Stephen Paddock: Las Vegas Shooter’s Psycho Dad

Stephen Paddock — who terrorized concertgoers in the deadliest mass shooting in American history — was a second-generation Las Vegas psycho, with a monstrous dad who terrorized the country!

Benjamin Paddock — known to his fellow criminals as "Chromedome" — made the FBI's Most Wanted List after breaking out of a federal prison in 1968 . Also known as "Old Baldy," the career criminal had been serving a 20-year sentence in a Texas prison — after trying to run over FBI detectives in Las Vegas while on the run for bank robbery charges.

Paddock had multiple aliases, and was described by the FBI as a "glib- talking con man" who was "egotistical and arrogant." The agency also considered him to be extremely dangerous, saying that Chromedome had been "diagnosed as a psychopath with possible suicidal tendencies."

Despite the FBI citing Paddock's "striking appearance" at 6'4" and 245 lbs., he managed to stay on the run until 1978. He returned to more criminal activities after finishing his prison sentence, including a return to running fraudulent churches cashing in on bingo money. He finally died in 1998 — but his son (pictured) would carry on his horrific legacy!