As the couple watched the trio, one of the men (whom they later identified as Henley) advanced upon their car with such a menacing expression that the couple felt compelled to drive away. That evening, Simoneaux is known to have phoned his mother's home and to have shouted the word "Mama" into the receiver[94] before the connection was terminated. The pegboard walls inside the rear of the van were rigged with several rings and hooks. Prior to their respective trials, both Henley and Brooks would reject offers presented to them by the district attorney of life sentences in exchange for pleas of guilty in the murders for which they had been indicted. Article detailing investigators' suspicions as to, This page was last edited on 16 April 2023, at 01:37. [62] In each of these abductions, Brooks is known to have been a participant. The teenagers then collectively decided to call the police. Slasher icon Candyman (played by Tony Todd) has become a horror legend in his own right, but the character was inspired by two real urban legends.Candyman has so far stalked prey and claimed victims in three feature films, released in 1992, 1995, and 1999. Most victims were abducted from Houston Heights, which was then a low-income neighborhood northwest of downtown Houston. So he was going to sit down with meyou know, (just) lay down with me like he'd been doing when we talkedand he was going to put the gun by my head while we were talking then he was just going to shoot me.". He also offered Brooks $200 for any boy he could bring to him. [16], Corll graduated from Vidor High School in the summer of 1958. Now known as the Houston Mass Murders, his killing spree was considered the worst in US history at the time. In doing so, Corll needed to put his gun down. In 1964, Corll, then 24, was drafted into the U.S. Army. The scattered skeletal remains were discovered within and close to plastic sheeting near an eroding sandbank. Beginning in 1969,[32] Corll paid Brooks in cash or with gifts to allow him to perform fellatio on the youth. Ronald Clark O'Bryan (October 19, 1944 - March 31, 1984), nicknamed The Candy Man and The Man Who Killed Halloween, was an American man convicted of killing his eight-year-old son Timothy (April 5, 1966 - October 31, 1974) on Halloween 1974 with a potassium cyanide -laced Pixy Stix that was ostensibly collected during a trick or treat outing. Bail for each youth was set at $100,000. This had inspired the salesman to state to her: "If you've got that much energy, why don't you start making candy? [227], Henley is serving his life sentence at the Mark Stiles Unit in Jefferson County, Texas. The first victim of 1972 was Frank Aguirre, who disappeared on March 24, meaning no known victims were killed for seven months. On another occasion during the time Corll resided at Schuler Street, Henley knocked Brooks unconscious as he entered the house. Here's What Life Looks Like In Oymyakon, The Coldest City In The World, Inside The Amber Room, The 18th-Century Russian Marvel That Vanished During World War II, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. This police raid seized a card filing system containing up to 10,000 names of individuals across America ascribed to this network and the personal details of numerous teenage boys exploited by this sex trafficking ring. [7] Judge Michael McSpadden scheduled a third execution date for October 31, 1982, the eighth anniversary of the crime, and he offered to personally drive O'Bryan to the death chamber. Kerley and Williams were then strapped to the torture board, with Corll ordering Henley to cut off Williams' clothes and rape her. [16], Corll's mother divorced West in 1963 and opened a new candy business, which she named Corll Candy Company; her eldest son was appointed vice-president of the new family firm,[19] with his younger brother Stanley being appointed secretary-treasurer. Dean Arnold Corll was born on December 24th, 1939, in Fort Wayne, Indiana to an overprotective mother, Mary Robinson, and a father, Arnold Corll, who would go on to make it clear he didn't want children. [22]:3644. [29][30] During the trial, a chemist who was acquainted with O'Bryan testified that in summer 1973, O'Bryan contacted him asking about cyanide and how much would be fatal. [55]:2 Corll then ran out of the room, hitting the wall of the hallway. However, Scott saw Henley pointing a pistol toward him and according to Brooks, Scott "just gave up." Houston serial killer up for compassionate release. Police had been led to Sellars's body on August 13, 1973, by a trucker who recalled conversing with a youth he believed to be Henley after he had seen a car stuck in the sand close to where Sellars's body was subsequently found. The statements given by Kerley and Williams corroborated Henley's account, and the detective questioning Henley believed he had indeed acted in self-defense. Williams, who survived the attack and only spoke publicly about it in 2013, recalled how Corlls behavior had visibly shaken something in Henleys mind. Kepner was strangled and buried at High Island Beach. [72] Henley subsequently assisted Corll and Brooks in Aguirre's burial at High Island Beach. [213] Upon advice from his defense counsel, Henley did not take the stand to testify. Moreover, in one interview, Brooks claimed that Corll's first murder victim was a youth killed at an apartment complex located at 5313 Judiway Street, where Corll had lived prior to September 1970. [100] On March 7, Corll vacated his Wirt Road apartment and moved to 2020 Lamar Drive, an address his father had vacated in Pasadena. Corll was initially furious with Henley for bringing a girl to his home, but he seemed to calm down and offered the group alcohol and cannabis. [64], As had been the case with parents of other victims of Corll, both sets of parents launched a frantic search for their sons. Corll's Childhood Years Corll was born on Christmas Eve in 1939 in Fort Wayne, Ind. He (Henley) started to take a step inside (the boat shed), but then his face just turned ashen, pale, grim he staggered around outside the door. What made Corll's crimes all the more shocking was the fact that he was helped by two teenage accomplices one of whom would eventually shoot Corll dead. "Its unconscionable what Brooks was responsible for. A body found on a beach in Jefferson County on August 4, 1983, is strongly believed a further victim of Corll. The two bodies that Henley had insisted were still buried on the beach may have been those of Scott and Lyles. After nearly three years and 28 known murders, Dean Corll turned on Elmer Wayne Henley on August 8, 1973. [78], One month later, on March 24, 1972,[79] Henley, Brooks, and Corll encountered an 18-year-old acquaintance of Henley's named Frank Aguirre leaving a restaurant on Yale Street, where the youth worked. A few days later, the Scott family received a postcard, which was supposedly written by Mark. God bless you all and may Gods best blessings be always yours. [105], On July 6, 1973, Henley began attending classes at the Coaches Driving School in Bellaire,[106] where he became acquainted with 15-year-old Homer Luis Garcia. Join our global team of talent. While there's no link between the serial killer and the Candyman urban legend, Corll was nicknamed the "candy man" because his family owned a sweet company, and he was known to give the confectionary to local children. [159] Police continued excavating through the earth of the shed, unearthing the remains of more victims in varying stages of decomposition. [293], On August 15, 2022, authorities announced that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Harris County Institute of Forensic Science are actively working together to identify this victim. On the night of Aug. 8, 1973, Corll threatened to kill Henley and two others during a party. We want to be famous for creating and sharing stories that matter unique, trusted, entertaining, everywhere. These details, alongside the two additional bones that were found with the 26th and 27th victims discovered, indicate a minimum of two and possibly four more unknown victims. Brooks later died in prison in 2020 of COVID-19. The company employed a small workforce, and he was seen to behave flirtatiously toward several teenage male employees. So he started getting up and he was like, Youre not going to do anything to me.'. Brooks said at least one victim was kept alive and restrained for four days before finally being killed. [5], Although police never discovered when or where O'Bryan bought the poison,[19] he was arrested for Timothy's murder on November 5, 1974. We anticipate change, identify future opportunities and are excited by the potential that tomorrow brings. Given that Henley became acquainted with Corll in 1972, it is likely this boy would have been killed in 1972 or 1973. Brooks and Henley confessed to assisting Corll in several abductions and murders; both were sentenced to life imprisonment at their subsequent trials. This is how he got his name Candy Man or the Pied Piper. [4] Corll's father was strict with his children, whereas his mother was markedly protective of both her sons. [104] After three days of abuse and torture, Lawrence was strangled before being buried at Lake Sam Rayburn. However, we as human beings do make mistakes and errors. Dean Corll became known as the 'candy man' killer for his horrific spree in the early 1970s Credit: Alamy 5 Searching one of Corll's mass graves in 1973 - the object in the wheelbarrow is a skull Credit: AP Dean Corll raped, tortured and murdered at least 28 boys and young men in Texas between 1970 and 1973. After this look at Dean Corll, the Candy Man killer, read up on the horrific story of serial killer Ed Kemper. [5] After visiting a home where the occupant failed to answer the door, the children grew impatient and ran ahead to the next home while O'Bryan stayed behind. In 1960, at the request of his mother, Corll moved to Indiana to live with his widowed grandmother. He was in the process of sexually assaulting them when suddenly Brooks walked in. ", 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Dean Corll became known as the 'candy man' killer for his horrific spree in the early 1970s, Searching one of Corll's mass graves in 1973 - the object in the wheelbarrow is a skull, Elmar Wayne Henley in 2008 at the Mark W. Michael Unit prison in Texas where he remains, A Polaroid showing an unidentified 29th victim next to Corll's toolbox, Corll collapsed and died after being shot by Henley, Credit: Pasadena Police Department, Harris County, Texas, USA, Official trailer 2 for horror film Candyman starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Hideous crimes of the real candyman killer who lured kids with sweets, raped and used torture board on 28 victims, Mums of TikTok paramedics hit back at 'stupid' critics as dance videos are 'funny' and they 'save a lot of lives', Fried fish with a side of eggs charred bones of Mount Vesuvius victims reveal diets of ancient Roman men and women, Trump savages Biden for giving Taliban a 'kill list' and says Afghan allies are in 'great danger', Hurricane fears as Tropical Storm Ida set to gain strength before making landfall on Gulf Coast in DAYS. O'Bryan then gave his son Kool-Aid to wash away the taste. He later moved into an apartment of his own above the shop. Kerley began writhing and shouting as Williams, whose gag Henley had removed, lifted her head and asked Henley, "Is this for real?" [7] At the age of seven, he suffered an undiagnosed case of rheumatic fever, which was not recognized until doctors found Corll had a heart murmur in 1950. Williams then asked Henley: "Are you going to do anything about it? [55]:1[58] His call was answered by an operator named Velma Lines. [92], On October 2, 1972, Henley and Brooks encountered two Heights teenagers named Wally Jay Simoneaux and Richard Hembree[93] walking to Hembree's home. Jerry Jouret was determined to make the drive . [72][73], Henley later stated that, for several months, he ignored Corll's offer, although he did maintain an acquaintance with Corll and gradually began to view him as something of a "brother-type person" whose work ethic he admired and in whom he could confide. [55]:31 Despite the assault, Brooks continued to assist Corll in the abductions of the victims. The family moved to the small town of Vidor, Texas, where Corll's half-sister, Joyce Jeanine (1955-2016), was born. [76] He stated the "only three" abductions and murders Brooks had not assisted him and Corll with were committed in the summer of 1973. [1] His car was about to be repossessed, he had defaulted on several bank loans, and the family home had been foreclosed on. He is last known to have phoned his parents claiming to need money in much the same manner as victims Charles Cobble and Marty Jones had been forced to telephone their parents before their murder. [273][274] ML73-3378 was buried at Lake Sam Rayburn just 10 feet (3m) from the body of Homer Garcia, who had disappeared on July 7, 1973. That is the basic premise of this semi-historically accurate dark comedic tale of horror. The body was buried at High Island Beach. [33], On June 3, 1975, a jury took 46minutes to find O'Bryan guilty of capital murder and four counts of attempted murder. In his confession, Brooks stated the youth killed immediately prior to Henley's involvement in the murders was abducted from the Heights and kept alive for approximately four days before his murder. 2020 Lamar Drive was demolished in February 2023. In the back of the factory, Corll even installed a pool table where company employees and their friends many of whom were also young teenage boys could congregate throughout the day. Delome then pleaded with Henley, "Wayne, please don't!" The Scotts did not believe that their boy would suddenly leave town without saying goodbye. [31] Whenever Brooks told Corll he needed cash, Corll gave him money, and the youth began to view Corll as a father figure. [26] Corll's former stepfather had retained ownership of the family's former candy business, Pecan Prince, following his divorce from Corll's mother in 1963; competition between the two firms was fierce. [89] Approximately one month later, on or about August 21, a 19-year-old[90] named Roy Bunton was abducted while walking to his job as an assistant in a Houston shoe store. It was located right across from Helms Elementary School. One intended victim managed to escape with his life and eventually decided to join the killers. On September 13, 2010, DNA analysis was able to confirm that the unidentified victim known as ML73-3378 was actually Michael Anthony Baulch, who had incorrectly been identified as case file ML73-3333: the second victim unearthed from the boat shed. [85] In Brooks's confession, he stated that both youths were tied to Corll's bed and, after their torture and rape, Henley manually strangled Baulch, then shouted, "Hey, Johnny!" [178][179], Brooks gave a full confession on the evening of August 9,[180] admitting to being present at several killings and assisting in several burials, although he continued to deny any direct participation in the murders. Afterward, some victims were strangled to death and others were fatally shot. He tells you he was a cheerleader if nothing else. On June 27, 1979, the jury deliberated for over two hours before reaching their verdict; Henley was again convicted of six murders and sentenced to six concurrent 99-year terms. At the end of the evening, O'Bryan gave each of his neighbor's two children a Pixy Stix and one each to Timothy and Elizabeth. "[143][144], In PPD custody, Henley was initially questioned about the killing of Corll. "The Candy Man" or "The Pied Piper", was an American ephebophilic and hebephilic serial killer, serial rapist, and abductor who perpetrated the so-called Houston Mass Murders, which at the time of its discovery, were considered the worst example of serial killings in the history of the United States. before he was strangled. [198] The other youth, Willard Branch,[199] lived in the Oak Forest district of Houston. O'Bryan lived with his wife, Daynene, in Deer Park, Texas, with their son Timothy and daughter Elizabeth (born 1969). And while Henley initially ignored the grim proposal, he decided to accept in 1972 as his family struggled financially. "[138] Henley gave the address to the operator as 2020 Lamar Drive, Pasadena. [303], The January 14, 1973, disappearance of 16-year-old Norman Lamar Prater has been tentatively linked to Corll. [65], On August 17, 1971, Corll and Brooks encountered a 17-year-old acquaintance of Brooks named Ruben Watson Haney walking home from a movie theater in Houston. [25] In January 1974, he had taken out $10,000 (equivalent to $54,946 in 2021) life insurance policies on both of his children. 48 years ago, Dean Corll, one of the country's most prolific serial killers, was shot dead at his home in Pasadena, Texas. [22]:3669 Henley was not charged with the death of Corll, which prosecutors ruled on September 18 had been committed in self-defense. After 45 years of his sentence, Brooks died in custody aged 65 last year from Covid-19. Corll offered Henley the same $200 per boy deal he'd made Brooks. [136][137][84], Henley would later recall that immediately after he shot Corll, the sole thought in his mind was that Corll would have been proud of the way he had behaved during the confrontation, adding that Corll had been training him to react quickly and forcefully and that this was exactly what he had done.[84]. [81], Henley later claimed that he had not known of Corll's true intentions towards Aguirre when he had persuaded his friend to accompany him to Corll's home. However, police were again unwilling to extend the search. [145], When questioned regarding his claim that as Corll had threatened him that morning he had shouted that he had killed several boys,[146] Henley explained that for almost three years, Brooks and he had helped procure teenage boys, some of whom had been their own friends, for Corll, who had raped and murdered them. A+E NETWORKS EMEA ANNOUNCES BRAND REFRESH FOR THE HISTORY CHANNEL ACROSS EMEA, COSMO earns three awards at the Promax Global Excellence Awards, COSMO premieres Flechas, its fifth short film against gender violence, Dean Possenniskie: A+E will grow through programming not M&A. [184], On August 10, 1973, Henley again accompanied police to Lake Sam Rayburn, where two more bodies were found buried just 10 feet (3m) apart. The thirteenth and fourteenth bodies unearthed bore identification cards naming the victims as Donald and Jerry Waldrop. Corll's final victim was a 13-year-old boy, James Stanton Dreymala, abducted in Houston. Later the same year, Brooks moved back to Houston. When Henley woke up, he discovered that he was tied up alongside Kerley and Williams. Altogether, at least ten teenagers between the ages of 13 and 19 were murdered between February and November 1972, five of whom were buried at High Island Beach, and five inside the boat shed. They noted that Corll was known around Houston as the "Candy Man" he gave free candy (or drugs) to teenage boys to lure them into being kidnapped, raped, tortured and often killed. This execution is one of those wrongs yet doesnt mean our whole system of justice is wrong. YouTubeDean Corll in 1973, months before he was shot to death by his 17-year-old accomplice, Elmer Wayne Henley. Konen was probably trying to get to his girlfriends house, and Corll likely offered him a ride there. Eerily, he seemed almost flattered to be included. Konen vanished while hitchhiking with another student from the University of Texas to his parents' home in Houston. And the following year, Corll killed his first known victim: 18-year-old Jeffrey Konen. [297] Former workers also recalled that Corll had rolls of clear plastic of precisely the same type used to bury his victims. In one instance, Henley confessed two victims strapped to the torture board had been partially untied on the promise that whichever beat the other to death would be allowed to live. In December 1970, he lured James Glass and Danny Yates, both 14, to Corll's address. Although Dr. Jachimczyk testified as to his uncertainty as to whether John Sellars was a victim of Corll at Henley's trial, he did emphasize his uncertainty as to his personal opinion. All six bodies directly linked to the Houston Mass Murders found at High Island have been identified. These facts may account for this sudden lull in killings. There were warning signs that he was interested in underage boys. Then, discover how some of historys most infamous serial killers finally met their end. Dean Corll briefly served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1965. [80] Henley called Aguirre over to Corll's van and invited the youth to drink beer and smoke marijuana with the trio at Corll's apartment. [156], Henley agreed to accompany police to Corll's boat shed in Southwest Houston, where he claimed the bodies of most of the victims could be found. The boy had been unable to open the staples that sealed the wrapper shut. [116], On the evening of August 7, 1973, Henley, aged 17, invited a 19-year-old named Timothy Cordell Kerley to attend a party at Corll's Pasadena residence. The unidentified victim mistakenly identified as Baulch had been killed by two gunshots to the head and buried inside the boat shed. [301] Corll's earliest double murder, that of Glass and Yates, took place in December 1970; those victims were actually killed at Corll's Yorktown address, as was Corll's earliest known murder victim, Jeffrey Alan Konen, killed in September 1970. All of his victims were males aged 13 to 20, the majority of whom were in their mid-teens. Potential association with a national sex ring, Corll's mother would later state the inspiration for her founding a family candy business was a pecan nut salesman calling at her home and observing her baking several pies. [7] Upon returning home, O'Bryan gave the fifth Pixy Stix to a 10-year-old boy whom he recognized from his church. Its a standard trope in true-crime lore that a serial killers depravity can be traced back to some kind of horrific childhood event. O'Bryan worked as an optician at Texas State Optical in Sharpstown, Houston. [110], In July 1973, after Brooks married his pregnant fiance,[30] Henley temporarily became Corll's sole procurer of victims, assisting in the abduction and murder of three Heights youths between July 19 and 25. Henley claimed these three abductions were the only three that occurred after his becoming an accomplice to Corll in which Brooks was not a participant. [The crimes] are considered to be one of the most insidious and sadistic serial killings not just in Houston but nationally. Instead, they were supposedly all there just to party. [22]:3670 Two women had also observed three men digging at the beach in May 1973one of whom they positively identified as Brooks. Corll ignored him and Henley then grabbed Corll's pistol, shouting, "You've gone far enough, Dean! [287][289] This victim has been referred to as "John Houston Doe" since the discovery of his body. Henley managed to convince Corll to untie him, saying he'd help with the torture and murders. His character was played by actor Robert Aramayo, best known for his role in HBOs Game of Thrones. [4] He claimed to have only seen the man's arm,[7] which he described as "hairy". Learning is part of the journey at A+E Networks EMEA and youll be offered personal and professional development opportunities throughout your career with us. [225] Brooks's defense attorney, Jim Skelton, argued that his client had not committed any murders and attempted to portray Corll and, to a lesser degree, Henley as being the active participants in the actual killings. Henley fired three additional bullets into his lower back and shoulder as Corll slid down the wall in the hallway outside the room where the two other teenagers were bound. Henley and Kerley then drove back to Houston Heights and Kerley parked his vehicle close to Henley's home. His first known victim was Jeffrey Konen, an 18-year-old student who was hitchhiking from Austin to Houston. [67], In September 1971, Corll moved to another apartment in the Heights: 915 Columbia Street. Brooks would spend time at the candy factory and he saw Corll as a father figure. Dean Corll raped, tortured and murdered at least 28 boys and young men in Texas between 1970 and 1973. Serial killer Dean Corll, nicknamed the "Candy Man" and his teenage accomplices raped, tortured and murdered 28 boys in Houston in the '70s. In response, Henley shouted: "I don't care who knows about it! He said the owner of the home did not turn the lights on, but did crack the door open and hand him five Pixy Stix. Right then's when I knew there were going to be bodies in that shed. He subsequently cemented over the floor. [17] As well, his wife rejected the claim that Timothy chose the Pixy Stix, stating that O'Bryan had, in fact, forced him to choose the Stix. O'Bryan also distributed poisoned candy to his daughter and three other children in an attempt to cover up his crime; however, neither his daughter nor the other children ate the poisoned candy. 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