Dean Corll – The Real Candy

Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered at least 28 teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston, Texas. He was aided by two teenage accomplices, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. The crimes, known as the Houston mass murders, came to light after Henley fatally shot Corll. Upon its discovery, it was considered the worst example of serial murder in U.S. history.

Corll's victims were usually lured by an offer of a party or transportation to a succession of addresses at which he resided between 1970 and 1973. They were then restrained either by force or deception, and each was killed or strangulated , or by bullet. .22 caliber pistol. Corll and his accomplices buried 17 of their victims in a rented boathouse; four other victims were buried in a forest near Lake Sam Rayburn; one victim was buried on a Jefferson County beach; and at least six victims were buried on a beach on the Bolivar Peninsula. Brooks and Henley confessed to helping Corll in several kidnappings and murders; both were sentenced to life imprisonment at their subsequent trials.

Corll was also known as the Candy Man and the Pied Piper, as he and his family previously owned and operated a candy factory in Houston Heights, and he was known for giving away free candy to area children.

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