Note: This article on America’s famous serial killers was originally published on September 7, 2008 and has since been updated to include profiles of additional American serial killers.
In our original look at some of America’s famous serial killers, we looked at thirteen of the most notorious serial killers in American history. But those murderers are far from the only serial killers our nation has seen.
Now let’s add five more names to the list — more American serial killers you might (or might not) have heard about.
Dean Corll
Dean Corll, also known as “The Candy Man,” didn’t act alone. He worked with two accomplices — Elmer Wayne Henley and David Brooks. Corll is thought to have murdered at least 28 boys in the Houston area from 1970 through 1973. The boys were beaten and raped while tied to a plywood “torture board.” Victims were killed with a gun or by strangulation.
Dean Corll wasn’t prosecuted for his crimes. He was killed by one of his accomplices (Henley). While Henley was convicted of six murders, he wasn’t charged with killing Corll. That was ruled to be self-defense.
Amy Archer-Gilligan
Amy Archer-Gilligan ran a convalescent home in Connecticut. Oddly, her murders inspired the comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace.” She killed residents of her nursing home by poisoning them with arsenic and strychnine shortly after they’d paid her large sums of money. It’s also believed that she killed her wealthy second husband for the inheritance. According to the New York Daily News, “it’s estimated that at least 20 people, and some estimate as many as 100, including her husbands, died by her hand.”
She was only tried for one murder — that of Franklin R. Andrews. She was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1917 and was granted a new trial on appeal. This time she pleaded insanity. She was again found guilty and this time sentenced to life imprisonment. She was moved to a hospital for the insane in 1924. She died there in 1962.
Juan Vallejo Corona
Juan Vallejo Corona is a Mexican American serial killer who preyed upon the workers he supplied to fruit ranches in California. It is believed that Juan Vallejo Corona killed at least 25 laborers whose bodies were found buried in the orchards they worked at. No clear motive was ever given for the killings.
Corona was found guilty of the 25 murders in 1973 when he was issued 25 life sentences. His conviction was overturned in 1978 and he was tried again in 1982. He was again convicted of the crimes. He is still serving time at the Corcoran State Prison in California.
The Boston Strangler
The Boston’s Strangler’s true identity still hasn’t been confirmed, although Albert DeSalvo confessed to being the notorious northeast killer. This unknown serial killer murdered at least 13 women in Boston between 1962 and 1964. Most of the women were sexually assaulted before being strangled, although one elderly victim died of a heart attack and at least two victims were stabbed. Victims’ ages ranged from 19 to 85.
Albert DeSalvo confessed to the stranglings in 1964 after being caught and charged with other sexual assaults (where the victims were not murdered). He was sentenced to life in prison, later escaped but turned himself in, and was ultimately stabbed to death while he was incarcerated.
Many people still believe DeSalvo lied about being The Boston Strangler however, due to inconsistencies and inaccuracies in his claims, DNA evidence that would seem to clear him in at least one case, and the belief that the crimes were too different to all be committed by the same person.
The Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer, who has never been identified, attacked couples around San Francisco in the late 1960s. The Zodiac Killer claimed to have committed 37 murders in total, but only seven have been confirmed so far. They included three young couples and a young man. The known victims were either shot or stabbed.
The killer himself came up with the “Zodiac” name when he used it in letters to the press. He sent them four coded messages (cryptograms). Only one of them has been definitively solved — by a high school teacher. In that letter, the killer expressed his joy in killing, calling it “so much fun.” And he claimed that the people he murdered would become his slaves in the afterlife.
Read on for our original list of America’s famous serial killers or leave a comment to tell us about a serial killer we haven’t covered here.
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Update: Please also check out another list of Notorious Serial Killers
Serial killers — you’d be hard-pressed to spot them in a crowd. They look just like everyone else. In fact, most of them are soft-spoken and polite. Their monstrous nature comes through only when you delve deeper into their personalities, actions and habits.
Reading the gruesome tales of serial killers sends a chill up the spine. Most of them seem to have had a dysfunctional family setting and were abused as children — emotionally, sexually or verbally. It’s as if this activates some psychological trigger in their minds, increasing the feelings of inadequacy or worthlessness, and causing them to seek out their own heinous form of release.
There have been hundreds of serial killers in the history of America, and there are a few that tend to stay in the minds of citizens, becoming “famous.”
Here are just a few of the (in)famous serial killers that have walked the streets of our nation, in no particular order. There may be many others that are notorious or have killed more people, but we picked a few of the more famous killers that truly shocked us.
Ed Gein (Killings between 1947 and 1957)
Known as history’s most inspirational killer, his character became a central element in many films, including Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Psycho and the character of Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs, among others.
Modus Operandi
Gein was a serial killer who skinned his victims, exhumed corpses, and decorated his home with parts of his victims’ bodies. Human skin was used to make dust bins, furniture, and even clothes.
Background
Gein was born in 1906 as the younger of two boys. He had a weak alcoholic father and a domineering mother who was deeply religious. He was said to be very attached to her. She taught them about immorality and the evils of women and sex and discouraged their sexual desires. He turned into an effeminate and shy boy.
His father died as a result of his alcoholism and later his brother Henry, who used to criticize his mother about Gein’s unhealthy attachment to her, died in a mysterious fire. The younger boy was later suspected.
Fantasies
With nobody to control him after his mother passed away, Gein became obsessed with sexual fantasies and female anatomy. Fascinated by the human experiments performed in Nazi camps, he started robbing graves to perform experiments of his own, including exhuming his own mother’s body. The experiments became gruesome and cannibalistic. He had the desire to turn himself into a woman and would create breasts out of human skin and drape them over himself. He believed that for a sex change, he would need fresh bodies and thus started his killing spree, which was said to be because of his love-hate relationship with his mother.
House of Horrors
When police finally caught up with him, they found a variety of gruesome sights — hanging corpses with their throats and heads missing, bowls made of skulls, pieces of jewelry made of human skin, hanging lips, skin upholstery for chairs, and masks made of facial skin and vulva (including his mother’s) that were painted silver. The most shocking discovery was perhaps his mother’s heart, which was found in a pan on the stove.
Killings and Sentence
Police counted 15 women as his victims. Gein told the police that he never had sex with any of the dead women as “they smelled too bad.” His fascination with women was because of the power they held over men. Gein was admitted to Waupan State Hospital and died of cancer at the age of 78.
Ted Bundy (Killings between 1974 and 1978)
Ted Bundy proved that even the devil can be attractive. Bundy was one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. He was handsome, charming and cultured, all traits playing a role in his ability to rape and murder numerous young women. He even engaged in necrophilia (sexual attraction or involvement with corpses).
Modus Operandi
Bundy had unique techniques of luring his victims. He would drink alcohol before approaching potential victims, even in a crowd or in broad daylight, and gain their trust by faking an injury with his arm in a fake cast or a sling. He would at times act as a policeman or fire department personnel. After luring victims to his car, he would hit them on their head with a crowbar. He then raped and assaulted them sexually before strangling and mutilating them.
This good looking maniac used to visit the corpses several times at the Taylor Mountain body dump site, apply makeup to them, and sleep with them till they putrefied.
Background
One of the theories says that he started killing people as early as 14 years old. Many of his victims are said to have a physical resemblance to his first girlfriend.
Bundy was born Theodore Robert Cowell in 1946 in Burlington, Vermont to an unmarried mother of 22. He gets his name from his stepfather. He was made to believe by his grandparents that he was their son and that his mother was actually his sister.
He was a good student, and like most young people devastated when his first love left him. Bundy didn’t deal with the grief as most people do though. He spent years trying to get her back, and when he did he started killing innocent people and then dumped his girlfriend just as she dumped him.
Killings and Sentence
He was executed in 1989 after confessing to 40 murders.
Before his execution, he revealed that his addiction to pornography led him to do what he did. He said that there are many people out there who were addicted and nothing is being done about them.
One of Bundy’s famous quotes – “We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow.”
David Berkowitz – Son of Sam (Killings between 1976 and 1977)
Better known as the Son of Sam or the .44 killer, David Berkowitz is a New York City serial killer who killed six people and wounded many others. His crimes became famous because of his letters to the media and the police, in addition to the reason he committed these crimes.
Reason for Killing
Berkowitz gave an odd reason for killing – he claimed that to keep the demons quiet, he started doing what they wanted. When dogs howled, he started believing that these dogs were demons asking him to kill women. He was convinced that his house owners, Jack and his wife, were part of the demon conspiracy and Jack was the commander in chief of all the dogs.
Later he shifted into another apartment but was still controlled by the demons in his mind. His new neighbor, Sam Carr, had a black Labrador which Berkowitz believed was possessed. He shot the dog. That did not provide any relief as he began believing that Sam Carr was possessed by the biggest demon, and perhaps Satan himself. Each night these demons told Berkowitz to kill and quench their thirst for blood.
He also used to write letters to the police and media, essentially taunting them with details of his killings.
Background
David Berkowitz, born 1953, was an adopted son of a middle class family in the Bronx. Although his parents loved him, Berkowitz carried a lot of anger and guilt inside him as he felt responsible for the death of his natural mother, who he was told died giving birth to him. Experts believe that could be the reason for his aggressive behavior.
He was devastated when his mother died of cancer and his father remarried and relocated to Florida, leaving him behind when he was 18.
Later he found out that his natural mother was alive and that he had a sister. There was a reunion, butit was too late for him by then as he preferred his isolation and delusions.
Killings and Sentence
Berkowitz received a 365 year prison sentence and told the FBI that he invented the “Son of Sam” stories to convince the court that he was out of his mind. He then said the real reason he killed was partly because he hated his mother for leaving him and partly his failure with women. He felt sexually aroused when he killed women, and he killed six of them.
John Wayne Gacy (Killings between 1972 and 1978)
A respected member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, a precinct captain in the local Democratic party, the owner of a contracting business and a performing joker at children’s parties, John Wayne Gacy seemed as normal as they come.
He came to be known as one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history.
Modus Operandi
Gacy lured his victims into handcuffs in the pretext of showing them a pair of trick handcuffs he used in his clown act. He’d then dare the youth to free themselves. Once the boys were handcuffed, he would use either a rope or a board across their throats to kill them while he raped them.
Background
Gacy was born into a blue-collar family in 1942 and had two sisters. His father was an abusive alcoholic who verbally and physically abused his children. Gacy deeply loved his father and strived to please him, but failed.
He had the ability to persuade an manipulate people, likely because of how normal and harmless he seemed on the outside. He later got married and had two kids of his own, but his wife left him when he was arrested for trying to coerce a fellow employee into homosexual acts.
Another thing to note is that he injured his head by falling off a swing when he was 11 years old. He suffered from blackouts until he was 16, and then was diagnosed with a blood clot and the condition was corrected.
Killings and Sentence
When Gacy realized that police were about to arrest him, he surrendered himself. He told them, “There are four Johns” (similar to multiple personalities) — one was a contractor, another a clown, one a politician, and the fourth went by the name Jack Hanley, and he did evil things.
Gacy confessed to more than 24 murders and drew a map to 28 graves under his house and garage. He also said he threw five others into the Des Plaines River.
He was executed with a lethal injection on May 10, 1994. His last meal consisted of fried chicken, Coke, French fries and strawberry shortcake. His last words were, “Kiss my ass.”
Jeffrey Dahmer – Monster (Killings between 1978 and 1991
This Milwaukee serial killer murdered boys of Asian and African descent. His murders were gruesome and involved torture, forced sodomy, dismemberment (removing their limbs), necrophilia, and cannibalism.
He was arrested first when caught fondling a 13-year-old boy in Milwaukee and was sentenced to one year in a work release camp. After serving ten months, he was released on probation for his good behavior. That’s when his killing spree began.
He committed his first murder at the age of 18, shortly after being released, and his first victim was a 19-year-old hitchhiker.
There was a much-talked about story about a 14-year-old boy who almost escaped Dahmer in 1991. He wandered into the streets without clothes, with Dahmer in pursuit. Police believed Dahmer’s story that the boy was 19 years old and was his partner, and took the boy to Dahmer’s house. In spite of noticing a weird smell there, they left without investigating. Soon after, the boy was killed and Dahmer kept his skull as a souvenir.
Background
Dahmer was the son of an analytical chemist, and as a child he had a fascination with dissecting dead animals. By the time he was a teenager, he was an alcoholic and a loner. He dropped out of college and his father forced him to enlist in the Army. After just two years, he was discharged because of his heavy drinking. Since he did not want to face his father, he moved in with his grandmother and lived with her for six years. His grandmother asked him to move out when he was arrested for exposing himself in public.
Killings and Sentence
Dahmer was caught by the police when a would-be victim escaped and alerted them. He was held responsible for 15 murders, sentenced to 15 life terms. Dahmer then expressed remorse and wished death upon himself. He was beaten to death by a fellow inmate and died of severe head trauma.
Gary Ridgway – The Green River Killer (Killings between 1982 and 1984)
“I hate most prostitutes. I did not want to pay them for sex. I also picked prostitutes as victims because they were easy to pick up without being noticed. I knew they would not be reported missing right away, and might never be reported missing.” These were the words of one of the worst slayers in American history, who was said to have killed more women than any other serial killer — Gary Ridgway.
The Green River Killer drama unfolds at Aurora Avenue on the banks of the Green River where hundreds of prostitutes hang around, and where on July 15, 1982 the body of a 16-year-old prostitute was found. She was the first victim of the infamous Green River Killer and was raped and strangled to death. He had the habit of finding a landmark and leaving a group of dead bodies in ‘clusters,” to remember easily. Driving by these clusters and remembering them gave him a high.
The killings continued and police couldn’t find a clue, so the “Green River Taskforce” was formed in 1984. The death toll had reached 26 by then.
Ted Bundy’s Help
Another serial killer, Ted Bundy (who was sitting on a death row), offered to assist the police and gave them several clues into the working of a serial killer’s mind until the time he was executed.
Background
Ridgway was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and he had two brothers. He had a domineering mother who constantly yelled at their father and controlled Ted completely, and she was never pleased with what he did. Ridgway’s IQ was 80, which signified a slight mental deficiency. He had a troubled adolescence and stabbed a six-year-old kid when he was 16. He always had an obsession with prostitutes.
He was married for fourteen years and he managed two totally different identities: one the life of a wonderful husband going on romantic vacations, and the other of the infamous serial killer.
Killings and Sentence
The Green River Killer caused mayhem for two and half years during the 1980s. He pleaded guilty to 48 charges in 2003, but claimed to have killed 71 women. A controversial plea bargain he entered into spared him execution in exchange for helping to locate the remains of all of those women by providing details. This created a lot of controversy as many people believed that a person who murdered so many people should not be spared the death sentence.
He was sentenced to 48 life sentences and is currently incarcerated in Washington at the Washington State Penitentiary.
Belle Sorenson Gunness (Killings between 1900 and 1908)
Unlike many other female killers, Gunness didn’t poison her victims — she slaughtered them. She was a 42-year-old Norwegian immigrant who purchased a property in La Porte, Indiana using her first husband’s insurance after his death. Her husband and two of her children were said to have died mysteriously, although she wasn’t suspected. After moving to La Porte with the rest of her children, she married Peter Gunness who died after just nine months. She collected another insurance payment. Over the next few years, other men that came into her life vanished without trace.
She became famous for being a black widow — killing several of her husbands, ranch workers and adopted children.
Modus Operandi
She would place matrimonial ads in newspapers and promised men marital bliss and a life filled with love. Several hopefuls traveled to La Porte carrying their life savings with them. She would then drug them and cut them up as she cut her hogs. She would then wrap them up with oilskin and bury them at her farm.
A letter she wrote reads – “My heart beats in wild rapture for you, My Andrew, I love you. Come prepared to stay forever.”
Background
There are various accounts of her background. She was said to be one of eight children and was born in Stoersetgjerdet in Norway. One story goes that she got pregnant with a man and he kicked her in her stomach in public causing her to lose her child. He disappeared soon after. According to her sister, Belle was said to be crazy for money.
Missing Mysteriously
In 1908, Gunness’ farmhouse caught fire and burned to the ground. When it was put out, the remains of several people were discovered — men, children, and even a woman. The children were identified as hers. The woman was assumed to be Gunness herself, although there was no head. It was thought she died in that fire.
Many butchered bodies were found around her property, carved like turkeys. The heads were cut off, arms removed, and legs sawed off at the thigh.
Despite the assumption that she died, her ranch hand and lover, Lamphere, claimed that he helped Belle fake her own death and run away when he was arrested. Officially, she was presumed dead.
She was said to have killed 49 people.
Charles Manson (Killings in 1969)
Called the “most dangerous man” and the “devil,” Charles Manson was the terror of the 60s.
Background
He was born in 1934 to a 16-year-old mother who was a troublemaker. She left him with his aunt or grandmother most of the time. She was arrested on armed robbery charges and sent to a penitentiary, leaving Manson to live with his aunt and uncle. Even after she was released, his mother didn’t want the responsibility of looking after him. She was even willing to trade him for a drink. His father was never in the scene from his birth.
Manson turned out to be a troublemaker himself, and he was sent to a reform school at the age of nine. By the time he was 26, he was charged with rape, drug charges, stealing, pimping, and more.
He was religious and used this to manipulate people into following him. When he was 34, he formed the “Charles Manson Family” by attracting a group of followers — mostly young women with troubled pasts. He used amphetamines to alter their personalities and they started calling him “Jesus Christ” and did everything he wanted, including physical favors.
He was a music lover who believed that the “Beatles’” were prophets sent to earth to warn of an upcoming revolution. Manson focused on an Armageddon, where the blacks would rise to power and kill all whites and the Manson family would be the only white family living. He felt the blacks wouldn’t be able to stay in power because of an inferiority complex and that the Manson family would then rule the world.
When this did not happen, he started having people killed by his “family” members.
Killings and Sentence
His first murder was that of Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski. The next was the LaBianca family. He was sentenced to death but later reduced to life imprisonment, when California Supreme Court eliminated death penalties temporarily. He is currently an inmate at Corcoran State Prison.
Albert Fish (Killings between 1919 and 1930)
Albert Fish may have been America’s most vile pedophile, serial killer, and cannibal. He is known by many names — Gray Man, Brooklyn Vampire, The Boogeyman, and the Werewolf of Wysteria. He was a gentle-looking and benevolent grandfather, a total contrast to the monster within him. His wife considered him a wonderful husband and his children believed he was a model father. Some of his crimes seem unbelievable.
Background
Hamy Fish (his birth name) was born in Washington D.C. as the youngest of four children. Several of his family members had mental health problems. After his father’s death, he was put in an orphanage by his mother and he was whipped at the orphanage frequently. That’s said to be when he began to realize that he enjoyed physical pain and felt aroused by it. Then he entered into homosexual relationships at the age of 12 and was introduced to other perverse practices of drinking urine and coprophagia. His weekends were spent visiting public baths to watch boys undress. This led to male prostitution, which continued even after his marriage and the births of his six children.
Turning into a Psycho-Masochist
He also developed an unusual interest in castration and visited brothels where he got himself whipped and beaten. He pushed needles into his body, including his genitalia. X-rays later revealed a total of 27 needles inside him.
It was at the age of 55 that he started experiencing hallucinations. He believed God ordered him to castrate young boys. This was diagnosed as religious psychosis and is what led to the several mutilations and murders he committed.
Killings and Sentence
Although he was a suspect in five killings, he stated that he “had” around 100 children in all states. Nobody knew whether he was talking about cannibalization or molestation. He was executed on an electric chair.
Herman Webster Mudgett – Dr. Holmes (Killings between 1893 and 1895)
Mudgett’s criminal career started as a medical student who stole corpses from the University of Michigan. He used those corpses to collect insurance money on policies taken under fictitious names. He then started a drug store empire and constructed a huge hundred-room mansion with trap doors, lime pits, fake walls, acid vats, and secret entrances.
Modus Operandi
He would rent rooms to visitors and then try and collect the insurance when they were killed there. He also used to lure women to his “torture castle,” promising marriage. He would then throw them down the elevator shaft and gas them to death. But before he did that he would force them to sign all their life savings over to him.
Background
Herman was born in New Hampshire and his father was very strict, often bullying his son. He had a well-known fear of the local doctor’s office and because of this other students in his school would often force him to touch human skeletons. What was meant to be a scare turned out to be a fascination, which led to him stealing corpses while in medical school.
He started using the name “H.H. Holmes” after moving to Chicago and got engaged in a lot of shady activities. He is also a bigamist, married a second time and a third time while still married to the first wife. He was known to be a charmer and a ladies’ man.
Killings
His huge castle with secret passages had a drugstore and other shops on the ground floor and the upper areas were used as his office. There were more than a hundred rooms without windows, and there were doorways that opened into brick walls. There were also stairways to nowhere, doors that could not be opened from the inside and several other such oddities. This was to become his killing den.
It was here that the killing spree sprouted over a period of three horrible years. Female victims were mostly his employees who were required to take a life insurance policy where Holmes would pay the premiums. Soundproof rooms with gas lines fitted in were used to kill people. These victims were asphyxiated and their screams went unnoticed as they suffocated. There was a chute that took the bodies to the basement, where some bodies were dissected, flesh removed and turned into skeletal models. He sold these skeletons and other organs to medical schools.He also performed illegal abortions in the castle and many of his patients died.
Sentence
Eventually police grew suspicious about the activities in the castle and when he knew he was getting caught, he burnt the castle and vanished. Remains of more than two hundred people were found in the charred debris. He was later caught and hanged.
Coral Eugene Watts – (Killings between 1974 and 1982)
Watts was the first known serial killer in the nation’s history to have legally acquired immunity, and at one point it even looked as if he would be released in 2006 in spite of having committed between 80-100 murders. When a detective said that he did not have enough fingers and toes to count all the murders he committed, Watts replied that there were not enough fingers and toes in the room. (There were four men in the room.)
Usually serial killers are said to kill people of their own race. However Watts, who was an African American, killed whites mostly.
He admitted to killing females because he saw evil in their eyes. He drowned women in a bathtub in order to prevent their spirits from escaping.
He was not caught for many years because he killed in different jurisdictions and different states. DNA tests also didn’t prove anything because he did not dally with his victims, unlike other serial killers.
Modus Operandi
Watts would drive a couple of hours to commit his murders. He stalked women in his car, would park ahead of them, get out of the car, and then approach them. He killed females between the ages of 14 and 34 by strangulation, drowning, and stabbing. Occasionally he also used tools and other metal objects.
He started killing at the age of 20 but did not rape them, and some of his murders occurred without him even touching the women. For him, the thrill came from the hunt and attack.
Background
Watts’ parents divorced when he was two and he lived with his mother and step-father. He was said to act weird when he was a kid. He was never good at academics but excelled in boxing.
He started having morbid dreams when he was 12, always revolving around killing women. In his dreams, he would punch their evil spirits and he usually fell off his bed. When asked by psychiatrists later whether these dreams disturbed him, he said, “No, I feel better after having them.”
These dreams slowly turned into reality when he started watching, stalking, and looking into the eyes of women to find evil. By the age of 15, he began hitting and choking them. Ultimately it wasn’t enough for him to hurt those women — he had to kill them.
Killings and Sentence
Due to lack of evidence of murder, a plea bargain granted immunity from murder if he confessed to his murders and gave details. Due to this and his good behavior, Watts could have been released in 2006. However, after Watts confessed to about 80 murders, the Michigan authorities refused to go in with the deal and got witnesses to come out and speak about a couple of murders. Watts was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, he died of prostate cancer in 2007.
Richard Angelo (Killings between April 1987 and October 1987)
Angelo was a killer with a different mindset from all others. He made the entire nation scared of hospitals. The desire to be a hero in others’ eyes made him a monster. He was 26 when he went to work at the Good Samaritan Hospital on Long Island in New York. He was a former Eagle Scout and always tried to do good things and help others.
His inability to achieve the level of praise he always desired made him a dangerous serial killer of a totally different kind.
Modus Operandi
He took advantage of the graveyard shift at the hospital to satisfy his desires. He would inject Pavulon and Anectine into patients and bring them to a near-death states. He would tell them that he was giving them drugs that would make them feel better. After injecting these drugs, the patients begin feeling numb and their breathing became constricted. They also lost their ability to communicate with the doctors and nurses. Then he would show his heroism by helping to save his victims, impressing everyone in the hospital.
Death came upon many of these patients as he was unable to intervene and save them from his deadly injections.
Background
Angelo was a former boy scout and always wanted to be a hero. He was said to crave for attention from his parents and everyone else around him.
Killings and Sentence
He is said to have killed 25 people and was caught when one of his victims managed to use the call button for assistance after being injected. One of the nurses then took his urine sample and the test proved positive for the drugs, Anectine and Pavulon, which had not been prescribed by the doctors. All the bodies of suspected victims were tested and found positive for drugs.
Angelo confessed and said, “I had no confidence in myself. I felt very inadequate.”
He was charged for second-degree murder on multiple counts and sentenced to 61 years to life imprisonment. He is currently in the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York.
Andrew Cunanan (Killings between April 1997 and July 1997)
Andrew Phillip Cunanan, a soft-spoken intellect who had a flair for languages and discussing world affairs, was a handsome, lavish and boastful young man who associated himself only with the social elite. He earned many dubious distinctions. One was for killing the famous fashion designer, Gianni Versace, and the other is being listed by the FBI on their Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. He was the first person from San Diego to get onto the “prestigious” list.
Modus Operandi
There was no modus operandi discovered for Cunanan. In the beginning he killed his former lovers who he felt were having an affair behind his back. The others that were killed may also have had connections with him, but nobody knows for sure. They were killed differently and with different weapons.
Background
Cunanan was born in National City, California and was a homosexual since high school. He was known for his erratic ways. He graduated in 1987. He was also rumored to be a lover to older and wealthy gay men. His mother called him a “high-class homosexual prostitute.” However his father denied his homosexuality, calling him “an altar boy” who has a good Catholic upbringing.
It is said that in homosexual circles, once a person crosses mid-20s he is considered old. When Andrew turned 28, he was deserted by his wealthy lovers. He was left to pay off credit cards which exceeded limits, and this left him broke. He stopped taking care of his usually very trendy appearance and gained a lot of weight.
At this point another emotion reared its ugly head — jealousy. He spotted two of his young lovers seeing each other behind his back. Another thing that bothered him was the fact that both of them had reached great heights professionally while he remained stagnant.
The jealousy grew to such an extent that he eventually went to visit them, killing both of them just days apart from each other, beginning his life as a serial killer.
Killings and Sentence
One of his victims was Gianni Versace, the Italian designer. The FBI found Andrew, as he left his name signed on the pavement in front of Gianni’s house. The FBI felt that it was his way of trying to get attention, saying “Look at me. I’m the one that did this.”
He led authorities on a massive manhunt for his killings. He killed himself eight days after killing Gianni Versace. He shot himself to avoid capture.
Conclusion
What you have witnessed here is just a fragment of the world of savage and sadistic minds who have transformed this act of murder from a monstrous anomaly into an everyday horror. These mythic monsters capture the attention of the entire nation and end up as terrifying household names.
Looking into the psyche of a serial killer, doctors say that every individual develops positive attitude towards life and people in their early years, and this attitude is rendered negative with abuse — physical and emotional. That abuse can also come in the form of refusal to acknowledge the boundaries of an individual through excessive expectations, possessiveness, and doting, all of which are as abusive as incest or beatings.
Researchers attempting to understand how fantasies warp the serial killer’s mind say that bizarre fantasies thrive in isolation and eventually the killers feel the need to live them out. They dwell on the murder act for days before committing it, completely caught up in their fantasy. But they find that even murder never fulfills the fantasy completely, and this leads to the serial nature of their crime — always looking for satisfaction they never actually find. Many of these serial killers also keep souvenirs of their crime which helps refuel the fantasy.
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im a serial killer beware..lmao.
i seen such interesting infamous serial killer here 😀 (im about to decide to become a serial killer) LOL!
Wow it felt good to take this name out of retirment. Look out b*****s I’mmmm baaaack!! @babies I’m sorry I’ve been gone for soooooo long. Anyone else miss me? (besides juliete) 🙂
People that kill, The Justice should fit the crime. You rape a child. Your arms and legs at the hip should be cut off and you hung from a poll. You kill, you should be impailed on a pole in public. You do like Jeffery Dormer. Then you should be put in a cage with a 500 pound tiger. You pour acid on someone then you should be dipped in it. You burn someone you should be burned all over. Whatever the crime. It should be done to you. If your victim lives. Then you should have to be that victims slave. You cut someone up then you should be put on the sawhorse. A blade in the middle with 2 250 pounds of ice tied to you legs and you hung above it. R.I.Piecies……
Charles Manson looks so much like that teacher from “Prom Night.” The one obsessed with Brittany Snow. :/
Killer your not wrapped to tight are you. How in any way is that funny. Taking someone’s life is no laughing matter. What if you were in the victims shoes, would you laugh then. These people that these murderers killed had loved ones who needed them. Would you laugh if you were tied up and watched your whole family slain. You must be a sick demented person to make jokes about this. You need to be locked up with a sociopath who commits sodomy you jerk.
INNNNNNNOOOOCCCCEEENNTTTT 😀
we’ll killl you all ul seee…
law&order must be totally inspired because a lot of their shows i watch are based on these men.
crazy…….. watch what your kids watch and want……… end up like one of them………..
angelica frederick….. I agree that it is not funny…… one day they will lose a loved one and look back on this day…..
How do you get rid of blood stains….?
-Amanda
hello, is there somone with other adresser about serial killers with pictures and movies?
thankx
Babbbbbbbbbieeeeeeeeee 🙂 duuuuuude I missed u!! How’ve ya been?
Many of you have asked ” what about the zodiac killer”
well you cant list the zodiac killer because they have yet to find the killer.
with no killer there is no background information or what motivated him to kill who he killed.
wat about citizen X and hitler
what about michale myers and jasonvoorhees??????
some day veryy sooon i will be the most infamous and feared killer in the world. people are going to be scared to even say my name. on Dec 12, 2015 victim number 1 will be taken
Ed, I’m sorry to tell you this, but you will be found long before you even have plan to kill anyone. Trust me….
This is a great article but for the most part some of the comments are just down right ignorant. I believe if you have a problem with whose listed and who isnt listed then write your own article. Secondly people who think stuff like this is a joke, then bless their souls because nothing about this article is funny, or should be debate upon, whats the most important thing is that many people lost their lives based on other people choices, sickness, or just down right wrongful doing. Im sure the families of these people are still in great pain and here many of you are on here making ignorant jokes. Great article and God bless the many people that lost their lives. Some of you people really need to grow up because something like this can happen to anyone.
Idk how anyone can kill, rape, molest, or even eat other people.
Correction: insofar as the Tate-Labianca murders are concerned Charles Manson killed no one. His charge was being a conspirator in the homicides but he was never placed at the actual scene of any of the homicides.
I rarely cite Wiki articles but this one is very well-documented and cited drawing Vincent Bugliosi’s book on the topic (Mr. Bugliosi being the State’s Prosecutor in the case).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson
dennis rader is different because he wasn’t mentally ill, he knew exactly what he was doing when he strangled his victims. he would strangle them, let them revive, and keep repeating the procedure, until he felt like killing the victim. pretty messed up, but he deserves an award for best serial killer.
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This is AWESOME.I’m sorry,but it is.I NEVER knew about ANY of these killers before this.I actually find that these people are very misunderstood.Think about it,they did that because of mental illnesses(well,most of them)Well,honstly,I pitty the last guy, Andrew Cunanan,because he was filled with anger and hate and figured that if he killed everything would be alright.In the end,he found out that it only made things worse.(Karmah’s a bitch,I know) 😉
I have learned about serial killers since I was 7 years old and my step dad gave me a book about Albert Fish, Ted Bundy, and of course MY FAVORITE!! Jeffery Dahmer. People think that most of the acts our serial killers have done were because of brain damage and stuff. No. There would have to be more things behind the scenes. And Jeffery Dahmer. His biography is awesome as heck, and so are his pictures. 🙂
Innnnnooooocccceeennnt
dude, i missed you! I’ve been goooooood. cept bummed about stupid exams *booo*
you?
I Think that another one to add would be Reverend Jim Jones.
Does anyone know of any less known serial killers… newer ones, more current?
hello, sorry for my bad englisch.
is there someone with adres from serial killers with pictures, movies,…
thanks.
greetings from belguim.
her first name is not “L”ill
nor is her last name “M”agill
that i will “K”ill
and its deffinatly not “N”ancy
follow the rhythm,
follow the Rhyme
and you can stop this
Murder just in time
School worksheet. can anyone decode that? i need to figure out the girls name
you idiots!!!!!!! stop writing on here im trying to do research, printed this article and got all your stupid comments
greetings from PA
smile when your in pennsylvania
people are basically stupid i took the time to read almost all the post and 80 percent of the post are dumb the terrorist are the people responable for the war in iraq the people in charge of this board should check the ip address of ed number 519
jonathan 532 you like rocky raccon your taste is about as good as your post stupid off of the beatles white album
Manson: Doing It For The Lulz Since 1969
what about the texas chainsaw masachar he was one of the big ones people want to read about real intresting killers , killers more in date
wtf y r there arguments on here haha thats a bit odd but this is a great site thanx for all the info whoever made this even if it may not be 100% true thanks to all the media at least its better than nothing at all
Gee, they all can’t grow up to be Tim Tebow.
Blah blah blah. I love these men. Dahmer makes me hot.
The kid in me is like Charles Manson, but the adult in me is like Jeffery Dahmer. HAHAHA jk that is just sick
albert fish is my fav serial killer
dude the zodiac killer is the best of the best and know body knew his identity until the daugter came out and annouced that he is dead. he was a geneus compared to these other killers.The police have managed to solve 3 of 4 of his puzzles and the only reason we cant solve is becuase that dudes intell is beyond anyones comprehension. if feel like disscussing more about it find me on facebook.com email [email protected]
that’s all scary i really hope that it never happpens agin thats really bad
Some of the comments on this site are the EXACT reasons why people probably DO become serial killers.
I lose my faith in humanity and find myself with a general hatred of people when I read posts from selfish, intellectually-void, dirty, boastful, rude, disgusting cowards who perpetually vomit ignorance and insult from their mouths. The world would be better of with most people GONE. The ignorance just sickens me. Perhaps some of you need to be butchered in your sleep, shot in a parking lot, stabbed in an alley, strangled in your garage.
Take out the garbage, so to speak. Hell, I’d pull the trigger on some of the folks posting here, and go sleep like a baby afterward. Does that make ME a serial killer in waiting? We’ve all got a killer in us… it’s just that a few folks get pushed enough to actually act on it.
its not always the killers fault. they had a bad childhood and see joy in other peoples pain. joy lots and lots of joy. they seek revenge on humanity as to them its every persons fault. no one saved them from their horrid life no one cared. they just looked at em saw their pain and didn’t even care. so they kill. they do something crazy with the victims body in hopes that if their caught they can plea insane. they feel joy in peoples pain knowing that people caused him pain.they love the tears of helplessness in their victims eyes, they love the screams of agony, they love the thrill of causing people the same kind of pain they felt.
i know their pain. but unlike them i can control it. i would probably not care if i saw someone die right in front of me but i wouldn’t kill em myself.
aaron calls us cowards from the safety of his computer.. hed kill you sleeping. id kill him while looking into his dying eyes and leaugh at the suffering as he turn blue, bound and pathetic
You Know… I think its strange, i watched the movie on edward gein the other day and it made me so angry, yet no matter how angry i got i still would never have the capability of hurting another living person/thing I just dont understand how so many people could do so many bad things… I wasnt raised the best way either and im so tired of ppl saying there actions were brought on from there childhood… I also dont understand why all of you people who have been making posts are making fun of others and making jokes about theese killers… To me its not funny and I wish it would stop. I know theres nothing I can do about it and if yall even read this you will probably mock me too but I just wanted to put it out there… Also, I’ve never been even remotely interested in the murders of others, thats why im so confused as to why im even on this site… mabye just to try and find a resonable explanation as to why theese people did what they did but how is it possible for someone to have so much hate and anger to kill another living person… they say when were born were all innocent but does everyone really think thats true… I havent quite decided my religoen because there are so many ?’s i have that cant be answered but from one of the things i believe… wen we were created it was said that there would be sin in are blood but it is up to us to know right from wrong I may net be perfect, I lie when its not nessasary, Ive tried drugs in the past, I even used 2 be a dancer but i saw my mistakes for what they were and I know im a better person than that. now I know its wrong and try to keep myself from sinning… everyone talks about what powerful men they were to kill so many yet I think they are so weak not to be able to stop themselves… as edward gein said I lost my brother and my mom so why should these people be allowed to live? Well the answer is Because its not there time… your life may be hard now but dont act as if your the only one struggling through hard times… if everyone who had a bad day or a bad childhood grew up to kill people there would be no world left. I just hope to all of you who read this actually pay attention to what Im saying and try to make the world just a little bit better by not talking chit to others because you dont agree with them… if you have a bad day or your hurting inside take out the bad energy by doing nice things for others… I may sourd retarded to you but have yall ever heard of that movie pay it forward? if not its great you should watch it sometime… anyway I think we should all just pay it forward to those who nees it and that way nobody will have to suffer or go through the pain and fear that the victums from theese murders had too… thankyou for reading my post and I hope everyone of you have a wonderful life
I think its amazing some people can sit here and belittle each other, insult and wish death on others. Every person sooner or later receives the punishment they deserve for their acts… weather its big or small.
All I know is that I live for today and only give thanks that yesterday is gone and hope the future will be only better. If we don’t learn to communicate with each other in simple writing how do we expect the outside world to respect each other. All these men and women sentenced, killed lived tragic lives and caused horrific pain on other, and I’m glad each and every one of them received the punishment they deserved. All I have myself to ask is what triggered them to do the things they did? and hope I never cross paths with a sick figure as the ones in this article and many more that weren’t mentioned.
oh there everywhere, in fact theres probably one in your city right now. there are 100’s of s.k’s on the loose in the u.s. and 1000’s who just havent killed yet. the fact is that many cases have not been identified as serial murder cases yet. eeerie isnt it cali j.d.?
rader, the most remorseless of them all and my fav. and to mike, zodiac was the smartest yes. one of 2 to die with the case unsolved. if we knew the whole story and truth of the zodiac then that would be awesome. rader was gunna put all the details of his crimes in a safe box so some1 would find it “10-20 years” after his death and it would reveal him as the killer, as well as all his victims
and we need not be mean to each other, were just discussing serial killers. hopefully not any posting, lol. that would be strange
what we need are more “DEXTER”s … people that have the urge to kill but channel it into killing only those who deserve it, and there’s plenty who deserve it.
I Dont think anyone should be murdered, nobody has the right to take a life from anyone else no matter if there good or bad, truly bad people should be held in a prizon and undergo phsyc evaluations not to give excuses fotr there behavior but to understand what it is that makes them think there imortal… I will never say the phrase why cant we all just get along, because it will never happen, but y not make a new phrase… Y cant we all just try to be nice to others? y cant we try to make our world a better place? Y dont we appreciate what we do have instead of dwell on the bad? I dont know but this really needs to stop, its crazy rediculous what can we do to stop these things from happening
This is an awsome website. All the info is great, I love learning about serial killers, I find it all interesting. Keep up the good work
P.S.- Ed gein is the best serial killer!
I totally agree with siege…Dexter brings closure to things.I love that show. I have never read such horrible things.These people are crazy and deserve everything that happens to them.They deserve worse then what they did to their victims.If that’s even possible.
to the pinky person. If everyone decided to get along our world as we know it would drastically alter. There would be no passion crimes, serial killers, terrorist, nor school shootings. Think if that were to happen, the population of the world would go up. The only causes of death would be accident and natural causes. Think with medicine gettting better people are living longer. Do you want to become like China? It would be like a million people to one city. Praise serial killers and passion crimes! They keep the world’s population down… People should really think about these things.
WHOA!!! haha I got about 3/4 down all the comments and gave up! This is crazy. And to think… if it wasn’t for this comment, “Great list of American Serial Killers but aren’t you missing the greatest serial killer of humanity as a whole? These guys killed 100’s of people but the terrorist and serial killer I am referring to, has brutally murdered hundreds’s of thousands of them. You got to add GEORGE W. BUSH to the top of the list!” by John, I wouldn’t be so amused right now lol
btw– don”t mean to sound like a stalker with the “so long fo now” comment. lol
Jeffrey Dahmer is my hero and I want to be just like him
To Jackie comment 496…GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
manson killed an entire family and his first kill was Roman Polanski’s wife!
Stop idolising criminals that dont give a damn who the hell u are.
To Emyle 558: what the F??? is wrong with you?
If everybody in the world was like China, you probabaly wouldnt have the privilege of even commenting right now. grow the F up
And to pinky 555,
If we were all just NICE to each other we would never know who we really are and what we really feel.
People were not made to be nice to each other. They were meant to feel what they feel whenever they felt it.
We get angry, we get mad and sometimes SHIT HAPPENS….i.e:” murder, death, being beaten up, gettingv raped! And i’m not saying that is right but but we cant pretend that we live in a fairytale world.
Life is not all about smiles and fake sugar coated lies. We all have dark thoughts, you included. If we all went around singing ” I LOVE YOU” i think i’d kill myself! What sick and twisted worls would that be…but also if we all went walking around killing people, that would be a fucked up world too. We need balance and sometimes that comes with the GOOD and the BAD….
And p.s. i love DEXTER! Most awsome-ist serial killer ever…if everyone killed off the bad guys, i wouldnt mind them being a Serial killer.
I know that it is contradictory to some of the stuff that i mentioned but he ROCKS~!!!
The most dangerous serial killers are chamelion sociopaths, it is called that because the perpetrator blends into society without being suspected of what they are doing. Much like the way a chamelion blends into it’s environment. They are the most dangerous because you never know if someone is a killer because they blend in quite well with social life today.
hahahahaha…this whole comment frenzy is absolutely fantastic..i feel like i just climbed K-2..reading all of these was quite an accomplishment..i am posting the link to this thing on my blog..hahaha…i have a paper to write about serial killers and i stumbled across this site and found the comments so much more interesting than the subject matter…I LOVE WHEN THAT HAPPENS! my favorite part is the confession to murder. that was like WHOA! this thing is like a novela! hahaha..kudos to you all!
also wanting to add that comment # 205 is my all time fave…followed closely by # 187…I LOVE IT!
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for may…. you can think what you want may but to me u are the only one who posted that you dont agree with me… i know i get mad but thats the diff between me and theese losers i dont take my anger out by killing people, i take it out by leaying at the ones i love… i shouldnt do that either but i try to be a good person and thats my pointe, u said u would rather kill urself than live in a world where there is no pain and no depression well im so sorry that you wouldnt like to seee that because theres not a day that goes bye where i dont see sum 1 gettin beat up at killed or die in a car wreck by a drunk driver and if it was possible for this to never happen i would do whatever i could to help
is thier any seiral rapist who rape and cannibalis adult men
These are seriously twisted sick psycopaths! And to think, I might be dealing with these guys or girls in a few years! When I become a cop!
what about adding abortion clinics to this list????
and there’s also a serial killer that we love, Dexter Morgan!haha
dude u should’nt have the name famous in the heading it is a real insult to the victims and there families…they hav ruined to many lives to be glorified
also i would have preffered to see richard ramirez information up in this site than andrew cunanan but this was interesting site P.S that son of sam is a strange fella the dumba*s
Love John Wayne Gacy’s Last Words. 🙂
That’s just the thing Pinky, its not possible.
Do you think that yoy are the only one in the world who wants change? Who wants things to be better and have no crime and have people “JUST GET ALONG”?
No, you are not.
You are one of many who want this and also you are one of many who try and change this.
I have seen people die and i have seen people who do what they have to because they fell that there is no way out.
There is always a way out.
But the thing is- they have to want that way out.
I am being realistic when I say that living in a sugar-coated world is NEVER going to happen.
In case you havent notice, change only comes in the after math of terror. Thousand of lives lost produce people who want a better world for their kids and for their family’s.
But death and pain are ineveitable. It is the agent that causes humans to WANT a better world. It caues us to reacte in ways that we would never have imagined possible.
Without it, we will all just remain ignorant to the realities of the world. Death prepares us in it’s purest form for that change.
You can never know who you truly are unless you are pushed.
And when i said I’d rather kill myself, what I meant was that if we all lived in a world where there was happiness all the time, then this webite would be called AMERICA”S MOST FAMOUS SUPERHEROES- with a whole bunch of people just like us doing the same thing by commenting and giving their opinions on how the world could be a little better if we were just allowed to VENT in public. Or hit someone who pisses us off, or everyone agreeing that killing of a few of the happy people who constantly GAG us with their ever constant HAPPINESS would be a thrill.
And then there would be someone JUST LIKE YOU trying to chnage THAT world into the one we have now……
I am not saying that killing is welcome or evn that I disagree with you.
All i am saying is that we need balance.
Everything in the universe only works because it has an equal balance of negatives and positives:
Tilt the balance one way or the other and we’re all fuc*ed.
But I still think Dexter Morgan is cool.
EVERYONE has a demon inside of them.
Lesson: Control your demons, don’t let them control YOU.
i never saw anything on the zodiac, and i also believe that david berkowitz did not act alone.
This is something not to play around with ppl many think its alrite to kill other ppl just wait til it happens to your family but its still not rite wen you do it to other families they are losing ppl thye love!!!!!!!!
m8 i don’t think anything is just dandy or pinky haha…
also i was just saying he should’nt call them famous more like infamous
i also love reading shit about killers and how they grew up …
i ‘m not the type to call for peace bruz i’m aboriginal lol and i have no idea were u got that seriously.. even i no that’s impossible,, so don’t think because you wrote a long speech u made a good point,,,no thats not how shit works,,
but lets just hyperthetically i if sum1 murdered 1 of ur family members by a FAMOUS serial killer would just say to the rest of them
“oi it’s alright thats just dandy becauz it had to happen because of the positives and negatives in the universe they were ment to die”
i think ur trying to think in the forms of science well buddy thats just ur theory,, i believe in a real thing called the human brain and what actions it makes a human do,,, but you go 2 remeber barely any of those murderers all classified as insane meaning they knew exactly wat they wer doin and they new exactly it was wrong,, just saying u walk up and to the families and explain ur theory,,,
it has been an interesting debate and i like dexter morgan his funny sumtimes…..
So The John Guy Who Said That Stuff About George W. Bush.
I Totally agree. He Is Thee Best Of All Best Serial Killers. Because, He murdered thousands of people and everyone new and was to blind to see..
He Got Away With Murder!
Serial Killers Are All Hated, But Yet they are all SO famous.
Society Can’t Help But Hate Them But Yet They Are So Interested.
Comment:
m8 i don’t think anything is just dandy or pinky haha…
dude, i see you point loud and clear..but maybe the reason why i get so technical sometimes is because ppl get blinded by emotion and dont see reason.
sure, WHAT IF IT HAPPENS TO ME? then what?
but it still doesnt change a goddamn thing….
IF it happens they will still be gone and i will still be here, granted with a new perspect and point of view on what yr trying to say, but it wont STOP.
Do you get that.
i spent half my life living in ignorant belief that things would get better and that i was not living in a world where fear is around every corner.
I am from south africa. and despite what you amrican’s believ africa to be, it is one of the most beautiful places with the most dangerous ppl.
ppl have been telling me my entire life GROW UP…you are not 5 years old.
And i suppose for a 5 year old, living in candy land is awsome.
but for a grown as woman, it is childish and naive and not very safe to believ that you can go around walking in your underwear and NOT get attacked.
yes…it COULD happen to me…i’m not stupid…but i REFUSE to be ignorant and believe that it will all get better.
i dont blame on negatives and positives……its the fact that EVERYBODY here has something to say one way or the other…devide them equally…half believe that it wrong, half believe that its acceptable…and only 5% are twisted enough to want to see more….
based on this page alone, this entire commentary can be multiplied by your country and then multiply that number by your continent and THEN MULTIPLY THAT NUMBER BY A THOUSAND and you get what the general consensus of the world thinks.
IE..split in half..meaning= Negative vs Positive
It doesnt necessarily mean neutrons or science or evn logic…its pure human nature…
Humans, not science, is what i base my opinion on.
Humans who feel, those that dont, those that kill, those that wont.
It doesnt matter. the point is that we are all prone to unexplainable acts of violence that, either make things better, or make them worse.
but violence will always be there unless….what?
thats the thought that keeps me sane sometimes….
unless……if you know, then tell me?
Spinert
Dude, I see your point
But it doesn’t change anything.
Points can be made and opinions gave, but the fact is that ALL of you that are saying …its unacceptable, it not right, you are probably the one that never do anything about but sit in front of yr PC’s and comment here THINKING that you bare making things better.
Your not.
That’s exactly my point. Take it or not.
This world that we live in is so messed up in so many ways, and ask anyone who knows me; I try and see the beauty in it everyday.
And I usually do.
But all my life ppl have been telling me to GROW THE F UP! Yr not 5 anymore
I am sure living in candy land is awesome for a 5 yr old but for a grown ass woman such as me, it is ignorant and so not safe.
I’m from South Africa, which to me is one, the most beautiful places in the world but with the most dangerous ppl.
I might have been born in the house of ignorance but I don’t have stay there.
Living in world where fear is around every corner forces you to come to terms with the reality of things.
And YES…WHAT IF IT HAPPENED TO ME?
Sure, I’d be sad and angry and I’d vengeful and be filled with hatred for who ever did this, but with a new perspective and a different kind of enlightenment, I”D STILL BE HERE…living in this world where fear preys. Where we humans either pretend it paradise or accept that its not.
And my opinion would still be that…only an opinion but one that I firmly believe…
It’s not about negatives or positives, shit it has nothing do with science!
It’s based on human behavior and their ability to remain predictable.
This world will never change.
Its people will never change.
Underlined and bolded is the heading AMERICA”S MOST FAMOUS SERIAL KILLERS…..
Doesn’t that tell you already what human nature compels people to do.
Like Sally said:
Sally Says:
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:33 am
EVERYONE has a demon inside of them.
Lesson: Control your demons, don’t let them control YOU.
But humans are as predictable as nature, as trees.
You know that a tree never moves unless MOVED
You know that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.
You know that you don’t want the sun but the beautiful moon because the sun is too hot and too searing.
But just like the rising of the sun, you can’t stop it….you can wish it, you can want it to be different, you can even try to change the direction in which it hits you…but you still cant stop it.
What I am saying is, I would love to live in world where the moon shone everyday and every night and I didn’t get sunburn, but the most that I can do to NOT get burnt, is where sunscreen.
So I’m protecting myself by being realistic.
This world is good. This world is bad.
But it is a world that will never be either.
soory abou the double whammy…i thought my first comment was delted accidently..
do you guys have any idea how hard it is to remember what you said after its gone….?
Damn.
MAY
The only point i was trying to make in the first place is that they should’nt be called FAMOUS it should be called INFAMOUS
DO U GET THAT/// SERIOUSLY
I AM AN IDIGENOUS AUSTRLIAN,ABORIGINAL THE PPL WHO INVENTED OUR TRADITIONAL UR LIL TOYS/GIMICS THE BOOMERANG AND DIDGERIDOO
Nowhere else on earth would you see figures where the Indigenous population in jail almost matches the Indigenous population in university. Indeed, Australia’s Indigenous jailing rate is the highest on earth. But that’s not the most startling ‘figure in context’. This one is:
The jailing rate of black males in South Africa at the end of the Apartheid era (1993) was 851 per 100,000 population. In Australia today, THEY jail black ABORIGINAL males at a national rate of 4,364 per 100,000.
That’s over five times higher.
In the Northern Territory, the rate is almost six times higher. In fact, no state or territory of Australia — not even the ACT — jails black ABORIGINAL males at a rate less than South Africa under apartheid. The closest is Tasmania, at 1,169 per 100,000 population.
So Australia’s ‘best performer’ is still almost 30 percent worse than the regime considered the most racist on earth.
Our worst performer — Western Australia — jails black males at more than eight times the rate of South Africa during Apartheid.
DON’T YOU EVER AGAIN CALL ME IGNORANT AGAIN. YOU ALL THINK AUSTRALIA IS THIS LITTLE PLACE DOWN UNDER
YOU ARE THE IGNORANT ONE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND MAY YOU GOT ALL THAT DOWN
Calm down DUDE
First of all, where in any of what i said did i refer or mention or call you ignorant?
Can you please quote me because I’d really like to know?
Thought so.
Second of all, who cares how many black people are in your jail?
There are plenty of people all over the world who are black and who are not, and who are in jail.
BTW thats not something to be proud of, it just means that Australia is infested with criminals….
My opinions, are unbiased and not directed to anyone, whether they are black or white or blue.
I would never assume that some one is ignorant without knowing them.
I dont know any of you.
So why would i do that?
Think about it.
And it doesnt matter what your race your country your nationality, if you were so quick to jump and assume, and in a quick second, if you could were able to jump down my throat about a commentary that doesnt evn remotely have anything to do with you but give you my side of the view, then I can understand why you are attracted to this website.
Read carefully and know that i was referring to my own ignorance not yours.
Well, i’m off home now. done with work
enjoy yr day…and P.S
I think you need to see a psych.
WOW!!!!
people are so argumentative…cant we all just be nice?
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if your from australia…go home.
i didnt read any of the comments, but what about richard ramirez? he seems a bit more famous than andrew….
Spinert
First, we make ourselves ignorant by losing our own control and composure. Once you lose your temper you have lost the argument.
Now where Aboriginals are concerned, there are some shocking statistics. According to the University of WA crime research centre, while Aboriginals make up less than 3% of the population, they commit 20% of the violent crime in Western Australia. The research centre also found that one in five assaults, one in three robberies, more than one in three homicides and about one in ten sexual offences are inter-racial. About 93% of those involve Aboriginal offenders and non-Aboriginal victims.
It is a sad thing when one culture is so affected by the environment that surrounds them, but deep down do we not al know the difference between right and wrong.
Chel
All of you
I will agree that calling GW a terrorist is quite outlandish but to imply that he did the best he could? how can you say that? he knew there were NO WMDs in Iraq but he made it his base for support of the war anyway. Granted getting rid of Hussain was a good thing but for us to go in there and try to set up a democracy in a country that is still warring amongst different tribes is ridiculous…not necessarily wrong but just soundly impossible.
BTW anyone who says that they are loyal to the president isn’t thinking very well. NOWHERE in the US Constitution or the Declaration of Independence does it even require for ANY American to be loyal to the president or even the government! We should be loyal to this country, not to the politicians who eventually always find a way to infringe on our freedoms. I mean come on, THE PATRIOT ACT!?!? Seriously? Before we start signing into law an act that strips our freedoms in order to protect us, we need to check to see how long our watchdogs teeth are. ( not my original thought, borrowed from Thorin).
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
POINT: dont be a “republican”, and “democrat”, a”liberal”,”conservative” or any other kind of political label…really read the constitution and declaration and be an AMERICAN!!!
(Note: Everyones small political views differ from person to person, we cant all think the same, but quite griping about issues like abortion and religion and focus on REAL issues like education, taxes, ect. Also, you dont like the way things are…quite gripping and start a “revolution- noun: a drastic and far-reaching CHANGE in ways of thinking and behaving”)
i love how they killed all these people..!!!
You’re forgetting Richard Ramirez and there is only one girl on this list. Still I think the way serial killers think is so interesting but at the same time I’m disgusted by it.
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wow they all look so normal chilling
I need to say a couple of things. I have read all of the comments here, and I have to wonder what most of this has to do with serial killers?
First you cannot call world leaders serial killers. Some are mass murderers, but not serial killers. There has never been an American president that would fit in this group. Many have supported and backed actions by these evil people but they didn’t actually do the killing of innocents. GWB inculded here, so let it go.
As far as the war in Iraq goes? It has nothing to do with 911 stop trying to pass it off as if it does. Saddam Hussen was one of the aforemeantioned world leaders killing his people. That was fine with the American government until he stepped out of line,a dn became “an enemy of freedom”, or what ever the propaganda was/is.
I’m not gonna even get into the religous ranting here. Live and let live people.
Charles Manson is and was a very disturbed individual, but I’m not sure you can call him a serial killer. Killer Cult leader okay but…
There are so many missing from the list but the authors would have to set a limit. I think they did a great job and wrote a very informative artilce. Thanks guys.
Sorry for the typos, it’s getting pretty late.
I often read blogs but rarely push the keys to provide any meaningful comment, these lunatics and pathetic animals and have forgiven there rights as human beings, yes I see and get that they have had a terrible childhood, parents and the like probably molested or molestered themselves. The social fabric and moral fibre has broken down somewhere and where was there family network’s either close family or intra family. We all should aspire to bringing back these values, no doubt people like this will always slip through the net however if we were to look after our neighbors and friends may be this could make a small difference and save some future lives, surely that is the lesson in all of this.
@everyone who commented. You are all stupid for arguing over facts!
wow…these people are seriously screwed up. its kinda sad actually.
I would like to say that I think it is unfair to call Jeffrey Dahmer a monster. Yes, what he did was gruesome, but he only did these things out of sheer loneliness. I think it is terribly sad to think that there are people in the world so in need of an attachment that the only way they can get it is by killing. All he wanted was for someone to stay with him. Also he never tortured anyone. He was very careful never to hurt them outright, he never wished to cause them physical pain. I’m not trying to make excuses for him but I also dont believe it is fair to be so harsh about him. He could have been anything he wanted if only he had somebody to love him unconditionally.
they forgot to mention the belt way snipers, hillside stranglers, and many others…….. almost every one of these people were inteligent. scary…..
Chivers90
Jeffery Dahmer shot acid into his victims eyes when they were still alive. He put them through some very brutal things, he tortured them to death and then ate them. “This Milwaukee serial killer murdered boys of Asian and African descent. His murders were gruesome and involved torture, forced sodomy, dismemberment (removing their limbs), necrophilia, and cannibalism.” Being lonely and growing up in an abusive environment does not dictate being sympathetic. Having a traumatic childhood puts you in line to be more likely to commit this type of behavior, but it does not make it right.
Chelsea
He did not inject acid into their eyes. Get your facts straight and dont quote from this site. How about you read something from somebody who was actually there. He didnt torture either. Torture involves taking pleasure from someone else’s pain, which he didnt do. Why would you cause pain to someone you want to love? I already said that I wasn’t making excuses for his behaviour, I was merely saying that it is unfair to believe that some of these peole are pure evil. No doubt you believe in the death sentence. If people tried understanding the people who do these things rather than murdering them themselves then perhaps the world would be a better place to live.