In the mid-'80s, residents of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area found themselves in the grip of one of America’s most notorious serial killers: Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. The Night Stalker.

Guy star Heather Thomas revealed that she once shot an alleged stalker who she said attempted to break into her bedroom. "I was just getting so many stalkers, really bad," Thomas, 67, claimed on the ...