What’s even dumber is that this bitch of a man never had a single logical thought crossing his mind and the only thing he would do was quoting these dumb ass books and the groupies would just eat it up.
@@aissatasy9888 I think you're blinded by his horrific actions to see that he's not wrong. I don't think he was able to articulate this until having been incarcerated however. It's not like he was intentionally comiting the crimes due to a well thought out philosophy, but rather having time to 1- stop using the drugs and dry out, and 2- have the time to truly contemplate his actions, the nature of his experience, and the nature of humanity in general. These two things need time to reflect upon- something incarceration provided him. He probably also had the time to read and study in a way that allowed him to quite eloquently express his ideas for one with very little education whatsoever.
@@jenniferhill9924 if we had no laws or grew up in society we would do whatever we wanted to. You grew up with people telling you that’s it’s bad to do that, people who lived in nature thousands of years ago lived freely with no law enforcement and could do anything they wanted to. Life is a game, we live in a man-made society following man made rules. This guys simply free from the man-made bs and did what he desired.
@@lahuntr4217 not necessarily. There's still tribes in south America but you don't see any of them killing anyone for pleasure. Only if they need too. Like anyone from a rival tribe or anyone that is a threat to them. Even our human ancestors living in nature had rules. That's human nature. Richard Ramirez was just a psychopath.
@@nevaehlouiseofficial6787 does it look like a backed up a killer? No i did not. I just said that that verse in specific has a point. That everybody is capable of killing no matter how kind they can be.
@@dontcryangels such as? What makes you so captivated that it makes you forget what he did? Cus I can't, I dont even know his victims and I wish this guy rotted in the worst way. But you sympathize his cause. Why? Are you depressed?
@@joserivas1517 all i’m tryna say is that in a way he does have a point. like someone else said, he’s basically saying that if murder was legal then more ppl would do it. he has a way of saying everything but at the same time saying nothing at all, it’s just a way with his words
@@ezrabouttabag Kill and be killed. Powers to be should be ruthless. Murderers should be slowly chopped into pieces over a 4 day period without medical help, and should start with the testicles, which should then be placed into the anus whilst the chopping continues. Most murderers are cowardly, and would think twice with that outcome if they got caught.
I’ve heard stories of how a person killer kills someone and in that moment the victim has the chance to act do something to protect themselves and get away weapons near by to fend fight and no they don’t it’s not in their nature not an act of violence is in the nature so he’s wrong because there plenty of incidents where people could kill even to protect themselves they just are to scared can’t even do it women kidnapped have chances to escape a gun sitting right there to shoot the bastard and no they don’t in shock and at times just not in their nature how do you think so many people die in the hand of others another story a priest he was in church closing someone comes in they have it on camera btw dude had a gun priest did nothing put pray what made the public think this priest was stupid and was attacking him in the comments after his death and hearing of it was how the police had said he was talking to his killer not an ounce of fear and how god wished protect him his words and how he was only a few cm close could have grabbed the gun the killer was listening and dude didn’t even try to reach for it he just had faith and wanted to sit and talk about all that violence just wasn’t in him so no he’s WRONG not everybody is violent or has thoughts of killing just stop
What he is saying makes sense. He was able to do what he did because he had no connections, no responsibility, no preoccupation, and nothing to lose from his perspective. For him, everything was lost. In his own words, he had given up on happiness and love. No hope. No reason to keep restraining himself from feeling the only source of stimulation left for him: uninhibited carnal desire. Certainly, if left unrestrained, will destroy a soul.
I agree but I think the host was too disgusted by him that he just didn't want to let him have the last word. I don't know why he'd let him on his show if he didn't want him to speak rather he felt he was right or wrong.
In the 80s my mom caught him snooping around the condominium they used to live at. She was washing the dishes and saw him looking at her through the window by the sink, she proceeded to make a scene by yelling and raising her voice and he quickly evaded the area.
@@xDarkness_1223x i have nothing to gain u dont even know my real name or who i am except a username. She told me this story and i believe her. Serial killers dont always have to have a 100% success rate.
@@issabrat2 Hey, I’m a gen x woman, and cannot for the “life” of me figure out why some women were Richard Ramirez groupies. I think they subconsciously have a serious death wish or some deep rooted self-hatred to find this man who committed extremely vile, vicious, and horrendous rapes. I have news for you women who “love” “bad boys with a dangerous edge to them. Do the “wrong things”‘ to get him angry, and YOU will be his next victim!” Have fun! Do not assume just because your his “girlfriend” that your immune to his acts of random violence!!
Yes I don't condone what he did but I do agree that most people could kill under the right(or wrong) circumstances, such as self defense or defense of a loved one.
He gave in to his temptations..he hated his life and hated the lives of those around him. He saw life as a waste. Something unimportant. He gave in to the dark side. He could just could have (just as easy) become a great man but instead he was pushed into an ocean of horror and felt comfortable eventually drowning in it
His parents broke the trust and security every child is entitled to have guaranteed by their parental figures. It doesn't help that his cousin showed him all those disgusting Vietnam War photos of the deplorable things he did to civvies. RR did not have a fair chance, he was beaten mercilessly by his father and suffered brain damage. Had he not gone through all this darkness so early on, maybe he wouldn't have done the things he did. It's not entirely his fault, but you can't put the burden on someone other than himself. He chose to do what he did and he knew it. Anyway, TL;DR - had RR not seen what he had seen as a kid he wouldn't have become the Night Prowler.
Ike this comment cause me I don't blame him fully I blame the the factors that were contributed to make him do what he did. If he had a good loving childhood I think that would have limited him to do what he did. He would have been saved. His innocence was taken away from him the day he was born or the day he actually conceived.
@@valentinaflores1937 Impolite? Geez, this was a guy who killed several people, forcing his way into their houses in the process. That scumbag was lucky anyone gave him any attention in the first place.
@@Gfresh844 if they didn't let him speak his mind they shouldn't let him there in the first place lmao. of course the host would disagree with him since he's a serial killer but the whole point of this thing was to find out how his brain worked??
yeah he's correct but most people do not kill complete strangers including the elderly with no motive or reason for doing so besides their own sexual pleasure.
@@davem7173 I don’t think it was his entire motivation. I think sexual gratification was a result but I don’t believe it was the initial or repeating motivation.
@@beedoobeedoop7033 well whatever his motivation was even if it was not solely his own sexual pleasure still does not justify raping and killing elderly strangers in cold blood in their own homes and raping 8 year old girls. Everyone does have the capacity to kill or do evil acts. But most people's moral compass is too high to act in that way to innocent victims.
Yes you do, everyone is. People just don't want to believe they are. But pushed far enough and for the right circumstances based on your personality, worldview and reasons, anyone can.
Lol denial in its finest. We all have primal thoughts of murder & tearing apart our enemies. It's been scientifically proven. The only thing that stops us are human engineered morals and the law and fear of incarceration.
@@avacapone7572 No we don't. Just because your IQ is low doesn't mean we all have a low IQ. And morals don't account for empathy and guilt. Those are attributed to neurochemicals in the brain. If you can't feel those sentiments, something is wrong with you.
@@anonymousss8114 You obviously don't understand what psychopathy and ASPD are. In psychopaths, the connections in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex are very weak, which results in a lack of empathy and guilt. So no, not everyone is capable of committing murder because not everyone has a damaged brain.
@@xhyllsrrlvya because l was around back then during this time also , Richard called me often and mentioned it while referring to how much time it took each morning to go through the process of " dressing out" into his black suite " from Men's County Jail to the courthouse which used to be separate and each day RR.had to take a van ride from the jail to court and back You just reminded me of an old letter l have somewhere where Richard was happy he got to see the moon one night , coming back late, he also mentioned that what he missed the most was seeing the Moon in the scent of the night air on his clothes
Im tired of these comments. Obviously everyone has the capacity to kill. Anyone with half a brain accepts that. Not everyone is capable of going on a murderous rampage, picking on the weak and vulnerable. That takes a cowardly, sick, predatory freak.
Yeah I was annoyed they made the show less about Richard and more about his victims and the detectives etc who worked on the cases. It would have been nice to gain a better insight into his upbringing, family and personal life.
And he was no average good looking like Bundy or Dahmer he actually had the looks of a runway supermodel and he's 6'2 he was genetically gifted no doubt about that
I agree with him to an extent. I'm not a violent person by nature but if someone is trying to fatally harm someone I care about or even a child I don't even know then all bets are off. I could kill to protect myself,loved ones or a child and have no regrets.
That's not murder, that's killing in self-defense (or in the defense of an innocent, same thing). Murder is the deliberate, unlawful *planned* killing of a person.
Lou275 but that's not what he meant! He said that all of us have evil inside and desire to kill is just sleeping. That's a way for a nut like him to excuse his own deeds.
I knew RR in person. Visited him in San Quentin Prison when he was on death row, talked to him in the phone and was pen pals with him for a few years. He used to send me poems and drawings too. He was not innocent, bit he did not do all that they said he did. He was beautiful. He's not a horrible person.
Really hope you're trolling. Although, I know there are a lot of deluded people around who do this sort of thing. The fact you claim someone who murdered people at random wasn't a horrible person is downright stupidity. I'm sure you'd soon change your view if one of your family/friends had been a victim.
He’s not innocent but you have to know that he wasn’t right at all upstairs. He manipulated you and yes I admit he seems charming but all sociopaths are charming
Someone who takes life and thinks they have the right to do it without any consequence thinking or having any kind of emotional intelligence or moral is nothing to be proud of or something to be glamourized. This is only madness.
0:20 he strikes a pose like he knows his words are making him famous. This dude was pure evil and never failed to take an opportunity to appear even the slightest bit sane
The crowd that caught him had the capacity to commit murder, a few more minutes with him before the cops got there, and we might have read about it, you know "angry crowd closes out the career of the Night Stalker"--but the only one from the crowd who would talk would say "huh, dead? Humh, he must have fallen down--and hit his head"
One of the things I have heard him say that is totally correct when applied to most people. Usually he just talks in quotes and slogans that don’t mean much, but this is correct.
If your pushed enough emotionally your actions cannot be controlled till you release the adrenaline at some point in time everybody's had the thought of killing someone that pissed them off
Actually, not everybody.. That's strange. I've never had such thoughts. I mean, it's strange that so many people, especially men, are saying the same thing as you.
I guess the scariest part is when I watch these documentaries I almost create a sense of knowing the person and they seem quite nice and articulate. Then I remind myself these guys like Ramirez, Bundy, Dahmer came across really nice but there's more going in internally
That’s the weirdest part, I don’t know what I expect them to act like but the fact that they act so calm and normal that I almost forget how evil they are is disturbing
@@KittentheFennecFox true. I think that's one of the ways a lot of serial killers can persuade people to trust them because they come across as convincing and trustworthy. But its a good deception. Like Ted Bundy was able to persuade young girls to help him put stuff away in his car.
@@medzykh9455 sheesh I’m glad I learned not to trust any random man to go somewhere with them alone cause with the way I was so attracted to Richard’s looks, if I didn’t know what he did back then I might’ve gladly fell into one of his traps
@@KittentheFennecFox yep that's good. Don't trust any tom dick or Harry. And Richard didn't lure people he actually invaded homes and killed at night. Hence the nightstalker. No one would be safe if he came into your property.
He’s TOTALLY RIGHT about what he said!! I agree with him!! He wasn’t lying- MOST , if NOT ALL humans have it in them to kill -we don’t do it because just as he said -it’s Not worth the self-destruction!!
@@jamor2549 even in one of his interviews you can see Richard avoiding the question the interviewer asked and you literally see him looking down a script and saying It🤣 most of the things what Richard say ain’t even his own words lmfao
He's not wrong that we're all capable of it. We all have hands, tools, anger, and people we don't like. What holds us back is our attachment to people we DO like and our belief in something greater than ourselves. A greater destination, so to speak
I mean the fact that the host and the people r literally laughing at what he's saying and not letting him talk is so fuckin bad, also what he's saying is totally true, deep inside we r all murderers and people can't accept this fact
"I think most humans have in them the capacity to commit murder. They chose not to, not because they are morally superior as they so commonly claim but because they are imprisoned in a wave of responsibilities, commitments, beliefs, and sentiments and that would render murder an absurd gamble or ridiculous self-destruction." - Richard Ramirez
You can really tell he had a lot of head injuries when he was younger by how he talks.. He said “most people” have the capacity to kill, not all, and I agree. What I don’t agree with is the reason as to why we choose not to kill. It’s not simply because of moral superiority, social constructs, or any of the other reasons he mentioned. Some of us would just genuinely feel remorse and guilt if we ended someone’s life, as it should be.
@@lahuntr4217 well, obviously a serial killer got pleasure out of killing. And yes, I can see self defense as a reason to kill someone, if it was a kill or be killed situation. But, I still would feel bad that I ended someone’s life. Your first response made it seem like people only choose not to kill because of the legal consequences that would result from it. That, I do not agree with.
@@dmarie5247 can’t argue with your personal opinion. Animals kill all the time, we are removed from nature and have never killed and animal or a human. Talk with a hunter for another perspective. Richard was homeless, had shit diet, and abused drugs, and had some trauma. He had frustration and did it as a relief for pleasure. It sucks for the other party who was killed by him. But that’s the way the world works. We have free will. Life is a game. We are surrounded by other peoples morals and have been taught was is good or bad. Do what makes you feel good, just don’t get caught
1.) Did you even watch the video? I agree with the saying that most humans have the capacity to commit murder which is true! It has been confirmed by psychology so keep your bullshit to yourself. According to your fucked up logic, every psychologist is a psychopath when he agrees with that as well? Lol your brain must be damaged if you're this stupid. 2.) No I'm not turned on by this, you don't fucking know me, so go back to garage you fucking werdo.
1.) Lol you're contradicting yourself. If you say you didn't say he is not wrong, it's the same as saying he's right. He's not wrong = he is right. So what, just because he's evil doesn't mean he can't have some valid points. If he said the sun is yellow, would you start saying the sun is blue? 2.) Yeah you're wrong but I guess you must be the one being aroused by this if this even came to your mind.
Was Richard Ramirez actually there at the studio or was he on a TV monitor..? Being 1991, I don't recall if we had interviews through a screen like nowadays.
The only reason people believe murder to be wrong is because of what they were raised to believe and because of what society and other people tell them. We have no natural morality system that tells us murder is wrong. In fact, whether it is or isn’t wrong is purely a matter of opinion.
He was not particularly intelligent. He was little more than a poser. He would recite a script in order to sound intelligent, insightful, & profound, but if you watch his interviews, you'll see that for most questions that he didn't have some sort of script memorized, he would either give answers that weren't very articulate, or say "no comment." His intellect was absolutely no match for the truly bright killers, such as Ted Bundy, Ed Keller, Rodney Alcala, Ted Kaczynski, & others. He was likely of average intelligence, nothing special, his only truly "unique" characteristics being his lust for violence & murder. Someone like Bundy or Kepler would've made him look ridiculously unremarkable.
I hate when the "interviewee" gets interrupted continuously by the host and audience. Instead of listening they start trying to "butt" in. They can't even open their minds just a little bit just to think about what Mr. Ramirez had said. Because it doesn't match their so called beliefs their ears automatically shut and the arragnorance settles in leaving them engorged by their own ignorance.
By reading some C.G Jung you get the answer to that. Human psychology is scary, scarier than any other form of scnience/literature you can think of. The reason behind the audience´s primitive reactions and howls of contempt in front of a psychopathic killer is being given a deep analysis in his psychological studies. Well, Jordan P. Peterson has given a bunch of good lectures based on Jungian ideas too. To sum up, human conscios (ego, persona) is just a small fraction of human psyche, deep down in the unconscious lies most of who we really are/what has passed down genetically to us and what defines the Self.
@@james63853 I tried to read Jung but humbly have to admit he was too dense and obscure, how can I delve into this rabbit hole without actually having to decipher Jung? It's all so tenable and corroborated by my own experience...
He is correct. Given a specific set of circumstances and factors, we all do have the *potential* though the majority of people do and would not act on it..
That first statement of Ramirez is correct. That host denying that, hasn't taken the time in his mind to play a few scenario's in which he would defenately be able to kill. The host isn't even contemplating, self-defense or defense of loved ones scenario's.
Is it just me or does anyone else hear “oh ya they do.” at 0:07 after Richard says I think most people have the capacity to commit murder. And it’s weird bc it shows a girl smiling.
He murdered woman and he has gotten 100s of fan mails of woman falling in love with him and asking the details of how she killed woman. So dangerously ironic
Its kinda sick that this interview was live on a show... why even give the guy attention? Thats all he ever wanted and he got far more attention than he deserved
Sorry as evil as he was. What he said here is true. And most professional psychologists would agree. I could easily kill some people who have done evil to me, and I doubt if I'd feel remose. The only difference is I know its morally wrong. So I don't do it. Thats the diffence between me and Richard.
@@sabrinaalvarez9400 I personally believe it is the main reason he did it. To mock society and the rules that we are chained to. I also just think he was filled with hatred. It was fun for him. Like another drug or adrenaline hit. He was addicted to drugs and though drugs don't make you an automatic murderer, adrenaline is adrenaline to the mentally deranged.
@@sabrinaalvarez9400 I do not believe he could have stopped even if he wanted to. He had (some) self awareness bit it did not seem to effect him enough to quit. I'm not a therapist but that is my opinion.
He’s completely right. Look at our ancestors and how we’ve evolved, a long time ago such as Viking times for example it was pretty normal to kill and long before that it was even more normal. After all we are animals we have just been weakened by today’s society, I’m not saying we should kill people and what he did was wrong according to the law, but in reality that’s as real as it gets. Welcome to reality.
People knew that they should not kill long before vikings. Take a look at the commandment in the Bible from thousands of years ago, a commandment to not murder.
