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Manitoba. Date apprehended. June 16, 1927. Earle Leonard Nelson (né Ferral; May 12, 1897 – January 13, 1928), also known in the media as the Gorilla Man, the Gorilla Killer, and the Dark Strangler, [2] was an American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile, who is considered the first known serial sex murderer of the twentieth century. [3]
- Earle Nelson’s Early Life
- The Crimes Begin
- Earle Nelson Goes on The Move
- The “Gorilla Man” Faces Justice
The tragedy of Earle Nelson began a mere 15 months after his birth in San Francisco on May 12, 1897. It was then that his parents both died of syphilis, causing him to go live with his maternal grandparents, Lars and Jennie Nelson. The Nelsons lived a puritan lifestyle and sought to repress emotions, feelings, and especially sexual desires. These c...
At the age of 21, Earle Nelson’s criminal habits became more apparent as he sought a way to break free of his repressive upbringing. On May 19, 1921, he pretended to be a plumber so that he could enter a San Francisco home and molest a 12-year-old girl. However, she screamed and he fled only to be identified and arrested hours later. At his hearing...
Later in 1926 and into 1927, authorities began noticing more strangulation and sexual assault cases similar to the ones in San Francisco in places across the country, including Portland, Oregon; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Chicago; Kansas City, Missouri; Buffalo, New York; and Winnipeg, Canada. In Winnipeg, Nelson murdered two victims. One of them was Lo...
The murderer rented a room from another unsuspecting woman on the night of June 12, 1927. But the next morning, he saw his description in the newspaper. It was time to ditch the remaining stolen clothes and head out of town. Accounts of the ensuing brief manhunt for Nelson vary somewhat, but we do know that a civilian in Killarney, Manitoba reporte...
- William Delong
May 12, 2017 · To the average person, and even to many true crime buffs, Earle Nelson’s story has been somewhat lost to history. But during the 1920s, the murderer known as “The Gorilla Man” left a trail of more than 20 bodies throughout the United States and Canada, making him one of the most prolific and feared serial killers of the early 20th century.
Feb 2, 2024 · Earle Nelson, infamously known as the “Gorilla Killer” or the “Dark Strangler,” was a serial killer who terrorized the United States and Canada in the 1920s. His heinous crimes and the subsequent investigation revealed a pattern of violence and a trail of victims that left communities in fear.
Capture and Breakout. Winnipeg reward poster. Nelson had made a series of mistakes. His face became known to too many people in a relatively small city, he left witnesses at the rooming house where he pretended to be Mr. Woodcoats, and he raped and killed a young girl. Not only was the entire Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force looking for him ...
Jun 15, 2021 · Shutterstock. After Nelson's lawyers failed to convince a jury that the killer was severely mentally ill and thus incapable of bearing responsibility for his reign of terror, he was found guilty of the murder of Emily Patterson. Nelson was executed by hanging in Winnipeg on January 13, 1928. Advertisement.
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Sep 6, 2022 · Having previously published a study on The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes, one might not expect retired law professor Alvin Esau's newest book to be about a violent serial killer from the 1920s known as the “Gorilla Man Strangler.” The Gorilla Man Strangler Case: Serial Killer Earle Nelson, published by ...
