Where is Hadden Clark now? Details explored ahead of Born Evil: The Serial Killer and The Savior

Hadden Clark is no ordinary murderer. Apart from the two murders the man has been charged with, he has claimed to murder a dozen more while serving his prison sentence. The dark and gruesome story of Hadden Clark started when he was a child and continued with severe extremities till his eventual arrest in November 1992.

He is the subject of Investigation Discovery’s latest offering, Born Evil: The Serial Killer and The Savior, which chronicles his story and his eventual confessions to a cellmate. The first episode of Born Evil: The Serial Killer and The Savior will premiere on September 2, 2024, at 9.00 PM EST.

The synopsis for the series reads:

"A young woman vanishes into thin air after returning home from college. When detectives investigate, they unearth evidence of a terrible crime and identify a suspect with ties to a past case."

After he was arrested for killing Laura, he was sentenced to two 30-year prison terms, which he continues to serve today. He is currently in the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland.

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Who is Hadden Clark and what did he do?

Born to Hadden Clark Sr. and Flavia Clark on July 31, 1952, in Troy, New York, Hadden suffered a difficult childhood from the very start. His parents were alleged alcoholics, and this led to a dysfunctional household, where Hadden had to bear extreme punishments like going to school dressed in girls' clothes.

This created an atmosphere, where the young Hadden started cutting up and killing animals. He was also relentlessly bullied in school and this only aggravated his alarming behaviors.

Despite this twisted nature, he went on to pursue cooking at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. He also worked in the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado, at a time, and during this, some of his colleagues claimed to have allegedly seen him drinking blood that drained from the meat he prepared.

After this, he went on to serve in the Navy as a chef but he was discharged after he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

After he returned from the Navy, he continued doing menial jobs for survival. While living at his brother's place, he murdered a friend of his niece's when the 6-year-old girl came to play. He allegedly stabbed Michele Dorr to death and buried her in a wooded area several miles away. Police did not find enough evidence to link Hadden Clark at the time and the case grew cold.

Years later, while working for Penny Houghteling as a gardener, Hadden murdered Penny’s 24-year-old daughter Laura as well by stabbing and suffocating her with a pillow. He carried her body in a bedsheet through a wooded area and buried her far away from the house. He later dressed up as a woman and left the house to give the impression that Laura Houghteling had left the house alive and well.

However, he left behind his fingerprints on the pillowcase. This helped the police reach him. He confessed and led them to Laura's body. After discovering he lived close to Michele Dorr, police also began suspecting him for the murder. The authorities were eventually able to find Michele's blood in Hadden Clark's brother's old house, linking him to the crime.

Hadden Clark was sentenced to two 30-year terms for the murders. He also allegedly confessed to a dozen more murders to his cellmate Jack Truitt. He continues to remain at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland, as of now.

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Investigation Discovery’s Born Evil: The Serial Killer and The Savior will cover this case in complete detail.