10 Scary Confessions Caught On Tape
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Caught On Tape.
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Infamous criminals have had a strange relationship with film and television - and the majority
of notorious killers and predators almost crave the limelight when on screen.
It’s led to some pretty shocking moments for journalism and criminal psychology, and
sometimes - they just can’t help but speak the truth.
First up at Number 10 - we’ve got Mark “Chopper” Read.
Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read was a notorious figure in the Australian criminal underworld.
He became famous after his autobiographical book “How to Shoot Friends & Influence People”
inspired the film “Chopper” - which was released in 2000, with Eric Bana playing the
titular role.
Read was sentenced to 23 years in jail for a variety of insane crimes - varying from
armed robbery to assault - and Chopper Read was also the key suspect in a string of unsolved
murders.
Well - in October of 2013, Mark “Chopper” Read died of liver cancer.
But - just before his death, he sat down with an Australian film crew for an interview on
a national news channel.
During the show - he cooly and calmly revealed to journalists that he’d been responsible
for four murders.
He then went on to recount three separate shootings, and an incident where he hung a
child-killer in his jail cell.
When asked about how he felt, Chopper Read showed no remorse, saying he felt nothing
at all.
Next up at Number 9 - we have Israel Keyes.
In 2012, American serial killer, Israel Keyes was caught by police after a string of horrific
crimes that dated back as early as 1996.
After police took him into custody, they brought him espresso, cigars, bagels - and the occasional
candy bar - in a tactic to make him feel like he was still in control.
And that's when he started talking.
Police interviewed him for dozens of hours between April and October of 2012 - where
he recounted the chilling crimes that he’d committed.
After being held in custody - awaiting trial in Anchorage, Alaska - he commited suicide.
At Number 8 - we have Melissa Miller.
Oftentimes - it’s the most brazen people that you have to be wary of.
Such is the case with then girlfriend of Annie Meyer - Melissa Miller, a woman from Wheat
Ridge, Colorado.
In 2013, Melissa Miller pleaded guilty to the second degree murder of her roommate and
girlfriend, Leanne “Annie” Meyer.
Miller claimed that after leaving her girlfriend for dead, she later returned to the scene
but couldn’t find her body.
Police believe that Annie tragically died of an animal attack or exposure.
Miller was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Coming in next at Number 7 - we have Daniel Wozniak.
Born in 1984 - Daniel Patrick Wozniak was an amateur actor from Southern California
who was down on his luck and short on money.
In May 2010, Wozniak murdered two people as part of a plan to steal money from one of
the victims.
At the time of the murders, Wozniak was in huge debt - and was facing eviction from the
apartment that he shared with then fiancee Rachel Mae Buffett - and his intention was
to use the stolen money to pay for his upcoming wedding and honeymoon.
Wozniak murdered his neighbour and friend, Army Veteran Samuel Herr, who was 26 - and
his college friend, Juri Kibuishi, who was 23.
Wozniak’s intention was to stage the murder and frame Herr as the culprit.
He was sentenced to capital punishment in September 2016, at San Quentin State Prison.
Next at Number 6 - we have Sean Vincent Gillis.
Between 1994 and 2003, in the Baton Rouge area of Louisiana, American serial killer
Sean Vincent Gillis - stalked, kidnapped and murdered eight women.
In 2004, he was arrested without incident at his home residence.
He was charged with three counts of first degree murder and three counts of ritualistic
acts.
However - after thorough police investigation - more attention was paid to unsolved cold
cases of murdered women in the Louisiana area.
Eventually - Gillis confessed to 5 more separate murders.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Coming in at Number 5 - Geordie Brooke.
In 2014 - Australian TV news cameraman, Peter Steer - was flagged down at the side of the
road on a highway.
The man - who had been on the run, confesses to him that he’d killed his girlfriend.
The Channel 7 News cameraman found Brooke at the side of road in floods of tears and
covered in blood, after his motorbike had broken down.
He then confesses that he’s done an extremely bad thing - and Steer quickly called the police.
But - after having a change of mind - the crazed man pointed a gun at steer, stole his
car - and sped off down the highway.
Police chased in hot pursuit - before Brooke crashed into a road sign outside of a petrol
station, and hurtled into a gas tanker.
Brooke was charged with attempted murder, armed robbery - as well as a string of other
crimes.
Coming up at Number 4 - we have the BTK Killer.
Dennis Rader - also known as the BTK Killer or the BTK Strangler - is an infamous American
serial killer that commited his hideous reign of crime between 1974 and 1991, where he killed
ten people in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
The BTK Killer was known for his particular style of confession - sending anonymous, taunting
letters to police and newspapers - describing his horrific crimes in detail.
After ten years of silence - the BTK killer resumed his taunting - which inevitably led
to his arrest in 2005.
Dennis Rader is currently serving ten consecutive life sentences at El Dorado Correctional Facility
in Kansas.
Next up at Number 3 - David Tarloff.
In 2008, David Tarloff, a man with severe schizophrenia - bludgeoned and stabbed a psychologist
to death - during a robbery that went wrong.
Kathryn Faughey - a doctor who worked in the mental health field at her New York Office,
was working late doing paperwork.
Then, as she began to leave - David Tarloff ran into the building, attacking the doctor
and stabbing her in the head, face and chest.
Dr. Faughey was tragically declared dead at the scene, with her colleague - Dr. Shinbach
- left critically injured.
David Tarloff was found guilty of murder - after several mis-trials spanning from 2010.
His defense of insanity was rejected.
Next up at Number 2 - Jerrod Murray.
Never have the words “Yes Ma’am” had such a chilling effected.
Twistedly dubbed “the thrill killer” - Jerrod Murray allegedly told police that he thought
about killing someone for several weeks.
In 2012, Murray was charged with first-degree murder and the potential death penalty - after
he led fellow college student, Generro Sanchez, to an isolated area where he murdered him.
Sanchez repeatedly plead for his life to be spared, after Jerrod Murray had shot him once
in the head - and once again as he attempted to get away.
The lack of any kind of emotion with Jerrod Murray is the stuff of nightmares.
He told police that he wanted to experience what killing someone felt like.
He was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity - but cannot be released into
society unless a judge agrees he is no longer a danger.
And finally - at our Number 1 spot - we have Ed Kemper.
Ed Kemper - AKA the Co-Ed Killer, is one of America’s most prolific serial killers.
At the age of 24 - Ed Kemper murdered his own mother, as well as his own paternal grandparents.
Kemper is most notorious for the level of savagery that he crimes involve - oftentimes
involving cannibalism and necrophilia.
Throughout his life in prison, Ed Kemper was used as a test subject for the FBI’s Behavioural
Analysis Unit - a crack squad that would delve deep into the minds of serial killers throughout
America.
Many of his crimes have been documented by Kemper himself through extensive research
tapes and documents.
Kemper brutally murdered a total of 10 people - and was sentenced to eight life sentences
at the California Medical Facility.
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