In this episode of American Murder Stories I discuss the story of Richard Chase - The Vampire of Sacramento.

Between December of 1977 and January 1978, 6 people were brutally murdered. Ambrose Griffin, 51, 22 year old Teresa Wallin who was 3 months pregnant, 38 year old Evelyn Miroth and her son 6 year old Jason, her 22 month old nephew David and her friend 51 year old Daniel Meredith.

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Sources:

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/richard-trenton-chase/

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11279433

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1201/p775.html

https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2021/08/13/revisiting-the-vampire-of-sacramento/ 

https://www.thehealthboard.com/what-is-renfields-syndrome.htm

Sky True Crime: World's Worst Serial Killers - Richard Chase

Serial Killers: True Stories of the World’s Worst Murderers - Al Cimino p139-148

The Vampire of Sacramento: The True Story of Richard Chase The Blood-Thirsty Cannibal by Genoveva Ortiz & True Crime Seven 

Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI

By Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman - Chapter 1 

A Thirst for Blood: The True Story of California's Vampire Killer by Ray Biondi and Walt Hecox

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