Killers in Cahoots: Pairs, Couples and Groups That Kill

By Stewart Andèl

Whats worse than one murderer? Two or more like minded depraved souls that encourage, collberate and plan more and more heinous crimes against Men, Women and Children. A look at the past two centuries of true crimes that will leave you shocked at the horror and insanity of Killer in Cahoots

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stewart Andèl
• Release date: Feb 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370903016

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Killers in Cahoots

Couples, Pairs and Groups that Kill

Contents:

Dean Corll, Elmer Wayne Henley & David Brooks

Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow

William Burke & William Hare

Catherine Flannagan & Margaret Higgins

Charles Manson & The Family

David & Catherine Birnie

Fred & Rosemary WestDean Corll, Elmer Wayne Henley & David Brooks

Fred & Rosemary West

Gerald & Charlene Gallego

Ian Brady & Myra Hindley

John Duffy & David Mulcahy

Kenneth Bianchi & Angelo Buono

Ma Barker & Her Boys

Michael & Suzan Bear Carson

Ray & Faye Copeland

Ray Fernandez & Martha Beck

Ronnie & Reggie Kray

The Snowtown Murders

Christopher Worrell & James Miller (The Truro Murders)

Message From Author

DEAN CORLL

THE CANDYMAN

Dean Corll August 1964 Shortly after his enlistment in to the U.S Military

Dean Arnold Corll was born in Waynesdale, Indiana, on Christmas Day, December 25th, 1939; to a very affectionate mother, Mary. It could almost be biblical. His father however, was a whole different ball-game. Arnold Corll despised children and would constantly fight with his wife over the children’s welfare. For Dean and his brother Stanley, times were a little tough growing up. It probably comes as no surprise to learn then, that Arnold Corll, who hated children, was also strict with his discipline. While Dean and Stanley were growing up, Arnold would be sure to have his hand ready to ‘teach’ them right from wrong. In 1946, Arnold and Mary Corll separated and were then divorced, with Arnold leaving to join the army a short time later. This left Mary lonely however, and eventually, she purchased a trailer and moved out to Tennessee, so she could be near her ex-husband. The young Corll boys, Dean and Stanley, were left in the care of elderly neighbours frequently, as their mother looked for work. As could be predicted in this situation, Arnold and Mary still didn’t see eye-to-eye, even though they loved each other very deeply. Due to constant arguments, the couple went their separate ways again. As the Corll boys grew up, it soon emerged that they had very different personalities. Stanley was an extrovert, he was friendly with the other children, and he liked being outside and in groups; Stanley generally enjoyed the adventure and would play among the local community comfortably. Dean was a little different to his brother however, he was more introverted. He would like to play on his own and didn’t feel the need for friendships, rarely venturing outside. It could be said that he was a loner.

In 1950, the boy’s mother, Mary, decided that she’d had enough of Tennessee, and she moved the family off to Houston. This was after a third and final reconciliation with Arnold had gone awry. Around that same time, young Dean was diagnosed with a congenital heart ailment after a bout of Rheumatic fever, and was told that he should avoid sports wherever possible. Dean not being much of a sportsman, found this to be reasonably good news.

Dean, Mary and Stanley Corll. 1950

Mary Corll then met a gentleman by the name of Jake West. The pair fitted well together, and by 1953 they were wed, with a baby daughter arriving not long after. It has been said that Dean Corll, by all means, was a decent big-brother. Apparently he was very protective of his brother and sister, and he was always watching out for them. It strangely doesn’t fit the narrative that society generally has of adolescents before they become killers.

Young Dean also had a few hobbies at this time. He played the trombone and also took up scuba diving, and although he enjoyed music throughout his schooling; he had to leave the diving behind as his heart issues caused him to lose consciousness. Faculty staff at the school stated that Dean Corll was a well received student.

Mary Corll was still looking for work, when she came across a candy salesman who gave her an idea. She could set up her own sweet making business! To start with, the candy shop was run out of the family’s garage, with Dean taking up responsibility as the shop’s runner, even with his heart defect. He would often run errands all day, resulting in him being exhausted at night, he would never complain however.

Dean Corll graduated from high-school with no major issues or warnings about his behaviour. In fact, after graduation he went to Indiana, where his step-father’s mother had taken ill. Here he looked after her for a while, and it can only be stated from the picture that is painted by others, that Dean seemed well adjusted and a decent young man; in that moment at least. The young lad returned after his stint in Indiana and immediately took up work with Houston Lighting and Power Company. The job paid well, but the drive inside Corll also spurred him on to work for the family candy business at night. He didn’t shirk his responsibilities one bit. At this time, it would be safe to say that he started attracting the attention of the local young ladies, though he hardly noticed. You see, Dean Corll had much different desires; he had darker ones.

Up until now, nothing dramatic had really affected Corll, and his world had been one of contentment. In 1964, he was drafted in to the US Army and everything began to change. The first thing he found out about himself; was that he was gay. This was news to him, though he had always known he was different. Now however, he was fantasising over the other officers who shared his accommodation, there was no denying he was sexually attracted to men. Corll would end up spending eleven months in the Army before returning home to Houston. Once there, he discovered that his mother and step-father were in a constant state of argument, mainly disagreeing over the candy business.

In the end, Jake West booted Mary and her children out of the house, retaining the shop and home for himself. In reply, Mary Corll opened a rival candy shop to compete. She wouldn’t take the loss of the family business lying down. When the emotional storm had settled afterwards, Corll moved into a residence just around the corner from his mother. It was at this point that he started hanging around with teenage boys. He found it easy to win their trust by being relaxed and placating them, the giant piles of free candy he always had around also helped. It wasn’t long before he had his own group of teenage friends, who were mostly, if not all, male. At this time there was also somewhat of a strange incidence while Corll was working at his mother’s candy business. One of the other male workers at the shop had made a homosexual pass at Dean, nothing unusual for a gay man one would think. Though Corll took it in an distinctly odd manner, he was almost mortified by the situation, possibly offended that he was ‘outed’; eventually he forced his mother to sack the worker. The only thing that can be gleaned from the incident, is that Corll may have been afraid of his reputation, or that he always needed to be in control.

Mary Corll then got married for a third time, hoping it would be the charm. Unfortunately it wasn’t. Her new husband was a seaman who she found to be dull and unintelligent. After divorcing him twice, she moved from Houston to Dallas to start anew. This left Dean in Houston on his own; and with his mother gone, he was now free to do however he pleased. Unfortunately for the rest of the city, his actions would have a dire effect on the community.

When the teenage boys who frequented Corll’s apartment first met him, they believed he was a big-brotherly type of person, that he enjoyed their company and that he was protective. He certainly didn’t come across as a homosexual predator. He just enjoyed the company of teen boys. Simmering underneath that smooth and valeted surface however, was a whole different entity. Dean Corll was a sexual sadist who was frothing at the mouth to get his hands on them. It was just a matter of time before the monster leached out.

After many months of probing with suggestive questioning, Dean Corll found out that if he offered certain boys money, they would allow him to perform oral sex on them. One of the boys was David Brooks, he was only fourteen at the time. Soon Brooks would return the favour, and perform sexual acts on Dean Corll for money. Corll was 29 years-old at the time of all these actions, he had become a predatory paedophile

Still a young boy, David Brooks enjoyed the older man’s affectations and looked up to him as though he was a big brother, a strange sexual big brother. Corll was someone who he could ask for guidance, and someone he could ask for help through the tough and tumultuous teenage years. Before long the teenager was exactly where Corll wanted him, he had become emotionally involved and was dependent on the older man. David would spend almost all of his time at Corll’s apartment.

At some point during 1969, Dean Corll hired out a storage shed, supposedly to keep some of his possessions in, the relevance will appear later. While everyone was celebrating on Christmas Day, 1969, a morose and depressed Dean Corll, moped around his home like he was Scrooge. He had turned thirty and he didn’t like it one bit. The teenagers would now see him as old, and the thought of it forced him to become more introverted and secular. He no longer had such an enthusiasm for life, though he was still paying David Brooks $5 a time for oral sex, so he wasn’t completely withdrawn. Soon things would change over the coming twelve months however, by Christmas of 1970; Dean Corll would be a murderer.

On September the 25th, 1970, University of Texas student Jeffrey Konen was seen for the last time. The twenty-one year-old had been seen by friends trying to hitch a lift. Unfortunately for him, he was picked up by Dean Corll. Corll had somehow persuaded the young man to come back to his apartment by promising a party and a good time, though it was all a ruse. After getting a little drunk or high, the young man ended up being bound by his hands and feet, before being gagged and raped by the sadist Dean Corll. After he had finished with Jeffrey, Corll murdered the young man in cold blood. The body was later dumped with little regard.

Houston Heights was a well known area for trouble, and was the place where Dean Corll lived. Due to this, it gave Corll unmitigated access to teenage boys who were desperate for something, be that love, money, or drugs. In an area like that, a lot of people had a price no matter what you were buying. In addition to this, Corll would host large parties for his teenage friends. Here they would abuse drugs and sniff paint, drink and smoke pot, all of the things that wayward juveniles want to do. Of course, Corll wasn’t only hosting because he enjoyed the company. He would abuse his position by offering $5 if he could perform oral sex on some of them, which a few allowed. The problem for Dean Corll is he wanted more, he wanted to sodomise the boys.

One day in 1970, David Brooks showed up at Corll’s apartment unannounced, not thinking much of it. When Corll saw Brooks however, he was fuming, almost apoplectic. Brooks thought this was unusual until he caught sight of what was going on in Corll’s bedroom. On the floor were two naked young boys, gagged and tied to plywood boards.

Plywood torture board Dean Corll used to restrain his victims

Unlike normal teenage boys, Brooks didn’t tell the police of what he had seen. As a matter of fact, he handled things altogether differently. Brooks left Corll’s apartment feeling low. He certainly felt confused by what had transpired, but he also felt like he had been left out by the older man. He felt like he had been rejected. Dean Corll noticed this and bought Brooks a Corvette. The young man was over the moon, and not