The Truth About Earle Nelson’s Childhood
Earle Nelson used his abnormally large hands to strangle and rape at least 22 women and one baby in the U.S and Canada from 1925 to 1927. Those big hands earned him the nickname “The Gorilla Killer,” according to the Winnipeg Sun. He was finally caught and convicted for two murders — one victim was a 14-year-old girl — in Winnipeg that year.
Though the nomenclature “serial killer” was not part of the vernacular yet, Nelson certainly was one. Over the decades people who are driven to murder have become an endless source of fascination for some, and one of the things we always wonder is how does a person become so murderous? What makes them so compelled to brutally attack and kill a stranger?
Naturally, we look at their childhoods, where often the seeds are planted. Those seeds are then often cultivated by various adolescent experiences and the eventual killer’s own fantasies as they often take baby steps into violence, stalking, or attempts to assault a prospective victim.
Nelson’s childhood started off tragically when both of his parents died of syphilis by the time he was 15 months old, according to Radford University’s Department of Psychology. His maternal grandparents took Nelson in. Radford describes Nelson’s grandmother as a “very strict Pentecostal,” which according to the website Christianity, can mean that certain ways of dress, entertainment, dancing, or mixing with the opposite sex are prohibited. They believe in divine healing through prayer and speaking in tongues.
Earle Nelson endured a traumatic brain injury as a child
According to Radford, the strict religious upbringing may have contributed to Nelson’s hatred of women, as he may have learned to view all women like the type of domineering women his grandmother was, which he could have resented. By the time Nelson was 7 years old he was expelled from school due to behavior problems, and at age 11 he was hit by a streetcar, incurring a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that would leave a hole in his head, per Radford. Doctors didn’t think he’d recover, but he did.
In his early teen years, his grandmother died and he went to live with an aunt, Lillian Fiban. By age 15 he was drinking and picking up prostitutes, Radford reported. He also did odd things like go to school in clean clothes and come home in someone else’s dirty clothes, and he was teased about his large hands by other kids. He made it to 10th grade but did not get a high school degree.
When Earle Nelson was 18 he was sentenced to two years in San Quentin state prison in California for robbery but was paroled in 1916 at age 19, yet his life of crime was just getting started. His mental health would continue to deteriorate as his taste for strangling landladies and then having sex with their corpses went into a fever pitch from February 1926 to June 1927.
Nelson was hanged to death after his murder convictions in Canada in 1928. He was 30.
56 thoughts on “The Truth About Earle Nelson’s Childhood”
Leave a Reply
Here's How Toni Braxton Went Bankrupt Twice
Animas Forks: The Truth About This Colorado Ghost Town
Here's What It Was Like For Prisoners In Ancient China
The Sad Truth Of The Little Albert Experiment
The Truth About The First Modern Olympic Death
The Unexpected Thing Prince Had In His Recording Studio
A Look At Winston Churchill's Troubles With Money
Here's What We Know About Serial Killer Joel Rifkin's Childhood
Can You Still Stay In Elisa Lam's Room At The Cecil Hotel?
Unique Words That Can't Be Translated Into English
fenofibrate 160mg pill order tricor 160mg generic fenofibrate
cialis 5mg ca tadalafil 5mg sale viagra overnight delivery
order ketotifen 1mg online cheap sinequan 75mg pills tofranil 75mg us
where to buy mintop without a prescription cialis without prescription pills erectile dysfunction
brand acarbose 25mg order precose online cheap order fulvicin 250mg sale
aspirin 75mg over the counter levoflox 250mg generic buy imiquad generic
dipyridamole pills order pravachol online cheap order pravastatin 20mg sale
buy melatonin 3 mg without prescription danocrine online purchase danocrine without prescription
order duphaston 10 mg generic sitagliptin order empagliflozin 10mg generic
etodolac for sale order cilostazol generic pletal buy online
pill prasugrel dimenhydrinate online order buy tolterodine online
order generic pyridostigmine 60mg maxalt online buy generic maxalt
where to buy xalatan without a prescription buy latanoprost cheap oral exelon
buy premarin generic buy premarin without prescription sildenafil 25mg for sale
omeprazole online order buy omeprazole sale metoprolol medication
purchase telmisartan oral plaquenil 400mg buy molnupiravir generic
cenforce pill naproxen 250mg drug buy generic aralen
order modafinil 200mg online buy generic promethazine 25mg deltasone 20mg tablet
order azelastine 10 ml online cheap order astelin 10 ml sale buy generic irbesartan 150mg
nexium without prescription how to get nexium without a prescription topiramate 200mg generic
order sumatriptan pills brand imitrex order dutasteride pills
buy zyloprim 100mg without prescription zyloprim 300mg canada rosuvastatin 10mg oral
ranitidine 300mg generic purchase meloxicam pill cheap celecoxib 100mg
buy buspin without a prescription cordarone brand amiodarone 200mg ca
buy flomax 0.4mg zocor price where can i buy zocor
buy motilium 10mg online cheap order generic carvedilol tetracycline 250mg generic
spironolactone 100mg brand buy finpecia sale propecia 5mg without prescription
academic writing terms best essay writing websites hire essay writer
buy diflucan 200mg buy diflucan online purchase ciprofloxacin online cheap
aurogra brand sildenafil 200mg price generic estrace 2mg
buy flagyl 200mg without prescription cephalexin 125mg price cephalexin 250mg ca
lamictal 200mg price cost lamotrigine 50mg order vermox 100mg for sale
how to buy cleocin erythromycin over the counter fildena for sale
how to buy tretinoin cheap retin order generic avanafil
buy cheap generic nolvadex symbicort sale buy symbicort generic
order tadacip 20mg sale buy indomethacin 50mg online cheap indocin 50mg over the counter
order ceftin 250mg online robaxin cost cost robaxin
purchase trazodone generic order desyrel 100mg online purchase clindac a for sale
order terbinafine 250mg online cheap lamisil 250mg over the counter gambling sites
order aspirin 75 mg generic real money casino casino slots gambling
buy a custom essay college essay minimum buy cefixime generic
academic writing terms casino online gambling global poker online
amoxicillin 500mg tablet biaxin cost biaxin pill
buy rocaltrol without a prescription order generic tricor 160mg order fenofibrate 200mg generic
order catapres 0.1mg pills buy generic antivert for sale oral spiriva
order minocycline 50mg generic where to buy ropinirole without a prescription ropinirole 2mg tablet
buy alfuzosin for sale allergy medications for itching skin medication for cramping stomach otc
femara 2.5 mg us abilify 30mg without prescription abilify 30mg uk
nicotine replacement therapy chewing tobacco list of pain medications acetaminophen contain pain killer name
provera 5mg cheap order medroxyprogesterone microzide 25mg cost
online genital herpes medication get valacyclovir online how is type 2 diabetes diagnosed
cyproheptadine 4 mg canada cyproheptadine 4mg us buy nizoral 200 mg sale
anti fungal herbs and supplements antiviral creams for genital herpes drink for high blood pressure
can erosive gastritis be cured medication for pulseless ventricular tachycardia how to cure uti at home fast
buy promethazine cheap buy stromectol pills ivermectin drug
where can you buy estrogen monthly birth control pill delivery lasting longer without a condom