WEBVTT - The Candy Man – Part One [09]

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<v Speaker 1>Monster Presents Insomniac. It was August eight and the bullet

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<v Speaker 1>riddled nude body of Dean Coral, age thirty three, was

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<v Speaker 1>stretched out along the baseboard of a hallway in his

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<v Speaker 1>home in Pasadena, Texas, a city within the Greater Houston

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<v Speaker 1>metropolitan area. He fell facing the wall. He had been

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<v Speaker 1>shot six times with a twenty two caliber pistol, and

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<v Speaker 1>he was dead before he even hit the floor. The

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<v Speaker 1>young man who pulled the trigger, Elmer Wayne Henley, aged seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>was also the one who called the authorities almost immediately

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<v Speaker 1>to tell them that he had just killed a man.

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<v Speaker 1>He and two other teenagers, Tim Curley and Ronda Williams

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<v Speaker 1>then waited for the Pasadena police on the front porch

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<v Speaker 1>of the small home. They knew they had some explaining

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<v Speaker 1>to do, especially the shooter. When the police arrived, the

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<v Speaker 1>three teams were placed in the back of the police

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<v Speaker 1>car and the officers went inside to confirm the shooting

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<v Speaker 1>victim was indeed dead. Dean Coral was dead all right,

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<v Speaker 1>and the three of them were taken into custody and

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<v Speaker 1>questioned about the shooting. Henley, the trigger man, claimed it

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<v Speaker 1>was justifiable homicide, a case of self defense. His story

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<v Speaker 1>was eventually verified, and much later that's the way it

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<v Speaker 1>would be ruled in court too. He would not be

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<v Speaker 1>charged for the shooting of Dean Coral in self defense.

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<v Speaker 1>But as the authorities inspected Dean Coral's home on that day,

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<v Speaker 1>they knew almost immediately there was far more to the story.

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<v Speaker 1>In particular, the items they found in the bedroom troubled

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<v Speaker 1>the most. They pointed to something sinister happening in the

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<v Speaker 1>home on Lamar Drive. The police said, questions, lots of questions.

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<v Speaker 1>The homeowner was dead. He wasn't much help. But beginning

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<v Speaker 1>the same afternoon, due to the guilty conscious of the

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<v Speaker 1>pistol wielding teenager that remained in custody, they would have

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<v Speaker 1>all the answers they were looking for, as he told

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<v Speaker 1>them everything over the next several days, The story that

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<v Speaker 1>Henley told and the grizzly evidence that was quickly being

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<v Speaker 1>unearthed under the watchful eye of the media both captivated

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<v Speaker 1>and sickened not only the entire state of Texas, but

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of the country and even the world. So

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<v Speaker 1>what really led to the early morning murder on August

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<v Speaker 1>Why was Dean Coral shot dead in his own home?

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<v Speaker 1>The authorities in Pasadena, Texas, We're going to learn every detail.

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<v Speaker 1>It was an appalling story that none of them wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to hear, and one that none of them would ever forget.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Scott Benjamin, and everything I'm about to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>is real. This is insomniac. In late nineteen the entire

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<v Speaker 1>state of Texas watched as a real life horror story

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<v Speaker 1>unfolded right in front of their eyes in print and

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<v Speaker 1>on Tell Vision. But it wasn't just Texas that was watching.

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<v Speaker 1>The entire country and soon the world was gripped by

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<v Speaker 1>the daily reports of what was happening in the Houston area.

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<v Speaker 1>There were cameras there to capture the aftermath of the killings.

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<v Speaker 1>It would soon come to be known as the Houston

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<v Speaker 1>mass murders, and the name Dean Coral would be well known,

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<v Speaker 1>but for all the wrong reasons. Well, he's the main

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<v Speaker 1>focus of our attention. He'll quickly understand why there's simply

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<v Speaker 1>no way to tell this story without including two other

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<v Speaker 1>critical characters, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, two

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<v Speaker 1>teenagers from a suburb of Houston, Texas that somehow found

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<v Speaker 1>themselves in a bad situation, one that only got worse

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<v Speaker 1>as the years passed. Let's begin by introducing you to

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<v Speaker 1>the man at the heart of our story. Dean Coral,

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<v Speaker 1>also known as the Handyman. Dean Coral, was born on

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas Eve in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He and his young brother,

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<v Speaker 1>Stanley had an unhappy childhood, with their parents constantly fighting.

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<v Speaker 1>They divorced in nineteen when Dean was just seven years old,

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<v Speaker 1>but later patch things up and remarried in nineteen fifty

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<v Speaker 1>That's when the family of four moved to Pasadena, Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>The second marriage didn't last long, however, and by nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>fifty three, Dean Coral's parents were divorced once again. His

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<v Speaker 1>mother married soon after, and by nineteen fifty five, Dean

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<v Speaker 1>and Stanley had a half sister named Joyce. His mother

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<v Speaker 1>made candies at home, pecan pralines, and apparently they were

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<v Speaker 1>good enough that a friend of the family, a pecan

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<v Speaker 1>nuts salesman, encouraged her and her new husband to start

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<v Speaker 1>their own small business, selling them as a way to

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<v Speaker 1>help support the family. The family operated company, Pecan Prince,

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<v Speaker 1>was initially operated out of the family's garage. Dean's days

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<v Speaker 1>were spent at high school, where he was an average

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<v Speaker 1>and well behaved student, and during the evenings he worked

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<v Speaker 1>in the candy shop, running the candy making machines and

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<v Speaker 1>packaging the finished product. He graduated from high school in

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<v Speaker 1>ninety and his family moved to the edge of Houston,

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<v Speaker 1>where most of their candy was sold. In nineteen sixty,

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<v Speaker 1>Dean's mother asked him to move to Indiana to live

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<v Speaker 1>with his widowed grandmother, but he was home again in

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<v Speaker 1>Houston by nineteen sixty two. Dean's mother and stepfather divorced

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<v Speaker 1>in nineteen sixty three, and she started a new candy

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<v Speaker 1>making business, the Coral Candy Company. Dean was vice president

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<v Speaker 1>and his younger brother, Stanley was secretary treasurer. The first

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<v Speaker 1>year in business, a teenage male employee of the Coral

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<v Speaker 1>Candy Company said that Dean had made sexual advances toward him.

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<v Speaker 1>Dean's mother fired the team in the summer of nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>at the age of twenty four, Dean was drafted into

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<v Speaker 1>the United States Army. He hated it. Just ten months later,

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<v Speaker 1>he requested and was granted a hardship discharge, stating that

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<v Speaker 1>he needed to return home to help his mother with

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<v Speaker 1>the family candy business. It was during his brief time

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<v Speaker 1>of service, during his training at Fort Benning, Georgia, the

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<v Speaker 1>Dean realized that he was a homosexual. This was a

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<v Speaker 1>secret he guard and fiercely he kept that part of

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<v Speaker 1>his life well hidden from nearly everyone, or at least

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<v Speaker 1>he thought he did. In the Coral Candy company moved again.

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<v Speaker 1>This time he was directly across the street from Helms

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<v Speaker 1>Elementary School in Houston Heights, and Dean soon became well

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<v Speaker 1>known as the candy Man, the neighborhood candy maker that

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<v Speaker 1>would give free samples to all the school children, especially

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<v Speaker 1>the young boys. In fact, a lot of people began

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<v Speaker 1>to notice how fon Dean was of being in the

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<v Speaker 1>company of young boys, but allowed it to happen without question.

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<v Speaker 1>At the time, he was a trusted member of the community,

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<v Speaker 1>just a good guy who liked doing nice things for

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<v Speaker 1>the children. In fact, he encouraged his teenage employees, along

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<v Speaker 1>with their young friends to use the back area of

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<v Speaker 1>the candy factory as a hangout. Even installed the pool

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<v Speaker 1>table to make the offer more attractive. This was how

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<v Speaker 1>he came to meet David Owen Brooks, a twelve year

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<v Speaker 1>old from the neighborhood. Dean was known to be a

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<v Speaker 1>little too flirty with the candy company's male employees, but

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<v Speaker 1>there was something that was even stranger about Dean Coral's behavior.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes Dean could be seen digging at night near the

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<v Speaker 1>candy shop. He always claimed he was disposing of the

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<v Speaker 1>spoiled candy. Almost every one of Dean Coral's murders involves

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<v Speaker 1>a common feature, his torture board. It's fairly easy to

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<v Speaker 1>find photos of Dean's torture board using a simple online search,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you do, if you look closely, you'll notice

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<v Speaker 1>that he had built more than one of these devices.

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<v Speaker 1>The board shown in some police evidence photos is eight

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<v Speaker 1>ft long and three ft wide, while the board shown

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<v Speaker 1>in other photos appears to be slightly wider yet shorter

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<v Speaker 1>in length, maybe just under six ft long if I

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<v Speaker 1>had to guess based on the county sheriff's deputy standing

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<v Speaker 1>next to it. Dean always kept a torture board close

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<v Speaker 1>at hand in every house he lived in. He hung

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<v Speaker 1>it up on the wall when it wasn't in use.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a simple design, nothing more than a piece

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<v Speaker 1>ofp ply wood with holes drilled in each of the

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<v Speaker 1>four corners. Nylon rope was tied through each of the holes,

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<v Speaker 1>and handcuffs were attached to the nylon rope at one

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<v Speaker 1>end to secure his victim's hands, while the ropes at

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<v Speaker 1>the other end were used to secure their feet. As

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<v Speaker 1>soon as a drunk or drugged teenage boy passed out,

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<v Speaker 1>he was stripped, naked and bound to the torture board.

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<v Speaker 1>At this point, the captive was already as good as dead,

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<v Speaker 1>but Dean made damn sure that didn't happen too fast

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<v Speaker 1>since he knew they wouldn't be able to escape. He

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed the luxury of time and spent literally days molesting, torturing,

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<v Speaker 1>and eventually killing his helpless victims. In the end, Dean

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<v Speaker 1>Coral's victims were all killed either by gunshot or strangulation.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagine some, if not all, of his young victims

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<v Speaker 1>actually welcomed their own death as a form of relief

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<v Speaker 1>after having endured day after day of excruciating pain and

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<v Speaker 1>violent sexual assault. All Well strapped a Dean Coral's torture board.

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<v Speaker 1>But Dean Coral and his torture board are only part

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<v Speaker 1>of the story. There were other monsters in this nightmare too.

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<v Speaker 1>It was nineteen sixty seven when David Owen Brooks first

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<v Speaker 1>met Dean Coral. Brooks was in the sixth grade and

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<v Speaker 1>he was one of the many many young boys that

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<v Speaker 1>used coral Candy Company as a hangout, but the two

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<v Speaker 1>quickly became friends. Brooks looked up to Coral as a

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<v Speaker 1>father figure, and Coral well, he had other ideas. They

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<v Speaker 1>were an unlikely pair a twelve year old and year old,

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<v Speaker 1>but for a while the two seemed to be inseparable.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, at one pot around David Brooks even moved

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<v Speaker 1>in with Dean Coral. It was later discovered that from

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<v Speaker 1>the age of just twelve, bro would allow Coral to

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<v Speaker 1>perform oral sex on him in exchange for gifts or cash.

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<v Speaker 1>The Coral's obsession with hanging around with young teen boys

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<v Speaker 1>didn't end with his friend David Brooks. In fact, he

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<v Speaker 1>found a comforting to have young boys around a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>He often picked up hitchhikers, and in late nineteen he

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<v Speaker 1>began a downward spiral that wouldn't end until the summer

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<v Speaker 1>of nineteen seventy three. About a month before the Thanksgiving holiday,

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<v Speaker 1>Dean Coral committed his first known murder. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>University of Texas student named Jeffrey Conan. He was an

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen year old freshman and he was last seen on

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<v Speaker 1>September as he was hitchhiking home to Houston. He was

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<v Speaker 1>picked up by Coral, who took him to his apartment,

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<v Speaker 1>bound his hands and feet, gagged him, and then sodomized

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<v Speaker 1>him before killing him and dumping his body. The area

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<v Speaker 1>that Coral lived in had a lot of teens, so

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<v Speaker 1>there were plenty of potential victims for him to choose from,

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<v Speaker 1>and luring them to his place was easy. All it

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<v Speaker 1>really took in most cases was the promise of a party,

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<v Speaker 1>which included paint sniffing, glue sniffing, pot smoking, and alcohol,

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<v Speaker 1>usually to the point of blacking out, and that's when

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<v Speaker 1>Coral would attack. But this tactic wasn't always necessary to

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<v Speaker 1>get what he wanted. A lot of the boys that

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<v Speaker 1>Coral had to his place were desperate for money, like

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<v Speaker 1>David Brooks, that allow him to perform Oral sex on

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<v Speaker 1>them for five dollars. The real problem again when oral

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<v Speaker 1>sex wasn't enough for Dean Coral. He wanted penetration, but

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the teens refused that, and those were

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<v Speaker 1>the ones that ended up dead. One of the stories

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<v Speaker 1>that Brooks would later tell the police involved Dean Coral

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<v Speaker 1>caught in a very compromising position with a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>young teens. It was and Brooks had gone to Dean's

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<v Speaker 1>of Parpin without calling a head. When he arrived, Dean

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<v Speaker 1>was walking through the house naked and he was furious

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<v Speaker 1>with Brooks. Brooks was a little confused, but on his

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<v Speaker 1>way out he caught a glance of what was going on.

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<v Speaker 1>In the bedroom. He could see two young boys naked

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<v Speaker 1>and tied to Dean's bed. The next time Dean saw Brooks,

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<v Speaker 1>he explained that he was part of a group of

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<v Speaker 1>men that's old and traded young boys, a sexual slavery

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<v Speaker 1>ring based out of Dallas. This was never proven to

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<v Speaker 1>be true. Later, Brooks would learn that both of the

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<v Speaker 1>boys were killed and their bodies dumped. In an attempt

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<v Speaker 1>to buy Brooks's silence regarding the rape and murder of

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<v Speaker 1>the boys, Coral promised to buy Brooks, who was now

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<v Speaker 1>only a few months shy of sixteen years old, a

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<v Speaker 1>new car, and he made good on that promise, buying

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<v Speaker 1>Brooks a green Chevrolet Corvette. But the Corvette served a

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<v Speaker 1>dual purpose. Coral and Brooks would be able to cruise

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<v Speaker 1>the streets together in a car that would attract the

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<v Speaker 1>attention of teen boys. They used it in their search

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<v Speaker 1>for new victims. In the winter of David Brooks brought

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<v Speaker 1>another team with him to Dean Coral's home, potentially as

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<v Speaker 1>another victim, but the boy impressed Coral and he felt

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<v Speaker 1>that the team might be an asset to his operation.

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<v Speaker 1>That boy was Elmer Wayne Henley, aged fifteen, a year

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<v Speaker 1>younger than David Brooks. The three quickly became good friends

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<v Speaker 1>and even committed some break ins together as a test

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<v Speaker 1>of Henley's loyalty to the other two. Henley never told

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<v Speaker 1>anyone about their shared crimes, and after he had proven himself,

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<v Speaker 1>Coral asked him if he'd be willing to kill for him.

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<v Speaker 1>Henley said yes. When the crime scene investigators first called

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<v Speaker 1>to the home at Lamar Drive in Pasadena, even as

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<v Speaker 1>Dean Coral's body was still laying in the hallway, they

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<v Speaker 1>knew there was going to be a lot more to

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<v Speaker 1>the story than just a self defense shooting death. They

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<v Speaker 1>quickly discovered Coral's bedroom was set up as his own

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<v Speaker 1>private torture chamber. In his room, they found the plywood

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<v Speaker 1>torture board. It was stretched out on top of a

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<v Speaker 1>thick sheet of plastic that covered the entire floor. He

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<v Speaker 1>also had several tools he used for his various torture techniques,

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<v Speaker 1>more than a toolbox full, including the players he used

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<v Speaker 1>to plug out his victims public cares. One by one,

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<v Speaker 1>the authorities found lengths of rope, rolls of tape, a

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<v Speaker 1>large hunting knife, and spools of thick, clear plastic, the

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<v Speaker 1>same plastic used to protect the carpet. They also found

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<v Speaker 1>eight pairs of handcuffs, an electric motor with the wires

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<v Speaker 1>attached that was used to shock the victims genitals, and

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<v Speaker 1>an assortment of dildos and glass rods, lots of glass rods.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you more about those later, but I will

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<v Speaker 1>tell you this right now. Dean Coral's use of those

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<v Speaker 1>glass rods is easily one of the most horrific, most painful,

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<v Speaker 1>and cruelest prolonged torture tactics. I've ever heard of, and

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<v Speaker 1>judging by the number of broken glass rods they found

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<v Speaker 1>on his floor, it was also one of his preferred methods.

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<v Speaker 1>But it seems that Dean didn't always require tools to

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<v Speaker 1>torture the teens. One of his victims angered him so

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<v Speaker 1>much the Dean bit off his genitals while he was

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<v Speaker 1>secured to the torture board. Later, when that particular victims

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<v Speaker 1>remains were exhumed, they found his penis and testicles in

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<v Speaker 1>a plastic bag separate from the body. The forensic researchers

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<v Speaker 1>soon discovered that, based on the size and the shape

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<v Speaker 1>of the wound, the boy was emasculated by a single

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<v Speaker 1>violent bite from his attacker. Dean Coral's bedroom was a

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<v Speaker 1>scene of so many horrifying crimes, and if you were

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<v Speaker 1>a teenage boy living in Pasadena, Texas in the nineteen seventies,

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<v Speaker 1>you wouldn't have made it out of their live. Dean

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<v Speaker 1>Coral was going to offer as two young apprentices a

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<v Speaker 1>perverse and sadistic business opportunity. What exactly was this deadly

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<v Speaker 1>trio up to between December of nineteen in August of

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<v Speaker 1>ninety and what awful secrets will be revealed in the Aftermath,

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