Charles Starkweather
Live from the courtroom: On the stand this afternoon, Dale Hausner revealed his fascination with a serial killer named Charles Starkweather. The killer was believed to have killed 11 people on a road trip with his girlfriend in 1958. Hausner said part of his interest in Starkweather was because the two of them were from the same state.
“I believe he is credited with the first American serial killer,” Hausner said. “And I thought that was weird because I’m from Nebraska.”
Starkweather was found guilty of the murders in 1958 and later put to death in an electric chair.
“You wouldn’t know by looking at him on a given day that he was a psychopath,” Hausner testified. “I found that very interesting.”