The Ken and Barbie Murderers in the Spotlight Once Again

Memories of Murder Always Stay Fresh

It has been almost 14 years since the "Ken and Barbie Murderers" were taken off the streets. However, with the release of a new DVD entitled "Karla", Canada's infamous pair of killers are once again in the media eye.

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka met in a hotel restaurant in 1987 and within hours of the meeting were having sex in a room in front of their friends. The two fell in love and embarked on an adventurous relationship of kink and murder. 

Paul was the perpetrator of potentially 15 rapes before he even met Karla, having beeen an elusive predator dubbed "the Scarborough rapist". Apparently it wasn't too far into his relationship with Karla that is charming personality somehow convinced her to accept some of his more perverse fantasies, or as is more likely the truth she already shared his fantasies and thus the couple hit it off so well.

By December 23 1990 Karla was working at an animal clinic and Paul was smuggling illegal cigarettes. On the 23rd Karla stole the anesthetic agent Halcion from her workplace and agreed to use it in aquiring the Christmas present Paul truly wanted that year: to take the virginity of Karla's younger sister. The duo drugged and raped Karla's sister Tammy, which resulted in the girl's death when she choked on vomit.

The relationship between Paul and Karla was an intense connection and yet Paul was very abusive. Eventually the pair would go on to rape and murder Leslie Mahaffy and 15 year old Kristen French. The couple videotaped their crimes. Once they were captured, due to Paul being under surveillance for the Scarborough rapes and Karla being hospitalized after a brutal beating by the man now her husband, the videotapes were nowhere to be found.
Authorities made a deal of 12 years in prison for Karla in exchange for testifying against Paul. She accepted the deal and the legal process went as they authorities planned with Paul being sentenced to a lifetime of prison. However, shortly after the deal was made the tapes were found and showed not only the evil side of Paul, but also Karla fully participating and being involved with the crimes.