Another common name for Richard Trenton Chase is “The Vampire of Sacramento.” He was often called this because he was known for drinking the blood of his victims and consuming their body parts, states an article from Crime Museum. Juan Blanco (2015), author, claims he did this to his victims because he believed he needed to prevent Nazis from changing his blood to powder by poison they had placed under his soap dish. According to, author, Veronica Salto (2011), Chase was a dangerous and delusional killer from the state of California responsible for the death of six victims in the time frame of a month beginning December 29, 1977. The behavior of Richard Trenton Chase may be a result of his troubled childhood, impacting his twisted way of killing …show more content…
By the age of ten, Chase was known for setting fires, wetting the bed, and torturing animals, states a web article from Criminal Minds. He was also allegedly abused and beaten by his father. The same source also claims that he began using drugs, such as marijuana and LSD, which caused him to become a hypochondriac, believing that someone had stolen his pulmonary artery and his heart would no longer beat. According to, author, Robert Kessler (2015), after turning 18, Chase moved out from his parent's home and in with roommates. His roommates, bothered by his heavy drug use and wild behavior, asked him to leave. After Chase refused to move out, the roommates left and he was forced to move back in with his mother. This lasted until he became convinced she was trying to poison him and Chase was moved to an apartment paid for by his father. Mara Bovsun (2010), author, states that Chase had many irrational fears, his biggest being that he was going to disappear. He believed everyone was out to get him, including the FBI, Nazis, and space aliens. Chase believed the soap dish in his bathroom was a weapon and that those out to get him were using a secret poison hidden within the soap to transform his blood into powder. Chase was hospitalized several times because of his delusional behaviors, describes Kessler (2015). He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and was treated with the usual drugs used for this …show more content…
Lane and Gregg (1992) claim, after Chase’s largest killing, his neighbor became suspicious of his behavior, believing he could be the suspect, and contacted the police. The police searched his apartment finding “a gun, 12-inch butcher knife, rubber boots, animal collars, three blenders containing blood, and several dishes inside the refrigerator containing body parts,” as stated by an article from Crime Museum. This trial began in 1979, and he plead not guilty by reason of insanity, however, Chase was legally sane when the crimes were committed, making him guilty of all six murder accounts, continues Crime Museum. During imprisonment, Chase granted a series of interviews with Robert Ressler, during which he spoke of his fears of Nazis and UFOs, explains an article Famous Dead (2014). Chase claimed that although he had killed, it was not his fault. Instead, he had been forced to kill to keep himself alive, which he believed any person would do. He asked Ressler to give him access to a radar gun, which he could use to capture the Nazi UFOs, so that the Nazis could stand trial for the murders. He also handed Ressler a large amount of macaroni and cheese, which he had been hoarding in his pants pockets, believing that the prison officials were in agreeance with the Nazis and attempting to kill him with