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The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Cruising Santa Cruz's ocean highways, Edmund Kemper appears to be a 6'9" gentle giant who offers hundreds of young female hitchhikers a ride. But behind his charming smile and signature gold-rimmed glasses lurks a brutal and perverted monster. In 1973, while awaiting trial, Kemper was interviewed by psychiatrist Dr. Donald Lunde. Lunde records Kemper's detailed confession on audiotape. For 50 years these tapes were locked away and forgotten, but now they are public for the first time and reveal a tormented childhood, dark sexual fantasies, and a thirst for revenge on the person he despises most, his own mother.

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Johnny Burke

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[Edmund Emil Kemper III
exhales] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Edmund Emil Kemper III exhales]

[Ed Kemper speaking] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Ed Kemper speaking]

They're asking themselves,
is the killer still around
these parts? - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

They're asking themselves, is the killer still around t...

It was just six months ago
that a human head - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

It was just six months ago that a human head

[Monty Lunde]
Kemper talked to my dad - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Monty Lunde] Kemper talked to my dad

[men speaking] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

He was not the typical
paranoid schizophrenic, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

He was not the typical paranoid schizophrenic,

[Monty] My dad administers
Sodium Amytal, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Monty] My dad administers Sodium Amytal,

[Monty]
My dad interviewed Kemper
over several months. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Monty] My dad interviewed Kemper over several months.

Each time he went in,
they would develop a little
bit more of a relationship. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Each time he went in, they would develop a little bit more o...

He wanted to see - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

He wanted to see

And at the time,
they didn't really have
a category - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And at the time, they didn't really have a category

[reporter] The sight
of Edmund Emil Kemper III - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[reporter] The sight of Edmund Emil Kemper III

He stands six feet
nine inches tall, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

He stands six feet nine inches tall,

He really wanted to get
into the mind of the killer - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

He really wanted to get into the mind of the killer

My dad was the first
psychiatrist to speak
with Kemper. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

My dad was the first psychiatrist to speak with Kemper.

I have the original tapes
that he did - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I have the original tapes that he did

[reporter] Local people don't
think Santa Cruz is the murder
capital of the world - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[reporter] Local people don't think Santa Cruz is the m...

The defense attorneys
asked him to go see him - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

The defense attorneys asked him to go see him

Since 1973, I don't believe
anybody has ever heard
these tapes. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Since 1973, I don't believe anybody has ever heard thes...

[Emerson]
Gruesome details, skull found
in a remote Loma Prieta. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Emerson] Gruesome details, skull found in a remote Loma Pri...

And I fundamentally believe
that people can change. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And I fundamentally believe that people can change.

So these are newspapers
from the time
when it happened. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

So these are newspapers from the time when it happened.

[indistinct chatter] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[indistinct chatter]

This is my local history,
this is Santa Cruz's history, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

This is my local history, this is Santa Cruz's history,

And we would also film
their testimonies - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And we would also film their testimonies

It impacted so many people
in the community - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

It impacted so many people in the community

So these are some artifacts
that have been in storage
for decades... - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

So these are some artifacts that have been in storage for de...

February 10th, 1993 is a date - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

February 10th, 1993 is a date

And what I have on top here
is a courtroom rendering
of my dad, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And what I have on top here is a courtroom rendering of my d...

Ed Kemper,
he was my boogeyman,
he was our family's boogeyman. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Ed Kemper, he was my boogeyman, he was our family's boo...

[indistinct chatter] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[indistinct chatter]

And as a young kid,
I used to sit with the artist
that would do these sketches. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And as a young kid, I used to sit with the artist that would...

There are so many rumors
about Kemper and what he did,
what he didn't do. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

There are so many rumors about Kemper and what he did, what ...

[Smarto] We were shooting
in prisons in California, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Smarto] We were shooting in prisons in California,

He was a psychiatrist involved
in the Ed Kemper trial. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

He was a psychiatrist involved in the Ed Kemper trial.

It's interesting to me to get
to the bottom and try to see
where the truth lies. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

It's interesting to me to get to the bottom and try to ...

I had already shot
two inmates - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I had already shot two inmates

This is a picture of my dad
in his office, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

This is a picture of my dad in his office,

But I have no idea who he is
or what he's done. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

But I have no idea who he is or what he's done.

I mean, to the day he died,
I don't think he ever had
a gray hair. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I mean, to the day he died, I don't think he ever had a...

After Kemper murdered
his grandparents, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

After Kemper murdered his grandparents,

He was not a...
a very imposing person, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

He was not a... a very imposing person,

I could just
squander my life away, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I could just squander my life away,

And I believe he was the
youngest associate professor
at Stanford University. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And I believe he was the youngest associate professor at Sta...

[Emerson]
So here's a 15-year-old boy, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Emerson] So here's a 15-year-old boy,

At that time,
he took me to jail - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

At that time, he took me to jail

And it was over
a period of months, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And it was over a period of months,

And it's the best place
I've ever lived - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And it's the best place I've ever lived

There were 1,600 inmates,
24 of them were murderers - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

There were 1,600 inmates, 24 of them were murderers

I became a human being
for the first time in my life, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I became a human being for the first time in my life,

[man 1 speaking] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[man 1 speaking]

[Smarto] During the break,
a guard comes over - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Smarto] During the break, a guard comes over

I had to wait
in a waiting area, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I had to wait in a waiting area,

There was just noise
and clanging of bars, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

There was just noise and clanging of bars,

And I believe it was the other
inmates that taught him... - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And I believe it was the other inmates that taught him...

He's the Co-Ed Killer." - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

He's the Co-Ed Killer."

If you're gonna rape someone,
you need to kill them, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

If you're gonna rape someone, you need to kill them,

And my dad went in
and interviewed Ed Kemper - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And my dad went in and interviewed Ed Kemper

They put him
through a battery of tests - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

They put him through a battery of tests

I kept them to myself
for 27 years - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I kept them to myself for 27 years

[Ed Kemper and Lunde speaking] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Ed Kemper and Lunde speaking]

The first letter,
he was formal, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

The first letter, he was formal,

Kemper had a facade
of being polite
and cooperative - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Kemper had a facade of being polite and cooperative

So I could tell that
with each subsequent letter, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

So I could tell that with each subsequent letter,

He would pretend to be normal,
pleasing, you know,
good manners. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

He would pretend to be normal, pleasing, you know, good mann...

When I was corresponding
with Ed, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

When I was corresponding with Ed,

At the same time,
having these aggressive,
nasty fantasies - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

At the same time, having these aggressive, nasty fantasies

You know, he has a dry
sense of humor, my dad does, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

You know, he has a dry sense of humor, my dad does,

I wanted to know - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I wanted to know

You know, when he was talking
about his badge, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

You know, when he was talking about his badge,

But, you know, that's the way
he was kind of disarming - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

But, you know, that's the way he was kind of disarming

[man 1 speaking] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[man 1 speaking]

Of course, the question
that I really wanted to ask - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Of course, the question that I really wanted to ask

And so he says in this letter,
"Dear Don, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And so he says in this letter, "Dear Don,

[men speaking] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[ominous music playing] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[ominous music playing]

Because his IQ score came up
in the superior range, - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Because his IQ score came up in the superior range,

Do I remember
that fateful night - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Do I remember that fateful night

And so, when he wants
to help them handle
the psychological tests - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And so, when he wants to help them handle the psychological ...

Memories etched in steel
within my brain." - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Memories etched in steel within my brain."

I'm looking at two photos
of myself. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I'm looking at two photos of myself.

Kemper's genius
was the manipulation - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

Kemper's genius was the manipulation

[Kemper speaking] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Kemper speaking]

I'm Luita Spangler
and I got my bachelor's
degrees at UC Santa Cruz. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I'm Luita Spangler and I got my bachelor's degrees...

[Dr. Lunde speaking] - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Dr. Lunde speaking]

I went to university there
in 1971. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

I went to university there in 1971.

The university itself
had only been running
for six years. - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

The university itself had only been running for six years.

[Monty] My dad interviewed
Ed Kemper - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

[Monty] My dad interviewed Ed Kemper

And eventually,
Kemper opened up - The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

And eventually, Kemper opened up

The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster poster

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Cruising Santa Cruz's ocean highways, Edmund Kemper appears to be a 6'9" gentle giant who offers hundreds of young female hitchhikers a ride. But behind his charming smile and signature gold-rimmed glasses lurks a brutal and perverted monster. In 1973, while awaiting trial, Kemper was interviewed by psychiatrist Dr. Donald Lunde. Lunde records Kemper's detailed confession on audiotape. For 50 years these tapes were locked away and forgotten, but now they are public for the first time and reveal a tormented childhood, dark sexual fantasies, and a thirst for revenge on the person he despises most, his own mother.

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Director: Johnny Burke

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Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 6.4

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Released: 01 Nov 2021

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