True Crime Friday: Earle Nelson, the Gorilla Serial Killer
Earle Leonard Nelson was born on May 12, 1897, in California. His parents died when he was a toddler and he was raised by his grandmother around two years old. When it was discovered that several women and girls had been raped or murdered the description of the man was given that he had Gorilla like features including huge arms. That is when he became known as the Dark Strangler and Gorilla Man, but the moniker of the Gorilla Killer seems to have stuck in the minds of the public. He was a rapist, serial killer and necrophile. Nelson killed at least twenty two women and girls across the United States and Canada between the years of 1926 and 1927. The crimes committed by Nelson were a source of inspiration for the movie Shadow of a Doubt a film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1943. The Early Childhood of Earle Nelson Earle Nelson was born in San Francisco, California and raised by his grandmother. She was deeply religious, which generally does not bode well when you are raising a psychopath. Nels...
