David Edwin Mason wasn’t just a serial killer—he was a catastrophically bad planner with a flair for self-destruction. Born in 1956, he drifted from juvenile delinquency to adult violence like someone checking off items on a very illegal bucket list. By 1980, he had embarked on a spree of strangling elderly victims in Oakland, California, a pattern so grim it felt like he was trying to speedrun the worst possible life choices.
His criminal career didn’t improve behind bars. Mason managed to add a cellmate to his victim count, proving that even incarceration couldn’t slow his momentum. When the justice system finally caught up, he did something almost no one on death row does: he waived his appeals. It was as if he looked at the legal system and said, “No thanks, I’ve caused enough paperwork.”
Intro Audio: Gavin Prater
Outro Audio: Jason Poe
