Los Angeles trembled as a faceless terror lurked in the night. Locks were triple-checked, lights burned till dawn. He struck at random—stalking, torturing, killing. A phantom with no pattern, no mercy ...

Serial killer Richard Ramirez first connected with his wife Doreen Lioy when she began writing letters to him in prison in ...

In the summer of 1985, with the "Night Stalker" on the loose, Joyce Nelson’s son warned her to lock the doors of her Los Angeles County, California, home and keep the windows closed. But the ...

(CNN)-- The San Francisco Police Department is reopening a 25-year-old homicide that may be linked to convicted killer Richard Ramirez, known during his 1984-85 spree as the "Night Stalker." ...

and his killing spree continued for more than a year until his arrest on August 31, 1985—the same year the movie takes place. Goth spoke about the significance of the Night Stalker’s presence ...