He Hunted His Victims Down To Turn Them Into Smoothies_ The Dark Case of Richard Chase

Richard Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento," believed his blood was poisoned and needed to drink the blood of the living to survive. In 1977 and 1978, he killed six people in a brutal spree, often licking the blood of his victims and even blending their remains with milkshakes. He entered homes by simply turning unlocked doorknobs, a detail that terrified the community into locking their doors for the first time. He was found dead in his cell in 1980, likely from an overdose of antidepressants he had been secretly hoarding.