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Between 1970 and 1973, serial killer and sex offender Dean Corll also known as the Candyman or Piped Piper, abducted, raped, tortured and murdered at least twenty-eight teenage boys and young men in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. This sinister crime spree would later become known as the Houston Mass Murders and only came to light after one of one the two teenage accomplices Dean Corll groomed turned on him. So, what lead to Dean Corll becoming a serial killer and why did two teenage boys help him commit such heinous crimes?

References:

The Candy Man Who Wasn't So Sweet After All | Houstonia Magazine

He Lured Victims for the Notorious 'Candy Man' Serial Killer. Here's What He Had to Say for Himself

Gruesome Things Dean Corll Did To His Victims

Hideous crimes of the real 'candyman' killer who lured kids with sweets, raped and used 'torture board' on 28 victims | The US Sun

Elmer Wayne Henley, The Teen Accomplice Of 'Candy Man' Dean Corll

Dean Corll [The Candy Man Serial Killer]: Why He Kills? Forensic

Dean Corll And Elmer Henley, Of 'Mindhunter,' Were Real Houston Serial Killers

Dean Corll, The Candy Man Killer Behind The Houston Mass Murders

Serial Killer Dean Corll's Accomplice Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. Speaks Out in New ID Doc

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