Interview With Author Emerson Murray

by Erin Banks Emerson, your second book, “Murder Capital Of The World” focuses on Herbert Mullin and Edmund Kemper and John Linley Frazier’s murders. Was your writing it inspired by your father having been friends with Mullins victim Jim Gianera, or what sparked the interest? Definitely. I cannot remember a time that I did not…

Edmund Kemper: Backyard Photo Debunk

by Erin Banks Recently, the Died In House website shared on their Facebook page a photo post of what they identified as the backyard of Edmund Kemper and his mother Clarnell Strandberg’s previous residence. They wrote, “In the backyard of 609 Ord Street the mortal remains of Clarnell Strandberg and her friend Sally Hallett were…

An Outlook on Murderabilia, True Crime Merchandise & Tattoos

by Erin Banks Murderabilia. Serial killer tattoos. Merchandise. Memes. A controversial subject that not only subdivides the True Crime community into multiple factions as to what is proper and acceptable but which has also sparked discussions among politicians and resulted in legislation so as to prevent offenders from profiting off of their crimes, as well…

How to write to an Inmate

by Erin Banks Several of our group members have expressed an interest in corresponding with inmates, wondering how one would go about the task of locating offenders’ addresses.Although I am a victim advocate, count several survivors among my friends, and my family lived through the tragedy of losing two of our own to violent crime,…

“Serial Killing: A Podcast,” Interview with Elissa Kerrill

by Erin Banks Today I spoke with Elissa Kerril, an anagram for “serial killer,” from “Serial Killing: A Podcast,” who has gained a substantial following on social media sites, as well as on youtube. Since the creation of her podcast last year, she has highlighted notorious and obscure True Crime cases, focusing not only on…

Edmund Kemper – “I never Promised you a Rose Garden”

by Erin Banks Kemper is known for his intricately crafted and exceptionally beautiful mugs. He handcrafted the mug on the below photo for his psychiatrist Dr. William Schanberger. The projects took almost a year to complete. The semi-autobiographical account “I never promised you a Rose Garden” by Joanne Greenberg, which she initially penned under the…

Edmund Kemper: Myths – Photo Debunks

by Erin Banks Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation and disinformation about Kemper on the internet, and even longstanding True Crime aficionados may at times get duped by certain photos repeatedly popping up that allegedly depict young Kemper. I’m going to debunk two of the most commonly shared photos that have even made it…

Edmund Kemper: Clarnell’s Relationship with Sally Hallett

by Erin Banks While it can be tempting to engage in the “blame game” when discussing the Kemper case, and ascribe every single of his utterances, deeds and also crimes to something that Clarnell perpetrated on her son years earlier, it is important to remain in the mindset that of course Clarnell was also herself…

Edmund Kemper: Overview of his Life including the first Crime

by Erin Banks On December 18, 1948 a boy was born to Clarnell and Edmund Kemper II, a couple that was described as loudspoken, a euphemism for having a short fuse from some of Kemper’s corroborations. Carrying on a family tradition, the child was officially named Edmund Emil, yet was called “Guy” by both family…

Ted Bundy: Myths – “Investigation Discovery” fake Bundy Quote

by Erin Banks Someone posted the Investigation Discovery trailer for the upcoming Bundy documentary “Ted Bundy: Mind of a Monster,” to premiere this Sunday, August 18, 2019 in The Ted Bundy Research Group on facebook today. I immediately gasped when I heard the first few lines spoken by Bundy, “I used to see a good…

Edmund Kemper: Trading Prisons – Childhood Home vs Mental Hospital

by Erin Banks Last fall when the Oxygen documentary “Kemper on Kemper” aired, a True Crime researcher from The Edmund Kemper Discussion Group on facebook pointed out to me that there was an uncomfortable and likely unhealthy parallel between young Kemper being locked into the pitch black basement at night by his mother, and his…

Edmund Kemper: The Effects of Trauma Bonding

by Erin Banks A few weeks ago, a fellow Kemper researcher and I discussed possible reasons for Kemper to repeatedly gravitate back towards his mother Clarnell throughout his life, despite the ambivalent and explosive nature of their relationship. If we consider Kemper’s abusive upbringing at the hands of his mother, there is already one clear…

Edmund Kemper: Clarnell as the “Witch/Queen” Type of Borderline Mothers

by Erin Banks While trying to find out more about Edmund Kemper’s mother Clarnell and her own upbringing, I have recently been wondering: Where did the paranoia she harbored that Kemper would molest his sisters stem from? This fear prompted her to lock the boy in the basement at night, without an available source of…

Edmund Kemper: Thoughts on his “Morality” and the “Cure” for Neurodiversity

by Erin Banks Recently, I’ve come to ponder Kemper’s own brand or sense of morality which warranted killing co-eds of age, yet in contrast he appeared to react with surprise and shock when he learned about the age of Aikoo Koo, 15, stating he would not have killed an underage girl. I initially thought that…