The Twisted Tale Of Jerry Brudos: One Of The Bizarre In Oregon History

Jerome Henry “Jerry” Brudos was an American serial killer and necrophile who was convicted of murdering four women in the late 1960s between 1968 and 1969. He would find himself unable to control his desire to turn live women into human dolls, and a pretty girl selling encyclopedias door to door would become his first murder victim. From here, after snapping numerous photographs as he dressed and undressed her, he took his first trophy, a severed left foot, amputated while his victim was still alive. After disposing of her body, he delighted in slipping that foot into shoes from his collection, until it decomposed too much to bring him pleasure. Among true crime stories, the twisted tale of Jerry Brudos is especially terrifying, because he later laughed in interviews about the girls he strangled and raped after they were dead, and felt no remorse over taking souvenirs including crime scene photographs and several severed breasts. While Brudos was not as prolific as some American serial killers, His story goes down as one of the most bizarre in Oregon history and will be a satisfying read for true crime addicts who enjoy not only the underbelly of murder but how far detectives will go to catch a killer.