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'Candy Man' Dean Corll was shot dead 48 years ago. Texas EquuSearch will soon begin searching for the remains of any additional victims
48 years ago, Dean Corll, one of the country's most prolific serial killers, was shot dead at his home in Pasadena, Texas.

Texas EquuSearch announced Sunday it will soon begin searching for the remains of any additional victims.

Between 1970 and 1973, Dean Corll, murdered at least 28 young boys in the Houston area. The killings were dubbed the Houston Mass Murders, and at the time, they were considered the worst serial murders in U.S. history.

Corll, an electrician and former candy store owner (hence his moniker), conscripted the help of teens David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley to lure other boys to his apartment, where they were handcuffed and shackled to a plywood torture board before being sexually assaulted and killed, according to the Associated Press.
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Corll's known victims were found in mass graves located across the Greater Houston Area. Four bodies were buried in San Augustine near Lake Sam Rayburn in East Texas; seven were buried on the beach at High Island in Southeast Texas; and 17 were buried in a Houston boathouse of Corll's, according to the Associated Press.
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Some had cords wrapped around their necks, and tape strapped around their feet and mouths and a few had been sexually mutilated, according to the Associated Press. Most of the bodies were badly decomposed and difficult to identify.

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Finding more victims may give some families that needed closure.
This guy was the #1 body count serial killer until John Wayne Gacey was discovered.
The horrors Corll did are the stuff of nightmares.

Years ago, someone posted here that they knew one of his known victims.

Oh no
That would be just heartbreaking.

Heres a thread on him from the Tine board.

https://texags.com/forums/38/topics/3182670/1

Nm

Odds are that Corill had more victims than Gacy - and we will never really know the true number. Much of where he buried bodies on High Island is now under water, and HPD pretty much just quit doing any type of investigating on this case when they hit 28 confirmed. The way HPD handled this is probably as big of a crime as the murders, but nothing will ever be done about it.

One of the most horrific mass murder case of all time.

Its so horrific that it is somehow not nearly as famous as other cases from around the US.

Thank you for posting that.

This is true.
It seemed like it was "In the news, then poof, gone" in a short time back in the early 70's.
But in the 70s it seemed like murder was everywhere.
No mass shootings like today, but as the economy declined the creepshow increased.
Zodiac, Son of Sam, Gacey, Cryll, Bundy, Bianchi, the guy who became the Golden State Killer.
Battle of Flowers parade in SA had a sniper in 1979.
New Orleans had the black panther sniper in 1973. (Look up Mark James Essex)

Don't really hear about mass murder any more. Is it not a thing? Too much technology for people to get away with it for that long?

Last one I remember is the DC shooters but I lived there at the time so maybe that's why.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9035067/Texas-serial-killer-healthcare-worker-48-formally-charged-17-murders-elderly-people.html

This guy is probably the most prolific serial killer in world history. There are estimates of possibly more than 1000 victims.

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'Serial killer' healthcare worker, 48, accused of 'smothering 14 elderly women to death and robbing them' is charged with three more killings - and is being investigated for 1,000 deaths and attacks

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It's going to be very hard to ever know just how many this guy killed. All we know is that it was likely astronomically high.

I'm reading an interesting book right now called '23 Minutes in Hell'. If what is described in that book is accurate, he's getting his just rewards for eternity.

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Don't really hear about mass murder any more. Is it not a thing? Too much technology for people to get away with it for that long?

Last one I remember is the DC shooters but I lived there at the time so maybe that's why.

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It's probably easier than ever to do it now. I believe that something like 95% of serial killers are never caught.

When I saw the thread title, I was thinking of this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_O%27Bryan

He completely ruined Halloween for my generation. To my knowledge, the only victim was his son who he poisoned for the insurance money. Both are monsters.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9035067/Texas-serial-killer-healthcare-worker-48-formally-charged-17-murders-elderly-people.html

This guy is probably the most prolific serial killer in world history. There are estimates of possibly more than 1000 victims.

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'Serial killer' healthcare worker, 48, accused of 'smothering 14 elderly women to death and robbing them' is charged with three more killings - and is being investigated for 1,000 deaths and attacks

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It's going to be very hard to ever know just how many this guy killed. All we know is that it was likely astronomically high.

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This will never get much press because he's an illegal immigrant.

Remember the I-45 murders?

Is the prevailing theory that the killer died or got picked up and is in prison for an unrelated crime?

The Heights low rents. You didn't want to be in that area much back then.

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I'm reading an interesting book right now called '23 Minutes in Hell'. If what is described in that book is accurate, he's getting his just rewards for eternity.

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Great book!! Read it when I was in college.

LPOTL did an excellent I think 3 part series on him, they are pretty dang liberal but hilarious and do really good work so its definitely worth s listen if any one is interested

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9035067/Texas-serial-killer-healthcare-worker-48-formally-charged-17-murders-elderly-people.html

This guy is probably the most prolific serial killer in world history. There are estimates of possibly more than 1000 victims.

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'Serial killer' healthcare worker, 48, accused of 'smothering 14 elderly women to death and robbing them' is charged with three more killings - and is being investigated for 1,000 deaths and attacks

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It's going to be very hard to ever know just how many this guy killed. All we know is that it was likely astronomically high.

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This will never get much press because he's an illegal immigrant.

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An illegal and nearly all of his victims were white.

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Remember the I-45 murders?

Is the prevailing theory that the killer died or got picked up and is in prison for an unrelated crime?

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Been dozens of bodies, mostly of young women, dumped along the Gulf Freeway between Houston and Galveston for decades. Many have been solved with several different people convicted.

The most notorious involved 5 or 6 bodies discovered in the same area near League City. These are most likely the work of a serial killer, but every body that has been found along I-45 is not the work of this same killer.

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'Candy Man' Dean Corll was shot dead 48 years ago. Texas EquuSearch will soon begin searching for the remains of any additional victims
48 years ago, Dean Corll, one of the country's most prolific serial killers, was shot dead at his home in Pasadena, Texas.

Texas EquuSearch announced Sunday it will soon begin searching for the remains of any additional victims.

Between 1970 and 1973, Dean Corll, murdered at least 28 young boys in the Houston area. The killings were dubbed the Houston Mass Murders, and at the time, they were considered the worst serial murders in U.S. history.

Corll, an electrician and former candy store owner (hence his moniker), conscripted the help of teens David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley to lure other boys to his apartment, where they were handcuffed and shackled to a plywood torture board before being sexually assaulted and killed, according to the Associated Press.
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Corll's known victims were found in mass graves located across the Greater Houston Area. Four bodies were buried in San Augustine near Lake Sam Rayburn in East Texas; seven were buried on the beach at High Island in Southeast Texas; and 17 were buried in a Houston boathouse of Corll's, according to the Associated Press.
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Some had cords wrapped around their necks, and tape strapped around their feet and mouths and a few had been sexually mutilated, according to the Associated Press. Most of the bodies were badly decomposed and difficult to identify.

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Finding more victims may give some families that needed closure.
This guy was the #1 body count serial killer until John Wayne Gacey was discovered.
The horrors Corll did are the stuff of nightmares.

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I just finished a 4 part docu-series on Gacy on Peacock. Was really good.

Never heard of this guy.

Glad to hear some of those cases have been solved.

I too find it hard to believe how forgotten the Heights murders have become. I read up on them a few years back after seeing something about it on tv, having never heard of them myself. Gruesome.

A photograph of an unidentified boy was found among forgotten personal effects of the perpetrators a few years ago, and underscores just how many potential victims may never be known:

Dean Corll: Can You Help ID This Photo That May Be the Serial Killer's 29th Victim?

I went down a rabbit hole with the details this case a few years back.

Looking back, I wish I hadn't.

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Don't really hear about mass murder any more. Is it not a thing? Too much technology for people to get away with it for that long?

Last one I remember is the DC shooters but I lived there at the time so maybe that's why.

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Ever hear of this guy, Anthony Fauci?

The Harris County DA that prosecuted Henley was Carol Vance. He's wrote a book about his career called "Boomtown DA". Interesting read, if you like to hear good back stories. He talked about the challenges of a case like this since the level of paparazzi in Houston had never reached these levels. Also the toll on the victims' families, his staff and Vance personally. I believe there was a 2nd trial for Henley, and Vance decided it was time to retire to private practice.

Amazon link to book

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Glad to hear some of those cases have been solved.

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Some took decades to solve. I think there were numerous bodies dumped along that section of highway because it was the first section of largely undeveloped land on the way out of Houston, at least at the time.

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Years ago, someone posted here that they knew one of his known victims.

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It may have been me. Jimmy Glass and Danny Yates were classmates. It was a bad time. I'm 66 now and remember it like it was yesterday.

I wish we could find out what happened to the Texas State kid that disappeared in Luling.

The stress of this case caused at least 1 HPD homicide detective to commit suicide.

Back then, no one thought about the mental strain these kind of cases put on the police who had to investigate them.

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JobSecurity said:

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Don't really hear about mass murder any more. Is it not a thing? Too much technology for people to get away with it for that long?

Last one I remember is the DC shooters but I lived there at the time so maybe that's why.

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It's probably easier than ever to do it now. I believe that something like 95% of serial killers are never caught.

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Easier than ever to be a serial killer? What? I've come to the exact opposite conclusion. What makes you say that? Not even trying to play gotcha or something, im looking forward to hearing things I haven't considered.

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45-70Ag said:

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Years ago, someone posted here that they knew one of his known victims.

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It may have been me. Jimmy Glass and Danny Yates were classmates. It was a bad time. I'm 66 now and remember it like it was yesterday.

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I seem to recall your post on a GB thread several years ago maybe? It was one of those "how close did you come to death" or "did you ever know anyone murdered" that pop up once in a while. As a mom of four sons, these stories always break me. I cannot imagine what these families have been through and I pray they are able to find peace. I'm not sure I would survive it.

May have also been me. One of my dads good friends was picked up by Dean a few nights before Elmer killed him. Dean kept touching his leg while driving and he kept telling Dean he wasn't into that. After multiple touches they were stopped at a red light and dads friend popped Dean in the nose and jumped out of the car and laid down in the tall grass of a field. Dean circled a few times in the vehicle then gave up and left.

Didn't he admit at or near execution that there are more he "forgot" to mention?