Serial killer Richard Ramirez became known in the mid-1980s as the “Night Stalker" because of the time of day he hunted his victims. But to Rosie Juarez, he was Uncle Richie. Ramirez — infamous for ...

He drew comparisons to rock legend Mick Jagger and had hordes of devoted female fans, but serial killer Richard Ramirez’s sudden fame had deeply sinister roots. In the media frenzy that followed, ...

Serial killer Richard Ramirez first connected with his wife Doreen Lioy when she began writing letters to him in prison in 1988 Skyler Trebel is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. He has been ...

Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Tapes is a new true-crime documentary miniseries from NBC News Studios that features exclusive audio interviews from Richard Ramirez himself, along with his ...

The two-part docuseries Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Tapes, directed by Amy Goodman Kass, features a never-before-heard interview with Richard Ramirez, who terrorized both Northern and ...

Ramirez was finally apprehended in August 1985 and sentenced to death in November 1989. He died of cancer in San Quentin prison while awaiting execution in July 2013. Born on 29 February 1960 in ...

Adeola Adeosun is the Newsweek Weekend Night Editor based in Atlanta, Georgia. Her focus is reporting on U.S. national news, politics and trends. Adeola joined Newsweek in 2024 and has previously ...

Richard Ramirez, dubbed the Night Stalker by the media, was a serial killer, rapist and burglar who murdered at least 13 people in California in 1984 and 1985, the year “MaXXXine” is set in.