Name: The Eerie Dark Practice of Collecting True Crime Memorabilia
Uploaded: 2020-03-28T08:55:10.000Z
Duration: 4 min 14 s
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Here's some of Charles Manson's artwork. 4

A Richard Ramirez piece that I just got. 5

This one has a personalized note on the back from Gacy. 7

Items once belonging to famous murderers 8

I was so enraged by the entire proposition 10

And Mr. Davis, when you get to where you're going, 18

say hello to Hitler, say hello to Dahmer, 19

as well as drawings he made from death row. 24

that he would profiteer off of my misery 26

you just shouldn't be able to rob, rape and murder 30

then turn around and make a buck off of it. 31

who told Klaas about Davis' photos for sale. 33

for this wacky new business called murderabilia. 35

One collector looks at this in a different way. 36

So those are Charles Manson's sweatpants. 37

his Savannah, Georgie warehouse of murderabilia. 39

So that's probably why victims' families 43

and I would have a really good conversation with them 45

This is the world famous Popo the Clown painting. 48

This whole case is just filled with Gacy stuff. 51

at least 33 boys, mostly in his small Illinois community 53

where he was known for dressing up as a clown 54

to entertain folks at church events and birthday parties. 55

I'm not thinking of it in a profound way. 58

of John Wayne Gacy, better known as the killer clown. 64

of a California serial killer named Lawrence Bittaker. 66

This is a piece of Charles Manson's hair. 67

What I do with these is when I go and I do lectures 70

all this stuff accompanies me in a duffel bag 72

and I just show people the industry actually does exist. 73

They're usually shocked, they're stunned, 74

they're flabbergasted that this exists. 75

Most of them have no idea that this is a thriving industry. 76

Right here is actual artwork from the happy face killer, 77

better known as Keith Jesperson right here 78

and as you can see, some of the artwork that Jesperson 79

certainly you can see right here, the detail of the artwork. 80

Kahan has helped some states pass laws 83

California and Texas are two of eight states 85

he says that have passed notoriety for profit laws, 86

meaning it's illegal for convicted criminals 87

to make money from selling tangible goods 88

For Mark Klaas, anything to get killers' items 90

off of the hideous crime they committed against 95

my daughter or somebody else's daughter 96

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