HOUSTON (AP) — One after another, as a steamy summer evening faded from dusk to darkness, the bodies of young boys were pulled from the dirt floor of boat stall No. 11. By night’s end on Aug. 8, 1973, eight corpses had been recovered from makeshift graves. The next day, nine more were discovered inside the corrugated metal shed in southwest Houston. Another 10 bodies were found on remote High Island beach, 80 miles east of Houston, and in a … Continue reading
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I can’t believe the majority of you people are in your 50s. Y’all write and talk like illiterate hillbillies. My heart goes out … my heart goes out …. my heart goes out … Izzat all y’all can say?? Gawddammit this fawkin murder case is almost 40 years old now, and y’all still gripin’ about it. Give it a rest already!!!
Roger, I accidentally deleted your Facebook message…can you re-send?
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Staurt Cabler and the rest who lost friends and loved ones!!
I’m so sorry fir your loss.The first time I read about this story was months ago when Texas Monthly did a story.I still have nightmares about these crimes.There isn’t much outthere about these crimes and it’s a shame.This story must come out again so these poor souls won’t be forgotten and maybe police can search High Island for the last body.Again so sorry for the families and friends of these boys who’s lives were cut short by I think the worst serial killer of our time.Rest in peace brave souls!!!
Anyone with any more info on Stanton, or with any relevant questions or commentary, feel free to message me on Facebook. Thanks.
The below is about James Stanton Dreymala.
Stanton, as he preferred to be called, although not my best friend, was a good friend, and someone whom I had the greatest respect for. He lived 1 block away from me in the neighborhood of Meadowcreek. We were in the same grade and both had gone through Patterson Elementary together. He was one of the few kids that I went to school with that could have whupped my butt, had he so chosen, but although a tall, strong, strapping lad, he was a peaceable soul, and we always got along well.
One of our pastimes was to forage along the roadways and in the ditches in our neighborhood looking for returnable soda bottles to redeem for the deposit. And, shortly after this nightmare came to life in August of ’73, there was a brief mention of the circumstances of his abduction in one of the papers, based on testimony of Henley, or perhaps Brooks, in which they stated that they had picked him up while he had been out looking for returnable bottles. They had pulled up next to him in the white van, and had told him that they had a whole garage full of returnable bottles, and that he could have them if he’d hop in and they would give him a ride over to their place and he could load them up and they would give him a ride back. And if I’d been there with him that day, there would have been one more death to add to the count. There, but for the grace of God, go I.
Prior to this (if memory serves me correctly, we had both started at Deady jr. high, and were in band together, and were both playing trumpet), I had loaned him some sheet music, and was wondering what was taking him so long to get it back to me. And then the papers let me know…
Stuart Cabler September 19, 2011
i think a good way to remember all these boys is to collect fotos of all of them and make a page remembering thier lives from birth till thier deaths .i didnt know any of them but my heart aches for them all .
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT THE TRAGIC HOUSTON MASS MURDERS?
It is heartbreaking that there is so much animosity about this subject when there need be none. Despite what some people think, everyone is on the same page when it comes to the HMM. Nobody wants Wayne out of prison – ever. He doesn’t deserve it. It won’t happen and nobody’s pushing for it. I hurt for everyone who has lost a loved one to this monster. Dean Corll is the culprit to whom hate is justified, not the living souls and lone survivor who are trying to survive day to day with the aftermath. What some people evidently don’t want to understand, it seems, is that nobody is glorifying anything or anyone concerned with this case. All anyone wants is the truth told about the HMM. No one wants these boys – and what happened to them – ever to be forgotten. They were quickly swept under the rug and now nobody but their families remember them much less the events that took place. It is sad when most people in Houston today have never heard about it.
The terms “Film” and “Book” about a horrific event or series of events has a tendency to project what is basically a stereotyped image of unfounded fame, fortune and blood money resulting in such potential releases. Nothing can be further from the truth. Neither the film nor the book currently in the works exploits any aspect of this case or anyone involved. No one wants to gain anything from other people’s pain and suffering. The public does, however, need to understand exactly how what happened did indeed happen and, specifically, WHY it happened so that such a thing never happens again. These boys cannot speak for themselves and they deserve their rightful voices. To bury them again with no voice is just plain wrong. Josh’s film and Rhonda’s book are both dedicated to making sure these boys are not forgotten and through first-hand accounts from those involved, viewers and readers alike will have the opportunity to put themselves inside these horrific events and see just what propelled them to the brink of madness to which they were driven. Why? Because people need to be aware that there ARE people out there like Dean Corll and, God forbid, any person who ever finds himself or herself being reeled in by such a monster can recognize the signs and eradicate themselves from the situation before it is too late. How could the actions of one man have affected so many lives for such a long period of time? It time to find out. This must never, ever happen again.