I am Beyond Good and Evil: Gregory Hale Murders, Dismembers, Eats Body of Mother of Six

Gregory Scott Hale had an obsession with serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka The Night Stalker. A lot of people had an obsession with him after his 1989 arrest. Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles for nearly one year, crawling intothe homes of unsuspecting victims who had left their windows open at night. He raped the female in the house before murdering everyone inside, then ransacking the home for valuables.

Many women attended Ramirez's court appearance just to get a glimpse of him. He had many female pen-pals, one of whom married him. A juror even said after his trial she was in love with the serial killer.

Hale Had a Dark Side

Hale did not share the romantic interest in Ramirez that females had. Like Ramirez, he was a Satanist with a dark side and a lust for murder. He hoped one day he could emulate the Night Stalker murders.

Hale waited until the perfect opportunity to kill.

In the meantime, he did not waste time showing off his dark side, often posting bizarre and disturbing messages about cannibalism on Facebook. He posted photos of himself holding snakes near his mouth and of himself holding various homemade weapons.

Hale referred to himself as Richard Ramirez and as the Night Stalker and wanted to be just like the killer. He was fired from his position at a meat processing plant after he stole and took home eyeballs, bones, and blood from the slaughtered animals.

The job loss forced Hale to move back home with his parents to Manchester, Tennessee. That’s when Hale ventured further into his dark side and decided it was time to find a victim.

The Murder, Disembodiment of Lisa Hyder

On June 8, 2014, Hale met a woman named Lisa Hyder at the liquor store where she worked. Lisa was an alcoholic mother of six recently diagnosed with cervical cancer. She had recently separated from her husband when Hale offered her a ride home from work. Although she called her ex-husband for a ride, she changed her mind and climbed into the passenger seat of Hale's car.

The two went back to his house and drank beer. The two then had sex, according to Hale.

Hyder fell asleep in Hale’s bed. He retrieved a machete and attacked the woman, repeatedly stabbing her with the weapon. He then beheaded her, disembodied her, removed her feet, head, and hands, and placed them inside a plastic bucket, then carried her torso to the backyard of his home and tossed it onto the burn pile of garbage, and lit it afire.

Pleased with his work, he kept some of her remains to consume as a reward for committing murder. He photographed Lisa's dead body before he was finished.

Hale Makes a Mistake; Arrested

Hale's neighbor called authorities and told them he had reason to believe that he killed someone after he asked if he would help move Hyder's body.

Police found the remains on his Coffee County property. After questioning Hale, they took the 36-year-old man into custody and charged him with abuse of a corpse and premeditated first-degree murder. At the police station, Hale admitted to “eating part of the victim.”

Case Aftermath

Gregory Hale was found guilty of homicide and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He currently serves his time at the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg, Tennessee.

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Resources & Additional Case Information

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tennessee-satanist-gregory-hale-jailed-for-life-after-dismembering-and-eating-woman-s-body-9984354.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-man-accused-of-dismembering-eating-female-murder-victim/