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I feel like I haven't done one in so long because John Mayn Gacy took up so much of my fucking brain
I never ever want to have to research them again. I'm glad I don't
I'm not recording an episode of him.
I was talking about that with a friend of mine, you know
Once you once you do the research and you feel like it takes up all of your time
It's the only thing that you're focused on
Especially in a podcast setting and then it's like oh like once I'm done with this case and I put it out into the world
I never have to think about about this fucker ever again. Yeah, really and I can just move on with my life and not think about
Scott Peterson or whatever. Yeah, don't get us wrong though
We absolutely love researching and the reason we're so exhausted after we record is because we've spent so much time and energy
Researching because we want to give the best like accurate content and all that good stuff
I know personally like it takes me multiple days to get like everything written out
I have to check every single Google source ever. Yeah, make sure it's accurate
Well, you know when I did the Cecil Hotel one and it was like
Suicide after suicide after suicide. Yeah, I I had to keep getting up and moving away from my computer and doing something because I was like
It was depressing me. Yeah, and so yeah, especially when you get into nitty greets nitty nitty details about
You know certain murders. Yeah, like when you talk about like this oration
Not exactly conversation you want to think about over lunch, right?
Especially when you're researching by yourself because you know and bounce it off of yeah
And since we don't know what we're presenting is not like I can every once in a while
You'll rush into the living room. We'll be like, oh my god this case like I'm so ready to be done with this
Yeah, like it's just taking taking a lot
Mentally to get it done. Yeah, it's just really interesting that you know because I mean it can be morbid, but of course
Yeah, but I like to think that we create at least like a safe environment to listen to things like this and and we're not too
Overly graphic and we're definitely like accurate like I said
of course advocating for the victims when we do and
Really trying to figure out like why these people did what they do rather than just I mean
I know we call them all these kinds of names like all the names under the Sun, but
While we're calling them these names. We're also like, okay, and this is probably why they did what they did
Yeah
that being said we're gonna get into it and
This is a local case
For us a local case. Okay. We are gonna be talking about angel macharino
Rizendes aka the railroad killer. Oh my gosh. This was suggested to us so long ago
I'm so excited to do this one. Oh my gosh. Thanks for suggesting
Whoever suggested was it Tony? It was Tony. Yeah, honey. Hi, Tony. Well, this is for you girl
Angel macharino Rizendes was born on August 1st 1960 in Izuqar de Metamoros a city in the state of Puebla, Mexico
He was born to Virginia Rizendes de Macharino and his father Juan. I guess his father's last name was Rizendes
But it didn't say it. I don't want to be like wrong. So his father is just one just one
moments after he was born
Oh no angel is dropped on his head and knocked unconscious
As a baby as a as like a one minute in the world, baby. Oh my god, that is so
Can you imagine that happening though?
Like you've literally just given birth and you brought this person into the world and within moments. He is knocked unconscious
Who dropped him? They're the ones that need to be true. I don't know. I didn't know and of course, you know the brain is
Is the most vulnerable, you know when you're very very young, especially
Skulls, it's like there's skulls. I haven't even formed. It's like yeah, it's like little platelets that are
Pretty wild right? That's awful knocked unconscious
He's knocked knocked unconscious if you didn't hear the first time
On top of this during angels childhood his father was reportedly very abusive to both him and his mother
The two never married paving the way for them to split very early in his life
No wonder no wonder. He's just one. Yes. Yeah, he wasn't very important to the story
Important because he's out of here on top of this. This is something we hear a lot as well
Angel was a very small timid child
Being described by everybody in his life including family as a loner his to whole childhood like growing up
He not all he was not an only child as he had a sister named Manuela
However, he was raised by his single mother for the first six years of his life
So his dad left him and his sister were raised just by mom
When he was three years old
It's reported that he fell off of the roof of a building and suffered serious injuries. He's three
What is he doing on the fucking roof of a building? Yeah?
Yeah
Around that time mom's not innocent don't worry
Clearly she's not watching her child. So I would think not. Okay. Go ahead. I'm listening
Around the time that angel turned six his mother Virginia married a military man and decided it was best that angel go live with her brother
Rafael Rizenda's Ramirez and if that name sounds familiar, I'm gonna tell you why
This move was not the best option for young angel
However, because while living there he experienced a tremendous amount of sexual abuse from his uncle and was frequently sexually assaulted
by a local pedophile as well
Like this is already like the war doesn't have a chance. Yeah, it's like Richard Ramirez all over again
Doesn't even have a chance
his aunt Rafael's wife stated otherwise and reportedly said that they both spoiled angel to bits because they didn't have any children of
Their own and so they made sure that he was loved and loved and adored the whole time that he was in their custody
You know like a liar
Like a liar
You're lying
True that is the opposite of the truth, which is a lie. That's awful, right?
She's like, oh, no, he was just spoiled kid like we loved him so much. We did this in that forum
He's like I've been molested like the worst possible spot in life right now. How can you say that? Oh?
This abuse went on for several years
Unfortunately and at the age of 11 in 1971 angel decided that he was going to run away from home and live life on the streets
And how old 11?
He's a
baby and
He's like it's better for me to live on the streets than with these fucking people that claim
They've given me the best life. Yeah, I clearly I've been so spoiled here. I want to run away
Yeah, that's the light logical thing to do
It was at this point that angel began to get involved with drugs and quickly became addicted to sniffing glue along with many other
Narcotics sniffing glue sniffing glue. I'm assuming we're not talking about like non-toxic Elmer's glue
We're talking like some probably like the industrial shit. It's some like woodworking glue. Yeah
I don't know what kind of glue do you sniff is what they're kind of glue you would sniff I don't believe I would assume some sort of like
Used for construction glue
Yeah, it's not gorilla glue that's getting snipped
It's not Elmer's glue
He was also a target for bullies and abusers on the streets
And he had actually experienced an attack by a group of boys at one point like they beat him with a brick
Like ow this child he probably got hit in the head again with that brick. I'm sure and he's like 12
He's been concussed like 20 times in this life already
The details of the attack are not laid out online, but allegedly he was bleeding from the ears and nose due to it
Like that's fucking traumatic
I'm in shock. That's why how old how old is he here?
I love like 11 12 somewhere there. Yeah, so this is not the third time. He's had traumatic head injuries and he's only 11
This is a third reported time that he's had the dramatic
Specify please because that's yeah, I'm sure it's happened quite a few times
So shortly after leaving his uncle's house and experiencing this horrid attack
Angel went back to live with his mother at the age of 12 and he returned to school
Okay, well at least he's going back to school his mother would later tell sources that angel
Was getting harassed at school and at one point
He was sexually assaulted at the age of 13 or 14 by a group of older boys after going for a swim in a nearby river
He was it seemingly like going for a dip and he was sexually assaulted by like a number of people
That's awful. I want to check
Is his mom saying that like is she is she leading up to him just not going to school anymore?
Is that like essentially what she's doing because she's like oh, he's going but like he's not having a great time
No, I think this was like later on like when he did all the bad shit and got caught
She was like being interviewed and like maybe like it correlated somehow and she just mentioned that he had
Experienced this as a child. Well, it couldn't be her parenting. No, of course not. It's not her parenting
It was the school. Yeah, well had the problem because there's the boys that go to the school
So obviously it's the school's problem. Okay, it's not it's not even the other boys parents problem. It's the schools
It's school. Yeah, he hates school so much that he eventually does what he does
Yeah, now this attack was seemingly the last straw for angel and he decided that now
He didn't only want to leave he wanted to get as far away as possible from everything that was happening
So about a year after he moved back in with his mom he ran away from home yet again
It's reported that he spent some time in America in 1973 getting the lay of the land perhaps
But quickly returned to Mexico afterward, but still only being 13. Yes
I can't even imagine that he crossed the border into America by himself at 13 the first time
At the age of 16 he crossed the border yet again into Brownsville, Texas
But was found out by border patrol and deported back to Mexico two months later in August
Later that year he returned to America twice more and was apprehended in Texas once again and in Michigan another time
He made all the way to Michigan one time
He could have gone to Canada like it's almost there. Oh, yeah
He voluntarily left back to Mexico each time he was caught however
Showing that like the first time obviously border patrol deported him. He was like, I don't want to do that anymore
I'm just gonna go ahead and go, you know myself. Yeah
Interestingly enough he ended up using his uncle's name Rafael Riz and his Ramirez as his alias each time he got tangled up with the law
Sorry bitch
It was around this same time that he figured out the best way to get in and out of the country undetected
He would wait until no one was looking and he would slip onto a boxcar of a freight train and hop on and off whenever he found a
Place that was appealing to him
Now he's called the railroad killer for a reason. Yeah, right?
The beginning of an MO forming not to mention that it was like a hell of a lot easier to do this in like the 70s
And it would ever be like today, right?
Now in 1977 at the age of 18
Angel was convicted of destroying private property and leaving the scene of a crime in Mississippi
And he spent two weeks in jail before going back to Mexico
This is what probably like the fourth time that he's gone. He's like come to America done something wrong and then got sent back
Yeah, oh, don't worry
Once he returned home his family noticed a huge change in him, but they could not put their finger on it
He was around 18
They noticed he had become devoutly religious and would frequently talk to himself in some sort of foreign language like seemingly praying
I'd love to do that just in public. That's like really
Like have my head down and just
You know
Well his family were all devote Catholics
But they said that this was not the same style of practicing religion that they had done in their lives or like taught him to do
Because it was fake probably so I mean on their part on his party's probably got schizophrenia
I you know what we'll talk about
Now he laid low for a couple years in Mexico, but in 1979 he crossed the border again this time making his way to Florida
He was arrested shortly after arriving in Tampa for Grand Theft Auto, but for some reason he was released on this charge
Not sure why
Koff probably didn't want to do the paperwork for someone that wasn't an American citizen exactly
Yeah, they're just like well we could go through the process of deporting you but
We don't have enough time. I don't know. We don't really care
Angel made his way through Miami and he shortly found someone to take this pent-up anger that he's experiencing out on
He's 19 right he's 19 okay
He broke into a random home with the intention of robbing the place for money and anything else that he could sell
He was shocked when he realized that the homeowner was there and coming to confront him an 88 year old man. No
Angel reacted to this confrontation by beating the old man ruthlessly and stealing his car to escape did he live
The man actually survived the attack and Angel was quickly arrested and taken into custody
So that's it he's got right
Game over right? Yeah, sorry. Sorry. Yeah, there's one there's a assault with probably maybe attempted murder
Assaults of an elderly person Grand Theft Auto breaking and entering breaking and entering theft theft
Crossing into a country that you're not enough illegally
I'm not having proper documentation
Yeah, all right going away for a long time in April of 1980
Angel Rezendes was convicted of burglary
aggravated battery and Grand Theft Auto and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Oh, wow
That's the end of the story. Okay. Thanks guys. We can head us up on Instagram and
Unfortunately, we are all aware that the system is hella broken an angel was released in 1985 just five years into his 20 year sentence
And a few weeks after his 25th birthday
I'm sorry fucking what? Yeah. Oh
Are you okay over there? I'm rubbing my eyes
Upon his release he was deported back to his hometown in Mexico
According to his mother again later in an interview Angel was actually gang raped numerous times during his time in prison
Oh my god, feeling his anger for the world like even more
He's just like been a victim not that he's not responsible for what he's done
But he's been a victim of a lot of different fucking things in his whole life already horrible like how do you know what like real love is?
How do you know what real
People are like, you know, well because I mean his dad immediately left like when he was you know
Really little and then his mom sent him away and then his uncle did that and then you know, it's same thing like it's just
And he hasn't had a good example of anything Mexico and Michigan
I'm sorry leave Mexico and go to Michigan at age 13 and nobody was like where are you? Yeah, exactly
Back at home Angel was building up his plans to return to America now with a bad taste in his mouth from being arrested and incarcerated there
He did not waste much time and in 1986 he was already making his way back across the border
Angel snuck back onto a train and made his way into Texas where he landed in Bear County
Yeah, yeah
Upon arriving Angel became acquainted with the woman who we met at a homeless shelter and made friends with her
Angel invited this woman on a motorcycle ride, which he had probably stolen because
She agreed and the two took off. Oh also bringing a gun along intended for practicing shooting at targets quote unquote
Let's see how this goes
They ended up stopping off at a random farmhouse like way on the outskirts of town or they got off the motorcycle to just like wander around
To find some targets to shoot at you know
During this time according to Angel he and this woman got into a verbal argument when she insulted him in some way
So in his response he shot her four times killing her and abandoning her body at the farmhouse
She's left her there like at some person's house. Yeah
So he literally just like got mad killed her and then just like bye what it sounds like to me is that
She probably hopped on that motorcycle
Intending to get a ride somewhere when he's driving her out to the middle of fucking nowhere
She's probably like get me off this fucking bike
You know what I mean? Yeah, that's a get me off this fucking bike
And then I bet she probably tried to go knock on a door and ask for help or some shit and that's when he shot her
That's a good thought. I didn't think of it that way. I was thinking that maybe like they both were like
Wanting to maybe break into this home or something and then she did say something that insulted him and he got mad
But who knows he's the only one that knows yeah, I mean let's we can all agree
They weren't out for a leisurely motorcycle ride in the middle of the night. Yeah watch the stars
potentially make love in an orchard or something, you know
Unfortunately this woman has never been identified and her remains were found on March 23rd 1986
There's not much known about his next murder
But Rosendez also confessed to shooting and killing a man that was supposedly his previous victim's boyfriend
The girl that he was with
Case closed. That's what I'm saying is like she probably maybe she was like taking me to my boyfriend's house. Yeah
Well shit, he was also homeless
So don't take it. Shit you're right my bad
Rosendez stated that he killed the man because he was involved in black magic
But authorities believe it was because he was either trying to cover his tracks from his previous murder or he was jealous of some kind
You know one of them were
So maybe the boyfriend knew that she had hops on the bike with him and he had to go kill the witness
Maybe so either way Angel confessed to dumping the man's body somewhere between San Antonio and Uvaldi, but his remains were never found either
Who are these people? He was never identified. Well her remains were found, but he was never identified either Wow, and that was in 1986
Yeah
Okay, wow
It was around this time that Angel began to believe that he was half man half angel
No pun intended and his purpose in this world was to rid it of evil by taking out people he thought were going against to God
What okay, so now it's like he's clearly schizophrenic. Yeah, but it's like this, you know
I
Think demonious. Oh, it's like I have a higher purpose. Yeah, you know
Vigilanteism it almost sounds like Andre Thomas, right? Yeah
He has the idea the idea that like he's working on behalf of God and he's like doing the Lord's work, right?
And then it also kind of reminds me of what was the British case? Oh
Alexander and Alexander Lewis ran well. Yeah ran well when he thought that he was looking for that girl. Yeah
Yeah, having that psychosis issue and he thought he was helping the police locate that girl. Yeah
Shortly after these murders Angel jumped on a train and headed away from the places of the attack in
June of the same year 1986 Angel was arrested
However, he was not arrested for murder as no one knew he was a murderer or even that these two people were deceased or missing
Would they get him for like public intoxication?
The arrest was in Laredo, Texas when they discovered he had illegal identification showing that he was an American citizen
Oh, he just said I'm my uncle again
I am my own uncle
Because of this arrest he was sentenced to 18 months in a Texas prison
But after only about a year in August of 18 1987
He was released and sent back to Mexico. I'd be very interested to know if like during his times of incarceration if he wasn't a little bit
Less manic or having like he got really good behavior and stuff
Well, that's kind of what it sounds like. Yeah, I'm wondering if like the routine and you know, we talked about
You know home houselessness and how
been transient people that
They're sort Katie and rhythms off. Yeah, they don't you know really know the time or whatever
And it's just like when it's nighttime you sleep and then when it's daytime you wake up
But you don't really have a routine other than that. So I'm wondering if he didn't have
Like less. Yeah, yeah symptoms because he had a regular, you know routine
He had to wake up a certain time. He had probably wreck at a certain time
Yeah, I had a certain time and he had bedtime at a certain time. It's true
Which can honestly do wonders for anybody. Oh, yeah, absolutely little health issues
For more than 10 years Angel somehow laid low again and managed to stay out of trouble in Mexico for over 10 years
Okay, well, he didn't get caught for anything in 10 years. Yeah, I was gonna say rephrase that
So like he was like a golden child after that
It is unknown exactly how he spent this decade
But he was known to have traveled back to the US in 1988 when he arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana
Okay, he reportedly drifted around from there and ended up settling down in St. Louis, Missouri
Picking up random jobs when he could
He was seemingly doing well in society and he even registered with numerous temp jobs and somehow voted in two local elections while there
Oh my god, I
Fucking love that though. He just voted. I just love that
He got ballsy. However when he decided to try and apply for a social security card in November of 1988
It was caught in the process using false documents. I'm my uncle
pretty much
He was sent back to prison for 30 months for this crime and was released in May of 1991 at the age of 31
Once again deported back to Mexico
So it's just bam bam bam bam bam like like ping ponging. It's one of those things where it's like
It's like okay a bully like a like a frequent bully like you know that kids going to
I got like a weird like wake up or something. I was just trying to like ignore it. I just pushed past it
You know that kid is going to like escalate his crimes if you will or his like offenses
And like they always say like a bully like in the childhood is like
Probably gonna grow up to be like even worse and like this is pretty much what it is like it's just almost like his crimes are escalating right like in the very beginning
I think it's like a really good thing. I think it's like a really good thing
It's just almost like his crimes are escalating right like in the very beginning
It was like breaking and entering like GTA like not really like human interaction crimes and now it's like he's he's murdered two people now
And obviously the social security thing is a little different, but it seems like they're escalating
I was gonna say I was like, you know, it's kind of funny that it's like
He'll just continue to go back and try to file this paperwork. Yeah
But wouldn't I have that kind of frustration at the DMV
Yeah, what are the prison officials like look at his past record and be like, oh, that's weird
Like this guy's been in and out of prison for like multiple crimes
Like wouldn't they try I would say they should probably put in more than 30 months just saying yeah
Well, at least I don't know I'm catching my own in probation or something. Well, yeah
You would think it would be a it's a federal crime, right? I mean to try to falsify dog. Yeah
Yeah, so I don't know that's really interesting to me, but I again, he's probably using a different alias and
Whatever else, you know, yeah, so
It might just take longer to track down I guess. I don't know
Either way, he was back out in the world and sent back to Mexico once again
Now back home angels rage continued to build and he was already planning his next attempt to get back into the US
Just a few months later
in July of 1991 angel found himself back in Texas and still full of this anger and rage that he's been experiencing
On July 19th angels somehow linked up with a man by the name of Michael White in San Antonio, Texas
It is unclear how they met some sources say a homeless shelter, but that was not confirmed, you know
It's kind of nobody really knows
The two ended up in an abandoned house together for unknown reasons and while there some sort of altercation ensued and
Angel ultimately killed Michael White after this altercation. How did he kill him?
Well, some sources say that he was shot multiple times while others say that he was bloodioned with a brick
With a brick
Do you remember when he was assaulted with a brick when he was a kid? I do that's just that's just weird that like
Right, you know like the fact that he had that do you think that that's really you think it's folklore because he said that it's
People say some people say you were shot. We'll say he was bloodioned. Not sure with a brick specifically
Yeah, with a that's the weird thing is with a brick specifically
Either way
Unfortunately, Angel took the life of Michael and he ended up dumping this his body in the backyard of this home and taking off from the scene
That's so weird that he just like is just dumping people and other people's do you think it's because he wants them to be found?
I'm not sure well this home was actually vacant, but you know
There was like a real estate agent or like, you know the homeowner was there at some point, you know
So I'm not sure why well and it I mean it well
I think that you're thinking that it's like gonna be in a nice neighborhood
probably isn't
But either way you would think that just people in the community would be walking around. Yeah something like that
That's true. Angel later claimed that he killed Michael because he was gay
Which is like so that's the first thing that pops in my head
I was like went into an abandoned building for unknown reasons two men and then overnight
Mm-hmm. No, we all know what you're doing. You're just not you know, yeah
So yeah for him to say that which has been used so many times
I was actually just watching a story recently of a guy who was married and was having an affair with his best
His best male friend and he murdered the best male friend because he was so uncomfortable with his feelings about his male friend
He like it was his friend's fault. Yeah in his mind. Isn't that awful? That's disgusting
That's like well, he was gay and he was dating this other guy
Like he was like saying that he was dating another man like it fucking matters like it was the other guy. Yeah, they're gay
I'm not gay. Yeah, of course. Yeah, they're murderers and they're gay. I'm fine. I'm not I'm not a murderer nor am I gay
Just so that everyone know just let everybody know. Yeah, you're doing a terrible job. That's awful
Now Michael just a peppered in was 33 years old
33
After this murder Angel took yet another hiatus and drifted back and forth between Mexico and the US for many years
Taking small jobs in the process and allegedly sending money to his family back home between 1991 and
1997 Angel was arrested for numerous petty crimes each time being deported back to Mexico and each time
Somehow returning to civilization after serving a small amount of time
Angel
It was also at this time that Angel made a permanent move from Puebla to Rodeo a small town about
400 miles from the Texas border
get this
This probably seems far away right 400 miles
Well, yeah, but it was much closer than the 20 hour drive that he had been making from Puebla to the US each time
He crossed the border
20 hours he was driving every time
What?
I didn't realize it was that far
I didn't either and
What the fuck? That's like a whole day of driving like and how many times has he been sent home now?
Has he gone?
Well, it's not wild
Do you think he's taking a train?
I'm sure he is
I'm sure he was
There and then once he gets in the US and he hops on another train
But like that's a lot of effort
That is a lot of effort like multiple times
Well, he
He clearly doesn't have a job. Okay. He's got nothing else to do
Well, yeah, but also like this sounds really bad
But like wouldn't you just like commit your crimes like in the country that you live in if it's that much of an effort to get to another one?
Like just commit your crimes in Mexico
It's not convenient at all
Ugh
It's called Rodeo, right? That's how you pronounce it
So Rodeo was also a town that was right up Angels Alley
It was known for heavy marijuana and stolen car sales on the black market
Cool
It was also the perfect place for him to lay low as the residents there kept their heads down and stayed out of everyone's business
Right, so he's like no one's gonna fuck with me
The people he did speak with around town however described him as a loner, quiet, kept to himself, but polite and friendly when conversing
They would say that he sometimes brought his right-sided politics or religious side out, but nothing too controversial that would ever start a disagreement
He's like, hmm. What? I'm sorry. Hmm. Usually they're Democrats, right?
I wasn't gonna say it
I'm just thinking you go into a house with another man in the middle of the night and you're
Republican. Yeah. Well, actually that checks out
Actually, actually did it. You know what? I take back what I said. It makes sense. That's all we're saying about that
On top of his seemingly quiet lifestyle
He also learned a great deal of English of course from his time in the United States
And used that knowledge to get a job as an English teacher in the local school
So he did get a job
Oh
In the early 1990s Angel met a woman by the name of Julieta Dominguez who worked as a lab technician in a local health clinic
The two began seeing each other Angel being a perfect gentleman the whole time
Hmm. He was known as being very
Chilurus holding the door for her and pulling out her chair
And he was always very honest with her about his time in the u.s. Or at least as honest as he wanted to be right
He told her that he had been traveling from the u.s. To Mexico illegally since he was 16 trying to find work in the agricultural field while there
Julieta actually did not have a problem with him doing so as he would make quite a bit more money in the states than he would at his teaching job in Mexico
The two became serious and eventually moved in together
Setting up a routine of sorts for when Angel would travel to America for work. Wow. Good for him
I mean he already killed people so fucking but I'm just saying like but again it goes back to the routine
He's got a routine now. Yeah. Yeah, definitely
They would live in rodeo for one or two months and then the two of them would go to various states where he could find seasonal work
in America
Julieta seemed not to know anything about Angel's criminal record or his violent tendencies, however
But he did tell her at one point that he was involved in a religious group
That was anti homosexuality and anti abortion
But from what he told her about their gatherings
She thought it may have been more of a hate group than a religious club that he was trying to make
Yeah, no shit
Jesus it was actually like stated that that club or group or whatever he's talking about like probably didn't even exist
Like he just said that he probably thought it was really cool
Like you know like I'm part of this thing that like saves babies and like I have this whole like crew behind me
Exactly like I'm the leader
Call me the colonel call me the colonel and she was like
Yes, colonel
Oh, God notice me colonel notice all anomalies
There's all anomalies
On march 21st 1977 Angel was staying the night on a train car in Baldwin, Florida
When he came across Jesse Howell and Wendy von Huben a young couple that ran away from their homes in Woodstock, Illinois
Jesse was 19 and Wendy was 16 and the two had recently gotten engaged
There's just babies. They're babies
That's probably why they ran away from home because they were babies and they were engaged
They stood out from the rest of the crowd at the rail yard due to their age and their clean appearances as most of the people that frequented
Were homeless and a little bit older
According to angel he spotted a book in possession of the couple that had to do with the occult
And he immediately knew that they would be his next victims
They immediately knew they would be my best friends and he was like
Yeah, they're like anti god like I have to
Do I'm like play out my mission right? It's my mission. Yep. Gotta save the babies
He also made the assumption that since they had this book in their possession
They must be into witchcraft and therefore not christian. So he felt as though he needed to kill them
Because you imagine that like someone justifying it like that. Yeah, like you're walking on a street mining your own
Fucking business and somebody doesn't like your pants. Yeah
And they kill you that's terrifying. That is terrifying
Angel casually struck up a conversation with a young couple learning about them running away from home
And they had also recently become low on money in like the previous few days like they had shared that with him
The couple had allegedly been sleeping on trains and under bridges while trying to figure out how to make extra money
So he had like is asking them
Actual questions about who they are as people getting to know them
With the intention of trying to kill them. Yes or going to kill them. Yes
It's awful. That's demented. Wendy had apparently called her parents earlier that same day and asked for money to get a train back home
But it was unclear whether or not her parents were willing to send it seemingly not
They both also admitted to having looked for work that did not require id as they didn't want to be risked
Didn't want to risk being tracked down by their families
So kind of seems like Wendy was asking her parents for money like telling them that she's going to use it to get home
And she just was going to use it to keep going. Yeah
Angel told them of his petty jobs and that he was actually on his way to work in the orange fields in southern florida
He told the couple that they were welcome to join him to make some extra money
We can just like even trying to help them. No, he's not. He's just trying to get them away from where they are
But still
Jesse and Wendy agreed and hopped on the train with angel
On march 23rd. The train made a stop in Bellevue, florida and angel hopped off the train along with jesse
Wendy stayed behind and angel realized that he had the perfect opportunity to attack
Jesse or either Jesse because they both walked with the train together and Wendy stayed on the train because he like got them separate
Yeah
When jesse had his back turned angel picked up a rubber hosing lined with metal
It's what's used to hold the train cars together
And struck jesse over the head with it killing him immediately. Oh my god
Like the rage
That's a lot of force
Angel drug jesse's body away from the area leaving it alongside the train trucks and headed back to the boxcar
After returning to the car
It's unclear what angel told wendy about what happened with jesse because obviously he didn't come back with them
Right
Some people believe that he told her that jesse just disappeared or that he didn't say anything about jesse at all
And somehow like had just held wendy hostage in order to get him to leave with her
Either way, uh, wendy and angel took off with the train leaving jesse's body abandoned and wendy freaking out
Because she didn't know where he was. Yeah
After traveling 15 miles further south the train stopped once again in oxford florida this time angel and wendy exited the car together
It's unknown whether he like threatened her to get off with him or not, but either way she followed him off of the train car
Wondered if he was like, oh jesse decided he's gonna he told me he's mad at you
He's gonna hop on another car or I think he's gonna meet us down there because he got a ride or he whatever
Yeah, because I don't think she would leave if she thought that he was still there. I agree content warning for this next part
After the two were out of sight angel overtook wendy and raped her then proceeded to strangle her to death
He later admitted to also sawdomizing her corpse as well. Oh my god. Like escalated quickly. That's on that one. Yeah
He then covered her body with a blanket and left it next to the tracks similarly to jesse
That's what I was saying about the girl in the motorcycle
I wonder if he would if he wasn't gonna sexually assault her and then she fought and then he shot her because
She was making too much noise or something
Now I want to pepper in the fact that remember he said he's doing the lord's work by killing these people
Yeah, but if he really thought that then why did he rape her right?
Like why was it his duty of the lord to rape his victims that doesn't make any sense?
Like you're trying to rid the world of evil
You're like contradicting yourself by doing that
Yeah, after he covered wendy's body he returned to the train car and sat out of sight laying back and just falling asleep
Taking a nap. Taking an afternoon nap. Just a cat nap
On july 5th 1977 a drifter was beaten to death with a piece of plywood nearby a rail yard
This murder has not been confirmed to be angels, but he is suspected of committing it
It seems like bludgeoning is the thing so I wonder if he didn't hit that guy with a brick instead of shoot him
Yeah, because I mean he strangled her. He strangled wendy
He did strangle wendy, but maybe because she's a female
Maybe so because apparently he did shoot that other girl and shooting, you know as long as it's not in the face
It's really the defamation of the face. Yeah, but with the guys it seems like he likes to hit him over the head
Yeah, that's true
This next story that I'm going to share is a really well-known story on its own and you'll find out why in a little bit
Um, but I will say that
The story that I'm about to cover in relation to angel, um, morbid does a really really great episode on just this story
So I would definitely recommend just listening to it
On the evening of august 28th, 1977
Chris mayer and holly dunn were driving to a friend's birthday party in lexington, kentucky
After a few hours of enjoying their friends, chris suggested that the two get away from the crowd and go for a walk together
They brought some beers with them and headed out of the party
They found themselves sitting on a nearby railroad track as they sipped their beers and shared stories for a while
Not the railroad track
They decided to head back to the party and as they gathered their things to leave
That's when a man appeared from the shadows
Fucking terrifying
And you guessed it angel risen
As he walked toward the couple he demanded quote give me your money
Holly could not see much but noticed that the man had very dark eyes
She responded quote we don't even have a dollar on us
Angel then pulled out some sort of weapon either an ice pick or a knife and held it to chris's neck pushing him to his knees in the process
He proceeded to dig through chris's bag when holly stated quote i've got a credit card or we can give you a car
Angel looked at holly and responded quote no
Like you just asked me for money and now you're refusing what i'm offering you
Well, because i don't know well because credit cards he probably believed could be tracked anyways, right?
That's true
The couple became confused as to why he would not take what they were offering him
But the car i don't understand that would probably take the car
Angel then ripped the strap off the backpack and used them to tie chris's hands behind his back
He then used holly's belt to tie her hands
chris repeated the offer of the car stating quote please take our car
Angel once again refused the offer and instead grabbed chris by the shirt and dragged him to the other side of the train tracks
Holly not wanting to leave her boyfriend, of course followed the two
Holly and chris were then forced down a ditch on the side of the tracks
Holly looked at chris and said quote are you okay?
Angel told her to be quiet as he was still wrestling through the backpack
He located a white t-shirt and ripped it up into pieces
Angel then forced both holly and chris to their stomachs and tied their legs up
He also tied both of their mouths with pieces of cloth like a gag
Holly was somehow able to think super logically and actually stuck her tongue out while he gagged her so that she could still talk
smart girl
Angel walked back to the tracks and holly used the opportunity to try and loosen her belt from around her arms
She was able to get the belt loose enough so that her hands were free and she asked chris quote can you free your hands?
Before chris could answer angel was back. Holly put her hands behind her back to make it look like they were still tied
Once again angel went back to the tracks
Holly used this time to get the gag out of chris's mouth and he said quote it's going to be okay
Content warning for this next part. Oh, damn it
At the same moment angel returned
This time holding an enormous rock
Weighing about 50 pounds
chris repeated quote. It's all okay
Not a second after he said that angel had dropped the rock on chris's head killing him instantly
Oh god
I can like literally not like it's like I have
bodies in my head
It's like I have body chills and
I'm sweating like I could literally not even imagine that makes me so sad like I can't even imagine
Holly immediately looked away as she saw what was about to happen, but she could not escape the sound that she heard
Holly immediately went into survival mode and her only thought was quote. I need to save chris and myself
Holly looked at angel and said quote. I think my friend is gurgling. Can you please turn his head to the side so he doesn't choke?
Angel responded in a calm and collected voice quote. You don't need to worry about him. He's gone
Everyone take a deep breath. We're all still going
Angel went to his next plan of attack. Holly of course
He pulled her pants off and jumped on top of her saying quote. Look how quickly I could kill you
He then proceeded to rape Holly and when he was done
She asked him if she could put her pants back on
He agreed and Holly immediately began to try to humanize herself
She told him that her name was Sarah and she said quote. I have a family who care about me quote. You can let me go
I won't tell anyone
During the time she was pleading
She was also digging her nails into the ground in order to try to leave her DNA behind
Angel ignored her pleas and began hitting her with a plank of wood over and over
She was drifting in and out of consciousness, but eventually laid very still
She remembers hearing him leaving and thinking quote. You left me alive. I'm going to get you one day
She fell into unconsciousness for an unknown period of time
But when she awoke it was still dark outside
She somehow stumbled to a nearby home where she pushed past the screen door and opened the main door
Approaching a man inside
The man looked terrified and Holly somehow was able to get quote help out
The man called 911 and sat with her until the police arrived. Holly told them quote. My boyfriend is out there
You need to go get him
Paramedics carried her out on a stretcher and put her in an ambulance
Holly suffered a broken jaw a smashed eye socket and a stab wound in her neck
Along with many other cuts and bruises
Holly would be the only survivor of the railroad killers victims
And she wrote she wrote a story like she wrote a novel about it. The only one that survived
Yeah
And it was not intentional. He meant he meant to kill her obviously
That's intense
That's a lot. Okay. So that story that I just said obviously there's a bunch of direct quotes because she survived
Morbid does a really really really great
podcast episode on that and I think it's called the surviving the amazing survival of Holly Dunn or something like that
But definitely go listen to it because that's what I heard that story before I even researched this case
It's wild. That's a roller coaster. Yeah, what a badass. She wrote like an entire like autobiography almost on on her story
I feel so bad for christen. Oh my god. That's so awful. I can't even imagine
In october of 1998 angel hopped off of a train that was stopped in east texas and made his way to a little town by the name of hugh springs
He came upon the home of 87 year old leafy mason
Which was just 50 yards from the railroad tracks and entered through her window
Once inside angel got a hold of a fire iron and beat leafy to death with it. The fuck is a fire iron?
I think it's like like
It's not a fire poker, but it's one of those tools that's used to mess with the fire
I mean arguably if you're gonna grab one and it's gonna be the poker. Yeah, probably. I mean, you're not gonna you're not gonna do
what is the
What's the other thing called?
No, oh the air thing is a little accordion air thing. It's called something. It's a bellow. You're not gonna grab the bellow, right?
You're gonna grab it
Try your eyes out with this bitch
Hold on. I'm gonna start a fire. So yes, unfortunately leafy did not survive the attack
Her body was covered with a blanket which was actually key in identifying that this was linked to rizendas
Because of other victims that had been similarly left
In december of the same year angel was riding through georgia when he allegedly hopped off at a stop in carl
and wandered to a nearby home
Inside 81 year old fanny whitney buyers. Why is he? I mean, I know why he's attacking elderly people
But which is just it's just gross. It's terrible. It's not that anybody deserves to be attacked. I'm just saying like
Well, it's like awful. They always say it might as well just kill small children. You know, it's sad
I feel like we've said it before too, but it's like imagine living 81 years and then this fucking piece of shit is the reason
That you're gone on this earth like people like have such amazing lives, you know, like it's you know
People that have gone to war and like come back and been murdered. Like it's just awful
It's just fucked up
Fanny was found bludgeoned to death with a tire rim the victim of a homicide a tire rim. Yeah
Literally anything you can put his hands on
The crime the crime the crime in question
The crime was originally linked to a lexington couple, but rizenda's allegedly confessed to an fbi agent that he was the one that did it
Like obviously later
A week later on december 16th. Dr. Claudia Benton was murdered in her home in west university place, texas a small town within houston city limits
Her husband and two children were out of town at the time. So she was alone that night
Angel entered her home and began to attack her in bed delivering multiple stab wounds to her back and hands like defensive wounds
She had 19 blunt force injuries to her head in total including three depression fractures to her skull. Oh my god
An autopsy report revealed that she had also been sexually assaulted
Multiple things were stolen from her home including her jeep via jump starting the vehicle
Police were able to gain evidence from the home including fingerprints from the steering column of the jeep that was broken off
fucking dummy
On december 18th 1998 the san antonio police discovered dr. Benson's stolen jeep in a motel parking lot in san antonio near the railroad tracks
Police obtained the jeep and slept it for evidence
Now the beginning of 1999 started some big life events for angel
You remember julietta
Well, no, it's a no sorry his wife. Oh
Poor julietta. Well, they were still together at this time and she was actually pregnant with their daughter. Oh, no
It looks into your research like bitch. What's next? What happened though?
This should have been the most important thing in his life angel had other ideas of what he wanted to focus on and by may
He was back in america
murdering people
You guessed it on may 2nd angel broke into the home
I'm gonna let that one go. I'm not even gonna make fun of you for that one
On may 2nd angel broke into the home of norman skip sir nick and his wife karen
What it just sounded like an australian accent harm
harm
On may 2nd on my second
He broke into the harm of norman skip sannick and his wife karen
his wife
That was like more new zealot d
Oh, that's good
I didn't even okay. I like that the best part about it is I didn't even notice but it sounded australian until you called it
I was like hello. Well, I said I wasn't gonna make fun of you for it
But it just was so much better when I did yes now
We all know that he broke into the home of norman skip sir nick and his wife karen
Okay
Their home was located behind a church where skip was the pastor
This home was also across the street from the train tracks in weimar texas
Whammer
Whammer angel entered their home and caved both of their skulls in with a sledge hammer
sexually defying karen's corpse afterward
Church members began to worry when the couple did not show up to the service the next day
And they went over to check on them discovering the horrible scene
On june 1st 1999 angel was picked up by the border patrol and taken into custody near the border around el paso
He was allowed to return to mexico the following day
Two days after this on june 4th. He returned to texas with the intent to kill again
angel broke into the apartment of 26 year old neyomi domingas in houston texas
And sexually assaulted her before fatally wounding her with a pickaxe
He was allowed to return to mexico
What the fuck what is going on here?
He then stole noemi's car and used it to drive to yet another victim's house
Josephine convica 73 and feyot county texas same day same day
Angel used the same pickaxe to murder josephine
What?
Leaving it in her head before leaving the scene
I bet if it wasn't around the time that they were collecting like dna and they could actually process
I bet I bet investigators would be very fucking confused when they had fucking test that pickaxe
Oh, yeah, be very confusing like this killed someone else like yesterday. Yeah, like or earlier today assuming that that person was even found yet
Yeah, do you know what i'm saying? Yeah
God
It is like wait, that's weird like it's got somebody else's blood on it could this be the perpetrator
But now we have fingerprints linking us to this mother fucker. This person. Yeah, that's so weird. Yeah
10 days later on june 14th the la times reported that investigators were looking for a quote mexican drifter named
rafael rizendes remeer is oh
In connection with quote six deaths in texas and one in kentucky
All brutal beatings that took place near railroad tracks. Did they go arrest the uncle tell me they fucking arrest the uncle because i'd be hilarious
Well, he's in mexico. You know, yeah, they're not they're not gonna work that hard
True fucking la they released this information once they were able to test evidence from recent crime scenes and obviously placed him at each one
The following day after this was released angel broke into the home of 18 year old george morber senior
18 year old 81 year old
He was a senior
A
Senior with the home of 18 year old
He's a senior
He's 81
About a hundred yards away from a set of railroad tracks in gorem illinois
george went out to grab the morning paper and when he returned he was bound by angel and then shot in the head with a shotgun
George's daughter arrived at the home shortly after an angel was still there when she entered. Oh my gosh
That's so scary. He beat her with the shotgun so brutally that it snapped in half
Angel ended up leaving numerous fingerprints all over the home before stealing george's truck and making his way back to mexico
I can't even i can't even neither one of them survived. That's awful
Oh my god, like you just show up to your dad like to pick up your dad for like and then you find like short like erin's or something
dead and then and then you and then you're also murdered
Scary I wonder how long he was there before she got there. Oh, I'm sure it was like probably a while
You know what I mean? Yeah, like I wonder if he knew she was coming. No, I don't think so
You know, he just like took his time
Yeah, I don't even think it's from the home
Oh, I really hate this guy. Yeah, it's the worst. Okay a week later a week later the LA Times still referring to angel as
Raphael put his name in the
457th spot of the 10 most wanted list. I'm sorry. Okay, so I'm assuming they have a photo of him
They have a photo of him
Well, they might have just put his name out. I don't think they have a photo of him
Oh, they do because they tested his evidence and fingerprints, but they don't have his real name
Okay, but here's the things that he was denied all of these other forms of identification
And they can't even identify him. Yeah, that pisses me off. Yeah, what is wrong with our system?
Well, this was in the early the late 90s too
Do uh still although the FBI eventually fixed the error
They still used both names when referring to him in order to get the best shot at catching him because he a lot of people
Know him by Raphael though makes sense on June 28th 1999
US custom agents prepared to open a train car north of laredo texas in order to intensify train car searches
Hmm
Once finding out his real name police were able to track down angel's sister
Manuela when she reached out to them after seeing a wanted poster of him of her own brother
Manuela feared that her brother might kill someone else or be killed by the FBI when they're trying to capture him
So she agreed to help them
She began working with texas ranger drew carter and they agreed to set up a meet with her brother angel resendez not rafael
on july 13th 1999
Angel resendez accompanied by his sister two brothers and a pastor apparently had fucking brothers surrendered
Surrendered on an el paso border crossing bridge shaking ranger carter's hand as he did so
He's like surrender. What up? I'm angel. Take me. Yeah pretty much
For the first time in person texas ranger drew carter laid eyes upon the five foot tall
190 pound weasel who had been responsible for such heinous crimes as the railroad killer. He does look like a weasel
I see he's terrible looking. Yeah, and he's a little shrimp. He is. He's tiny
Resendez was arrested and tried for the murder of claudia benson the crime in which they had the most concrete evidence of him
The trial and hearing was pretty cut and clear resendez pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity
Claiming he was an avenging angel sent by god to punish those that he thought quote were evil and deserved to die
The jury didn't buy it and he was found guilty and sentenced to death by lethal injection. Is he dead?
Just wait
On june 21st 2006 a houston judge ruled that resendez was mentally competent to be executed
Upon hearing the judge's ruling angel said quote. I don't believe in death
I know the body is going to go to waste, but me as a person. I'm eternal. I'm going to be alive forever
Wrong. Oh, is he dead?
Tell me he's dead. He's already
He told psychiatrist that he could not be executed because he didn't believe he could die
That's all that is you just have to believe statements like such have actually led others to believe that he actually is insane
Because things like that right angel recedes an execution date of friday january 6th 2006 by lethal injection
Angel put in an appeal for his death sentence. So the date got pushed back to june 27th 2006
However, this appeal would still be pending at the time of the new date and it got overlooked due to the signed death warrant for the murder of claudia benton
So they didn't even like take his appeal seriously. There's like nope. Sorry
He was housed in the polanski unit in west livings in texas awaiting execution
For his last meal angel declined to eat at all
I'm not hungry. I'm not hungry. I'm immortal. I actually don't eat because I'm immortal. I'm watching the old waistline. Thank you
I'm watching the old waistline. Gotta get a diet coke with that buck fried chicken
Buck in a fried chicken
God's awful
On june 27th 2006 angel matriano resendez was executed in the huntsville unit in huntsville texas by lethal injection
In his final statement resendez said quote
I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. You don't have to I know I allowed the devil to rule my life
I just asked you to forgive me and ask the lord to forgive me for allowing the devil to deceive me
I thank god for having patience in me. I don't deserve to cause you pain. You do not deserve this
I deserve what I'm getting
Now you're reflecting and now you like
Accepted the fact that you're actually gonna die like even though you said you couldn't maybe now he has the routine
Though those last words might have been genuine because he always thought he was doing the lord's work up until this point, right?
I guess and now he's like saying like I was fooled by the devil
Double maybe do it true. I don't know. I don't know
That is an intense. I'm not done. Oh, sorry
angel matriana resendez was pronounced dead at 8 0 5 p.m
claudia benton's husband george was present at the execution and said resendez was quote
Evil contained in human form a creature without a soul no conscience
No sense of remorse no regard for the sanctity of human life
Holly dunn has written a book about her survival story entitled soul survivor if you'd like to look into her story a little bit more
But that is the case of angel resendez aka the real one killer. I was gonna ask you about holly and
And if he was ever tried for any crimes against her
He was only tried and convicted of the crime for claudia benton because they had the most concrete evidence on that really all
They wanted to do was kill him. Yeah, fortunately
So no one no other charges were ever brought up on anything else all of his other victims even holly
Um, but she is since married and has a family. She has kiddos. I don't know how many kids she has but
Um, I definitely watched like interviews with her and stuff
She just seems like such a light and she I mean bad ass for being able to write that story and stuff. Yeah
Wow, that is a doozy. Yeah, and happening locally too. That's like insane. I know
That stuff is kind of all around us. It was just like, you know, he didn't really have a fucking
Short like chance from the very beginning like he was immediately thrown it like he was
Literally knocked unconscious within seconds of being born like that's terrible
And he was immediately thrown into like the abuse and like learning about things too early and you know being neglected and all this stuff
Right and being bullied and everything and then it was like once he killed he was like, oh
Like that's the move like I was going to keep doing that. Yeah
Somehow got away with it for so long
I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that he didn't live
In america full-time. He wasn't an american citizen
He also used that alias, of course when he was arrested and stuff
And it was the transient kind of lifestyle like the railroad tracks or whatever like that was what he used to like not
Stay in the same place for too long. Right?
So unfortunately, he got away with it a lot longer than
You know, he should have definitely seems like there's like a manic pattern though because it was very
like when you talked about the travel times
And then you know being in new orleans and being in florida and then being in michigan and then being in california or whatever
And like all of this
It's just interesting like that. He had
That his focus. I don't know what his focus would have been because it's not like he was really working at a certain point
And he was just traveling on a train
I think he was really just trying to like look for victims and figure out like okay
What can I get away with like who's most vulnerable? Like who am I gonna target?
Yeah, and like if anything I just get like a fucking road trip out of it
Like if I don't or some money
Yeah, even if he didn't murder somebody and because he definitely was comfortable with b&e's and gta
Yeah, I know it was really wild. It was like
It doesn't even sound like a real person's life like he got away with so much like especially like being incarcerated and released like however
Many times he was being caught and sent back home every single time like he was probably caught and sent back home to mexico like 25 30 times
Yeah
It's just crazy that he was able to continue to get away with that and especially with his wife and everything too like
He said that he was honest with her about what he did in america. He was I mean he was honest but to a point like he didn't tell everything
Obviously, but yeah, it's pretty wild good for his sister though. That must have been really hard
I'm sure you know bring him sure she recognized that her brother needed help. Oh, of course
Yeah, and I'm sure she was able to convince him to surrender himself
So somehow like he knew he was doing the wrong thing even if he was trying to excuse it with the whole Lord's work thing
It's kind of unfortunate that it seems like he had quite a few adults around him at a young age and nobody did anything
No, yeah, absolutely
And everyone kind of contributed to the abuse rather than like trying to prevent it from happening
Yeah, so I'm sure his sister probably felt like if she was older she probably could have been a better influence
Yeah, potentially him because clearly she wanted him to get help. Yeah, I think it's definitely a case of
Untreated schizophrenia and diagnosed
with the especially with like the
hallucinations that he has like the hearing and like the mindset that he has to do this because this is like a higher calling like that's definitely a
A symptom of that. I don't really think he had any kind of narcissism like I don't think I just think he was like so
I think he really believed like what he was doing
Especially like with Holly's story where like he was so like stoic
And like he is like he had such a focus in his mind like I need to do this
Like this is this is the task and the task needs to get done and I'm not gonna let anything stop me or distract me
Right, you know like when she was like
You know, can you check on my friend and he was like, oh don't worry about him like he's gone
Like that he was in my mind. He's like that task is complete and now move on to the next one
It was almost like a list, right? Right like organization
immense organization
Almost yeah, that's wild. But yeah, that's my story. It was interesting. Yeah, thank you
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Yeah, okay. Love you. Love you. Bye. Fuck I keep hitting the fucking tray