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Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of twenty-eight teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas.
- The Candy Man, The Pied Piper
- Exsanguination from gunshot wounds to left chest, back and lungs
- Dean Arnold Corll, December 24, 1939, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
- August 8, 1973 (aged 33), Pasadena, Texas, U.S.
Jan 17, 2022 · Published January 17, 2022. Updated December 27, 2022. Between 1970 and 1973, serial killer Dean Corll raped and murdered at least 28 boys and young men around Houston — with the help of two teenage accomplices. To everyone in his Houston neighborhood, Dean Corll seemed like a decent, ordinary man.
- William Delong
- 2 min
- Corll's Childhood Years
- An Odd Trio
- The Torture Chamber
- Burial Grounds
- Community Outcry
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Corll was born on Christmas Eve in 1939 in Fort Wayne, Ind. After his parents divorced, he and his brother, Stanley, moved with their mother to Houston. Corll seemed to adjust to the change, doing well in school and described by his teachers as polite and well-behaved. In 1964, Corll was drafted into the military but received a hardship discharge a...
There was nothing remarkable about Corll except his odd choice of friends, mostly young male teens. Two were particularly close to Corll: Elmer Wayne Henley and David Brooks. They hung around Corll's house or rode in his van until Aug. 8, 1973, when Henley shot and killed Corll at his home. When police interviewed Henley about the shooting and sear...
Police found a bedroom at Corll's house that appeared to have been designed for torture and murder, including a board with handcuffs attached, ropes, a large dildo, and plastic covering the carpet. Henley told police that he'd infuriated Corll by bringing his girlfriend and another friend, Tim Kerley, to the house. They drank and did drugs, and all...
Henley readily talked about his part in the murderous activity and led police to the victims' burial sites. At the first location, a boat shed Corll rented in southwest Houston, police uncovered the remains of 17 boys. Ten more were found at other sites in or near Houston. Altogether, 27 bodies were recovered. Examinations revealed that some boys h...
Houston police were criticized for failing to investigate missing persons' reports filed by the dead boys' parents. The police viewed most reports as probable runaways, although many came from the same area. Their ages ranged from 9 to 21; most were in their teens. Two families lost two sons to Corll's rage. Henley confessed to knowing about Corll'...
Olsen, Jack. The Man With the Candy: the Story of the Houston Mass Murders. Simon & Schuster (P), 2001.
- Charles Montaldo
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Aug 19, 2023 · Fifty years after Corll's mass murders were discovered, we still don't know how many teen boys he killed. A toxic tale of homophobia, porn and the 1970s, by Lise Olsen, a journalist working on a book about the case.
- Lise Olsen
- Investigative Reporter, Houston Chronicle
A Q&A with Skip Hollandsworth, author of “The Lost Boys,” about the 1973 serial killings by Dean Corll and his accomplices. Learn how he uncovered the story behind the story and the impact of the case on the victims' families and the city.
Aug 8, 2021 · Dean Corll, also known as the Candy Man, murdered at least 28 young boys in the Houston area between 1970 and 1973. He was shot dead by his accomplice in 1973, and Texas EquuSearch will soon search for any additional victims.
1:35. It was the most shocking crime of its day, 27 boys from the same part of town kidnapped, tortured, and killed by an affable neighbor named Dean Corll. Forty years later, it remains one of...