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Richard Chase

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Murderer

The Resume

    (May 23, 1950-December 26, 1980)
    Born in Santa Clara County, California
    Serial killer
    Killed six people
    Nicknamed 'The Vampire of Sacramento'
    Sentenced to death
    Committed suicide in prison by overdosing on his antipsychotic medication

Why he might be annoying:

    As a teen, he was a chronic alcoholic and drug abuser.
    He claimed his blood was turning to powder and he needed to replenish it.
    He would kill small animals and drink their blood.
    He would take raw organs from animals he killed, mix them in a blender with Coke and drink the results like a smoothie.
    He called a family whose dog was missing to taunt them with what he had done to the animal.
    He was involuntarily committed for two years (1975-76) after being hospitalized for blood poisoning when he injected rabbit's blood into his veins.
    He was a fan of the Hillside Stranglers.
    He committed necrophilia and cannibalism with the bodies of several of his victims.
    His victims included a pregnant woman, a six-year-old boy and a 22-month-old infant.

Why he might not be annoying:

    After his release from the hospital, he was placed on antipsychotic drugs, but his mother decided to wean him off them.
    She did not reconsider this decision even after an incident in which he showed up on her doorstep with a dead cat that he ripped apart, smearing the blood on his face.
    Fellow inmates encouraged him to kill himself.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 16 Votes: 93.75% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 58 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 48 Votes: 60.42% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 28 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 59 Votes: 76.27% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 91 Votes: 68.13% Annoying