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Lou Luciano has sat face-to-face with “pure evil” – and he hopes to never do it again.
“My work has taken me to every hole you can imagine in North Africa, East Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan, you name it,” the retired FBI special agent told Fox News Digital. “I was around some of the most evil people on the planet. But this guy takes the cake. He is an aberration of humanity. He does not belong here.”
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“It’s like sitting with Satan,” Luciano added.
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Hadden Clark is the subject of a new true-crime docuseries, “Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior.”(Investigation Discovery)
Maryland murderer Hadden Clark is the subject of a new Michael Bay docuseries on Investigation Discovery (ID), “Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior.” It explores how the 72-year-old made shocking confessions to his cellmate, Jack Truitt, whom he believed was Jesus, which sent investigators on a search to solve cold cases linked to him.
“Born Evil” is Hollywood director Michael Bay’s first true-crime docuseries.(Investigation Discovery)
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It features new interviews with Truitt, Clark’s brother Geoff Clark, loved ones of the victims, as well as others closely connected to the case.
Luciano, who took on the case in the 1990s, spoke out in the docuseries. He vividly remembers encountering “The Cross-Dressing Cannibal Killer,” as Clark was later coined.
Hadden Clark is currently serving two 30-year sentences in Maryland.(Investigation Discovery)
“I instantly noticed those ice-blue eyes,” said Luciano. “He’s soulless. You can feel evil brewing out of this guy. You feel right away that he’s a manipulator. The chief said, ‘If he ever gets out, we’ve got to put him on the ground.’ That’s exactly how I felt.
“When I saw this guy, my immediate reaction was to take out my gun, put it against his temple and pull the trigger. When you are in the presence of this guy, it’s just a negative aura of evil. It just emanates from him.”
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Hadden Clark, seen here with his father, is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, retired FBI special agent Lou Luciano told Fox News Digital.(Investigation Discovery)
The docuseries revealed how Clark, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, began exhibiting strange behavior as a child. His brother recalled how Clark once rammed him with a bike and watched him bleed profusely from his head.
Their mother insisted that a bad forceps delivery, which caused a head injury, was to blame for Clark’s actions growing up. Doctors believed he had brain damage.
Hadden Clark had a seemingly idyllic childhood, but things were different behind closed doors.(Investigation Discovery)
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Growing up, Clark dissected animals and was bullied by other children. His parents, both reported as alcoholics, physically fought in front of him and his siblings. He was also caught wearing women’s clothing.
As an adult, Clark attended the Culinary Institute of America, but could not keep a job. Horrified co-workers once caught him chugging beef blood.
It was only the beginning.
Geoffrey Clark, Hadden Clark’s brother, spoke out in the docuseries.(Investigation Discovery)
“Hadden Clark has an incredibly explosive… vengeful temper when he doesn’t get his way,” Luciano explained. “He lashes out whenever there’s a weaker person in his grasp.”
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Michele Dorr was killed in 1986. She was 6 years old.(Investigation Discovery)
On May 31, 1986, Michele Dorr had been staying with her father, Carl Dorr, whose home was near Geoff’s, where Clark had been staying at the time. She was last seen wearing a pink and white polka-dot bathing suit, heading to a pool in the backyard.
On that day, the 6-year-old disappeared. Carl, who had been going through a nasty divorce with his ex-wife, was initially viewed as the prime suspect.
The Clark brothers are seen here with their mother.(Investigation Discovery)
Clark later admitted that he killed the child and drank her blood. In 1999, he was found guilty of killing Dorr.
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The docuseries revealed how Clark told Truitt he knew where Dorr’s body was. In 2000, he led police to the woods where her remains were found.
Over the years, Clark made hundreds of artworks that seemed to depict his crimes.
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Hadden Clark detailed his heinous crimes to his former cellmate Jack Truitt, pictured here. Clark believed Truitt was Jesus.(Investigation Discovery)
“His drawings are mostly women and landscapes, maps,” said Luciano. “They almost look like postcards, like ‘Wish you were here so I could kill you.’ I’m featured in some of it… But it’s always wide-eyed girls with blue eyes.”
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Hadden Clark worked as a gardener and handyman for Laura Houghteling’s mother, Penny.(Investigation Discovery)
In 1992, Laura Houghteling vanished from her home. At the time, Clark was working as a gardener for the 23-year-old’s mother.
A bloody fingerprint on the Harvard graduate’s pillowcase zeroed in on Clark. He led police to her shallow grave in 1993 after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, the Washington Post reported.
The docuseries said that Houghteling’s mother, Penny, showed kindness to Clark. However, when Penny’s daughter returned home from school, his demeanor changed.
Laura Houghteling was murdered in 1992. She was 23.(Investigation Discovery)
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“Penny starts giving attention and affection to her daughter… she’s now the main focus,” said Luciano. “Clark didn’t take that rejection well at all. His immediate reaction was to lash out… and kill Laura.”
Clark insisted that his alter ego, Kristen Bluefin, was responsible for the slayings.
Hadden Clark said that his alter ego, Kristen Bluefin, was responsible for the slayings.(Investigation Discovery)
“When we interviewed him, he sometimes thought he was Kristen,” said Luciano. “He would wear a wig. He also had other personalities… all of his alter egos were women. And at his campsite, he had women’s clothes there. He would wear women’s clothes. But he loved the attention. He loved people looking at him.”
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Bradfield Clark has been behind bars since 1985.(Investigation Discovery)
Murder seemed to run in Clark’s family. His brother, Bradfield Clark, has been behind bars since 1985. He killed his co-worker, Patricia Mak, after inviting her to dinner. He later cooked and ate some of her body parts.
In 1984, Bradfield Clark murdered Patricia “Trish” Mak.(Investigation Discovery)
Luciano credited Truitt for helping investigators bring closure to the grieving loved ones.
“When Hadden started confessing to Jack because he thought he was Jesus, Jack was like, ‘Man, this guy’s talking about killing, gutting and cannibalizing little kids and cutting the throats of women,’” said Luciano.
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“Jack did this at great risk… being locked up in a correctional institution. Calling the police can make a very bad entry to your health record while you’re behind bars. But Jack picked up the phone and made that call.”
Jack Truitt is seen here at home with his wife Jackie Truitt.(Investigation Discovery)
“Never once did I hear Jack utter, ‘If I help you guys, you’re going to help me get out of here, right? I’ve been down here now for some 30-odd years,’” Luciano continued. “He never once asked for anything. He never asked for consideration. He never asked for special favors. And Jack’s a tough guy. He was a big-time shotcaller in the system. He wasn’t a guy to be messed with. Today he’s one-eighth of the guy he was. But I have great respect for him.”
A young Jack Truitt after his arrest.(Investigation Discovery)
Luciano said you can never rule out the possibility that there are more victims out there.
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“Hadden Clark is a spoiled brat,” he said. “When he doesn’t get his way, he doesn’t want attention. Then he gets angry… Hadden’s not a guy who does anything for free or out of the goodness of his heart. If he’s craving attention, he’ll do something to get it… Never say never, but I don’t see Hadden Clark as a deathbed confession kind of guy.”
It is unknown if Hadden Clark has killed other victims.(Investigation Discovery)
Luciano hopes the docuseries will show the tireless work of law enforcement eager to solve cold cases, but it also serves as a warning to women, he said.
Laura Houghteling’s friend is seen here looking at her childhood home.(Investigation Discovery)
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“Never let your guard down,” said Luciano. “You never know where the next Hadden Clark is lurking right around the corner. Whether he was dropped on his head at birth, he’s just mentally sick, or claims that his father did all of these things to him, whatever it is, it doesn’t matter to the potential victims out there.”
“Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior” premieres Sept. 2 at 9 p.m.
In April, two babies were relinquished at Connecticut hospitals under the state’s Safe Havens Act, according to the state Department of Children and Families. The babies were surrendered to Yale New Haven Hospital and Connecticut Children’s at the University of Connecticut Health Center, DCF said.
The Safe Havens Act, which was enacted 25 years ago, allows a parent to give up their infant to hospital emergency room staff anonymously and without the threat of prosecution. DCF then places the baby in a preapproved adoptive home.
At a Wednesday press conference, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz said the Safe Havens Act has had “an incredible impact” and called it “life-saving.”
“Those women who find themselves in a situation where they deliver a baby and they cannot or they do not want to raise that baby, they may feel incredibly isolated and challenged and judged, and they may feel they have nowhere to turn,” Bysiewicz said.
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Under the law, a baby may be surrendered at a designated location by a parent, relative or advocate for the child, and the parent has 30 days to change their mind and begin working with DCF to see if reunification is possible. There are 37 medical centers in Connecticut — 25 of them hospitals — that allow babies to be surrendered 24 hours a day.
Pam Sawyer, a former state representative who spearheaded the law’s passage, said she intended it to be “so simple it could be shared in the school bus.”
But two babies relinquished in the same month — though these are the only two babies relinquished so far this year — marks a spike from the usual trend. Since the law went into effect, a total of 60 babies have been relinquished. And in 2025, just one baby was surrendered the whole year.
Co-chair of the General Assembly’s Committee on Children, Sen. Ceci Maher, D-Wilton, outlined a number of issues that could lead a parent to give up their baby, such as inadequate housing or financial instability.
The Committee on Children advanced a bill this session that would establish a task force to study the voluntary surrender of infants — including considerations for the best way to provide such a program without perpetuating “racial, ethnic, health, economic and socioeconomic disparities” among parents looking to surrender.
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The bill passed the state Senate on April 15 and awaits a vote in the House.
Some lawmakers and advocates have suggested adding another option for parents considering giving up a baby — temperature-controlled chambers known as “baby boxes” that are installed within the exterior walls of a surrender location to allow parents to relinquish the infant anonymously.
Once a baby is left in the box device, alerts are sent to staff and to 911 dispatch centers. The boxes are designed with bassinets, and equipped with electricity, air conditioning and heating, but they’re not federally regulated. Lori Bruce, a researcher and bioethicist at Yale University, pointed this out during her testimony at a public hearing on the legislation Feb. 17.
“Even our hairdryers, even tongue depressors, all sorts of much more basic tools require regulation,” Bruce said.
The boxes are intended to be anonymous, but that’s not always possible when they are installed at places like firehouses, which have cameras all around the building.
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Bruce said the boxes also remove the opportunity for any face-to-face interaction between the parent and a public service worker who might offer access to resources like crisis counseling — or simply ask if they are okay.
Baby boxes have been installed in 20 states so far, according to Safe Haven Baby Boxes.
Sawyer said she is in favor of the baby boxes, but only after more research.
“I love the idea, but I don’t know that they’re quite there yet,” she said. “My view still is that it’s advocacy and teaching” that will help those who need the Safe Havens Act the most.
In this June 29, 2014, file photo, former Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank, right, waves while riding with his husband James Ready, left, during the 44th annual San Francisco Gay Pride parade in San Francisco. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)
Barney Frank, a champion of liberal causes who spent more than 30 years representing Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives, has entered hospice care at his home in Ogunquit as he deals with congestive heart failure, according to Politico.
Frank, 86, represented Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District from 1981 to 2013, and was the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay, in 1987.
An advocate for civil rights and affordable housing, Frank is also known for sponsoring sweeping financial regulation reforms in the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010.
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He moved to Ogunquit with his husband, Jim Ready, after retiring from Congress.
According to Politico, Frank is supporting Gov. Janet Mills over political newcomer Graham Platner in Maine’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
“I worry a little bit about the tendency on the Democratic side to fall for the flavor of the month,” he told the outlet. “There is this flirtation or this attraction of people who are new and who are very good at articulating a response to the anger, but without talking about what you do about it.”
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