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Quiz about The Dean Corll Affair
Quiz about The Dean Corll Affair

The Dean Corll Affair Trivia Quiz


Here is a quiz pertaining to Dean Corll, one of the most notorious killers in Texas history.

A multiple-choice quiz by macabrescribe. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
299,603
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Question 1 of 10
1. After Dean's parents divorced when he was six years old, he was mainly raised by his mother from then on.


Question 2 of 10
2. Dean was diagnosed with what physical ailment in his younger years that prevented him from ever taking part in athletic activities? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. By what moniker was Corll known in his neighborhood? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What was the name of an adolescent accomplice who acquired victims for Corll? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who was the other partner in crime accredited for introducing The Candy Man to Henley in the first place? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The majority of victims were teenage boys from what low-income neighborhood of Houston, Texas? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The police went to the boat shed where Henley claimed Corll buried the bodies of the boys he'd murdered. They dug and soon reached a layer of lime. They burrowed more and uncovered a carcass. How many bodies did they eventually uncover in the boat shed? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Wayne Henley told detectives of yet another place Corll disposed bodies. The count then rose to twenty-seven after more had been unearthed, making Dean Corll the most prolific American serial killer of the time. Who, with twenty-five known victims, did Corll exceed? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Wayne Henley claimed he shot Dean Corll in self-defense since he and David Brooks were fearful that they'd ultimately become victims themselves because Corll's incessant need for victims had been intensifying.


Question 10 of 10
10. What was Dean Corll's official occupation prior to his demise? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. After Dean's parents divorced when he was six years old, he was mainly raised by his mother from then on.

Answer: True

Mary and Arnold Corll gave their marriage a second chance, but it was unsuccessful.
2. Dean was diagnosed with what physical ailment in his younger years that prevented him from ever taking part in athletic activities?

Answer: Heart murmur

He was identified as having a heart murmur, an abnormal extra sound made when the heart beats. The sound is produced by blood moving through the heart and its valves.
3. By what moniker was Corll known in his neighborhood?

Answer: The Candy Man

Corll was known as The Candy Man because he worked in a candy manufacturing plant once owned by him and his mother. He was well-known for giving out free sweets to children.
4. What was the name of an adolescent accomplice who acquired victims for Corll?

Answer: Elmer Wayne Henley

Henley later informed police that Corll paid him to obtain young male victims, which Corll later murdered and buried after sexually violating them.
5. Who was the other partner in crime accredited for introducing The Candy Man to Henley in the first place?

Answer: David Brooks

Corll paid the juvenile Brooks for sexual acts. Brooks was eventually convicted of murder and sentenced to life for the death one of the boys.
6. The majority of victims were teenage boys from what low-income neighborhood of Houston, Texas?

Answer: The Heights

Corll had parties at his home where he supplied marijuana and alcohol in order to attract his potential victims.
7. The police went to the boat shed where Henley claimed Corll buried the bodies of the boys he'd murdered. They dug and soon reached a layer of lime. They burrowed more and uncovered a carcass. How many bodies did they eventually uncover in the boat shed?

Answer: 17

The proprietor of the storage facility told police that Corll was a good person and had been leasing the shed for nearly three years, visiting it quite a few times per week.
8. Wayne Henley told detectives of yet another place Corll disposed bodies. The count then rose to twenty-seven after more had been unearthed, making Dean Corll the most prolific American serial killer of the time. Who, with twenty-five known victims, did Corll exceed?

Answer: Juan Corona

Juan Corona was known as the Machete Murderer, recognized for murdering the twenty-five men he raped, hacked to death, and buried in orchards of California.
9. Wayne Henley claimed he shot Dean Corll in self-defense since he and David Brooks were fearful that they'd ultimately become victims themselves because Corll's incessant need for victims had been intensifying.

Answer: True

Henley shot The Candy Man a total of six times on August 8, 1973. He was subsequently convicted of murder for the deaths of six of the boys.
10. What was Dean Corll's official occupation prior to his demise?

Answer: Electrician

He worked for Houston Power and Light after the candy factory closed. His mother subsequently moved to Colorado, where she began a new candy company.

Here I'd like to thank the sources I used in constructing this quiz:

"The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers" by Harold Schechter and David Everitt

www.crime.about.com

www.houstorian.wordpress.com

www.trutv.com
Source: Author macabrescribe

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