Dean “The Candyman” Corll was a mamas boy with a penchant for the depraved.Ĭorll would then star as torturer-in-chief committing unspeakable acts on his victims.Ī handful of his victims have never been identified.Īccording to Texas Monthly, elderly parents from across the country still call, looking to bring their boys home - and find some sort of closure. Then they’d be handcuffed to Corll’s so-called “torture table.” To throw people off their trail they’d have the boys write letters to their families claiming out of town work, a short trip etc. There, they would be stripped naked, their mouths taped and their hands and legs bound. The twisted trio would take the terrified boys to one of Corll’s homes. Need a lift? Wanna beer? James Glass vanished in 1970. They told the cops the drill went like this: The teens would be lured into Corll’s Plymouth GTX muscle car or his white van. Jerry Waldrop vanished in 1971.Īlong the way, The Candy Man, recruited two henchmen –Wayne Henley, 17, and David Brooks, 18 - who had been by Corll’s side since he was 12. “He didn’t have no temper,” one dumbfounded neighbour told reporters. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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