It's a disturbing hobby,
collecting murderabilia.
Here's some of Charles Manson's artwork.
A Richard Ramirez piece that I just got.
He was known as the night stalker.
This one has a personalized note on the back from Gacy.
Items once belonging to famous murderers
are sold on various websites.
I was so enraged by the entire proposition
that this could even go on
that it's almost hard to describe.
And I'm famous.
Mark Klaas's 12 years old daughter,
Polly Klaas is gone.
But Richard Allen Davis, her killer,
used to make money off of his crime.
And Mr. Davis, when you get to where you're going,
say hello to Hitler, say hello to Dahmer,
and say hello to Bundy.
Klaas learned that photos of Davis
in the prison yard at San Quentin
were being sold online,
as well as drawings he made from death row.
I was completely outraged
that he would profiteer off of my misery
and my daughter's demise.
(eerie music)
I was of the opinion that
you just shouldn't be able to rob, rape and murder
then turn around and make a buck off of it.
Andy Kahan is a victims' advocate
who told Klaas about Davis' photos for sale.
I came up with a cool, crafty name
for this wacky new business called murderabilia.
One collector looks at this in a different way.
So those are Charles Manson's sweatpants.
Ryan Graveface shows us around
his Savannah, Georgie warehouse of murderabilia.
I've got multiple paintings of Elvis
by John Wayne Gacy.
He collects but doesn't sell.
So that's probably why victims' families
have never approached me
and I would have a really good conversation with them
if they ever did,
just for having the stuff.
This is the world famous Popo the Clown painting.
He says he has many paintings
by John Wayne Gacy.
This whole case is just filled with Gacy stuff.
Gacy murdered, raped and tortured
at least 33 boys, mostly in his small Illinois community
where he was known for dressing up as a clown
to entertain folks at church events and birthday parties.
I just enjoy collecting it.
It's not cerebral.
I'm not thinking of it in a profound way.
We're all just weirdo collectors.
But life is so freaking boring.
Andy Kahan collects murderabilia too
but as a victims' advocate.
This is an actual piece of the shirt
of John Wayne Gacy, better known as the killer clown.
This is actually prison issued socks
of a California serial killer named Lawrence Bittaker.
This is a piece of Charles Manson's hair.
Manson generally sells his hair
in a form of a swastika.
What I do with these is when I go and I do lectures
and when I do conferences,
all this stuff accompanies me in a duffel bag
and I just show people the industry actually does exist.
They're usually shocked, they're stunned,
they're flabbergasted that this exists.
Most of them have no idea that this is a thriving industry.
Right here is actual artwork from the happy face killer,
better known as Keith Jesperson right here
and as you can see, some of the artwork that Jesperson
certainly you can see right here, the detail of the artwork.
It is a business for profit
and it bottom line is blood money.
Kahan has helped some states pass laws
to stop the sale of murderabilia.
California and Texas are two of eight states
he says that have passed notoriety for profit laws,
meaning it's illegal for convicted criminals
to make money from selling tangible goods
through third party dealers.
For Mark Klaas, anything to get killers' items
off the market.
To have these wounds reopened
time and time and time again
when somebody is somehow making money
off of the hideous crime they committed against
my daughter or somebody else's daughter
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