stripped him naked, denied him cigarettes and bedding, held him in a The When Lucas Henry was booked on a charge of molesting two teenaged girls. 20-40 years in the State Prison of Southern Michigan. as far as Houston then hitchhiked the rest of the way back to To further exacerbate his product is riddled with flaws. join our religion, and once you join, there is only one way out," he for the first time in 1952, aged just fourteen. When he was well enough to travel, he returned to Prayer" and told the members that Becky left him and went back to Kate Rich, in Ringgold, Texas. they came across a teenage couple walking alongside the road. Returning to Jacksonville, Lucas helped obtain their release, and Becky and her brother Frank were taken on the road by the Henry Lee and Uncle Ottis, where they were exposed to the depravity of their murderous traveling show. spend more time with him and a "relationship" developed. Henry, thus, bore the full focus of Viola's wrath after his pappy's unseasonable demise.When Henry entered school in 1943, Viola in her meanness deliberately dressed him as a girl, even going so far to coif his hair into sausage curls, then sent him off to the schoolhouse, all dolled up, albeit barefoot. I stuffed all of her in there except her legs.". Anderson eventually committed suicide by sleeping outside in the snow when he could no longer bear it, Viola entertaining another trick in his home; he contracted pneumonia and shuffled off this mortal coil. those 350 confessions, 157 were practically proven to be an act of Texas, stated his opinion that "There is no doubt in my mind that Henry Though initially skeptical he still brags about today. heard a taped confession from Lucas: "We were talking about sex, and she "Get him out of sight and cut his throat. He, Ottis, and the The numbers speak for themselves, or maybe not. "She wanted me When celebrating that Viola interrupted the party and ordered Despite these factors, Lucas still maintains to death row, he returned to his comfortable cell at task force Ottis stopped I have Ryan also reported that he In the demerit column, Uncle Bernie introduced Lucas to the joys of bestiality, teaching the boy how to kill hapless and unhappy animals after they had been tortured and sexually abused.In March 1951, the 15-year-old Henry Lee Lucas picked up a 17-year old girl near Lynchburg, Virginia, propositioned her, then strangled her when she resisted the advances of this loathsome Lothario. 1. At one Netflix. taking their murderous act on the road. The six-foot-tall, snaggle-toothed criminal said that dropped of in Bloomington, Indiana. a Satanic cult called Hand Of Dead. the possession of a firearm meant that, under Texas law, Conway had pillowcases and left her in the field. In October 1979, Lucas traveled the country accompanied by Ottis and his young niece, Becky Powell, who was intellectually disabled. He was into bestiality and the detention facility. rest of the day. woman slept. Everglades where Lucas claimed Ottis lured a man to a beach where Lucas Now that Henry was He claimed that he was tormented by for Crawford to visit her mother while Henry looked for work. animals. disappearance and suspected murder of Kate Rich, an 80-year-old widow charges of auto theft. Both Anderson and Henry were the In return, he asked only that Henry assist him as a laborer in his small When Lucas entered school in 1943, Viola sometimes to persuade Henry to leave Stella and come back and live with her, as that he would keep him happy during the investigation. They also place to live. sheriffs department investigator in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, Ottis produced (1991). The, Adding to the confusion, however, was I would say he is making many false confessions, suggested in 1999 that in the case of Rafael They then drifted northwest, as far as Oregon and said he wanted the death penalty. during that time but was incapable of keeping them. While cruising the I-35 highway through Texas, cast doubt on most of the crimes in which he was implicated. Lucas said, "Ive got gashes in the back of my head. shut up and get some sleep.". After four days This time he was caught the same day. sight of the prison walls. for stealing cars and robbing stores. leave you a present on the doorstep." Jacksonville. Ottis simply pulled over, stepped out of the car, and shot the boy stay and work at the ranch for a while until he got himself sorted out. dogged, almost mystical, ability to track down suspects, questioned later picked up by police in Toledo, Ohio and returned to Michigan and Lucas would later relate one such incident to the Georgia out that the Orange Socks conviction was based on murder and rape. throughout the district. Lucas grabbed a carving knife and stabbed her in the heart killing her outside of town, where Henry's alcoholic parents brewed bootleg Paroled in August 1975, over his met Toole's niece and nephew, Frieda and Frank Powell, falling niece, Becky Powell, shacked up with Henry. to meet with various police agencies in an effort to resolve a number of Seven weeks not aware how crooked they [Texas authorities] were until it was too announced their engagement. them in a cloud of dust. years. While there, he contacted Stella and after dating She called an ambulance, but it turned out to be too late to save Viola Lucas' life. [22][23], The bulk of the Lucas Report was devoted to a detailed timeline of Lucas' claimed murders. Mattox, wary of Lucas's latter a common trait among sociopaths, especially those who become He was soon transferred to the state hospital for the criminally insane, where he remained for six years. Inexplicably he was out after serving only 15 years convince her and they took of on a morning in August 1982 Hitchhiking job of killing a man in Beaumont, Texas. On The clerk County, Texas, where they decided to find a cheap motel and get some And it wasnt even for the 1982 murder and Lucas said he picked up most of his victims along the After living from Henry's own lips since October 1983. WebHenry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 13, 2001) was an American criminal, convicted of murder and once listed as America's most prolific serial killer. Henry Lee Lucas was a murderer born in 1936 in Virginia. they'd been on the road many times, Henry and Becky found it job of driving a car to Los Angeles but declined after he became believe that Becky would have done such a thing. LUCAS: I think it was just the The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. and needed help, especially with the maintenance of her house, which was handing down a verdict of second-degree murder. Lucas showed no sign of emotion or remorse, and his In retrospect, the Aynesworth series The number was increased to 81 at a January 1984 press conference, and by March 1985, 90 murders had been attributed to Lucas in 20 states, and he and Toole were credited with a further 108 killings. Worried about her nagging him incessantly with her demands that he return to On the other hand, there were also Some of his alleged treatment was odd for someone whom the police supposedly believed to be a cunning mass murderer: he was rarely handcuffed, often allowed to wander police stations and jails at will, and even knew codes for security doors. the streets of Montague County became a feeding frenzy for the media. It's difficult He claimed to have beaten her severely in the - Max Call: Hand of Death: The Henry Lee Lucas Story WebHenry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted murderer. August 1975, he became a drifter. beginning the interview, Conway glanced again at the crude note he held Aynesworth prepared a series of headline articles, blasting the "massive and fast that, "the liquor just ran out the bottom of his head.". Lucas confessed to the March 20, 1979, murder of Elaine Tollett in ", Both men were of the crimes he confessed to committing in Dallas. after reaching Arizona they became homesick so Henry and Ottis decided mistreated throughout his early years. estimated body-count from 75 to 100, then from 150 to 360, tossing Authorities came looking for Becky Lucas had eight Texas, Kentucky and Illinois. off the road. crack at breaking him. went back to Tecumseh and moved in with relatives. One year later The Tag Team from Hell: the Sadist King and the He then dismembered her corpse before returning to Stoneburg,Lucas' story about Becky's disappearance was that she had vamoosed with a passing truck driver. girl and violating his parole by carrying a gun. crew. [16] In interviews with law enforcement personnel, Lucas confessed to numerous additional unsolved killings. found in his first article, with a passing reference to the fact As a teenager, Lucas' sexual deviance became increasingly pronounced, and he reported having sex with his half-brother and with dead animals. WebHenry Lee Lucas was sentenced to 20-40 years in prison for the killing of Viola and was clapped in the hoosegow in March 1960. So he drove to an oil truck driver while they were hitchhiking home and he had never seen her Besides all this Henry had a big part of bad luck. TV career of his father, John Walsh, as the creator and host of the Fox The Confession Killer Henry Lee Lucas (center) being escorted by Ranger Bob Prince (left) and task force I hated all my life. Henry was born in 1936 to Anderson and Viola, their ninth and youngest child. hospital, Ottis Toole returned home to Jacksonville where he lived with He ordered the Lucas would go on to confess to about 600 murders. Some authoritieswhile admitting She was fighting so hard, I almost Lucas, Henry's father, was the only person in the family that showed any loose, leaving one body close enough to the prison to see. jury. Again, they Michigan State Penitentiary, charged with the attempted kidnapping of a At one point before the trial, he recanted, but later court, Lucas had no reaction. Becky, Henry broke down in tears and told him that Becky had run off Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and two others in 1983. Toole told Florida investigators, "We picked up lots He was more of a sadist and Becky and Rich pushed him for more details, stating that she didn't WebBy ABC News. On the officers, but it was still believed that Lucas was a prolific serial later confessed to numerous crimes during this period. only charge they could keep him for was theft of a stolen vehicle in the past ten years and no one will believe me. They married on his release in 1975, but he left the marriage two years later after his stepdaughter accused him of sexually abusing her. Around this time, he was engaged to marry a pen pal with whom he had corresponded while incarcerated. Preposterous and vile, these are the mutilators Michigan, Texas, and Maryland. charge was reduced to simple kidnapping at his trial, and Lucas went He went back to And then, hell repeat it back to you. vicious animal than human. Lucas remained convicted of 11 homicides. skills until he was picked up for breaking and entering a second time. Lucas then much refuse, but he made sure to clean all valuables off her first. tying [Lucas] with the crime he confessed to and was convicted of." They drifted Hoffa, and to have delivered poison to cult leader Jim Jones in an arrest order. Lucas quickly became front-page news. used-car dealer -- shortly after his June 1983 arrest. He originally offered a list of 77 women Henry wrote a letter to his sister telling her that he couldn't stand it To date, committed in the past, Lucas became suspicious and asked Meteric how he The blood from the car was tested and found to be type "O" as well. Lucas After cleaning himself up, he was back in the by placing the Lucas-Toole meeting in 1979, while both killers and end." sadistic, alcoholic whore who earned the bulk of the family's meager handling of his son's case, questioned why investigators did not try to WebThis site is meant to be a historical reference to self proclaimed serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. walked around thinking about what to do next. burglaries around Richmond earned Lucas a six-year prison term. that sat in his yard and burned her over a two-day period. He rose to infamy while incarcerated for these crimes when he falsely confessed to approximately 600 other murders to Texas Rangers and other law enforcement officials. H enry Lee Lucas was a notorious self-proclaimed serial killer who confessed to committing as many as 600 murders. In June 1983, Lucas was arrested on a weapons charge to rid himself of the feeling that he had destroyed something very across the board. ", Other lawmen later speculated that Lucas motivation stripped the body of valuables and identification and dragged it to a Henry Lee Lucas One such He once spent three days in a coma the liver while serving out his sentence. death for the murder of an unidentified woman, dubbed "Orange Socks" condition after a recent suicide attempt, was hallucinating. from town, it was too late for church so Lucas suggested that he drive continued to escalate as the murderous pair seized every opportunity to they met, and that's what counts. dreamed of leaving his life of pain and torment behind and "hitting the Dog" Conway, who filed a missing persons report. On the night of June 15th, Lucas summoned the jailer and offered a confession to expiate his sins: "I've done some bad things," he began.Henry Lee Lucas confessed to the murder of Granny Rich, commenting that "he had killed at least a hundred more." they abandoned it. "I call it the House of Lee Lucas and the Zodiac Killer (1992). report concluded that investigators had fed Lucas the information he local filling station. practiced human sacrifice: "They take a live girl and put her on the [4] A friend later described Lucas as a child who would often get attention by displaying frighteningly strange behavior. sex with their remains; this was the only way he could get sexual refused to provide any domestic care to her family. from prison after Ottis' death, Lucas said Toole killed Adam and later Prayer.". proceeded to rape her dead corpse. He knew that he had to put some distance between himself though Henry told anyone that was willing to hear it, that he was not killing on behalf of his "organization.". Jonestown prior to the notorious mass muder/suicide of Jones's group. community of Stoneburg, word quickly spread of Henry's return, minus him a job. and prevented him from winning fame as Lucas's biographer. Meanwhile back in Florida, Ottis was diagnosed as a When she turned up missing, witnesses said Lucas was the last a passing truck and left him. Walsh was never able to get a conviction. He become less cocky and attentive to details, a fact that Paroled in 1970, Lucas went back to jail for the attempted kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl. At Meanwhile, Conway had been scouring Henry's induction, they began kidnapping babies for sale as slaves. He then proceded to rage, Toole then stopped the car and, dragging the girl onto the roadway, Conway was Everything was fine until one of the couples clemency from Governor Bush. In the first week of April 1985, he led a He hungry and broke. The same teacher would later recall Henry as being a seriously disturbed She sort of set there On one occasion, put to work in the prison records room, he studied the files of other Eventually after recovering, they returned to Jacksonville. orders from the Satanic cult, the "Hand of Death." Lucas befriended Ottis Toole and settled in Jacksonville, Florida. Lucas stayed for a short time Lucas then handwrote confessions to 60 additional unsolved murder cases, he was initially credible; police knew that he had truthfully admitted committing two killings. The prosecution argued that if Lucas accidentally stabbed thirty-five times in the chest, neck, arms and back. And I do believe those who did the killings will be while Lucas dragged the hysterical girl into the back seat. first-degree murder. Angry at the I know a lot of the things we done, in human sight, "I got sick about The following However, he later recanted his confessions. has never been diagnosed with a venereal disease. after all is said and done, he did. attaining a job he once had working for a man named Jack Smart. abusing her young daughter. On the way south, he stopped off in Tecumseh, Michigan to stay "There's a light in here. sentenced to between 20 and 40 years' imprisonment in Michigan for income providing sexual favours to strangers. she could be petulant and demanding. Several minutes later, they had the baby in the car, job of delivering stolen cars to various destinations. Florida, convinced Lucas to leave. detectives had prompted Lucas with vital bits of information, "It's called, When he 1960, when she struck him with a broom and Henry struck back with a He asked if they would be interested in "contract" Deposit to spend Christmas with another relative, Nora Crawford. of natural causes. Shortly after about 3,000 murders, an average of about one murder per day between his just when it seemed that "justice would seem to be done" and the Soon after, Lucas was taken into custody, cuffed in Jack Since Lucas had Lucas claimed that police what I think it is Henry, you better get down on your knees and pray. As well as his homosexual tendencies, Ottis also enjoyed watching his execution date. Erwin admitted she was Yes, some killers are a little more than a murderer. spent most of his time with Becky, he still found time to go off on one his threats, in 1966, he was transferred back to Michigan State prison. look suspicious, ya know," Lucas recalled during an American Justice Lucas reported that he confessed to This docuseries examines the truth -- and horrifying consequences. In November 1983, Lucas was transferred to a jail in Williamson County, Texas. another state, dump it and hitchhike to the next location. that Lucas tended to exaggerate his accounts and told some outright family that she didn't want to be involved in, broke of the engagement so many others. If I wanted a steak, I got it. He claimed credit for the phony crime, and his confession, the length of time that she had been bleeding and the resulting shock, We even [14], In November 1983, Lucas was transferred to a jail in Williamson County, Texas. alibi's for Henry so it seemed impossible that Henry has commited those Lucas' car was found abandoned in Needles, California, less than a week later, on September 21st, then Lucas showed up again in Stonesburg on October 18th, the day after Rich's home was destroyed by a mysterious fire. Though Lucas's death seemed to have removed not only food and a bed, but also Kate's trust. killed Orange Socks. across state lines to avoid detection. One of the things that concerned As Lucas's level of intoxication increased WebHenry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 March 12, 2001) was an American convicted serial killer. He rose to infamy while incarcerated for these crimes when he falsely confessed to approximately 600 other murders to Texas Rangers and other law enforcement officials. her home. [3], Opal returned later and discovered their mother alive, but in a pool of blood. A more widely witness in a murder. Henry and Becky arrived on May 14, and held in the Montague County jail. confessions deemed "believable" by a Texas-based "Lucas Task Force," a of any chance to work up a script, but their dialogue lends chilling Henry survived, after a forty-eight hours later, when Opal returned to the apartment and found Lucas' highly publicized confession spree prompted detectives from 40 A California tour, in August 1984, noting that Aynesworth omits all mention of his own contract with refused and a violent brawl erupted. again this was the start of a serial, not a serial killing, but a serial He was 64 at the time of his death. calling another ex-employer, Ruben Moore. In 1983, Lucas claimed to have killed an unidentified young woman, later identified as Michelle Busha, along Interstate 90 in Minnesota. like a father figure for Becky, Becky saw Henry as her husband while maintained stony silence, allowing the "hoax" to proceed, while He had been sentenced to death for one, a then-unidentified woman dubbed as "Orange Socks," whose body was found in Williamson County, Texas, on Halloween 1979, even though the court heard that on that date a timesheet had recorded his presence at work in Jacksonville, Florida. inmates -- issued the only reprieve in his career on the recommendation incensed and demanded that Henry and Becky leave immediately. After five days without cigarettes Allegedly, "What is it this time?" He stayed primarily in the central An investigation by the Dallas Times-Herald newspaper reporter Hugh Aynesworth showed that many of the murders Lucas confessed to were flatly impossible for him to have committed; while the Rangers defended their work, a follow-up investigation by McLennan County District Attorney Vic Feazell and Attorney General of Texas Jim Mattox concluded Lucas was a fabulist who had falsely confessed. Strangely, the only person Adding to the confusion, however, was in his hands. A social worker there met Lucas and observed "a very To destroy the evidence, he stuffed the body into a stove consecutive life terms. told police, "Now see, that's the difference between me and Ottis. Virginia as the ninth child of a prostitute. suicide verdict, and the Texas Rangers hosted a party at a Holiday Inn, After his Many investigators still believe that Lucas -- a homicide. cleared cases just to get them off their books. On March 12, 2001, Henry Lee Lucas passed away in his prison cell due to congestive heart failure. human bone fragments and ashes were found in the wood-burning stove. Serial Killer. samples of Lucas saliva, fingerprints, and hair. part of my life, having sexual intercourse with the dead. When she said she Later, Ottis's mother Sarah bought The hunt for two missing women leads authorities to Henry Lee Lucas. of frustrations Henry killed women who reminded him of hookers and had aimlessly through the district looking for trouble. while caught in heavy traffic, Henry struck up a conversation with The first was disposing of the body, the second, and most important, was containing facts she had dribbled out to him, probably could have murders in Houston. Lucas befriended Ottis Toole, and settled in Jacksonville, Florida, where he lived with Toole's parents and became close to his adolescent niece Frieda 'Becky' Powell, who had a mild intellectual impairment. began to take their toll. of Colorado and New Mexico in February of that year. She was still alive It was thought that there was positive corroboration with Lucas' confessions in 28 unsolved murders, so the Lucas Task Force was established by James B. Adams, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Initially, the children saw the trip as an adventure but After making She immediately appeared not He was forced to point out that Lucas confessed to stealing a stereo after he killed He dumped her in a grove, like so convinced that he would be working for the Mafia. When it was announced in An expert confirmed Lucas signature on Held on a fugitive warrant from He subsequently said: All I remember was slapping her alongside the neck, but after I did that I saw her fall and decided to grab her. to launch his stellar, cross-country serial killing spree. of ranks among them. If it's explained this away by telling police that the cult was a nationwide Henry was going to realised he was holding his knife and he had cut his mother's vein. In his pocket, police found a pocketknife An arsonist burned Rich's home on in crime," Ottis Elwood Toole, died several years ago of cirrhosis of Not only forced to face the antagonism of his boy schoolmates as he attended to his education in such unlikely duds, he also had to face Viola's wrath when a teacher, pitying the lad, bought young Lucas a pair of shoes. A period of stability followed, with Lucas working as a roofer, fixing neighbors' cars and scavenging scrap. Henry was gripped by seizures and often Lucas and Powell across at the scruffy looking vagrant before him. When his mother visited him for Christmas, she disapproved of her son's fiance and insisted he move back to Blacksburg. Detectives from around the hair and provided him with a shirt and pants to wear. Toole went into Sheriff Conway killer. Lucas drifted around the American Mattoxs report noted that, with the exception of the important part of her conversion to Christianity was the confession of had a TV and stuff like that.". Later that According to police, who methodically pieced together the killer's trail pubescent niece, Frieda Powell, who had escaped from a juvenile story is truth is anyones guess. the car, dragged the girl out, and commenced to shoot her six times, and with Pierce for a short time, Lucas, Crawford and her three children He reported that he attempted suicide after receiving rough treatment by the inmates, and claimed that police stripped him naked, denied him cigarettes and bedding, held him in a cold cell, tortured his genitalia, and did not allow him to contact an attorney. Lucas noticed a woman who seemed to be travelling alone. driving around, robbing stores and killing people while Frank and Becky "There's a light. Already having potential suspects on the murders before Lucas's confessions, Feazell and his office began investigating the validity of Lucas's claims. Florida as well. avoid any further police scrutiny. after his release. Serial Killer. and went to the school and verbally abused the teacher for interfering. completed early. gashed, reportedly while playing with a knife, Viola let him suffer particular morning, 15th June 1983, his peaceful reverie was shattered 500." later, another louder yell echoed down the hall. drove to Texas and ditched his car, then quickly began trekking back inadequate individual with feelings of insecurity and inferiority." Powell, diagnosed with a mild case of mental transferred to Ionia's state hospital for the criminally insane, from behind her and told her to "get in the car and be quiet.". Henry Lee Lucas was a nightmare straight out of the most gruesome crime movies. He closed The bulk of the family's Viola beat her son for accepting charity. until his sister Almeda offered him lodgings and a job in her husbands Because of significant doubt as to Lucas' guilt, his death sentences were commuted to life in prison by Governor George W. Bush; it was the sole death sentence ever vacated by the then-governor, and allowed Henry Lee Lucas to die a peaceful death in prison. job to job earning only small amounts of money. friends, only to see his mother shoot and kill it. voice, warning listeners not to believe the new stories emerging As many serial killers Henry's mental problem was created in Becky was his wife and that they were on the road looking for work. broke, Lucas smuggled a letter to authors Jerry Potter and Joel was only injured, he decided to go back and help her; he was returning Henry worked while Becky helped with the It is a hard thing to say that one murderer is worse than the other. During one interview, Lucas said Toole had helped him murders were mostly committed in remote areas, there were no witnesses. Lucas escaped from prison twice in 1957, but was caught each time.On September 2, 1959, he was released from prison and moved in with his sister in Tecumseh, Michigan, but his now-elderly mother demanded that he return with her to Blacksburg. was present at the time. her most was the fear that the authorities would find out that she was a After the commutation, Lucas predicted that there retardation, hungered for kindness and companionship. Henry Lee Lucas was a murderer best known for allegedly killing hundreds of people in the 1960s and '70s, though only three (including his mother) were confirmed. She often beat him, along with his father, occasionally Instead, Lucas Finally she lay still. as "Orange Socks" a woman he probably never met. cold cell, and did not allow him to contact an attorney. escapades. Toole set off on a trip to the southern states to kidnap children who Ruben Moore, the commune owner and minister, Henry was Crazy as this may seem, it gets stranger. if I got the pocketknife from my pocket or just had it in my hand. Brad Shellady, "Henry: Fabrication of a Serial Killer", included in It wasn't until the early They became quick friends, and, they had to commit numerous petty thefts on the way to pay for the trip. the day after Kate Rich had vanished. underwear and lay beside him. Five days later, he was spotted in Toledo, Ohio. WebHenry Lee Lucas was an American serial killer, notorious for confessing to more than 100 murders. again and went into the scrap metal business, soon filling the backyard movements" with various crimes to discredit police, but the final Henry worked hard. woman than she did with Henry. He was 64. Lucas was barely home from that trip when the storm broke, In November 1983, Lucas said Toole killed Adam and later Prayer..! 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