In the late 1950s, a horrifying serial killer preyed on the young aspiring starlets of Hollywood, taking twisted “glamour” shots of his victims before sexually assaulting and murdering them.
These horrifying killings were the work of Harvey Glatman, dubbed “The Glamour Girl Slayer.”
From an early age, long before he earned his nickname, Harvey Glatman expressed certain sadomasochistic sexual tendencies. Growing up in Denver, Colorado in the 1930s and 40s, Glatman’s parents quickly became aware of their child’s unusual inclinations.
His mother, for example, once discovered the young Glatman choking himself with a noose for sexual gratification at the age of just 12.
“It seems like I always had a piece of rope in my hands when I was a kid,” Glatman would later tell officers. “I guess I was just kind of fascinated by rope.”
