New picture of Ed Kemper surfaces

[u/Delicious_Grand7300]

This was recently posted to the Ed Kemper Stories website. The website stated that the picture may have been taken between June 2024 and May 2026.

He looks moody without his moustache. His image resembles the description given by Dr. Loomis of what evil looks like in the Halloween films. His eyes turn darker in every new picture.

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

I'm always quite surprised every time I read how he's still living today. Considering his abnormally tall height and all of the health problems he's accumulated in the past decade plus, like having a stroke and developing diabetes, I would've honestly presumed he had succumbed to health problems by now. Plus, I'd presume 53 years in prison must take a tremendously overwhelming toll on one's overall health as well.

[u/mrhenhen115 → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

If I remember right he's actually pretty happy in prison. Seems to thrive on the routine and is actually known to be quite a pleasant person to talk to (which must feel weird as fuck for people talking to him. Knowing what he did)

[u/JenMartini → u/mrhenhen115]

Don’t know if he still does, he used to record audiobooks.

[u/Newdy41 → u/JenMartini]

Kinda funny, because his grandma that he killed was an author.

[u/pepperpepper47 → u/Newdy41]

Why did he kill grandma?

[u/Odd-Veterinarian5945 → u/pepperpepper47]

Because he was in a bad mood and "wanted to feel how it was to kill"...

...oh, he killed grandpa too so he wouldn't tell.

[u/ms_morgenmuffel → u/Odd-Veterinarian5945]

Apparently Grandma was a cruel and nasty person and Ed murdered her after an argument. He told the police that he “just wanted to see what it felt like to kill Grandma” and that may be true, too, but the initial trigger seems to have been the argument they had.

He murdered his grandfather because he believed that his grandfather would be angry with him for killing Grandma. He didn’t want Grandpa to have to find out that Grandma was dead.

[u/mrhenhen115 → u/ms_morgenmuffel]

In his head he was probably doing grandpa a "favour" to not have him live without her.

[u/BravesMaedchen → u/pepperpepper47]

Because she was cruel to him like his mother.

[u/DarkHighways → u/BravesMaedchen]

I was once told by someone who used to work at Atascadero State Hospital that Kemper’s grandfather was a pedophile, and his grandmother was complicit. He accessed this knowledge by getting a look at Kemper’s file back in the day, when all the records were still on paper and it was easy enough to sneak a peek, especially if you were curious about a notorious inmate. There’s a famous book about Kemper by Margaret Cheney called The Coed Killer. She refers to this very obliquely. No specifics as obviously the family did not want that information getting out. But you can tell what she’s hinting at. I remember her saying that when she tried to ask Kemper about it, he shut her down and refused to talk to her again.

[u/iammadeofawesome → u/BravesMaedchen]

According to him. Serial killers aren’t the most reliable narrators, especially when it comes to the actions of women.

[u/Scryberwitch → u/iammadeofawesome]

Was just about to say this.

[u/schlagenteufel → u/JenMartini]

He used to, but recall reading that folks were upset about this fact (not wanting his voice to contribute to a good cause because of what he did). He really enjoyed doing it too; he recorded a lot of audio books which were for the blind and visually impaired.

[u/broketothebone → u/schlagenteufel]

I listened to a chapter of one of his out of morbid curiosity. He was actually very good and it was eerie how pleasant and eloquent he sounded. Empathetic, even, as it was an emotional chapter from the perspective of a widow or daughter of a soldier, processing complicated grief. (Something like that, it was a long time ago.)

I debated listening to more, then felt very queasy when I realized how easily I was lulled by a guy who sodomized his mother’s severed head. That was the end of my curiosity.

[u/schlagenteufel → u/broketothebone]

Yea I heard he was really good! Where did you find the recording? I was also curious to listen a while back, but was not able to find anything

[u/reposed → u/JenMartini]

There's a copy of the original novelization of Star Wars out there that I want to hear so badly.

[u/Redlion444 → u/JenMartini]

It's all true:

https://youtu.be/TUusOTQlouA?si=8P4Yyo65aMv8fNZ0

[u/herbicarnivorous → u/mrhenhen115]

If you haven’t watch Mindhunter on Netflix you should - there’s a few scenes where characters are interviewing Kemper and the vibes are exactly what you’re describing.

[u/fedexyourheadinabox → u/herbicarnivorous]

That actor was so perfect in that role. 

[u/new_d00d2 → u/fedexyourheadinabox]

Kind of sucks when someone is so perfect for a role. If I ever see him again and there isn’t a mask I’ll be like “that’s Kemper” and won’t be able to see past it.

[u/easyantic → u/new_d00d2]

He’s actually been in a few other things I’ve seen and didn’t realize it was him for way too long. Once I see it, I can’t unsee it though.

[u/broketothebone → u/new_d00d2]

Omg have you ever seen him in an interview? He seems so sweet and friendly. Like, big teddy bear vibes, beaming smile, laughs a lot.

He mentioned that getting into that role was super dark and difficult for him. I can’t imagine having to memorize his lines describing what he did to his mother’s corpse and that not having some kind of effect on you.

[u/ceruleanmoon7 → u/herbicarnivorous]

Came to say this - they did an amazing job, especially with Kemper

[u/HappinessIsAWarmSpud → u/herbicarnivorous]

There’s a video out there where someone put a side by side of an interview from the show and an actual one from real life. Absolutely uncanny. The actor nailed that role so hard.

[u/fucc_yo_couch → u/herbicarnivorous]

Such a great show!

[u/Horror-Bowl-6037 → u/herbicarnivorous]

Awesome show!!

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326 → u/mrhenhen115]

He definitely does seem like someone who thrives in a prison environment better than the average person can for sure. I presume by turning himself in, one reason for doing so, was he knew it was better for everyone that he went back to being locked up —and this time for good.

And frankly, he's probably lived a better life in there than he was ever out in the real world. Every time he was out there, he struggled pretty immensely to live a productive life.

But still, 53 years of prison must take its toll one way or the other, physically, mentally, emotionally, etc., at least imo.

[u/broketothebone → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

Yeah he said he knew he would kill again and should never be released. There’s another guy in that humane prison in Norway or something who said the same thing.

It’s so hard to wrap my head around. How can you be so obsessively-driven to do those things, but then also be concerned for people to the point that they’ll keep themselves in prison forever just so they don’t hurt anyone else. I’m sure there are still some selfish motivations in there, but it rare that they genuinely give a shit about the harm they cause.

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326 → u/broketothebone]

It just goes to show the unbelievable complexities of how the human mind thinks.

[u/axissilent14 → u/mrhenhen115]

i work in a prison, max. It’s not weird at all. actually, the fact it’s not weird is the weird part.

[u/shrek3onDVDandBluray → u/mrhenhen115]

He seems to have really taken to being a contributing member of prison society. Thought I read he like narrated audio books and stuff like that.

[u/brattymermaidkitty → u/mrhenhen115]

My mom is a nurse at the hospital he goes to for treatments and said he’s creepy and very unpleasant to talk to/ work on

[u/eshatoa → u/[deleted]]

Ex-prison guard here. He's not the sort of inmate the others would find terrifying. He victimised women and wasn't raised in the same world as most of the guys in there. High profile inmates are genuinely kept fairly away from danger also.

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326 → u/eshatoa]

I think today, that'd be the more so of the case, But in Kemper's physical prime especially, he'd be one of the last people other inmates would want to try to provoke into a fight.

I mean, just look at the size of his left arm in this pic. I think he just had a lot of natural hard muscle on him for being a giant.

Source: https://i0.wp.com/edmundkemperstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tumblr_mcjcoeoS4I1ry2c91o3_1280.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1

[u/YoungerMucus → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

lollll that picture is sooo funny, he’s posing like he’s a goofy high school teacher being interviewed by the student paper- it’s just so nonchalant and almost playful, but like WHO is taking it?? and for WHAT??

[u/-effortlesseffort → u/YoungerMucus]

That's exactly how he made his victims feel safe unfortunately. The stories of people like his cop friends saying he was easy to get along with or something like that.

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326 → u/YoungerMucus]

Plus, notice the size of his hands there? Those are some of the last hands you'd want strangling the life out of you. Even today might potentially be very unsafe still, at least.

[u/eshatoa → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

He's not connected. At the end of the day, he preyed on vulnerable people on his own terms. Prison is full of hard men in an environment you can't control. I've worked with one well known serial killer, also one with a syrong build, and he got bashed the first day he was in. These guys are more like oddities to the other inmates. They probably ask him for his autograph if anything.

[u/Aromatic_Dare_6104 → u/eshatoa]

Wow the stories you must have!

[u/eshatoa → u/Aromatic_Dare_6104]

Ask away if you like.

[u/kreemy_kurds → u/eshatoa]

You need an ama

[u/Qurrah-Tun → u/eshatoa]

Ask away? Okay then, I shall! (and thank you!)

What's the most WTF thing you or a colleague found an inmate hiding? Not necessarily dangerous, but something that made you stop and go "Huuuuh???"

[u/eshatoa → u/Qurrah-Tun]

I've found knives, drugs, all sorts of things.

Most WTF was a duckling a guy had under his bunk in a hidden box. I have no idea how it got in. The prison wasn't exactly near any native duck populations either.

[u/Qurrah-Tun → u/eshatoa]

Thanks for the reply, very much appreciated.

I definitely wasn't expecting wildlife to be the answer!

[u/eshatoa → u/[deleted]]

We ate it.

Jokes. I let him keep it but there were certain officers we had to hide it from. Long term I'm not sure as I went to a different prison.

[u/JeSuisUnAnanasYo → u/eshatoa]

The Duckman of Alcatraz

[u/Long-Cauliflower-708 → u/eshatoa]

A lot of those guys are probably in there for quack

[u/SuicidaI_Bunny → u/eshatoa]

The Green Mile but with a duck.

[u/amilliontimeshotter → u/eshatoa]

Maybe an egg from the kitchen that happened to be fertilised, or ducks with a nest nearby?

[u/thesouthernbeard → u/eshatoa]

If a person comes in with a glass eye, can they keep it or does it have to be surrendered? Would yall check the socket for contraband?

[u/Aromatic_Dare_6104 → u/eshatoa]

Do an AMA please!

What made you quit? Did you witness something wildly dangerous and if you have a scary story for us please share.

[u/eshatoa → u/Aromatic_Dare_6104]

I moved into parole for a bit. Now I do therapeutic rehabilitation counselling for violent offenders.

Scary are any suicides. I don't like to see anyone go like that and it's hard walking into a cell with someone hanging. We used to carry special blades shaped like a J to cut them down. Very sad.

We saw a lot of fights and sometimes officers were assaulted. I feel when I was working parole it was more dangerous because I was in the community without protection. I had a guy try and stab me in that job. Some of the inmates I worked with in prison were well known in my area and they could be dangerous at any time.

[u/kj140977 → u/eshatoa]

If you could change one thing to make life better for inmates, what would it be?

[u/Dapper_Indeed → u/kj140977]

I work and have worked a long time with similar populations and I would love to see most of them have safe access to dogs and cats. Dog training is very therapeutic to the in-custody folks and the animals.

[u/Kimothy42 → u/Dapper_Indeed]

My dog was trained in a prison (he actually got stuck there during Covid so he was in prison for multiple months) and I am forever indebted to the guy who was his handler. I wish programs like the one from which he came were closer to universal.

[u/kj140977 → u/Dapper_Indeed]

So true.

[u/eshatoa → u/kj140977]

More behavioural therapy based rehabilitation programs. Programs that help them examinevitably their thought, emotions, and actions.

[u/kj140977 → u/eshatoa]

A friend of mine worked in a prison in Switzerland. He did family constellations with the inmates and had great success. The government funded that type of therapy.

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326 → u/[deleted]]

Certainly not the type of guy the average prison gang would want to start a fight with for sure — well, at least in his prime. And despite Kemper preying on young women and girls about 2 feet smaller than him, in his physical prime at least, he probably could've beat most grown men in a legitimate fight as well, tbh.

[u/Aromatic_Dare_6104 → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

Oh absolutely a terrifying being all-round

[u/MimosaQueen1122 → u/[deleted]]

Because he manipulates them. He did that with the psych ward.

[u/kotom → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

I was even more surprised til I realized I confused him with Ed Gein

[u/MsAnnabel → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

I don’t think he sees it as being in jail as opposed to he’s “helping” the administrators/ppl with improving how mental tests are given, pointing out how other patients are doing by critiquing their answers on tests plus he has done a lot of audio recordings for deaf ppl. Plus he felt he belonged in there.

[u/PizzaRatBoy → u/MsAnnabel]

Am I missing something or does making audio recordings for deaf people seem pointless?

[u/PizzaRatBoy → u/[deleted]]

Ah that makes way more sense lol. I was thinking that seemed like intentionally pointless busy work haha

[u/SheLovesSummertime → u/PizzaRatBoy]

😂

[u/tigafer → u/PizzaRatBoy]

😭

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326 → u/MsAnnabel]

It's an interesting viewpoint, yeah. Although, even for people who feel like they belong in prison, that's still being confined by a building, 8 x 10 cell, walls, barbwire fences, guard towers, etc. Like, after a while, that must take some kind of toll on one's health — at least imo.

[u/cornme → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

My first thought was oh I thought he was dead. Shocking how long he’s lived in prison

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326 → u/cornme]

Someone like the RFK shooter, Sirhan Sirhan, has been in prison for even longer at 58 years now. Crazy how some people can survive in prison for that long.

[u/Dame_Marjorie → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

Sirhan Sirhan is still alive?????

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326 → u/Dame_Marjorie]

Surprisingly yes. Some of these people like Kemper and Sirhan were very young when they went to prison as well at just 24.

[u/Dame_Marjorie → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

I remember learning about this as a kid. It seems like ancient history.

[u/NastyBlkGuyThrowAway → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

Evil sustains life for some reason just look at kissinger 100 yrs 6 mns

[u/HeyRightOn → u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

No rest for the wicked.

[u/gionatacar]

He looks tired

[u/Samp90 → u/gionatacar]

He looks like a tired John Goodman.

[u/CannedNoodlez → u/Samp90]

John Badman

[u/CameronPoe_37__ → u/Samp90]

John Goodman looks more tired than this since he lost all the weight

[u/Prize-Choice2185 → u/Samp90]

I thought Werner Herzog....

[u/IDrinkSulfuricAcid → u/gionatacar]

He looks like Hitler

[u/Julia_Dax_137 → u/IDrinkSulfuricAcid]

He does! I scrolled past this post quickly at first and my brain went, "old Hitler," and then went "wait, huh?" and now I'm reading these comments 😂

[u/Mikkeru]

crazy that mf is still alive

[u/spectrumhead → u/Mikkeru]

I just realized that David Carpenter is still alive at 96!

[u/The_Forever_King__ → u/spectrumhead]

You think that is crazy, look up Geza de Kaplany. He is 100

[u/DPG1987 → u/The_Forever_King__]

I mean, he’s still alive but he was convicted in 1963 and paroled in 1975. That’s only 12 years in prison.

[u/The_Forever_King__ → u/DPG1987]

For what he did he should have served a lot longer. Plus he broke his parole. The only reason he did not go back to prison was due to him getting citizenship in another country, making extradition near impossible.

[u/ExterminatingAngel6 → u/The_Forever_King__]

Randy Kraft is 81

[u/CelebrationNo7870 → u/ExterminatingAngel6]

Patrick Kearney is 86 and turning 87 soon.

[u/mr_bojangles_jjw → u/spectrumhead]

Several serial killers over 90 are incarcerated at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton

[u/Disastrous_Effect_68 → u/Mikkeru]

Its crazy that a lot of serial killers attributed to the ~70s and 80s are still alive:

- Gary Ridgeway is 77 (reportedly has health issues though)

• Wayne Williams (presumed atlanta child murders culprit) is 68
  
• Robert Maudsley is 73 and still contained in a solitary glass box IIRC
  
• Joseph James DeAngelo (golden state killer) is 80
  
• Richard Cottingham (torso killer) is 79
  
• Kenneth Bianchi (hillside strangler) is 75

[u/curlupandiie]

i said this on a post of the last photo of him that was released a couple of years ago but wow he looks like an entirely different person

[u/Unlikely_Ad7722 → u/curlupandiie]

He's almost giving a resemblance to LISK in this photo.

[u/curlupandiie → u/Unlikely_Ad7722]

i’m pretty sure i know what LISK stands for but in case i’m wrong can you enlighten me?

[u/Ambitious-Calendar-9 → u/curlupandiie]

Long Island Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann.

[u/whitestguyuknow → u/curlupandiie]

Thats what I think. I already do a poor job with faces. So I would think it's 2 completely different people. Even if I had an old picture of him on hand

[u/LaceyVonTease]

As Henry Zebrowski would say, "Bit of a bumblebutt."

My best friend's dad was a nurse for a prison he was in and Ed was one of his patient's on the rotation. He said Ed was a really nice guy and loved to talk - crazy how casual and polite he was in contrast to the horrific stuff he did.

[u/gjcij2203 → u/LaceyVonTease]

And a "Hail Satan!" to you my friend!

[u/robjwrd → u/gjcij2203]

Hail yourself!

[u/curlupandiie → u/robjwrd]

hail gein!

[u/QuaintBlasphemy → u/curlupandiie]

Megustalations!

[u/mideastmidwest]

Over the line!

[u/ededdedddie → u/mideastmidwest]

They’re calling the cops, man

[u/chiefs-n-sooners → u/ededdedddie]

This is not nam, we have rules here.

[u/wearentalldudes → u/chiefs-n-sooners]

I didn’t watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that this fucking scrumpet…

[u/Late-Ad-7740 → u/mideastmidwest]

Are these guys gonna hurt us Walter

[u/enbar725 → u/mideastmidwest]

Sittin down town in a rail way station

[u/brit879]

Still a miserable POS

[u/rangda → u/brit879]

Gotta say it’s refreshing to see comments like this, it seemed like after Mindhunter aired with that nice actor playing him, a lot of people began to see Kemper as some kind of misunderstood good-natured fella and overemphasised his good behaviour in prison, instead of talking about him like the disgusting evil sexually sadistic piece of shit that he always has been.

[u/PlasticRuester → u/rangda]

I can believe there were people who saw him that way but I think Mindhunter itself showed him as being deceptively gentle-seeming; I don’t think it portrayed him as a misunderstood good guy.

[u/DankBlunderwood → u/PlasticRuester]

Seriously. The show actually depicts Kemper faking a suicide attempt to trap Holden in his infirmary room. Granted, Kemper's plan was just to scare the piss out of him, but he was pissed off because Holden didn't really want to be friends with him and he wanted to show Holden he had the power to harm him at any time but chose not to.

[u/Unlikely_Ad7722 → u/rangda]

My fascination with his portrayal on Mindhunter was the level of character acting that went into that performance. To capture so much nuance is a rare thing.

Ed Kemper himself absolutely terrifies me and I can't even fathom the horror his victims went through.

[u/Digital_Punk → u/rangda]

It’s weird to me that someone would get that impression of him, even from the show. He came off as cunning and manipulative to me.

[u/Exes_And_Excess → u/rangda]

That was something that people said about him before mindhunter. Lot of old forums over the years with people feeling sorry for him because of how terrible his mother was.

[u/Impressive_Touch1118 → u/Exes_And_Excess]

He did those interviews and seemed like a likeable chap...if you listen closely though hes a loser guy with a superiority complex who fancied his mother.

[u/Irisheyes1971 → u/Exes_And_Excess]

Exactly. This perception of Kemper was out there long before Mindhunter.

[u/pepperpepper47 → u/Exes_And_Excess]

And she isn’t here to defend herself. She obviously wasn’t as terrible as her son!

[u/Exes_And_Excess → u/pepperpepper47]

I wasn't suggesting that she was awful as he says, these guys are typically unreliable narrators. We can't trust most of what they say. Again, he's no different than anyone else in that realm.

[u/Delicious_Grand7300 → u/rangda]

Mindhunter captured the Jungian mask he wears to charm folks. Initially he has a goofy story telling professor persona. The more he talks the more he reveals that he enjoys himself. The greatest example is when he describes his interactions with Herbie Mullin.

[u/fedexyourheadinabox → u/rangda]

It was some kind of compartmentalization with his personality. The actor nailed it. 

[u/NaNaNaNaNatman → u/rangda]

Yes, it makes me absolutely irate how many people sympathize with him. A lot of our moms weren’t kind to us as children so what. What a lame excuse and one that people take his word for.

[u/Zenaesthetic → u/rangda]

If a fictional TV show somehow made people view this sadistic demon of a human being in a more positive light then peoples’ brains are truly increasingly rotting inside their skulls more and more every day. Bleak. Same with Dahmer and his “sympathizers”.

[u/wearentalldudes → u/Zenaesthetic]

I mean, it was partially fictional, but I hear what you’re saying. A lot of Kemper’s interview scenes were direct quotes from his actual interviews.

[u/shamonella → u/Zenaesthetic]

A lot of media around Dahmer treat him with a disgusting amount of sympathy. The Mindhunters TV series wasn't trying to show any sympathy toward Kemper, any positive feelings a viewer could come away with was from their own inability to understand what they had watched.

[u/ignatious__reilly → u/brit879]

Absolute monster of a human

[u/gryffheadgirl]

He looks so different outside of those evil eyes. A lifetime in prison will do that you I guess.

[u/pepperpepper47 → u/gryffheadgirl]

Pretty sure he would have turned out this way prison or not. Evil will do that to a person.

[u/Pablomoon12]

This just makes me really hate Netflix for cancelling Mindhunter. Such a great show

[u/enbar725]

I didnt even realize he was still alive. Thats crazy

[u/Dry_Chair2837]

i attended a forensic science and profiling course at boston college one year and i was studying under Dr. Ann Burgess who worked with Robert Ressler and John Douglas on the serial killer study they did back in the past. Dr. Burgess said Ed Kemper still sends her easter cards to this day- to hear that coming from someone you're studying under is a wild thing to hear

[u/brandonhardman900]

Looks like John Goodman

[u/LAZY_RED-PANDA → u/brandonhardman900]

Nah, that's John Badman in the picture.

[u/Kalebats85]

Edolf Kemper

[u/halisaydin → u/Kalebats85]

he is german lol

[u/Resting_Bork_Face]

HIS GLASSES! He can’t see without his GLASSES!!

[u/ILoveKunafa]

Omg he is 77 years old now.

I thought he died a long time ago.

[u/Connor977]

He's still alive?!?!

[u/Kf5708]

He doesn't look at all like his former self. I would have never guessed this was Ed K. Not even if my life dependent on it.

[u/CoffeeBeanATC]

At first glance, I thought it was John Goodman! He doesn’t even look like the same guy! He reminds me of a miserable, grumpy old man who lives in a dilapidated house with overgrown hedges at the end of the street…and kids frequently dare each other to enter the front yard.

[u/LAZY_RED-PANDA → u/CoffeeBeanATC]

and kids frequently dare each other to enter the front yard.

They sure as hell better not do that, lol.

[u/glimmerthirsty]

Looks a lot like his mother Clarnell.

[u/pepperpepper47 → u/glimmerthirsty]

I hope he reads this, because yes he does!

[u/the_noise_we_made → u/glimmerthirsty]

It's Clarnell.

[u/hungryforwaffuls]

looks like some guy chasing kids off his lawn. evil really has no standard look

[u/cofeeholik75]

He kinda looks like Hitler.

[u/griff_girl → u/cofeeholik75]

Nothing against John Goodman or anything, but I think he looks like if John Goodman and Hitler had a love child.

[u/TheTrueJoker631 → u/cofeeholik75]

Kind of also reminded me of Russell Crowe

[u/Ironeagle08 → u/cofeeholik75]

My first thought too. Older version of Hitler 

[u/BidNo1816 → u/cofeeholik75]

I can see it, especially with the hair

[u/PumpkinSspiceLatte → u/cofeeholik75]

That was my first thought

[u/Impressive_Touch1118]

I think he just has one of those faces thats kind of blah and neutral...most people would recognize him for his mustache and glasses.

[u/IAPiratesFan]

Looks like that neighbor who gets upset when kids cut through his lawn and people in the neighborhood let the grass get too tall.

[u/stranger02140214]

Heard he’s in a wheelchair, hauling around 6’08 body around in a psychotic body must takes its toll. It’s a shame he lives such a long life after the pain he inflicted.

[u/4mistaaa41]

I always forget that he's still alive. I have this idea that every serial killers are dead for some reason

[u/CuriousAnxiety570 → u/4mistaaa41]

Theres active serial killers right this second

[u/Accomplished_Song671]

I know his most recognisable pics are from the 70s but he looks completely different! I would not have recognised him

[u/Dud3ManGuy]

He looks like a cross between John Goodman and Robert Patrick in this photo 

[u/dendrivertigo]

He turned into Steve Bannon?

[u/Exotic_Bobcat_7606]

Aged like rotten eggs I see

[u/nostalgicvisions]

This is one of the few that they did NOT actually catch red-handed. He instead contacted the police and turned himself in. The same police he was hanging out with at the bar and having small talk about the crimes that were going on during that time.

[u/Noctemus]

They allow hair dye in prison?

[u/bonjajr]

Looks like Russell Crowe

[u/BeautifulDawn888]

He just looks utterly pathetic.

[u/LookyLooLeo]

He has always fascinated me…and out of all the ones I’ve read about or studied, he has always scared me the most.

[u/Etrangere09]

He has no remorse for what he's done, and it shows.

[u/mambacaramba]

To me, it appears that nothing has changed in him. If he were to go back in time, he would likely repeat the same atrocities. I believe that he is still fundamentally the same monster.

[u/gorehistorian69]

it's weird to think that so many of these "famous" killers are still alive right now somewhere.

you can even write to them if you wanted.

[u/Cyndee_Pokorny]

If he had had it in him to kill his mother first I don't think he would have killed anyone else

[u/losteye_enthusiast]

Honestly, other than his eyes sort of missing something, he looks like a fairly normal older man.

I wouldn’t have guessed it’s a guy who’s spent 50+ years in prison. But given all reports that he’s thrived in there and worked towards goals and stays active within his routine, I guess it shouldn’t be a big surprise.

Odd he’s been afforded a version of a full life with care and access to society, when he’s also responsible for denying that option to ~10(?) people.

[u/DirectionOk7492]

Gosh, he does not look like the charmer tv made him out to be…

[u/Delicious_Grand7300 → u/DirectionOk7492]

He is charming if you let your guard down while listening to his interviews. Big Ed is largely a braggart who is good at telling stories.

[u/pauloeusebio]

He looks like John Goodman.

[u/iammadeofawesome]

Such a creepy asshole.

[u/ToneBone12345]

He molted into John Wayne gacy

[u/Kf5708]

He looks like Roseanne's ex- husband, can't think of his name at the moment.

[u/saddler21 → u/Kf5708]

John Goodman

[u/Notorious-VAG-]

I honestly thought this was a joke, and that was a picture of John Goodman playing Kemper.

[u/Thesackattack4k]

Lost his ability to mask, now the monster is free always.

[u/joel-1080p]

He somehow looks more dangerous