Candyman Killer
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Cold Open: Dean Arnold Corll. The Candyman Killer. A Texas momma’s boy who first made friends with local kids by handing out candy from his family’s Houston candy store like the absolute cartoonishly creepy dirtbag he was. The man who then groomed a teen boy to be his murder, rape, and torture accomplice. He then convinced a second teen boy to also be his murder, rape, and torture accomplice; a second boy who would eventually shoot Dean dead. But not before Dean killed at least twenty- eight Houston area teens between 1970 and 1973, most dying just about the worst death imaginable on his homemade “torture board”. We take a look, today, into the life and times and crimes of someone who initially did not seem destined for a life of sadism and debauchery. His mom opened a family candy store for God’s sake. Despite no history of suffering abuse himself, Dean developed a dark talent for manipulating and abusing others. Over the course of this podcast, I’ve become pretty jaded towards true crime, but this story really pulled me in. It has some strange twists and turns in it. And - a happy ending in the sense that the bad guy eventually gets killed. Not as good as the bad guy dying BEFORE becoming a really bad guy, but, a lot better than him getting away with it, and a little more satisfying than him hanging around watching TV in prison. Murder, torture, abduction, and some super sketchy early 1970s Texas police work, all examined today, in another true crime edition of Timesuck. PAUSE TIMESUCK INTRO I. Welcome! A. Happy Monday: Happy Monday, Timesuckers! Hail Nimrod! Hail Lucifina! And Praise Bojangles and Triple M. I’m Dan Cummins aka the Lord and Master of All Suckdom, the Master Sucker, and YOU are listening to Timesuck. Welcome back to a somewhat normal log entry into the annals of the Cult of the Curious. That last Suck was something else, right? Apologies for the aggressive air banjo-ing. So many air banjo solos. Just know that I know how annoying that was. Whiskey man. It gets me riled up. And sorry for all the yelling. So much yelling. I did have a great time, though. And thank Nimrod Lynze was there to help me finish the tale. And thanks again for Joe coming in late to work and for 10/six to catering and supplying the booze. Recording in the Suck Dungeon in CDA I-D-ho, Reverend Doctor Joe Motherfuckin’ Paisley at the production helm. Lynze in studio as well. Kyler and Monroe at sleep away camp, and Penny Pooper and Gigi Belle possibly currently destroying something I care about. Kidding. Probably. They’re usually very good dogs. Recording this in advance of my Chicago shows, so, HOPING those were awesome! Already hoping I never do another three shows of standup on a Saturday, even if all three shows were fun. That’s too many shows for one day. B. Standup Tour: Really hoping to see a bunch of you in Denver at Comedy Works downtown for the Flat Earth Tour this weekend and really, REALLY hope I see a ton of you on Sunday for the live Narco Satanist Suck. Adolfo Constanzo. Mulleted leather-jacket wearing leader of a group of Satanic drug dealers who sacrificed random people they’d kidnapped to the devil in exchange for magical powers they thought they received to avoid capture. Constanzo had his followers drinking potions made from human sacrifice that they thought made them invisible. Let’s get crazy, real crazy at the live show. Hail Lucifina! C. Trivia Night: Also in Fort Collins, Colorado on Tuesday, August 21, from 6:30-8:30PM, our friends at Maxline Brewing are hosting a Timesuck Trivia night. Fun! They’re giving away goodies. Teams can be anywhere from 1-5 players. Golden State Killer, Aztec Empire, Chikatilo, Lost Books of the Bible just some of the topics. 2724 McClelland Drive Link in episode description to more details: https:// www.facebook.com/events/518912805230244/ D. And then I head back to the Bay Area - Sunnyvale, California. I’ll be at Rooster T Feathers September 6-9, and then in Hollywood California at the Improv, one night only, September 12th. And then just North of LA in Oxnard September 13-15. My new album, Maybe I’m the Problem is dropping soon on vinyl! My first ever vinyl pressings, on Romanus records, come out in a few limited edition possibilities on September 15th - Noon Pacific Time, 3PM Eastern Time. Romanus Records specialize in custom vinyl. The records they make look SO good. And mine are no exception. Super pumped to have it hit human hands, and then human ears right after that! Link to the Romanus Records store in the episode description and pics of how these records look will be posted on Instagram and Facebook - @dancumminscomedy E. Labor Day Sale: Labor Day Sale coming up in the Timesuck store. Gotta get some of that exotic fabric outta there! Gotta kick out some elderly moleskin. Some baby deer inner thigh skin. Some hummingbird tail feathers. From August 27th at Noon PST to September 3rd at Noon PST, 25% and a free air freshener with every purchase so more can smell the Suck. It’ll be the last chance to grab a few items, like the original Danger Brain Cult of the Curious shirt with my face. Last chance for the green lizard pullover hoodie, and last chance for the summer tank tops. Thanks for wearing this stuff to the shows. It means a lot. It’s crazy. F. Andrew committing suicide. Following up on what I announced last week, in sad and unfortunate news, I must share with out community that we have lost one of our own. Andrew Wood took his own life on Sunday, August 5th. At the request of Andrew’s family and as it should be, the details of his suicide are being kept private. I just want to take a minute to remind each and every one of you that you are never alone. Timesuck has become a second family for many of us, and while our family is dark and weird and jokes a lot - we take suicide and all of life’s challenges very seriously. And, as I said last week, were are donating some of the Space Lizard Patreon support this month to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline, in Andrew’s name and honor. The number is 1-800-273-TALK (8255) Link in the episode description. Don’t ever hesitate to call that number if you need to. Nimrod wants you to. Lucifina thinks it’s brave and sexy to get help. G. Segue to Topic: Take care of yourselves, Timesuckers. And now, time to dive into someone who Nimrod did NOT want to take care of himself, real life monster Dean Arnold Corll, Houston’s notorious Candyman Killer. PAUSE TIMESUCK INTERLUDE II. Intro/Establish Premiss: Like the Toybox Killer, like Andrei “What is big deal?” Chikatilo, I can’t believe I had never heard of the Candyman prior to this year. When he died in 1973, he was deemed to be America’s most prolific serial killer. He took almost thirty teen boys, that we know of, off the streets of Houston. But his crimes received surprisingly little national press. Further surprising me is that the kids he took weren’t kids walking the streets - not that that would make it even remotely acceptable. Many of his victims were kids from happy homes. That’s atypical. Usually predators like the Candyman prey on more at risk youth. Kids without families or with families who are less likely to look hard into their disappearances like the kids Gacy preyed on. The Candyman took kids who were just going out to watch a movie with a girlfriend, kids just riding their bikes around the neighborhood, or walking home from work, or kids looking to maybe have a few beers with a few other kids their own age. And the couple of kids their own age were kids they often knew from school or the neighborhood, kids who talked them into meeting up with Dean Arnold Corll, the Candyman. Talked them into either getting into his van or meeting up back at his place to party. And within hours or even minutes of meeting Dean, they found themselves tied to Dean’s “torture board” being raped, tortured, and humiliated in preposterously sadistic ways. And then, in almost every case, they soon found themselves being murdered. The real Candyman is way scarier than the movie version I watched back when I was a freshman in high school back in 1992. And that dude was scary. Let’s start at the beginning today with the Candyman, back when a monster appeared to be a sweet little newborn baby, in today’s Timesuck Timeline. PAUSE TIMESUCK TIMELINE INTRO III.Timesuck Timeline 1. December 24th, 1939: Dean Arnold Corll is born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Christmas Eve, 1939. Christmas Eve. Halloween would be so much more fitting. He’s the first child born to Mary Robinson and Arnold Edwin Corll. He was shy and his mother doted on him. His father was supposedly strict and according to someone close to the family, he didn’t “appreciate” children. Fort Wayne. There used to be a comedy club in Fort Wayne that was a notorious dump. I never worked it but I did stop by and watch a show one night with another comic when I was touring some colleges in the Midwest and had a night off.