Rod Ferrell, The Vampire Killer

The double murder of Richard Wendorf and Naoma Ruth Queen.Double murder.of Richard Wendorf andNaoma Ruth QueenThe event happened on November 25, 1996. Four members of the vampire cult traveled from Kentucky to Florida. They planned to pick up Heather Wendorf, who wanted to leave home and join the group. Ferrell and Scott Anderson arrived at the house alone. Heather met the two other girls who made the trip.

Inside the home, Ferrellkilled Richard.using a crowbarbeat him over the head more than a dozen times.When Richard's partnerQueenarrived downstairs moments later. She tried to defend herself by throwinghot coffeeat Ferrell. He then beat her with the same crowbar. They found their bodies soon afterby their other daughterJennifer Wendorf.

Ferrell thought the strangest part was that he believed he was aa 500-year-old vampirenamed Vesago. Ferrell claimed he belonged to a vampire cult, and the others were part of a unique brotherhood. This belief came from his obsession with the gameVampire: The Masquerade..

Aphrodite Jones'sThe Embrace,Ferrellbecame obsessedwith role-playing games at a young age.As he started playingVampire: The Masquerade, he developed a fascination with vampirism.

By age 16, Ferrell was a very destructive young man. The teenagerused drugs, and turned his bedroom into a shrine to the occult. Court documents showed he participated in satanic rituals and self-harm, carving an upside-down cross on his chest.In an interview withCrime Watch DailyFerrell said:

All my music, all my movies I watched were dark, based on hate, war, death, and pain. That is all my music, all my movies. My bedroom held the darker side of the occult: the Necronomicon, the Satanic Bible. I had upside-down crosses. I had broken glass shards scattered in the corner. I had hooks and metal cables wrapped around, looking likeHellraiser.

After the murders, Ferrell andScott Andersonpicked up the girls and left Florida. They crossed four state lines while trying to stay low-key from police and start a new life as a groupinNew Orleans.

They wereeventually arrestedin Baton Rouge, LA. Charity Keesee called her mother for extra money. She told the police their location and where they planned to stay. Officers were waiting when they arrived.The young cultists usually met and performed most of their blood rituals at a place called the

Vampire Hotel.Vampire Hotel. This was an abandoned former home that had been left to crumble in the thick woods around Kentucky Lake, KY.

tortured one another.torture one anotherThe group met at a spot called the Vampire Hotel for sexual gratification.

Ferrell created a group called the Vampire Clan. Members used this name. Some of their actions have been recorded. They met at places like cemeteries.The group met at cemeteries.They took part in rituals involving cutting themselves.They cut themselves.They drank each other’s blood.

Authorities believe up to 30 people were in the Vampire Clan before the 1996 murders.Five key members were part of the investigation. These included Ferrell, Scott Anderson, and Charity Keese, all sixteen years old, plus Heather Wendorf, the victims' daughter.Ferrell, Scott Anderson, and Charity Keese, all 16, joined the investigation. Heather Wendorf, the victims' daughter, was also part of it.

Ferrell met Wendorf in Florida, and the pair continued to communicate.The pair continued to communicate by phone after Ferrell moved back to Kentucky.Ferrell moved back to Kentucky. He spoke by telephone. Dana Cooper, who was 19, actually led the group, even though Ferrell was the most famous member.

After his trial, Ferrell went to Death Row. During those two years, he was the youngest person on Death Row in the United States.Ferrell was the youngest person on Death Row in the United States.Ferrell sat on Death Row in the United States. The Florida Supreme Court ruling canceled his execution.

The court decided 16-year-olds cannot receive a death sentence. In 2000, the court commuted Ferrell's sentence to life imprisonment without parole. Later, aA new court ruling changed the situation.The new ruling stated juveniles cannot get that sentence, so Ferrell's prison term might be limited to years.

Ferrell admitted to the killings. The others confessed to knowing part of the murder plan. Ferrell claims this was not the plan. Instead, Ferrell says he only tried to steal their car so they could use it to get Heather Wendorf out of what they thought was an abusive home.Ferrell tried to steal their car.He wanted to steal their car so they could use it to get Heather Wendorf out of what they believed was an abusive home.They could use the car to get Heather Wendorf out of what they believed was an abusive home.Ferrell blamed taking drugs and the adrenaline from the situation for losing control and lashing out at the couple.Ferrell lost control and lashed out at the couple due to drugs and adrenaline.

Ferrell pleaded guilty.Ferrell pleaded guilty.Ferrell pleaded guilty to the murders almost immediately.Ferrell pleaded guilty to the murders almost immediately. This might have been a trick to shift blame from the other members of the Vampire Clan. He only blamed Anderson for the actual crime.He only implicated Anderson in the actual crime.Prosecutors claimed that.Prosecutors alleged that Dana Cooper and Charity Keesee.Prosecutors alleged that Dana Cooper and Charity Keesee knew the plan to kill Heather Wendorf’s parents, and they faced third-degree murder charges in Florida.The four members were all found guilty.

Police tried to get Wendorf to confess she wanted her parents dead, but she kept saying she was innocent. No charges ever reached her.She maintained her innocence. No charges were ever brought against her.

Even before police searched for Ferrell and the others after the gruesome double murder, the so-called vampire was already under investigation.Court documents show Ferrell once forced his way into an animal shelter in Murray, KY.Once inside, Ferrell allegedly proceeded to.He attacked dozens of dogs.He killed two dogs and injured another so badly it needed euthanasia.

The Embrace.The Embrace also.The report goes into detail.It covers Ferrell’s reportedly traumatic childhood.As a youngster, a family member allegedly sexually assaulted him. His mother separated from his father and entered several brief marriages.

Ferrell rarely stayed in one spot. The family moved between Florida and Kentucky often.Letters surfaced showing his mother tried to convince a friend to have sex with her. She faced a charge of solicitation to commit rape.