:02...and two cases...
03:03...of aggravated sexual assault.
03:04She...
03:05...she would serve just 12 years...
03:07...for her part in the crimes.
03:09Whilst Paul Bernardo...
03:10...will spend the rest of his life...
03:11...behind bars...
03:12...yet...
03:13...it was during Homoka's time...
03:14...at Sendo...
03:15...the non-state plains...
03:16...penitentiary, Quebec...
03:17...where she met fellow killer...
03:18...Jean-Paul Gerbet.
03:19The pair...
03:20...struck up a relationship...
03:21...while the latter was...
03:22...volunteering in the prison library...
03:23...one that made headlines...
03:24...during...
03:25...parole hearings...
03:26...for both individuals.
03:27David Berkowitz...
03:28...and Gary Evans...
03:29...sing...
03:30...correctional facility...
03:31...and Clinton Correctional Facility...
03:32...USA.
03:33By the end of his life...
03:34...serial...
03:35...the killer...
03:36...Gary Evans rap sheet...
03:37...was more than 11 feet long...
03:39...packed with...
03:40...every imaginable felony...
03:41...from burglary...
03:42...to arson...
03:43...to murder.
03:44The son of Sam...
03:45...David...
03:45...Burkowitz may retain...
03:46...a more infamous reputation...
03:47...than the capital district...
03:48...serial killer...
03:49...Gary Evans.
03:50...but that didn't...
03:51...seem to influence...
03:52...the pair's friendship.
03:53David Berkowitz's...
03:54...reign of terror...
03:55...spanned 13 months...
03:56...he used...
03:57...44 caliber handgun...
03:58...to shoot...
03:59...innocent people...
04:00...in three of the city's...
04:01...five boroughs...
04:02...Burkowitz and Evans...
04:03...first met...
04:04...while serving time...
04:05...in the...
04:05...the maximum security...
04:06...sing-sing prison...
04:07...where they lifted weights...
04:08...in the yard...
04:09...and exchanged letters...
04:10...while...
04:10...isolated...
04:11...in solitary confinement.
04:12Some reports also claim...
04:13...that Evans and Berkowitz...
04:14...continued their...
04:15...cordial relationship...
04:16...after a move...
04:17...to the Clinton...
04:18...correctional facility...
04:19...while others claim...
04:20...that Evans...
04:20...eventually distance himself...
04:21...from the berserk...
04:22...44 caliber killer...
04:23...Gary Evans would...
04:24...eventually...
04:25...perish...
04:26...during a...
04:27...boshed escape attempt...
04:28...in 1998...
04:29...after jumping...
04:30...into the Hudson River...
04:30...for more than once...
04:31...I'm not gonna live...
04:32...my life in a cage...
04:33...in prison...
04:34...for the rest of my life.
04:35Charles...
04:35...Manson...
04:36...and Edmund Kemper...
04:37...California Medical Facility...
04:38...USA...
04:39...24-year-old...
04:40...6-foot-9-inch...
04:41...Edmund Kemper...
04:42...unexpectedly confessed...
04:45...that he was the infamous...
04:46...co-ed butcher...
04:48...and that he now had a tally...
04:50...of ten...
04:51...murder victims...
04:52...to his name.
04:53Charles Manson's death mate...
04:54...
04:55...headlines back in 2017...
04:56...while the aforementioned...
04:57...Edmund Kemper...
04:58...is still incarcerated...
04:59...at the time...
05:00...of this writing.
05:01The crimes of both...
05:02...still exist among...
05:03...the United States...
05:04...most chilling criminal cases.
05:05Yet it's unclear...
05:06...how much was discussed...
05:07...of their respective legacies.
05:08Is Charlie Manson crazy?
05:10...or whatever that means...
05:11...sure, he's crazy...
05:12...as mad as a hatter.
05:13...during their time spent together...
05:14...at California Medical...
05:15...facility.
05:16Kemper's reputation...
05:17...as an intelligent...
05:18...and eloquent...
05:19...model prisoner...
05:20...was juxtaposed...
05:21...against Manson's...
05:22...notorious difficulty...
05:23...behind bars...
05:24...and penchant...
05:25...for buzzworthy...
05:25...chaotic quotes.
05:26The co-ed killer...
05:27...has spoken about...
05:28...this close proximity...
05:29...to Manson over the years.
05:30...but the word...
05:31...friendship...
05:32...probably shouldn't be...
05:33...the one used to describe...
05:34...their relationship.
05:35...classic...
05:36...sociopath.
05:37He feels no guilt.
05:39It's all about him.
05:40...and no compassion whatsoever.
05:42Ted Bundy...
05:43...Gerald Stano...
05:44...and Otis Toole.
05:45...Florida State Prison...
05:46...USA.
05:47Florida State Prison...
05:48...is another facility...
05:49...that's housed...
05:50...some of history's...
05:51...worst criminals...
05:52...over the years.
05:53Despicable creatures...
05:54...such as murderer...
05:55...Otis...
05:55...Tool...
05:56...serial killer...
05:57...Gerald Stano...
05:58...and the infamous...
05:59...Ted Bundy.
06:00...killed more people...
06:01...in more states...
06:02...than anyone...
06:03...we've ever heard of.
06:04All three came into contact...
06:05...with each other...
06:05...during their time...
06:06...at FSP...
06:07...which was once known...
06:08...as Ryford Prison...
06:09...Stano and Bundy...
06:10...had reportedly...
06:10...spend some time together...
06:11...during their incarceration...
06:12...prior to both of them...
06:13...being executed...
06:14...for their crimes.
06:15...Ted Bundy...
06:16...was executed...
06:17...by electric chair...
06:18...in Florida...
06:19...on January 24th...
06:20...in 1989...
06:21...at age 42...
06:22...taking his secrets...
06:24...with him...
06:25...about the full...
06:26...and true extent...
06:27...of his reign of terror...
06:28...Tool, meanwhile...
06:29...was allegedly...
06:30...jailed in a cell...
06:31...close to Bundy...
06:32...although it's less clear...
06:33...how much...
06:34...if any contact...
06:35...they had...
06:35...during this time...
06:36...Rodney Alcala...
06:37...and Richard Ramirez...
06:38...San Quentin...
06:39...Rehabilitation...
06:40...Center USA...
06:41...It may be the...
06:42...creepiest episode...
06:43...ever...
06:44...on the dating game...
06:45...because this...
06:46...is...
06:45This bachelor looking for love back in 1978 is actually a serial killer.
06:50The dating game killer, Rodney Alcala, and the Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez, didn't
06:54serve the last.
06:55Alcala was primarily confined to the California State Prison.
07:00Yet he also spent brief periods of time at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.
07:05This creep comes up and he puts his face practically in my face and he says, I...
07:10I always get the girl.
07:12When I think about what he said, I always get my...
07:15It was here where Ramirez was being held on death row and where the pair...
07:20eventually served at the same time.
07:22As far as Satan is concerned, I believe in a...
07:25malevolent being, his description eludes me.
07:30But I have felt powers that are evil.
07:33Both died on death row.
07:35And in hospitals, with the Night Stalker perishing from complications secondary to...
07:40B-cell lymphoma at Marin General Hospital and Rodney Alcala suffering a heart attack in Kings...
07:45County in 2021.
07:46Robert Stroud and George Machine Gun Kelly.
07:50One story that was spread was that machine...
07:55Kelly was so good with machine gun, he could actually write his name on a wall.
08:01They were two of the criminal world's most well-known nicknames.
08:04Robert Stroud...
08:05also known as the Birdman of Alcatraz and George Machine Gun Kelly.
08:09The pair...
08:10served at the Federal Correctional Institute at Leavenworth...
08:13before their paths eventually crossed on Alcatraz...
08:15Alcatraz Island.
08:16It was here...
08:17where Stroud and Kelly first came into contact with one another.
08:20The former having already earned his Birdman moniker...
08:22prior to being moved to the Rock.
08:24He's Droud.
08:25becomes an expert on birds...
08:27and writes a book titled Diseases of Canary.
08:30He's become a world-renowned ornithologist.
08:34Kelly...
08:35Meanwhile...
08:36was seen as a braggart by many of his peers at Alcatraz...
08:38earning the nickname of Pop...
08:40Gun Kelly...
08:41on account of prison perception of his boastfulness.
08:44William Bonin...
08:45Lawrence Bideker...
08:46Rennie Kraft...
08:47and Douglas Clark.
08:48San Quentin Rehabilitation Center...
08:50USA.
08:51We've already mentioned San Quentin's Death Row...
08:53a place that basically speaks for itself...
08:55with regards to the kinds of individuals housed within its walls.
08:58Heavy-duty criminal names...
08:59such as...
09:00William Bonin...
09:01Lawrence Bideker...
09:02Randy Kraft...
09:03and Douglas Clark.
09:04All of whom...
09:05spent time together...
09:06while serving their sentences at San Quentin.
09:08They reportedly played cards together...
09:10passing the time...
09:11and partnering up in duos against each other...
09:13on a regular basis.
09:14Bideker died at...
09:15San Quentin in 2019...
09:16while William Bonin was executed...
09:18via lethal injection in 1996.
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09:35Timothy McVeigh...
09:37Ted Kaczynski...
09:38and Ramsey Youssef.
09:40United States Penitentiary...
09:41Administrative Maximum Facility...
09:43aka...
09:44ADX...
09:45Florence...
09:46Known as the Alcatraz...
09:47of the Rockies...
09:48They were housed...
09:49at Unit D...
09:50United States Penitentiary...
09:51Administrative Maximum Facility...
09:53otherwise known...
09:54as...
09:55ADX Florence...
09:56a place that was...
09:57eventually referred to...
09:58as Bomber's Row...
09:59thanks to...
10:00a trio...
10:01of infamously...
10:02explosive terrorists...
10:03Timothy McVeigh...
10:04Ted Kaczynski...
10:05and Ramsey Youssef.
10:06They worked out together...
10:07and spoke often...
10:08exchanging letters...
10:09and discussing...
10:10their cruel...
10:11and vicious criminal histories...
10:12Ramsey Youssef...
10:13continues serving time...
10:14for his...
10:15role in orchestrating...
10:16the 1993...
10:17World Trade Center...
10:18bombings...
10:19Timothy McVeigh...
10:20was executed...
10:20via lethal injection...
10:21in 2001...
10:22In the summer of...
10:231997...
10:24McVeigh...
10:25was tried...
10:25convicted...
10:26on 11 different...
10:27counts...
10:28and sentenced...
10:29to death...
10:30and...
10:31committed an act...
10:32of self-destruction...
10:33in his cell...
10:34on June 10th...
10:352023...
10:35Why do we obsess...
10:36over true crime...
10:37and serial killers?
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