He was known as the “Co-Ed Killer.”
In the early 1970s, students in Northern California began vanishing while hitchhiking near campus. Behind the disappearances was Edmund Kemper, a towering figure with a history of violence dating back to the murder of his own grandparents at age 15.

Over eleven months, Kemper lured six young women into his car, killed them, and mutilated their bodies. He terrorized the University of California, Santa Cruz community while socializing with local police officers who nicknamed him “Big Ed.” His crimes escalated until he turned his rage against the person he hated most — his abusive mother.

In this episode of Murder U, we trace Kemper’s path from a troubled childhood to one of the most infamous killing sprees in American history. From the manipulation of psychiatrists who released him at 21, to his chilling confessions and his decision to turn himself in, this is the story of Ed Kemper — a serial killer whose calculated violence still haunts true crime history.

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