Gay murderer
The hunt for 'The Doodler,' 1970s serial killer who targeted gay men; reward now at $200K
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It remains one of San Francisco's most notorious cool case murders that's never been solved, but investigators reflect they are termination. "The Doodler" was a serial killer who targeted queer men in the 1970s, and has never been caught.
San Francisco police now believe a sixth victim may be linked to the Doodler and possess doubled the reward to $200,000.
Police contain two sketches of the man that for the past 48 years San Francisco police hold called the Doodler.
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He frequented gay bars in the Castro and in the Polk Gulch including this one, the Cinch Saloon, still around today and investigators say, in the 70s, one of the Doodler's so-called hunting grounds.
"He'd pluck a guy somewhere at the exclude, he'd sit at the table, he'd sketch them, he was a fine artist, so then he would stride up to the guy and speak like my doodle?" explained SF Chronicle Reporter Kevin Fagan
Fagan told me that was the Doodler's pick-up
QUEER CRIME: How Homophobia Helped 4 Lgbtq+ Serial Killers Proceed To Kill
These prolific serial killers could have been caught sooner if police weren’t so speedy to brush off their victims…
By Courtney Hardwick
If you’re a true crime fan, you know there’s no shortage of books, documentaries, podcasts and original reporting dedicated to the victims of vicious crimes and the people who commit those crimes. At the same period, we know that cases that receive the most attention are usually ones that are involved against white, middle class, cisgender people. From serial killers like Ted Bundy, the Golden Declare Killer and Paul Bernardo to victims of the most talked-about unsolved cases like JonBenet Ramsey, the media is busy covering a certain (very small) selection of cases. Meanwhile hate crimes, including murders of gay, trans and non-binary people are on the ascend. Queer Crime is a monthly column focusing on genuine crime with an LGBTQ+ spin whether it’s the victim or the perpetrator.
This month, we’re taking a look at some of the most infamous queer serial killers—and how their victims were treated, by the police, the media, and the common. Due to deeply ingrained biases, ign
'The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer' premieres Feb. 18 on Hulu
In the wealthy suburbs of Indianapolis, husband and father of three Herb Baumeister led a double life - businessman by day, serial killer by night. Throughout the 1990s, he targeted gay men, amassing a victim count possibly surpassing that of Jeffrey Dahmer.
The recent true crime series, "The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer," premieres Feb. 18 on Hulu.
The four-part ABC News Studios docuseries follows Hamilton County coroner Jeff Jellison as he launches a new investigation decades after thousands of bones were found in the woods behind Fox Hollow Farms, Baumeister's stately home.
Using new DNA technology, Jellison and his team work to identify the human remains, bringing long-deferred closure to victims' families and unearthing unsettling questions about potential accomplices, missing evidence, and a key witness whose story keeps changing.
Through never-before-seen archival footage and new interviews with those central to the story, this new docuseries explores how the murders went undetected.
In an exclusive interview, a Baumeister survivor, Identify Goodyear
Professor Elizabeth Yardley, Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology, explores what the Stephen Port case tells us about gender, sexuality and hierarchies of victimisation in the Twenty-First Century.
In November 2016, 41-year-old Stephen Port was convicted of the murders of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor. He is one of only 50 people in England and Wales to receive a whole existence sentence, meaning that he will never be released from custody and will die in prison.
Port was named ‘The Grindr Killer’ by the tabloid compress because he accessed many of his victims through the Grindr dating app. Much of the media coverage of the story and the subsequent well-liked interest in the case focused upon this recent way that killers and sexual predators could access their victims.
Indeed, I own researched the use of social media by killers for several years now, exploring how homicide perpetrators use Facebook[i] and exploring the meaning of homicide confessions posted on social networking sites[ii]. However, focusing upon these elements can sometimes distract us from some of the bigger and more pressing issues – issues that a