Robert Berdella
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Robert Berdella (January 31, 1949 – October 8, 1992) was a serial killer in Kansas City that raped, tortured and killed at least 7 men between 1984 and 1987.
Berdella was apprehended in the spring of 1988 after a victim he had been torturing for a week jumped naked from the second story of his house and escaped. Police investigation made the case against Berdella quite simple, because he had detailed torture logs and large numbers of Polaroid pictures he had taken of his victims. Berdella buried one victim's skull in his backyard. The dismembered bodies were set out for the weekly trash pickup. The bodies were never recovered but left in the landfill .
Berdella died of a heart attack in 1992 after writing letters to a minister claiming the prison officials were not giving him his heart medication. His death was never investigated.
[edit] Popular Culture
- American metal band Macabre have a song about Berdella and his crimes which is titled "Diary of Torture", released on their album Murder Metal.
