Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
“Mama, I killed Dean,” says Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. in this 1973 KPRC-TV report following the death of serial killer Dean Corll.
This historic news coverage documents Henley’s confession and the discovery of burial sites in Houston, near Lake Sam Rayburn, and on High Island Beach in what became known as the Houston Mass Murders. Presented for historical and educational purposes, the footage captures the shock and aftermath that gripped the region in August 1973.
“Mama, I killed Dean,” says Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. in this 1973 KPRC-TV report following the death of serial killer Dean Corll.
This historic news coverage documents Henley’s confession and the discovery of burial sites in Houston, near Lake Sam Rayburn, and on High Island Beach in what became known as the Houston Mass Murders. Presented for historical and educational purposes, the footage captures the shock and aftermath that gripped the region in August 1973.
