Dean Corll
Male, Deceased Person
1939 – 1973
Who was Dean Corll?
Dean Arnold Corll was an American serial killer who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of 28 boys in a series of killings spanning from 1970 to 1973 in Houston, Texas. The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to light only after Henley fatally shot Corll.
Corll was also known as the Candy Man and the Pied Piper, because he and his family had owned and operated a candy factory in Houston Heights, and he had been known to give free candy to local children.
At the time of their discovery, the Houston Mass Murders were considered the worst example of serial murder in American history.
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- Born
- Dec 24, 1939
Fort Wayne - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Fort Wayne
- Died
- Aug 8, 1973
Pasadena
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on July 23, 2013
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