Richard Ramirez never failed to attract fangirls. In 1990, KRON 4 interviewed some who showed up at his trial. When asked why they were there, one (pictured, left) replied, “I just wanted to see what he looks like. I think he’s cute.”
In 1991, the El Paso Times reported that there were hundreds of women who lined up for their chance to go behind bars to visit — and security was, at the time, shockingly lax. Not only did visitors not even have to share their names, but conversations weren’t monitored or recorded. Sgt. Rich Dyer of the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department explained, “They just ask for the prisoner they want to see and when it’s Ramirez, he always does see them. … Their conversations aren’t monitored, so we don’t know what they talk about. … A lot of them appear to be women who have never met him, but some have come back to visit some more.”
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In those early days of his incarceration, Ramirez met with an average of around eight to 10 women a week — and oftentimes, those who went to see him were turned away simply because there wasn’t enough time for them all. SFGate spoke to one, who declined to be identified. She explained: “He is good-looking, and I loved his big hands. The thrill of danger of going up to a state penitentiary made it all worth it because to me, it was like a dream come true to face one of the world’s most feared men.”
