Jerry Brudos, the Lust Killer Who Killed Women for Their High Heels

Jerry Brudos was known as the Shoe Fetish Killer and the Lust Killer. He was responsible for the murder of four women and the abduction of several others.

Sam H Arnold
CrimeBeat
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5 min readApr 7, 2022

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Jerry Brudos was known as the Shoe Fetish Killer and the Lust Killer. He was responsible for the murder of four women and the abduction of several others. He was obsessed at an early age with women’s clothing, especially their shoes. He would dress as a transvestite in the clothes of his victims and took the most gruesome of souvenirs.

He first started acting out his sexual fantasies at five years old. Traumatised by a controlling and violent mother, these fantasies escalated. In addition, he hated women, who he believed all represented his mother. These factors turned a boy obsessed with women’s shoes into a violent and horrific serial killer.

Early Life of Jerry Brudos

Brudos was born on 31st January 1939 in Webster, South Dakota. Brudos was the youngest of two sons. His parents were Henry and Eileen Brudos; Eileen was not happy when she found out that she was pregnant, but still, she hoped for a daughter. Eileen was horrified as another son and emotionally and physically abusive to…

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Sam H Arnold
CrimeBeat

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