The Glamour Girl Slayer; Harvey Glatman

Glatman was a serial killer who murdered three women and disposed of their bodies, but not before taking photographs of their suffering.

Harvey Glatman was born on the 10th of October 1927 in the Bronx, New York. An awkward child, Glatman excelled at school and had a high IQ. He enjoyed the arts and had a passion for photography growing up.

When he was a toddler, his family moved to Denver Colorado, where his mother had family. He attended Denver East high school, where he was part of the school band, playing the cornet. Early on, Glatman showed traces of antisocial behaviour and violent tendencies. Behind his back, his classmates would make fun of him, calling him a weasel or chipmunk due to his large ears and buck teeth.

In 1938, his parents caught him masturbating with a rope tied around his neck. Being 11 years old, it was normal for boys to experiment, but his parents were concerned about his behaviour.

The assaults

In his teenage years, Glatman broke into multiple houses, stealing small trophies and one occasion, he stole a gun. In the beginning, these burglaries were random, but they became more deliberate the more houses he broke into.

He began to target the houses of attractive women. He would follow his targets home and climb through an unlocked window or door. He would catch the women by surprise and tie them…