Edmund Kemper - The True Story of the Co-ed Killer

True Crime by Evil Killers, Volume 2

By: Jack Rosewood

Narrated by: Miles Taylor

Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

American serial killer Edmund Kemper III stalked co-eds in California at the height of the era of peace and free love, dismembering his victims and tossing their body parts in remote areas around Santa Cruz. As pieces of young women began washing up on shore and turning up alongside rural highways, female residents - especially college students - were decidedly on edge. A lust killer who savored the act of decapitating his victims - and often used their severed heads for sexual pleasure - Kemper's story is particularly twisted among historical serial killers. Still, the true crime tale of Edmund Kemper is particularly fascinating, because the man many people called "a gentle giant" was a near genius whose cunning manipulation of others made him particularly depraved and dangerous.

This true crime story, a detailed biography of one of the most psychopathic serial killers of our time, shares some insight into the troubled childhood and awkward nature that led the American serial killer to take 10 lives, including those of six pretty co-eds, his paternal grandparents, his calculatingly cruel mother, and his mother's best friend. Among historical serial killers, Kemper is especially depraved, since he included necrophilia and cannibalism in his gruesome mix of sordid criminal activity. Ultimately, Kemper's murderous inclinations and urges to kill were satisfied after he bludgeoned to death his mother, a woman he'd hated since he was eight years old, and he turned himself in. But if he hadn't finally acted on his long-held fantasy to end his mother's life, he might still be trolling California highways, getting away with murder.

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reads like an abridged book though unabridged.

the narration is great, although I was really looking for more detailed accounts of ed's discretions.

Bad performance

Did not enjoy the reading. His Asian accent was terrible and unnecessary. Otherwise, it was straight to the point and informative.

The story of serial killer Edmund Kemper & victims

What did you love best about Edmund Kemper - The True Story of the Co-ed Killer?

Edmund Kemper is a serial killer who killed his grandparents, his mother (the focus of his internal rage) and several young women in California. This book talks about Ed and his crimes, including his juvenile crimes (killing his grandparents) and the time he spent at Atascadero State Hospital, which is for the criminally insane. The author gets straight to the facts and has no filler, just the facts. It is well-written and well researched. This book makes no excuse for anything that Ed did, just told it like it was. He did make some conclusions, but those were based on the facts given. I have enjoyed all of the books that Jack Rosewood has written that I have read, and this one is no exception.

I was bummed out when the book ended :(

I very much enjoyed this book and learned so much that I didn’t already know going in about Edmund Kemper. The narration is done beautifully and kept me engrossed for sure. This will definitely be one I read again down the line. Thank you!

Getting facts

Enjoyed getting snippets of facts about many Serial Killers. I’m going to be looking at people differently now. LOL

It's to the point and brief

If you're looking for an inside to his mind you will get a glimpse and overall details are to the point. It's a good story beginning to end but if you're looking for something more in depth this is not for you. It is good overall and am looking for a longer more detailed book.

could not stop listening!

loved this book... I really love the last chapter it gives a lot of insight.

Overall Informative

Short, sweet, to the point but packed with info. There were a few inaccuracies I noticed - such as in the bonus chapter, the author mentions that Jeffery Dahmer’s father wanted Jeffrey’s brain studied, when in fact it was his mother that wanted the study and his father was the reason it didn’t happen - that make me question if other facts were misstated but overall I liked the book.

surprisingly boring

I have read three books on Kemper and it's disappointing to hear such an interesting story/life be told in such a way that I was actually bored. not worth the small amount of many. Much better books on Kemper available.

Audio performance was not great.

Audio performance was not great. Not very detailed information about the case or trial. hopefully there are better books out there on Kemper.