Original subtitles

I am an American and I killed Americans

I am a human being and I killed human beings

and I did it in my society

Edmund

How about a little help out here?

Edmund?

Hey, Ma I hope you're happy now

Because I've gone and just killed them both

I killed grandma and grandpa

Edmund

I should think that you'd be beside yourself with excitement

Here, you float daydreaming

I was just thinking

You're going to have to refrain from that

when you're in a conversation with people

It can be very unnerving

Okay, you're right Sorry

It's neither here nor there any longer

Your chariot awaits you, my boy

Now, then

just remember all the things that we've talked about

and you're going to be fine

You're going to be just fine

And if you happen to find yourself

in an awkward situation,

please phone me

Oh, I won't I mean, I will, Doctor

I'll call I mean

I catch you drift, son

You came here a boy

You're leaving a man

A man?

Yes

You're going to find a world outside that has moved forward

The worst thing that you can do is try to catch up to it

You've got to get your debt

You don't owe the world anything

You understand?

Sure, Doctor

Good luck, Edmund

Oh, Edmund

one more thing

For the sake of all the hard work that we've done,

please, stay away from your mother

the overriding issues of war and peace,

unless they know the truth about that policy

Hey, Ma

You put on weight

to answer some of the questions that I know

Nothing to do in that place, except eat

What about getting your mind fixed?

Yeah, and that

how has this administration

Are you hungry? There is beer in the fridge

What has really happened in the negotiations

Actually, I need to use the can

Oh It's just over there

Guest room is next to it

What are the prospects of peace?

- That's where you sleep - Now, let me begin

You get hungry? Kitchen is through there

When I was inaugurated

Don't expect me to fix you anything

The war had been going on for four years

31,000 Americans had been killed in action

The training program

My bedroom has a bathroom, but it's off limits to you

Got it? Mm

540,000 Americans were in Vietnam

with no plans to reduce the number

No progress

The war was causing deep division at home

and criticism from many of our friends

as well as our enemies abroad

In view of these circumstances there were some

who urged that I end the war at once

You probably noticed there's no toilet paper

You've got to go number two then

From a political standpoint, this would

have been a popular and easy course to follow

After all

Well, Pilgrim, I reckon we got us some rough trail ahead

Uh-huh

Hallelujah

Boy learned to wash his paws in the joint

Yeah, if only I had a towel to dry him

End of the hall in the cabinet, genius

Oh, listen, I made plans for tonight

So, I'm sure you'd probably have to stay here,

you know, get settled

Yeah First night after five years of lockdown,

why would I want to do anything special?

It's not my fault,

you getting let out on Saturday and all

Right I should have gotten released

on a more convenient day for you

Wise ass

Shit, she's here

Let her in Tell her I'm getting dressed

You're already dressed

Don't get smart

And don't tell her

you're in that goddamn nuthouse Just, uh

I told people you were just staying with your grandparents

Symbolically, I guess you could say I was

Just don't embarrass me in front of people

Hi, is Clarnell here?

She told me to tell you she's getting dressed

Oh Ah Well, may I come in?

Oh, please Sorry

I'm Sally

Oh, I'm Ed Pleasure to meet you

I know I've heard a lot about you

Really?

Well, she's mentioned you

Mentioned what?

Nothing Ready to go?

You bet

Nice meeting you, Ed

Oh, good to meet you too, Sally

Christ, let's go And you

Don't you burn down the friggin' house, okay?

Dad?

Please, don't go

Come on Come here

Hey

Soldiers don't cry, right?

Especially big ones like you Salute?

Look your mom and I, we just

We can't get along anymore

But she hates me

No, no She doesn't hate you

Hell, you're special

And one day, one day,

your mom and the whole world will know that

You'll show them

Remember that

Tell your sisters

I love them and

and I'll call when I get settled

I love you, son

Dad, wait

You forgot your records

Dad, dad

Where do you think you're going?

Dad forgot his records

Come here

I'll be good, mom

- Get down there - Please

Please I'll be good, Mom

Please

Don't leave me alone down here

Eddie

Come on, guy Up and kill him

Up and at 'em Come on, guy Come on, get up

Come on No free rides around here

Free rides?

I've been here less than 24 hours

You tell me, smarty pants, how long is it

I should let you lie around

before you get off your fat ass and find a damn job?

More than 24 hours

I'm up I'm up

I got you a present

Really?

You don't gotta act like I said the moon

is made of green cheese

What'd you get me?

It's a university sticker

I get to work in the drama department with you?

No way you're dragging your lumbering self

inside where I work

Seeing you on stage in "Death of a Salesman,"

you was Willie Lohman That's too funny

So what's this for, then?

It'll let you drive me on and off campus

without having to embarrass me when they ask

what the heck you're doing there

You just said you didn't want me near your work

No, I said inside

Besides, I might need a ride sometime

and you're a notch above a bus

You are buying a car

I kinda figured I had to

Damn right Only people who don't have cars in California

are bums and damn hippies

You don't have a car

It got wrecked

Okay, so what's your deal with hippies?

You heard about that Manson thing in LA, right?

Hippies The lot of them

That's kind of a generalization, isn't it?

I don't like any of it

There's, uh

cereal in the kitchen if you want some

Edmund It's dinner time

Oh, God, help me

Edmund Edmund, what did you do?

What the hell are you staring at?

Whose cat is that?

You just forget about that damn cat

I just want to know who it belongs to

Just forget about it, okay?

All right

Geez

Make sure you wash that

I will

Up against some of the worst drivers in the world

I wrote my number down at work if you need it

and there's cold cuts in the fridge

if you get hungry for lunch

Thanks, Ma

What about that cereal bowl?

I said I'd wash it, didn't I?

Don't you get smart with me

Say you're going to do something and then do nothing at all?

I'm curious how you know so much about me

when you haven't seen me in six years

Don't you go blaming me for that

It's not my fault you got put away in that damn place

Isn't it, Mom? Isn't it?

Oh, you son of a bitch

That's me, Ma, a real son of a bitch

What kind of mouth is that talking that way in here?

You can't respect me or this house,

you just goddamn leave, you hear me?

You awake?

Yeah, Ma

You clean that pigsty yet?

The helicopter hovers over the jungle

In the midst of the firefight, his buddies

put Hero on the rescue chopper,

and he's pulled up 100 feet

100 feet to a hospital bed

I'll do it when I get home I'm going to be late for work

I can't believe somebody's so hard up

they're willing to pay you to work for them

One mine less one man

That's real supportive, Ma

Clean that goddamn room

Rehearsals will go long and late tonight

The kids are as bad as you are ugly

Don't wait up

Ha And I'll fix you a lunch Enjoy

PS Clean that goddamn room

Ma?

Mom?

- You're late - Same as she's having

Sorry The meeting with the Johnson boys' parents

went long

It just bites into our time, is all

- Forget about it - Mm

Here you go, sweets

Thanks, Jazz

We'll have the usual over here

And some peanuts

Do you know them?

He said that Santa Cruz was the murder capital

of the world

Mm

Hold on

Sally

Sally

Ta-da

So do you know them?

Seen them around

- Where? - Here

I think they work over at the courthouse

Don't be so paranoid

Look, I don't need to lose my job

over accusations about us

Relax

So, how's the meathead?

Got a car, a job

Where?

Highway Department

Probably picks up trash

That must help ease the stress

Not really

Seems worse, actually

Kick him out then

Now, look, I wish I could have

a normal relationship with the kid,

but every time I look at him, I just see his old man,

I remember the things he did as a child

It just makes me sick

There's something seriously wrong with him

Looks he gives

Hmm

Maybe the shrinks didn't fix him after all

Why not send him back there?

No, no, I couldn't do that

Look, when we leave for Europe,

I'll tell him to find a place of his own,

and when you and I get back, he'll be gone

Six weeks to find the place is plenty of time, even for him

I mean, I feel guilty as his mother, but

he's just not right

Speaking of the trip

I don't think that I can come

What?

Sorry

Sally, we planned this holiday for months

I know, I know

It's not too late for you to get your money back

I got mine yesterday

In full

I'm going

No matter what

Clarnell

Jazz, give me a shot of whiskey

- Thanks - What about our peanuts?

Sorry about that Coming right up

Every time Like clockwork

Hey, one more with your name on it, Big Ed

Thanks

Here you go

Hey, leave it there

You want to hear this shit?

Yeah, man, I got a cousin over there

He kill any gooks?

He sent me this letter

saying he killed over 50 people so far

He had a picture of him

holding this dude's severed head

Gook's ain't people

Well, their opinion might differ

Mm-hmm

I wrote him back asking him how it feels

You could have just asked me

So that shit be true?

I knew it

Okay

Why?

I wanted to see what it felt like to kill grandma

Good for you, Big Ed

Crazy motherfucker

Everything's going too fast

Not fast enough

What the hell are you staring at?

What are you eating for lunch, man?

Is that egg salad?

Oh, yeah

It doesn't smell out here in the heat, does it?

You're too crazy for me, man

Well, it ain't contagious

Eddie

Eddie

Let me out, please

Please, let me out

Fuck your mother's ass

Help

Susan, help me

Eddie?

Should I let him out?

- Please, mom I'll be good - Shut up

Oh, you useless little shit Stop it

Let me out

There's something down here Let me out

I know so little, I

I didn't know it could happen to one and not the other

I thought it always happened to both

That isn't it

- Well, I - So you do feel?

Look, Penny

I'm not that kind of guy who does things suddenly

Another goddamn Western

Don't you get tired of watching these things?

Get tired of the Duke? No way

Grab your ma a beer, guy

Why are you like watching him so much?

A lot of guys like the Duke

Most guys got no reason to be made to feel less than a man

Look, I I'll change the channel

I mean, John Wayne's like

the definition of manhood That's hardly you

Just lay off, would you?

I mean, it's got to make you feel bad

watching a man like that,

doing manly things

How do you feel knowing a man like that

wouldn't give you the time of day?

Could you ride past my schoolhouse with me?

'Cause a lot of boys will not believe

that I know Quirt Evans

What did you say?

Oh, gosh Everybody says

you're the fastest man in the territory

You already went through three husbands

you couldn't keep

What makes you think he'd be interested in you?

You miserable little

They all left because of you

You didn't even meet the last fella

until after I was sent away

I doubt you even told him about me

I declare, Penny, I don't know

Yeah, yeah, figures

What'd you think about that?

Someday

you're going to have to get over yourself

and accept I'm not the cause of all your problems

Good night

You're not the cause of my problems

You are my problems

Yeah, run away

Don't see your precious Duke running away from a woman

Surely you can walk to the barn without that

- What? - The gun

Debbie, leave the baby alone

You're not coming home for dinner?

Okay

Billy, put down those matches

Nervine is a simple mild relaxer

for simple nervous tension

It won't put you in another world

It'll just make it easier for you to function in this one

Open this door, Duke

Open this goddamn door

Open this door, Duke

Open this goddamn door

I want to show you something

Show you why he'd give me the time of day

He'd fuck me

Fuck me hard

While a pansy like you and your daddy

yank yer tiny puds

He would fuck me

Fuck me hard

Should have seen me in "Streetcar"

Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable,

and it's the one thing I have never, ever been guilty of

Open this fucking door

You excited?

I am so excited

Oh, my gosh

I need a party I need a weekend off school

I'm nervous to see him

- Really? Why? - Yeah

I'm just nervous I don't know

Hmm You're going to have so much fun

- Yeah? - I promise

- Yeah - Okay

Just like try to be cool when we get there

Yeah Okay

You know, I swear to God, though, it gives me a complex

Like how anytime, whenever we go out somewhere,

you always tell me how I gotta be cool

What? Do not

Do too

It's like every time when we go out anywhere,

it's like you're afraid

I'm going to embarrass you or something

You are totally stoned

I think you use it as your own little coping device

Like you set me up to be a square,

and you get to come off and be the bomb

See?

You're wrong

You're genuinely square

Whatever

How about a ride?

Where are you guys headed?

Stanford See our boyfriends

Stanford, huh? It's a little out of my way

Well, as far as you can take us, we really appreciate it

Yes, thanks a lot, mister

Hey, what's with the plastic?

For my work

What do you do?

Well, I like to drive

Oh, uh, the Department of Highways I'm a flag man

You know, one of those dudes who controls traffic

That's cool You get to work outside

It's all right

You know, I don't mean to be a pain,

but are you sure this is the right way?

It'll never last, will it?

I'm sorry?

We were having such a nice time

You can just, uh, let us out here

Seriously, here is fine

Mister, you're freaking us out

Just pull over We really We can get out here

Would you please? Please, right here is fine

Please, mister, stop

Here is fine

Just pull over We really We can get out here

Please, man, just stop

Goddamn Bitch, shut the fuck up

or I'm gonna shoot you in the face

You two behave and before you know it,

this will all be over

What do you want with us?

You know what I want

When he opens the door

Shut up

Okay

Get out

Try anything,

I'll blow your friend's tits off

You'll be okay It's gonna be okay

You wait here

Come on Come on

Get in

We won't tell anything to anybody

I'll shoot you and your friend in the gut

and leave you here to bleed to death slowly

Now get in

Watch your head

Please

Get in the back seat

Uh

Lie down

Turn on your stomach

Leave her alone, you asshole

Mister, you're hurting me

No No

What are you looking at?

Mom, what are you doing here?

I took a cab home seeing you weren't there

to pick me up like you promised

Numbnuts

But that was today

What are those?

- Just some pictures - Of what?

Just me and some friends

You've got friends?

How was your trip?

Like you care

Yeah, that's why I asked

You really are a damn ninny

I don't know why I bother

Grab my other suitcase I need a beer

If you have a trunk at all

And why didn't you answer the telephone?

Christ, I let it ring a hundred times

You owe me five for the damn cab

Shit for brains

Welcome home, Ma

Oh, you big jerk

Why'd you pretend you didn't remember?

I guess I was afraid

If you thought I did something nice,

you'd have a heart attack

Here's a fin for the cab

Oh, you big oaf

Oh, that's not all

I made us reservations for dinner

Oh, no can do kiddo

I made plans with Sally

She said she's gonna make it up to me

for not coming on the trip

Give me a rain check Okay?

Sure

I'm gonna take a soak

Don't forget my suitcase

I told you to let me die

Security hassle you?

No Didn't even see them

Good

Fuck you, narc

Hey, make love not war, you capitalist pig

Yeah, man, suck it

What, you're leaving?

Stinkin' hippies

I hope they get drafted and shot over there

Hope in one hand, shit in the other,

see which fills up first

That's classy

Yep, wishing death is?

Wise ass

♪ There is a house in New Orleans ♪

♪ They call the Rising Sun ♪

♪ And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy ♪

♪ And, God, I know I'm one ♪

♪ My mother was a tailor ♪

♪ She sewed my new blue jeans ♪

- Hey, there - What?

Sorry

Kinda out here all by yourself, aren't you?

I had to transfer, but the stupid bus is late

You know what? I don't want to scare you or anything,

but, you know, some pretty horrible things

have been happening

Young girls getting themselves killed?

Yeah, I know, it's kind of all over the news,

but I gotta get into the city

Look, I got some place I gotta be,

but I don't like the idea of leaving you out here like this

There's another bus stop, like a couple miles away from here

It's in front of gas station

At least I won't be in the middle of nowhere

Well, sounds perfect Hop in

We all gotta work together to keep safe

I'm Ed, by the way

You've got friends

There's a roll of medical tape in my glove compartment

Hand it to me

Who's nervous now?

My mouth's not that big

Move your jaw See if you can loosen it

Good

Hop in the backseat

Damn it

You left them in the car

John Wayne is like the definition of manhood

That's hardly you

God, can you believe I wore that?

Yeah Who shot the couch?

Well, if you would've come along

I don't want to hear about that

Just want to know your reason, is all

Drop it, Clara Water under the bridge

So, did you get any dick over there?

Guys are shit

Hmm Gals can be shit too

Hmm Don't I know it?

Average woman didn't have to deal with a no-count man,

she'd be a goddamn president

That's an awful lot of presidents

- You know what I mean - Hmm

Hey, why don't we go into your bedroom?

In case you haven't noticed, I still have

my goddamn worthless son living here

Next time you're tossing innuendos around,

maybe you'll realize that little microscope you use

to judge everyone else

If it were turned back on you, it would be twice as ugly

What the hell are you talking about?

I wasn't making innuendos

I just thought we should move the party

to your room before he gets home

Oh, so now I need to walk on eggshells at my own house?

I am not playing your game this time

What goddamn game?

Not again

You blew off our vacation

Left me alone over there

You get drunk You get hateful You pick a fight

I am not playing this time

Fuck you, I get hateful

Don't you turn your back

Oh

Eddie You scared me

Sorry, Miss Hallett I wasn't paying attention

Please, I told you a hundred times Call me Sally

Right I'm sorry

Your mother's in another one of her damn moods

She's been in one of her moods for 15 years

Take my advice

Grab a beer, go to your room, shut the door,

and ride out the storm

I'll try

Oh, hey, your trunk is open

Oh, thanks I'll get it

It won't close like that

You have to lift it up first

Jesus, Eddie

Sorry

You could have hurt me

Sorry Sorry Forgive me

Okay

I'm gonna go home and get some sleep

I've had enough of this craziness for one night

Keep going

Well, well, well The prodigal bum returns

See you ran off Sally

She's got a smart tongue

She does, huh?

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Nothing, Ma

The hell it was nothing You were insinuating something

No, Ma, I really wasn't I just want to take a shower

How can you need a shower?

God knows you didn't do any damn work today

I raped and murdered a girl today

I got her stink all over me You smell it?

That's

How can you possibly think that's funny?

So then, I shot her

Edmund, what happened next?

You know, she, um

died

Grandma?

Grandma?

Grandma

Excuse the interruption, Mr Kemper, but

you make the killing of your grandmother accidental

Well, it's not like I did it on purpose

Well, then how might you explain the stab wounds?

I was

You know, I panicked

I, you know, wasn't exactly thinking

logically at that point

I had a sort of vague idea

that maybe I could make it look like some wacko

had broken in and killed her, and then, you know,

I wouldn't have to explain to Grandpa what had happened

Edmund

Edmund How 'bout a little help out here

Edmund?

That's how that happened

It occurs to me, Edmund, that you relate

the details of your grandparent's killing

almost passively, as

as if you were merely a spectator

During our time together, I told Edmund

that focusing on the past was counterproductive,

that it would be better for him

to concentrate on the here and now

Mr Kemper, I'm sure you must understand

this board is charged

with the responsibility of judging your mental fitness

To adequately do so

without speculating

on the therapeutic validity of

There's a lot of fooling around

nonsense have to go with it

I'm not going to stand for a lot of dressed up

and jabber up people looking at me,

just 'cause I'm getting married

Mr Kemper

I remember a moment,

as a child, where I saw

my m-mother smiling upon me,

a joyous smile

Smile

One that I've never seen again

We're all the sum total of our experiences, and

though it's unhealthy to dwell in the past,

nor is it healthy to deny it, to grow and develop

As human beings,

we must embrace and study what we've done

The only way to truly know ourselves

is to know what we've done

Hmm

This concludes the final psychiatric

re-evaluation of Mr Edmund Kemper

The progress he has made since release,

and the remarkable clarity and perception

with which he views his crimes

It is the opinion of this board that Edmund Kemper III

be deemed mentally fit and healthy,

not a threat to society, and accorded the freedom

and independence that follows

It is our recommendation his juvenile records be sealed

so that Mr Kemper may be afforded

the fresh start he so obviously deserves

Hey, where you headed?

Cabrillo, I got class at community college

Class, huh?

Professor been on my ass

Don't you pay attention to the news?

You mean the shit that's happening in Vietnam?

I don't know, man Just need a ride

- No, the Co-Ed killer - What?

Please, no

God

Clarnell,

you can tell me anything I'm here for you

I'm worried about Edmund

Your son?

Yes

It's something he said the other night,

along with what the newspapers have said about those girls

Nothing said between us and God leaves his house

That he raped a woman and needed to shower

her smell off of himself

I see

And I think he was joking, but

with what's been happening

and his past, I'm worried

His past should not taint your opinion of him

Those words are unsettling

You wouldn't want to jump to conclusions

that may put an innocent boy back behind bars

I know I just

I just wanted to get it off my chest and

and see if there's an alternative

The fact that you opened your heart

and home to the boy

after his unspeakable act

is truly commendable

And I feel, if you were to speak with him

Hmm That's difficult, Father

See, it's hard for me to communicate with him

As soon as I try,

horrible things come at me

Things I'm ashamed to say, especially to my own son

Oh

Perhaps you should bring him here,

so that we may discuss this together

Sort of neutral territory

Thank you, Father I'll try that

I want to be a good mother

♪ so much whiter since you came my way ♪

♪ Colors are brighter ♪

♪ So I sing what I say ♪

♪ I've been lonely ♪

♪ I've been waiting ♪

♪ I'm looking for someone ♪

♪ Someone like you ♪

- Hi - Hey Thanks for the lift

Where you headed?

Downtown

Oh, me too

Oh

Wait

You two aren't together?

Nope I'm hitching just like you

♪ I've been hungry ♪

♪ I've been cold ♪

- Hello, sir - Is there a problem, officer?

Because of the war protests and recent homicides,

I'm making sure everyone on campus

is supposed to be here

Oh, I totally understand

That's why I got the sticker on the back

for when I pick up my sisters

Please, back up

- You did say, sisters? - Correct

Great Have a nice day, ladies

Gentleman, have a nice day

Knock it off Knock it off

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Shit, would you look at that pig?

What? Where?

Oh, my God Oh, my God

Please, don't

Oh, my God Please, stop

Stop, stop, stop, stop

Edmund?

Edmund?

I'm gonna get that boy a piece of my damn mind

Edmund

Edmund, open this damn door

Edmund

What the hell, Ma?

What the hell yourself?

What are you doing in there?

Sleeping

What the shit did I hear before?

Me crying in my sleep, I guess

Good morning, Ma

No wonder you can't get a woman

That's the way you greet her in the morning

It's not the morning so much

It's more what happens the night before

Oh Like mud

Men like their coffee strong

Call me a big girl and pass me the milk

You're just gonna have to deal with it, you big girl

What's so funny?

Okay, okay, okay, what? What's so funny?

It's your underwear, son of mine

My underwear?

It's got a winking eye, you naughty boy

Wow

All those warnings growing up

about needing to keep them clean,

I guess I needed to keep them whole

Can't blame this one on me, sonny boy

So I gotta drink this mud without milk?

We can pick up milk after church

Church?

Yes

What for?

Father Artis wants to speak with us

Do it, Eddie

What's wrong?

Oh N-nothing Just sweaty palms, is all

Look, we can, uh

pick up some milk on the way back, okay?

Speak with us about what?

Our Our relationship

What relationship?

Exactly

And about what you said the other day

That was just a joke to--to get you off my back

No Joke or not, I

I--I can't today

Maybe tomorrow

Ma?

My cup runneth over

Surely, goodness and mercy

shall follow me all the days of my life

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever

Amen

Edmund

Haven't you got some real important business

to attend to

someplace else?

Why don't you kick up that horse and move on?

Kids are as bad as you are ugly

No

Fastest gun in the house

You know, among other things,

a kid needs a lot of iron to come out right

When he's three, he needs as much as a full grown man

At six, 20% more

Now, if you're not sure he's getting enough iron

from the food he eats,

you can always give him one of these Chocks Plus

iron tablets every day

They're cherry-flavored

By the time he's 12,

you'll find you've built yourself a pretty good kid

There is love There is loss

I've known one of them

Connection with death does not involve

the cutting up of the victims

And this, apparently, was the grisly pattern

set in the death of the girl whose body parts were found

scattered from here in Santa Cruz to Big Sur

And an even more horrible possibility has come to light

with the findings of the two girls in Castro Valley

All the blood was pumped from their bodies,

indicating that they may have been

butchered while they were still alive

Peter Burns, Eyewitness News, Santa Cruz

When did you stop hitchhiking?

Well, about a week ago

And that's about last Monday, because that's when the report

came out that the girls were missing

Did you do much hitchhiking before that?

Well, I went down to town a lot

Not very much back up I'd always take the bus

Because I thought it was safe on campus

Do you ever have a bad experience?

No

Cameron Smith, a UC Santa Cruz student,

has organized the rape hotline

Come on, ma

I raped and murdered a girl today

I got her stink all over me You smell it?

And then they'll say,

I've been assaulted or I've been raped

And they will say, "Well, do you want to talk?"

♪ At this very moment ♪

Mommy Mommy

Ma, hat the hell are you doing in here?

I--I was just looking around

In my room?

Well, it's my house

No, no

Let go of me, you big bastard

You're my mother We both know who my dad is,

so let's not have any of that crap

After all I have given you

Are you serious?

Fear and hate?

Locking me away in the basement,

pounding into my head the idea I'm less,

constantly telling me nobody wants to be my friend?

Telling me during my worst moments

Telling me I'm not good enough

For all those pretty co-eds you talk to on a daily basis,

like I'm some cancerous tumor to be hidden away

That what you're talking about, Ma?

'Cause if that's what you're talking about,

that makes me weep for the country's children

That's unfair

Unfair is being born to a mother who never wanted you

Unfair is being treated as an unwanted nuisance

Unfair is when your mother treats your scabbed knee

like it's something you've done to ruin her fucking day

I wasn't the best mother

But I've never done anything but good to you

Good is for other people

Ma, you're supposed to treat your own son better than good

Hell, if you treated me half as good

as you did Allyn and Susan

I never knew that I made you feel that way

I just thought we couldn't talk, is all

And as for Allyn and Susan

I have the same love for you all inside

Love

First time I've heard that word spill out of your lips

My whole life,

you've been caught up in your own shit

I guess I do that, don't I?

All I want

is for you to be proud of me

Oh, Edmund

Oh, Edmund

What's proud?

Good God, turn me loose

You want me to be proud?

Proud of what?

Your only accomplishment in life

is getting turned loose from that goddamn booby hatch

I ought to go back

I must be crazy buying you having a maternal moment

You're scaring me

Yeah, you ought to go back

It's the only place you aren't the biggest loser in the room

Hell with this I'm going for a drive

I missed you more than words can say

I know we have our ups and downs,

but I love you with all my heart

Your son, Guy

I'm sorry, Guy

I'm so sorry

Do it Do it, Eddie

What have you done?

It's not natural

Do it, Eddie Stick your cock in her mouth

Pull it out and stick it in her ass

Stab her in the pussy

Go ahead, Eddie Do it

Do it Fuck her face

Fuck her mouth Kill her

Run away

Run away, little boy, like your goddamn father

No, it It's okay I--I'm okay

Pilgrim, I don't reckon

there's a single little thing okay with a grown man crying

Duke

Son, I reckon it's time

- Time? - To shit

or exit the outhouse

You've been building up to something,

and I reckon we both know what it is

It's time to get on outta here and get it done

Edmund?

It's over

Something else you screwed up, huh, George?

Just like your goddamn father

If you're referring to "Of Mice and Men",

I would be Lenny, Ma

I know, you dumb moose

I played Mae on the fucking stage with Lon Chaney Jr

But seeing I'm a severed head now, pardon the confusion

Ugh

This oughta shut you up for good

You pervert

I'm going to make you smile, Mammy

Clarnell?

Eddie

Where are you?

Happy Easter

Oh, my God

I didn't deserve this

severing a human head

Two of them

He cut off their heads

30 seconds of hell in the sack with you

and your tiny pud, big man

Hello, Santa Cruz Police Department

Malone speaking

Hello?

Anybody there?

Santa Cruz Police Department

She's dead

I--I killed her

Hello?

Hello?

Ah

Santa Cruz Police Department

Look, if you're playing a game, it is--

This is Edmund Kemper Don't hang up

Look, send somebody out here now

I killed her and them co-eds

I'll give you the number here and wait

Okay, hold on What's the number?

Pueblo, I think

Colorado?

Yeah, Colorado

Okay, just stay there and wait, okay?

I'll wait here

I'm all finished now

Are you still there?

I need to put a trace on line three right now

Hello Ed, can you hear me?

And that's how that happened

You don't seem particularly remorseful

What's that?

I can say I'm sorry, and I suppose I am,

but what does that mean?

Sorrow

For the people you caused harm

Harm?

I fucking slaughtered people

The only people I ever harmed were maybe

friends and loved ones

Well, then you do recognize that you've caused pain

Of course I caused pain

Pain was my currency

The point I'm trying to make is

maybe I'm not enough of a hypocrite to try

and alleviate my own guilt

saying, "Remorse this, and I'm sorry that"

I mean, you know

I know who I am

I certainly know what I'm capable of

Okay

I guess that's it

Thank you, Ed

I mean, I appreciate your time

Relax

They're changing the shift

They're feeding the guys in the secure area

It might be 15, 20 minutes before they come and get you

You know

If I went apeshit in here,

you'd be in a lot of trouble, wouldn't you?

I could screw off your head and place it

on the table to greet the guard

And there's not a damn thing you can do about it

Ed

You don't think I came in here

without some method of defending myself, do you?

Don't shit me, Ressler

They wouldn't let you up here if you had any weapons on you

What have you got, then?

I'm not about to tell you what I may or may not have

What is it, a poison pen?

Maybe

But those aren't the only weapons one might have

Karate

Got your black belt?

You think you can take me?

Ed

You're a smart guy

If you were to do anything to me,

you'd be in a lot of trouble

What are they going to do,

take away my television privileges?

Nothing compared to the delectable memory

popping your head like a grape might provide

- Agent Ressler? - Yep

- Thank you - Thanks

You know I was just kidding, don't you?

Yeah

Sure, Ed

Bye now

Don't forget me

Good night