Pedro “Pedrinho Matador" Rodriguez Was A Real Life Serial Killer, Just Like "Dexter"

A serial killer of killers is a fascinating story, isn't it? Well, it's a true story.

Elana

• Published in Interesting
• January 1, 2018

Unless you've been living under a rock for 10 years there's a good chance that somewhere along the way someone has talked to you about a Showtime TV Series called Dexter. Based off of a book, the hit series hooked in viewers obsessed with the hunky vigilante. He was a serial killer, but he only killed people who deserved it. He was practically impossible to hate, especially as you watched him murder Miami's worst of the worst. Serial killers, rapists, and all around bad guys who weren't going to see the justice they deserved without Dexter's psychotic mind intervening.

Devoted followers of the show have all thought it wasn't a terrible idea. Victims of crime tend to feel like they haven't received justice for what was done to them and their loved ones so the idea of someone taking care of that for them? Awesome.

Pedro “Pedrinho Matador" Rodriguez may not be as dashing as Michael C. Hall but his story may not be that different from the fictional serial killer.

Beginning his career as a serial killer at the ripe age of 14, Pedro Rodrigues managed to kill 10 people before he turned 18 and went on to kill a whopping 70 people, most of which had a confirmed history of crime themselves. Pedro is considered one of Brazil's most infamous and prolific serial killers and his hard life started before he was even born.

Most of the first 10 murders before Pedro turned 18 occurred shortly after, on a quest for revenge as he tortured and murdered gang members, attempting to discover who murdered Maria. Before leaving Mogi das Cruzes, Pedro murdered his own father because the man had butchered his mother with a machete. In an act of brutal vengeance, Pedro stabbed his father 22 times, cut out his heart, and bit off a piece to chew.

On September 15, 2011, local media from Santa Catarina published that Filho had been arrested at his home, in the rural area, where he worked as a house-keeper, at Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina coastline. According to a news channel, he will serve time for accusations such as riot and false imprisonment.

However, he remains infamous in Brazil for promising to continue murdering criminals. His most noteworthy promise is to kill Francisco de Assis Pereira, also known as "O Maníaco do Parque" ("The Park Maniac"), a notorious Brazilian rapist and serial killer.

Elana