The Doodler



The Doodler, also known as The Black Doodler, was a serial killer active in the San Francisco area from 1974 to 1975, responsible for 14 murders and three assaults of gay/transgender men in the area.

The Doodler's modus operandi was that he would go to gay bars and meet gay and transgender men and take them home with them. When he took them home, he would sketch them in black pencil (hence his name.) Afterwards, he would stab them to death. He was known to be more brutal with transgender people, usually mutilating their throats. His murders ended after June 1975.

It has been theorized that the Doodler may have been a closeted homosexual himself and was so ashamed of this fact that he decided to kill other gay men.

Though a few suspects have been arrested in connection to the murders perpetrated by the Doodler, the killer has never been identified properly. As of 2018, the case is still open at the San Francisco Police Department and the Doodler himself is presumed to still be at large, though it is unknown if he is alive or dead.