Talk:Jerry Brudos

Name of Spouse Error
Repeated attempts to give the name Darcie to Jerome's wife is based on the name Ann Rule used in her true crime novel. It is not factual and there is nothing credible or authoritative about the name or even other unsubstantiated information in that lurid true crime novel. She was arrested and charged in the crimes, her name is in newspaper articles of the time including The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon) (I can provide date and page number on request). Her marriage to Jerome Brudos is also listed in the authoritative Oregon Marriage Index which includes her maiden name and date of marriage (9-23-1961). I can respect that her name not be included, despite the notoriety of her being charged in the crime, but the repeated attempts to insert a fake name into this article shows how one fake source (Ann Rule) propagates and gets repeated on multiple websites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dddwwwps (talk • contribs) 01:35, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Grammatical Errors
The article repeatedly says Brudos threw a body "on the Willamette". The Willamette is a river, it should say he threw them "into the Willamette"

Numbers Error
It says that Jerry Brudos killed five women, but only four victims are listed. Also, the article linked to him on the Recent Deaths page only lists four victims. If he's only killed four people, then it should say so and be corrected. If he allegedly killed five women, the fifth victim should be listed and an article that verifies that fact should be included. SailorAlphaCentauri 19:42, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

If you read the book "Lust Killer" by Ann Rule she writes all about Jerry Brudos. He killed at least 4 women but he had tried to kill another woman but she fought back and escaped, and he also broke into a woman's apartment while she was asleep to steal her shoes and raped her. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.162.251.171 (talk) 05:27, 27 March 2011 (UTC) There are several others during and prior to 1968 that are as yet undocumented.

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Alleged mistreatment as a child
As is the case with a lot of these types of people, Brudos was supposedly treated very badly by his mother. However I am unable to find anything which corroborates his version of the story. Everyone parrots the same information - that she wanted a daughter and abused Jerry - but no one actually provides any evidence for the claim. How do we know that Brudos was telling the truth? The reason I ask is that it is stated as a fact in the article, when in reality it is nothing more than an unsubstantiated allegation that shifts some of the blame away from Jerry and onto his mother. That's exactly the sort of thing that psychopaths love to do! So my question is ... should the statements about his abusive childhood include the word allegedly, or would that constitute original research? I think it's uncool to disparage a dead woman who is unable to defend herself, especially when there is no corroboration of the claims against her. Just a thought... FillsHerTease (talk) 07:51, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Gruesome details disrespectful to victims
This article describes in gruesome detail how each victim, identified by name, was killed and abused. Not only is this un-encyclopedic, but is disrespectful to the victims and their right to privacy. ScottMainwaring (talk) 15:54, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

No that’s his true crime works. Understanding the nature of the crimes enacted on the victims help paint a better picture of the killers motivation. If anything it’s disrespectful to hide the pain that these women went through. SyGuy99 (talk) 22:12, 15 June 2022 (UTC)