America’s Famous Serial Killers!
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Spotting them in a crowd is not possible, as they look like normal people; in fact most of them are soft-spoken and polite. Their monstrousness comes through only in 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, verbally and this activates some psychological trigger in their minds, increasing the feelings of inadequacy or worthlessness.
There have been hundreds of serial killers in the history of America and there are a few that have registered in the minds of people and became “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 famous killers that shocked us with their monstrousness.
Ed Gein (Killings between 1947 and 1957)
Known as history’s most inspirational killer with his character becoming the central theme for many films, including Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “Psycho” and the character of Hannibal Lecter in “The Silence of the Lambs” among others.
Modus Operandi
He was a serial killer who would skin his victims, exhume corpses and decorate his home with parts of his victims’ bodies. Human skin was used to make dustbins, furniture and clothes.
Background
Edward Theodore was born in the year 1906 as the youngest 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.
Ed’s father died of alcoholism and later his brother Henry, who used to criticize his mother about Ed’s unhealthy attachment to her, died in a mysterious fire, and Ed was later suspected.
Fantasies
With nobody to control him after his mother passed away, Eddie became obsessed with sexual fantasy and female anatomy. He was fascinated by the human experiments performed in Nazi camps. He started robbing graves to perform experiments, including removing his own mother from her grave. The experiments became gruesome and cannibalistic. He had the desire of turning himself into a woman and would create breasts out of human skin and drape it. 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 – hanging corpse’s with throat and heads missing, bowls made of skull, various pieces of jewelry made of human skin, hanging lips, skin upholstery for chairs, masks made of facial skin and vulva, including his mother’s, that were painted silver. The most shocking was his mother’s heart that was found in a pan on the stove.
Killings and Sentence
Police counted them as 15 women. 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)
He proved that even the devil can be attractive. Ted was one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. He was very handsome, charming and cultured. He has raped and murdered numerous young women. He engaged in necrophilia, which is being sexually attracted to corpses.
Modus Operandi
He had unique techniques of luring his victims. He would drink alcohol before approaching potential victims, even in a crowd or 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 of age.
However, later, many of his victims are said to have a physical resemblance to his first girlfriend.
Theodore Robert Cowell was born in 1946 in Burlington, Vermont to an unmarried mother of 22 and gets his name from his stepfather, Bundy. He was made to believe by his grandparents that he was their son and his mother was his sister.
He was a good student who was devastated when his first love left him. He spent years trying to get her back and finally 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 and confessed 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, and the reason he committed these crimes.
Reason for Killing
He gave a weird reason for killing – 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 who Berkowitz believed was possessed and 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 weird letters to the police and media, with details of his killings.
Background
David Berkowitz, born 1953, was an adopted son and the family lived in a middle-class neighborhood in 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 shifted to Florida, leaving him behind when he was 18.
Later, he found out that his natural mother was alive and he had a sister. Although, there was a reunion, it was too late for him by then, as he preferred his isolation and delusions.
Killings and Sentence
He received a 365 year prison sentence and Berkowitz told the FBI that he invented the “Son of Sam” stories to convince the court that he was out of his mind and the real reason he killed is because he hated his mother for leaving him and 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 is 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 and then dare the youth to free themselves. Once the boys were handcuffed, he would pull either with 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. He deeply loved his father and strived to please him, but failed.
He had the ability to convince people.
He later got married and had two kids, but his wife left him when he was arrested for trying to coerce a fellow employee into homosexual acts.
Another thing of note is that he had a head injury by falling off a swing, when he was 11 years old, and suffered from blackouts until he was 16 years old. He 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,” and that one was a contractor, the other a clown, another a politician and the fourth went by the name Jack Hanley who 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 the limbs by cutting them or by some other means), necrophilia and cannibalism.
He was arrested first when caught fondling a young 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 and that is 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 had a fascination for dissecting dead animals and by the time he was a teenager, was an alcoholic and a loner. He dropped out of college and his father forced him to enlist in the Army. But 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 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 and 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.
The 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 woman 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.
While the killings continued and police could not find a clue, the ‘Green River Taskforce” was formed in the year 1984 as the death toll 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’s birth place is 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 was never pleased with what he did. Ridgway’s IQ was 80, which signified a slight mental deficiency. He had a troubled teenage and stabbed a kid of six when he was 16. He always had an obsession with prostitutes.
He was married for fourteen years and he managed two totally different identities: a wonderful husband going on romantic vacations and the other of the 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 spares him execution in exchange for helping locate the remains of all those women and provide details. This created a controversy as many people believed that a person who murdered so many people should not be spared execution.
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)
She did not poison her victims like many other female killers, she slaughtered them. Belle 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 was not suspected. After moving to La Porte with her children, she married Peter Gunness, who died after just nine months. She collected the insurance payment. Over the next few years, all the men that came vanished without trace.
She became infamed for 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 in 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 at Stoersetgjerdet in Norway. One story goes that she got pregnant with a man and he kicked her on her stomach in public and she lost her child. He disappeared soon after. According to her sister, Belle was said to be crazy for money.
Missing Mysteriously
In 1908 her farmhouse caught fire and burned to the ground and when it was put out, the remains of several people were discovered, men, children and a woman. The children were identified as hers. The woman was assumed to be Belle, although, there was no head. It was thought she died in that fire.
Many butchered bodies were found around her property and the bodies were carved like turkeys. The heads were cut off, arms removed and legs sawed off at the thigh.
However, Belle’s ranch hand and lover Lamphere who was arrested claimed that he helped Belle fake her own death and run away. Officially, she was considered as 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 and left him with his aunt or grandmother most of the time. She was arrested with armed robbery and penitentiary and he went to live with his aunt and uncle. Even after she was released, his mother did not want his responsibility. She was even willing to trade him for a drink. The father was not in the scene since his birth.
He turned out to be a troublemaker and was sent to a reform school at the age of nine. By the age of 26, he was charged with rape, drugs, stealing, pimping and other frauds.
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. Charlie focused on an Armageddon, where the blacks would rise to power and kill all whites and Charles Manson and family would be the only white family living. He felt the blacks will not be in power because of their inferiority complex and the Manson family would rule the world.
When this did not happen, he started getting people killed by his “family” members.
Killings and Sentence
His first murder was that of Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski and 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 was 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, 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. He was the youngest of four. 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 and that is when he began to realize that he enjoyed physical pain and felt aroused. 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 and this continued even after his marriage and 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 in his private parts. X-rays later revealed 27 needles inside him.
It was at the age of 55 that he started experiencing hallucinations and believed God ordered him to castrate young boys. This was diagnosed as religious psychosis and is what led to the several mutiliations and murders.
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)
His criminal career started as a medical student who stole corpses from the University of Michigan and using those corpses to collect insurance money taken under ficticious 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. He also used lure women to his “torture castle,” promising marriage and would then throw them down the elevator shaft and gas them to death, but before 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 and often bullied his son. He had a well-known fear of the local doctor’s office and due to 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 and 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 offices were used for his office. There were more than a hundred rooms without windows and doorways that opened into brick walls, stairways to nowhere, doors that could not be opened from the inside and several other such rooms. This was to become his killing den.
It was here that the killing spree unearthed over a period of three horrible years. Female victims were mostly his employees who were required to take a life insurance policy and 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 and they suffocated. There was a chute that took the bodies to the basement, where some bodies were dissected, flesh removed and created into skeleton 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 burnt debris. He was caught later and hanged to death.
Coral Eugene Watts – (Killings between 1974 and 1982)
He 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 the spirit from escaping.
He was not caught for many years because he killed in different jurisdictions and different states. DNA tests also did not 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, park ahead of them, get out of the car and approach them. He killed females between the ages of 14 and 34, by strangulation, drowning and stabbing, and at times 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 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 dreams when he was 12, and they always revolved around killing women. In his dreams, he would punch their evil spirits and 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 and he started watching, stalking and looking into the women’s eyes to find evil. By the age of 15, he began hitting and choking them. Ultimately, this was not enough to hurt those women, and he had to kill.
Killings and Sentence
Due to lack of enough 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 of a couple of murders. Watts was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, he died of prostate cancer in the year 2007.
Richard Angelo (Killings between April 1987 and October 1987)
He 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 did good things for 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 state. 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
He was a former boy scout and always wanted to be a hero. He was always 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 by Angelo. One of the nurses then took his urine sample and the test proved positive for drugs, Anectine and Pavulon, which have 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 softspoken intellect who had a flair for languages and discussed world affairs, was a handsome, lavish and boastful young man who associated himself only with the social elite. He earned many dubious distinctions; one is of 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 into (un)prestigious list.
Modus Operandi
There was no modus operandi detected as such. 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 with different weapons.
Background
He was born in National City in California and was a homosexual ever since high school and known for his erratic ways. He graduated in the year 1987. He was also said to be a lover for 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 lots of weight.
In this situation, he suffered another emotion – jealousy, when 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 achieved great heights professionally and he remained stagnant.
The jealousy grew to such an extent that he eventually went to visit them and killed both of them, just days apart. That’s when the killings began.
Killings and Sentence
One of his victims was Gianni Versace, the Italian designer. FBI found Andrew, as he left his name signed on the pavement in front of Gianni’s house. FBI felt that it was his way of craving for 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 by shooting himself, obviously to avoid capture.
Conclusion
What you have witnessed here is just a fragment of the huge territory occupied by the savage and sadistic minds who have transformed this from a monstrous anomaly into an everyday horror. These mythic monsters capture the attention of the entire nation and end up as scary household names.
Looking into the psyche of a serial killer, doctors say that every individual develops positive attitude towards life and people in the early years of life, and this attitude is rendered negative with abuse, physical and emotional. By “abuse” it also means refusal to acknowledge the boundaries of an individual – excessive expectations, possessiveness, doting – are also as abusive as incest and beating.
Researchers attempting to understand how the fantasy warps the serial killer’s mind say that bizarre fantasies thrive in isolation and eventually they feel the need to live out their fantasies. They dwell on the murder act for days before the act, completely caught in their fantasy, but they find that even murder never fulfills the fantasy and this leads to the serial nature of murder. Many of these serial killers also keep souvenirs of their crime, which helps refuel the fantasy.
Written by Hasan on September 7th, 2008
September 15th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Famous serial killers are hated but there can’t be any doubts about their popularity; they often suffer from Antisocial Personality Disorder, and thus can appear very normal in their everyday lives.
September 15th, 2008 at 8:44 am
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!
September 15th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I wonder how long the list would be if you included all countries. No doubt they all had some disorders, however, they all seemed to come from totally dysfunctional families as well.
September 15th, 2008 at 11:43 am
These are the media promoted serial killers. These, however, are not: http://podblanc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1263&highlight=serial+killers
September 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
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
September 15th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Good article.
Small correction: Ed Gein’s character was used as a base in Silence of The Lambs. Not for Hannibal Lecter but for Buffalo Bill. Hannibal Lecter was a cannibal but he did not dress up in his victims skin. That was Buffalo Bill.
September 15th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
John – you are an id*ot. You make liberals look bad with your stupid analogies and wild, exaggerated statements.
September 15th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
@John – Probably because this article wasn’t written by a terrorist sympathizer.
September 15th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
They all have dead eyes.
September 15th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
What about Richard Ramerez, the Night Stalker?
September 15th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
There is speculation that David Berkowitz wasn’t alone in those random killings, that he might’ve been part of a satanic cult due to the many varied descriptions of the killer. But so far Berkowitz hasn’t been forthcoming with any new leads of information thus far.
September 15th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
@brian – you don’t have to be a terrorist sympathizer to understand that your president allowed the slaughter of thousands in the pursuit of wealth and power. also, if you had a clue at all about how the world works, you’d understand that sympathizing with a terrorist’s point of view requires no more effort than sympathizing with the 9/11 victims…unless you’re a racist…which you almost certainly are if you defend your president.
i<3canada
thanks for the article. very thorough.
September 15th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Great to see America’s notorious serial killers made “FAMOUS”. I personally agree with John.. you have one “Famous” name missing in there
September 15th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
oups you forgot to state israel and all its terrorist prime ministers responsible for serial killings and war crimes and …………………………the list is longer than you can imagine !
add to that GW bush of course the head of of terrorists ever existed
September 15th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Mandy – I think you are the one who is acting like an id**t. I don’t care what you think.. Bush is a terrorist for me!
To add, Obama and McCain are the same
September 15th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
It just shows that you can’t ignore mental illness. Especially in this day and age. There are way too many mentally ill people out walking around who need meds and a doctor’s care, but aren’t getting any help. Things have got to change. Maybe we can hope that those who need help get it, or that the law and the Doctors can intervene before killers like these can kill again!
September 15th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Seems there’s a good deal of mental illness with these people who have Bush Derangemant Syndrome.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I’m with John on this Mandy. His statement is not at all exaggerated and I, being one of many, want to see him in prison for the murder’s (amongst other crimes against humanity) he’s committed. It has nothing to do with being “liberal” or any other tag you want to put on it. He has deceived us and stomped on our constitutional rights. He needs his just dues. Kudos for calling this one John!
September 16th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Daniel,
Manson was also found guilty of Tate-Labianca murders.
Here is a small piece from the powerful summation of Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi in the Charles Manson (Tate-LaBianca Murder) Trial
Vincent Bugliosi: “In Manson’s world, he probably felt if he never himself killed anyone but had someone else murder for him, he was thereby immunized or insulated, as it were, from all criminal responsibility. Well, it is not quite that easy, and when you folks come back into this courtroom with your verdict of first-degree murder against Charles Manson, you are going to tell him it’s not quite that easy. In the offbeat world of Charles Manson he probably never heard of this rule of law. Well, he is learning about it right now.”
After this, the jury returned its verdict on January 25, 1971, finding all defendants guilty, and sentenced them to death. Unfortunately, the death sentences could not be imposed due to a California Supreme Court ruling in 1972.
September 16th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Technically Andrew Cunanan was a spree killer, Charles Manson was a cult leader and most of the bodies found at Ed Gein’s farmhouse were the result of grave robbing. Gein killed one woman, and Manson killed no one himself. They are not serial killers.
September 16th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Thanks for ruining a perfectly good article. Moron! Nobody gives a crap what your political views are! Just shut up!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
What about the so called powers that be? (powers that be queer)I call them.I’ve DR.Savage & Neal Boortz call them thought cops and such. I know of people who have killed them selves because of their peeping in their minds and putting words in their heads.They have probley (slang)killed more people than any of the serial killers. Don’t forget the Clintons.
September 18th, 2008 at 3:12 am
You’re wrong about Charles Manson. He never directly killed anyone, which is why he didn’t get the death penalty. The only people who were murdered were murdered by his followers, not Manson himself.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
John Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 8:44 am
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!
—Who ever you are you are awesome. I was thinking the exact same thing when I was reading this.
September 21st, 2008 at 10:54 pm
i live in Milwaukee and i have been to the old prison where Jeffery Donner was held.
ive been in his cell too….
it was so scary and weird…
its hard to describe but i never want to go there again!
you just get that feeling that this isnt right and that u should get the hell out of there.
people think its really cool that ive been there but for me i just hate that memory!
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:16 am
15 killings for Gein? Where are you getting this information from? He only killed 2 people. The rest of the bodies they found on his land were the ones he dug up from the local graveyard. Hardly a “serial killer” but infamously disturbed and highly influential in the horror business no doubt.
September 24th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Hey John, We agree with you that George W Bush is the biggest terrorist of them all! We also agree that Obama and McCain, are the same!
September 25th, 2008 at 1:33 am
i believe this post was about serial killers not terrorists, u guys need to get that part right first. U can also say well “what about this guy and that guy” but really over the long time of civilisation of course there will be some missing. dont be so pedantic about everything. Also i believe these people were mostly americans?
oh PS if u say Bush is the terrorist does that mean the “soldiers” who actually pull the triggers are his left hand?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
This is about serial killers, not terrorists. Bush is not a serial killer. Doesn’t matter your politics.
September 26th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
how about Jack The ripper. forget the photo u could have at least toss it in there!
September 29th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Charles Manson has to have the Best Photo award here.
Bewildered isn’t the word.
He reminds me of a perverse Shaggy from Scooby-Doo.
September 30th, 2008 at 1:39 am
Kerryn,
I have never in my life heard a comment as retarded as yours. You must be mentally ill. People like you are the reason soldiers get a bad name, because they cant resist punching you in the face. If I were standing in the same room when you said that, I would have beat your face until it was as big as a pumpkin.
I did not agree with Bush’s retarded plans, I did not agree to go to Iraq and have my friends killed and watch my family suffer and other familes suffer because their brothers, husbands, sisters and wives where dying in Iraq. I fought in Iraq and I fired my weapon, but when I fired my weapon it was not because I believed in this ridiculous war, I fired my weapon because I valued my life and the life of my friends. I was not fighting a war for the monkey we call our president, I was fighting in order to stay alive and keep my friends alive. If you want to call American soldiers Bush’s left hand you are calling American soldiers murderers. I am not a murderer by any means. George W. Bush is responsible for every single death that happened in Iraq. He is responsible for all American and Iraqi deaths because he DECLARED the war and therefore all bullets left their weapons in HIS name.
Bush is not a serial killer, Bush is worse, he is a mass murderer and he should be put on trial for war crimes.
September 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
The really scary part is that there are so many more who were never detected, many of whom are probably still performing their nefarious deeds.
October 1st, 2008 at 3:29 am
i had a bit of a laugh at the comment that was left behind by “Joe”. The fact that u use anger and not rational to oppose my comment shows what kind of person you are and why they may have chose u to go into the force. Also I can see why people like urself and other would fight in the war so dont get me wrong but u really have to see it from my point of view. Were u forced to commit to the army? If not then u made the choice to put urself in danger and ur friends did too. Also did the people u MAY have killed or injured not have the same value to their own lives? That seems retarded that u think americans have a higher hiarchy….. just from where im standing as a non-bias party who is not american…..just saying … calm down
October 1st, 2008 at 11:17 am
for those of you that think being in a war is the same as being a serial killer why don’t u stop and think the art of war is not to die for your country but make the other S.O.B.die for his.
October 1st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
These comments are retarded. John gets first prize in Ability to Completely Derail Comments. G.W. gets first prize for Most Laughably Stupid post.
Now, Herman Webster Mudgett was absolutely nuts. I mean, all these guys are nuts but building a Castle of Torture? That’s like, classic horror story. Does anyone know anymore about that?
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Quote Kerryn: “Also did the people u MAY have killed or injured not have the same value to their own lives? That seems retarded that u think americans have a higher hiarchy….. just from where im standing as a non-bias party who is not american…..just saying … calm down”
Your right, I am troubled now with a very hot a violent temper, something that I did not have before I joined the Army. I am trying to take steps to become a better person but the fact is Iraq changed my life, it may me a different person and all I can see is the negative side of these changes. I have a lot of resentment towards Bush for causing this war, because I have a hard time rationalizing the death of many of my friends. I get very angered when I see people pointing fingers at soldiers because it is not any soldiers fault that he may have killed someone in order to stay alive. I don’t think Americans have any higher hierarchy and I apologize that it may have sounded that way. In fact I would go as far to say that I think Americans are inferior because we think we are better. The American mentality that we are better at everything makes us FAIL. I think the American mentality that we are so righteous that we should lead the WORLD on the war on terrorism is ridiculous, it makes us inferior. Most of the Iraqi’s killed in Iraq under my witness, were innocently killed by American soldiers who, in fear for their life, shot someone who was not a terrorist because the poor Iraqi also reacted in fear and made himself appear as something he/she wasn’t.
The point I was trying to make was that a soldier is sent to the battlefield without any choice, whether he objects or not. There is no such thing as a conscientious objector, this is made up BS for the media because believe me I tried. When a soldier is put into a combat zone his main objective is to stay alive. I understand that this is obviously the main objectives of the innocent Iraqi’s who also did not choose for us to enter. Unfortunately the main objective for terrorists is to kill as many people as possible and then die to become a martyr.
It is virtually impossible to fight a war against an enemy that has nothing to lose. We fear death when terrorists welcome it.
To get somewhat back on topic, I believe that wars and imagery of death and destruction cause mental disorders that lead to serial killers. I also believe that lack of affection at a young age sets the stage for the personality disorders that cause these types of people.
I hope that one day we can live in a peaceful world, we could start by getting the Department of VA some better funding in order to help distressed soldiers with PTSD or anxiety and anger issues to get the help they need in a timely and more efficient way. Otherwise we will end up with more serial killers being brewed as we speak by this ineffective war in Iraq.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 am
i am a serial killer too.. its so much fun!
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Your list is incomplete.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Panzram
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
George Bush responsible for all deaths… really? I’m not sure I understand. It was my belief, Joe and John, that congress had the power to declare war, not the president. Obviously he was in favor of this decision but remember, so was the majority of our country at the time. Now that all has gone down the metaphorical ’shitter’, we have all washed our hands of blame and state “bush should go on trial”. Sure sure, the amount of people who admit they were pro war in the beginning isn’t going to equal those who actually were because somehow ‘none of us’ actually supported this plan (cough cough). Stop patronizing the president for something this entire country is to blame. We were attacked on 9/11, we retaliated, and now we’re fighting a war of attrition and trying to create a democracy in a country who would be far worse otherwise. Not to mention that the probability of being attacked again already if we hadn’t destroyed sadam, the majority of al qaida, 100’s of terrorists, etc. would have been exponentially increased. Who do we give this credit to? God forbid we give the President of the United States credit for perhaps saving our lives. No no, of course not, ‘he should be put on trial right?’ Oh n the freedom we’ve attained, john, from our personal civil war (many deaths) through wwI (many more) and currently in Iraq (some more deaths) were all in vain and selfishness correct? or j/ because this one seems a little more negative we should all hate our president. If your theory still stands, then I’m afraid to inform you that many other presidents’ heads are on the chopping block as well. And might I add, without their valiant efforts and selflessness, u’d probably be in a 3rd world country without the luxury of posting an idiotic blog on the internet with the freedom of speech we’re so fortunate to have.
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Well let me steer this a little back on topic; This is a neat and thorough analysis whcih gives great insight on many of the factors which turn humans into animals. It is amazing how a couple of years is all it takes to influence an innocent kid, into a cynical maniac with no conscience.
October 5th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Gaaaah! S*** up! Is it so hard to enjoy an article about serial killers without prancing around on your goddamned political warhorses?
October 9th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
let me ask you all this….what makes some1 snap for watever reason and kill? y do u think you would?…any1 who wants to respnd feel free if you dont thats fine………i’ll b waiting X)
October 9th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I agree with Ganymede, all i,m interested in is the brilliant article on S.K,s. Forget bush and all that for now cant ya? And what about Dick van Dyke? Wasn,t he a famous serial killer? Or was he just a dancing prancing dodgy accented geezer in a Mary Poppins film.? I am quite confused, i,m sorry. So how many did this Poppins chick kill? By the way, that is my real name, as my dad was fascinated like i am with S.K,s. Sadly he died mysteriously last year when i was in Germany. Honest!!!
October 11th, 2008 at 11:22 am
R. Lo you are absolutely WRONG! You see congress NEVER declared war in fact the United States has not formally declared war since World War II.
Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, Congress has sole power “to declare war [and] grant letters of marque and reprisal.” But Article II, Section 2 provides that “The president shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.” While it’s clear that the Framers intended for Congress alone to declare war, presidents don’t always check with Congress before acting. Obviously bush did not check with congress instead he decided to declare a world war on his own. Yes he declared a World War because his intentions were to word his declaration in a way that would allow him to invade any country he would like by not declaring war on any country but instead declaring “War on Terrorism”. Then he illegally entered Iraq under BS false pretenses that Iraq had Weapons of Mass destruction, by the way Iraq never had WMD and they never had any Al Qaeda or Taliban groups inside their borders, WE HAD INTELLIGENCE CONFIRMING NO WMD, but Bush ignored that and lied to the American people. Our entrance into Iraq and our destabilization of the government created a new territory and new recruitment and breeding grounds for these terrorist organizations and now Al Qaeda is stronger than before because we created more terrorist territory and hugely increased the recruiting population.
Yeah were so much safer now because we increased Al Qaueda’s size… we could have spent that money on border defenses and we would be 1,000,000 times safer. But Bush is a war monger just like most uneducated conservatives. Oh and don’t try to come back with Bush’s degree, its obvious that money can buy those things, have you heard Bush speak. He is an embarrassment to our nation and I cant wait until he is out of office.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:25 am
“Let me ask you all this….what makes some1 snap for watever reason and kill? y do u think you would?…any1 who wants to respnd feel free if you dont thats fine………i’ll b waiting X) ”
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder causes this and PTSD is caused by wars that should not have took place to begin with. So in turn Presidents who declare war when they have no business doing so create the soldiers with PTSD who then snap and kill innocent people.
Short Answer: President Dubya’s do.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:56 am
Why isn’t Dick Cheney at the top of this list?
October 13th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Correction: Hannibal Lecter’s character in Silence of the Lambs was not based off Ed Gein. It was in fact the character of Buffalo Bill in the same movie, instead, that was based off the same killer.
October 16th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
for someone to snap and kill is very easy. All you need is a passion and desire for it and anything is possible!
October 18th, 2008 at 11:00 am
My dad use to tell me the story about Ed Gein when I was growing up. He use to throw rock’s at his house. I always thought he was kidding me . Tell I seen it on T. V.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:11 am
I’m kind of tired of hearing people giving way too much credit to Ed Gein as a Serial Killer. Given he was a sick individual and WAS suspected in being involved of the death of his brother ( Though the true cause of death was suffocating from the smoke of the fire. Ed probably knocked his brother unconconcious, though he died of smoke inhalation, which is more like man slaughter than murder). Besides that, Ed Gein only killed two women seperated by two years. Hardly a “killing spree” as you so eloquently put it. And you also state that the police found many bodies hanging in his barn, but it was only one. that of the woman from the hardware store that police had suspected him of killing. Also you state the body count at 15 of which most of them were bodies that he had exhumed from a local cemetary. HE ONLY KILLED 2 WOMEN!!! Also you mention cannabilism. Though i’m not totally sure of this, I do know the only evidence of cannabilism and source of much debate was a SUPPOSED pot on a stove that had the heart of the woman from the Hardware store. And that is more likely a myth. I don’t mean to come off as a douchebag, but your play of words in documenting him give him way more credit than he deserves. Not to take away from him ( He did do some pretty messed up stuff, for instance having the full body skin of a woman’s body, a belt of human nipples, Yes human nipples, the human skull caps used as soup bowls, skins and other body parts used to upholster furniture, including skulls on the posts of his bed, and many shrunken heads that he supposedly made himself), But! In the end He killed two women, which does classify him as a serial killer, but you make it come off as though he Killed 15 women and had the bodies of his victims laying all over the Place. Not true!
October 21st, 2008 at 12:07 pm
What interests me about these S.K,s is, especially JWGACY and Pete Sutcliff is the way that they went about their normal day to day routines, with jobs etc, and nobody knew a damn thing that went on when they got home after a hard day at the office and went out prowling the dirty darkened streets looking for prey. More impressive is JWG was in Newspapers, TV media coverage, photographed handing over large cheques to various charitys etc and then getting home and torturing young men and satisfying his lust. Now, is that clever or what? Did he know what he was doing? I think so, which makes it all the more interesting. Peter Sutcliff? What did he say to his workmates whilst eating his sandwhiches at dinnertime? when they were all saying things like “bloody hell, this ripper geezers done another one pete” Did he reply”what a nutter?” or did he say”he seems to be one step ahead of the plod doesn,t he? much be pretty clever if you ask me”. Know wot i mean?
October 25th, 2008 at 2:57 am
joe, your B.S that was completely unrelated to this article has made me so sick to my stomach… I chunked my iPhone across the room! You owe me money ! Stay focused on the topic at hand! And to be quite frank, it people like you that give soldiers like me bad names!!!
October 25th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
thats a point, where is Mr Peter Sutcliffe? He is one of my favorites. And what about Arthur Shawcross?
October 26th, 2008 at 1:02 am
this is sick…that people do things like that…for me its like they have no heart…and sometimes these people did it because they either wanted attention or was arused by it
October 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Yeah joe, you owe me money as well, whilst reading your amusing comments, or are they rants and raves from a perfectly SANE individual? Anyway, to cut a long story short, i found myself chuckling, then laughing out loud, so much so that i fell off my chair and grabbing my laptop as i fell, that smashed into pieces, i landed on my pure pedigree Staffordshire Bull Terrier who sadly died later, my mrs ran in to see what all the noise was, she slipped on broken pieces of laptop and dropped what she was holding at the time which was a 42″ plasma t.v, so that was a write off, and then my daughter came in the room to show me her new bowling balls that she had just bought that day, she slipped on the blood from my wifes head injury, the balls went through the window and landed on my new Ferrari which was just being delivered!!! So Mr Army Joe, you owe m e for a laptop, a t.v, a dog and a motor, not to mention hospital fees!! When can i expect my dosh? The Moral of my story? Well, they printed your crap which had nothing to do with serial killers, so wtf!! Now, go away so we can enjoy S.K,s.
October 29th, 2008 at 5:18 am
Well.. i now have a rational reason to be afraid of clowns… (John Wayne Gacy)
eugh.
maybe there should be some mention of… the chicago rippers.
October 31st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
if you do not have the comprehension or intreset in serial killers than wthell r u duin here & leaving a stupid comment like that just mind ur business
November 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
these are very sick men but you for got a few dennis neilson oits otoole, ian brady fred west and many many orthers
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:54 am
When was this article published? Dennis Rader should be added as the very famous BTK Killer. Some interesting info on him. although i do hope he burns in hell – a very entertaining individual. In reply to john’s G.W. Bush comment, this is a serial killer article, serial killers act with blue prints, do things a certain way. if by chance you consider bush to be responsible for our soldiers dying in iraq.. or possibly behind the 9/11 conspiracy, that does not make him a serial killer. you’re opinion is respected, as it is your freedom of speech and mind, however, if you feel he is a serial killer, then you should really get an education on the definition. In addition, your problem isn’t with the president bush, your problem is with the government…maybe you should leave the united states, and find another government to disagree with…that is also a right in which you have… just a thought
November 30th, 2008 at 1:31 am
One thing you all have forgotten, GW was out to get even for a contract put o n his fathers head by sadam. Thenb tou have to take into consideration that Irac is the largest oil producing countries. Which is now under controll by halliburton, which was formerly the company that GW and dick Channey were CEO’s of.
December 5th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Joe’s right. hes a bit angry and pompous but hes right.
December 7th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Don’t Forget about the Vagina Lip Beard Ed Gein Created . Im Working on one myself. =) Heres a riddle as well’ A man is six feet tall, is a clerk at a butcher shop, and wears size 11 shoes. What does he weigh?
December 7th, 2008 at 7:42 am
just kidding about the VL Beard
December 7th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Oh by the way Charles manson is the biggest id*iot out of the group, why did he have to kill the beautiful sharon tate. He was a coward getting all of his minions to commit the crimes.
December 7th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
why’d you guys have to fight about terrorists? isn’t this a serial killer article? LOLÜ
December 10th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
we should do some thing about people that kill for a living
December 12th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I think you did a great job writing America’s Famous Serial Killers!. Bravo.
December 12th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I just did my thesis over psychopaths, basically people with extreme Antisocial Personality Disorder. A couple of these comments suggested that if they were given proper care and treatment they would be better off. This may be true when they are very young and live in adverse environmental conditions; however, some grow up in fairly normal homes and still turn out to be crazy killers. Research has determined that there are biological factors, maybe specific genes that play into it, but the problem is that they’re having a lot of difficulty determining which ones. Because of this, there are no medications to treat a psychopath and treatment in the form of therapy fails because they are so manipulative. It’s just scary that, with all of the things we can do in this world, we can’t figure out how to treat these people.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
you are all S??K!!!!!!!!!You guys admire these phycos !!! What is WRONG with you people!!!!
December 15th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
you guys are all so f?????? s????d. bush is a serial killer no soldiers are serial killers. i swear to god half of the f????? idiots on here comment on shit they really have no opinion about just because they love to talk. that john f?????t has to be one of the dumbest people in the world to see a list of serial killers and think ” oh george bush should be on here” you have to be mildly retarded to have a train of thought like that. and that dumb f??? who thinks soldiers are serial killers is right up at the top of the list of dumb asses. soldiers are doing more for their country than you ever will. it doesnt matter if the war is right or wrong they at least have the balls to risk their life for their country. i dont give a shit if you dont support the war but you deserve a bullet in the back of the head if you talk shit about the soldiers. all you dirty liberals are going to put me on this list one day.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Don’t forget to add Bill Clinton on the list…..DROPPING BOMBS ON IRAQ TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM HIS IMPEACHMENT TRIALS…..GOOD LITTLE LIBERAL….HUH.
December 18th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Soldiers are NOT serial killers. We live in FREEDOM only because of our AMERICAN SOLDIERS. Without them no one would be here freely speaking because if we did they would kill us if they didn’t like what we said.
December 19th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I LOVE serial killers. I love reading about them, hearing about them, watching movies based on them. Horror movies excite me, but to hear about a serial killer fascinates me the most. To sit and hear about the mind and the mental change happening to a person, causing them to act in the most vicious ways known to man is fascinating. How someone can be so out of their mind to kill, rape, eat or torture someone is captivating. Alothough their acts are wrong and inhumane, the question still remains is it only wrong because we say it is?
December 20th, 2008 at 7:35 am
What i have just read from the lovely Mariam,(if indeed Mariam is a woman) if not, i apologise for assuming Mariam is a females christian name. Anyway, what Mariam has written sums up my thoughts EXCATLY. I feel the same way Mariam, i experience a feeling of extreme excitment when i,m leafing through my quite vast collection of books,audio books,dvd,s etc on serial killers. And i have always asked myself the question of “if i could get away with it, would i myself indulge in MY fantasys? The answer is of course “i.d start tomorrow”. Thats what i find most interesting, all these men and women were acting out their fantasys, but all of them came to the point of crossing over the line which divides fantasy and reality and instead of just thinking about what it would be like, they went ahead and found out. And i admire that in a way. Know wot i mean Mariam?
December 20th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
I’ve got to be honest and say I have never read so many retarded comments about our president. Are you people so ignorant to seriously believe that the president has enough power to direct operations in Iraq and Afganistan? If you’re americans you should really know the way our political system works. George Bush made some mistakes but if you truly don’t agree with what he said, get off your a??’ and run for president yourself and quit complaining. Or do over 26 years in the military like I did, then judge people. George Bush a serial killer? What a bunch of doushebags, get a grip you ignorant bunch of losers. Before you say such terrible things about a man who did the best job he could, get educated. Ask congress and the senate you pompous a??’ and then write another comment.
December 21st, 2008 at 12:20 am
what about the zodiac???
December 21st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
# Blood Moon Black Says:
December 7th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Don’t Forget about the Vagina Lip Beard Ed Gein Created . Im Working on one myself. =) Heres a riddle as well’ A man is six feet tall, is a clerk at a butcher shop, and wears size 11 shoes. What does he weigh?
meat
December 21st, 2008 at 9:03 pm
reading all these strogn and diverse opinions are very interesting. not many people have the guts to voice there opinion (*even if its on a website using a fake name )
however i dont think people are being very clever by saying stupid thinks like luke hoffman, what is he trying to prove?
these comments have sort of escaleted from talking about serial killers to a totally different subject (George Bush )which to tell you the truth has nothing to do with this website. maybe they should go to a george bushe website where there comments are do do with it its like going to a cat website and talking about the weather !!!!!!!!
However i have got to say it is interesting hearing about it because i dont know many people who say what they are actually thinking.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Yeah, come on, lets forget George f****** Bush and concentrate on the subject of serial killers. Much more interesting than king of the retards himself. Know wot i mean? And lets not forget Moses Sithole, forgive me if ive spelt wrong, i dont think i have. But he was one mean sob.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
I believe that something all these Serial killers want is attention and the only thing that triggers them would absolutely be looking for attention and they usually have troubled pasts. Ed Gene: His life story is also the base of the movie “The Chainsaw Massacre”
December 26th, 2008 at 9:13 am
“terrorist sympathizer”
you think everyone in the middle east is a bad person?
thats like saying all americans are like george bush.. he did kill A LOT of people, terrorist or not they were people. children and mothers. people just trying to live their lives. I cant help being born american, they cant help being born the way they are nor can people control OTHER peoples actions. Our country was not in debt what so ever before he became our leader. He is not a smart person. He was obviously a weak person also if Dick had to make choices for him, why shield these people when they need to take the blaim.
December 26th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Also about the manson murders it is said that Sharon Tates Unborn child was cut out of her stomach by one of the woman in the “family” and then cut the heart out of the baby and ate it. possible? or is this false.
December 26th, 2008 at 9:33 am
ALSO!
if Charles is even on this list… where is Jim Jones? both Cult like people.
December 26th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
What is Parker on about? Jim Jones? Oh you mean the welsh geezer who sang “Its not unusual” and “Deliah” and “Sexbomb” and “the green green grass of home”. How many has he killed? He,s murdered a few songs i know that much!!! HA HA. I,m bloody funny i am when i get going. Know wot i mean? And your right, jim jones was a bit of a cult. Can i say the C word?
December 26th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
sorry i was vaguly aware of him i just new about the suicide situation… but i dont think that Manson should be on here.
December 27th, 2008 at 2:20 am
@John Wayne Gacy
… who has Charles manson killed though?
Jim Jones convinced his cult to kill themselves together… leading to over 900 deaths.. most in cult history. Charles mansons family were responsible for deaths too. both men never killed anyone though. that im aware of.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:47 am
Uhmarent we forgetting about the zodiac killler? Sure, we know very few things about him but isn’t he a “famous” serial killer as well? I mean, he has his own movie too. Much like ed gein and other killers……
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
This article was very well put together. I enjoyed reading this. As some people may think that all of these Serial Killers are sick individuals (which they are) i find them very fascinating. Also in a way i look up to them, not from a Serial Killer point of view but from a very self loyal point of view. I like to stay true to myself and if this how these men and woman were then atleast they were true to who they were. Now im NOT saying that that gives them the right to go kill people because thats what they wanted. It like hitler, he was a horrible person but had a ton of power. I also look up to him as to how he acquired all of his power. Now if he had used it for something good, he would have been extrodinary. But then again him and including all of these men and woman would have never been as adored or hated by society if they would have been good. Face it…America loves bad news and sadness. Take a look at the news and you’ll agree.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:41 am
John it seems to me that you have some issues that you need to tend to seeing as you think that george w. bush is a terrorist. I know he wasnt the greatest president we have ever had but its pretty pathetic that you think that killing terrorsts is a bad thing. Your a f****** idiot.
January 8th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
First of all, I’d like to say that whoever that Mariam person is summed up my thoughts as well! I’ve always been fascinated by all sorts of psychological disorders… especially ones like sociopathic behavior because I simply can’t quite wrap my mind around how someone could be that way. Anyway, all in all I thought it was a very good and informative article – even though there probably are and probably always will be people that someone believes should have been mentioned.
On that note, my second thought is that someone who should NOT be mentioned is ANY president of the United States of America. If someone attacks or hurts my home or anyone in it, they will suffer. Bottom line. This country is my home… and you’re damn right that a lesson needed to be taught after 9/11 – “Don’t f*ck with the US.” I’m not saying that I agree with every aspect and decision made about the war, but the country I live in, we VOTE for our President. We ELECT that person to make decisions FOR US in order to protect our country. If you don’t like or agree with that, move to another f*cking country. You do not stand here on American soil and rant your bull*h*t disrespectful opinions – which, by the way, you are only free to even offer up without getting your skull bashed in because of the brave men and women who are fighting this very second for that freedom. Believe what you want to believe, have a political debate all you want – lucky for you, you live in America and nobody can say that you can’t do that. But DO NOT disrespect your President by saying things like he should be on a list of serial killers. That is your President – like it or not.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:17 am
nicole i agree with you
we do vote for someone to lead us…
and people should not be saying he is a serial killer. he is doing what he thinks is in our best intrest…
he is not serial killer… neither are the soldiers fighting.. (brother and boyfriend are stationed in Baghdad) they are fighting for us… they are not psycho killers. and it is a shame that so many people have died and had to leave their familys to go FIGHT FOR US but you have to think… what would our country be like with no defence and we never faught? what would have happened after 9 11 if we didnt fight?
if there was another option that would be great but theres not so.. what can we do? vote for another prez and hope he fixes everything… we did and chances are.. he wont and things wont be fixed for a while. but soldiers are not crazy… they have familys and .. girlfriends maybe it would be nice if you thanked them.. instead of insulting them..
January 9th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Hi ya’ll…I need to admit that I perfectly understand Joe’s motivations, I myself am a victim of the israeli terrorism, and in five years of internet contact with americans, I have never seen any kind of sympathy of their part. I think you people should be using the internet in order to understand the muslim/western conflict [If any]…try to free your minds of all those pre-set ideas taught to you by biased and zionist medias. A last word before I leave: zionists don’t care about humanity, they only care about their own profit.
January 11th, 2009 at 6:45 am
i actually like the muslum culture.
…. i just like people in general.
i dont think the war was the best idea.
i think its discusting and ignorent to be prejudice to anything.. because not every person can be the same.. the way bias people treat it… not all muslums are the same americans hispanics exc.. everyone has their flaws and everyone has things that they are liked for..
January 12th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Brett, i think most people will agree with me that you are sick.
January 12th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I just want to know why every one thinks Bush is a terrorist… do you think every other president who went to war is a terrorist? Terrorists intend to terrorize… thats what these men (the serial killers and the al qaeda) did…. i would just like to know how you think bush terrorized people… the troops fight for our country and if you don’t enjoy your freedom then you can get the hell out of this country because i’m tired of people complaining about our troops, our president and most of all our country. Terrorists threatened our freedom… and you people are going to cry about our president deciding to act and refuse to be terrorized… because terrorists intend to terrorized, and we will not be terrorized, and though the troops die… they die with honor and dignity… for their country.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Thank you dwight i couldnt agree more, are you going to say Honest Abe is a killer, George washington(he helped in a war not start it) exc.. what do you think of them?
January 15th, 2009 at 12:29 am
i really hate qouting comedians on political matters but Carlos Mencia who i hate the most, not because of his race but his garbage that comedy central lets him stream to millions of people, we didn’t have to REELECT him for presidency and like carlos said, “Did we hate him the during the first term YES, did he huge mistakes during his first term Yes ,did we do the dumb a*s thing of REELECTing him YES. People who didn’t vote don’t post anything because you had the right and chose not to use it. And john remember arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics, even if you win you are still retarded. I too served 26 years in the Marines and served my time in Iraq so don’t start ranting on about how people don’t know shit because all they know is what they see on tv. I fought to make sure that my family and friends could post stuff to make sure you felt like a dumb a*s for saying George Bush is a terrorist.
January 15th, 2009 at 12:41 am
sorry correction in the name not john but joe. no beef towards john, btw i wouldn’t be proud of the fact that your named after a serial killer.
January 18th, 2009 at 7:42 am
Very Nice article, Thak you for the information
January 19th, 2009 at 3:46 am
You have one fact slightly wrong – Ed Gein is the inspiration for Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs, not Anthony Hopkins’ character, Dr. Lecter. Cool article otherwise, although these types of people disgust me, I am fascinated by what creates these monsters.
January 26th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
ummmmm crrrrrrEEEEEEEEPPPPYYYYYYYYY!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
January 27th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Listen, I think everyone is missing the point on the whole George Bush thig…it wasn’t his fault that the terrorists decided to attack like they did. In fact, his dumba** father decided to draw first blood. Then when Clinton was in office, he had a chnace to put an end to that. He knew where the leader was and he knew that he could stop them, but he chose to be the pretty-boy president and sit around getting blown all day(thanks monica!you are a treat!). George BUsh had nothing to do but to react to the circumstances that he was faced with because of the decisions that were made before he came into office. Do i think his decisions were smart? NO. But i do not beleive that we can blame him for doing what he thought was best for his country. In the end, you have to remember how lonely it is to be the president and how much stress is put on you to keep the counrty safe. He cracked under pressure, and no one else can say they wouldn’t. So i think it is a little unfair to call him a serial killer, or a terrorist, or to even say that he supports it. Because at the end of the day, George Bush is just a man in an office trying to decide what is the best course of action for our country.
But besides that,i beleive that this is an stupendous article and I enjoyed reading it.
January 29th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
charles manson never killed anyone and as far as i am consered he is one of the smartest people in american history
MANSON FOR PRESIDENT
January 30th, 2009 at 9:50 am
With all the comments on here and i have read all of them, there are a couple of people who actually make sense, jwgacy being one of them and what dylan has said has to be the best comment so far, manson for president, now he would certainly sort out those f—–g rag heads ,no messing with good old charlie boy, no more mister nice guy, you will all realise then all these SK,s are bloody smart individuals, get rid of the retard(well, they have now havent they?) and that quote manson for president is the best quote since my main man uttered those chilling words to the shivering scared young homosexual in his room “The Trick Is, To Have The Key” HA HA NUFF SAID.
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:36 am
manson for president the best quote? no not really did you do any reading at all or is your ADD/ADHD that severe…. manson wanted to take down all black he wanted to start a race war and that is the last thing that we need to go back to. there is a reason we had a civil war and so many of our fathers died it was not to protect ourselves from another nation or from people trying to take away our freedoms to live, it was to protect the liberties of all american citizens… the whole manson for president comment get the award for dumbest statement on this site next up would have to be any bush is a terrorist statement or that he should be on the list with the rest of the serial killers… look up the definitions of what both mean bush does not fit into any of those categories if you find so twisted way to make his character fit into one then you might as well join al queda and believe the perversions they do to the holy coran … a book that teaches loving thy fellow man and never answering violence with more violence. learn the facts and become educated on a topic then open your mouth … and college student in there first year can tell you that you can’t write an argumentive research paper without getting all the facts and debunking the other sides rebuttle. i know this is an online topic and most people reading this sort of thing just use there computer for forums and porn but google in the scholarly section and get some straight facts then come back and share your knowledge with others that may not know as much as you do on a topic… its the only way we as americans can stop being ignorant and hated by the rest of the world… don’t blame your own short cummings and problems on the government or its officials they were elected by us it just so happens that the majority of americans are retarted so change that and change this country for the better “pay it forward’ as it were
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
Sorry, but i have that reading disorder, you know the one, so anyway im replying to the comment made by “ginger —-” firstly im not american im german and secondly ginger —- why dont you lighten up a bit ya ——–. Ever heard of “——–”. Obviously not in your case. I stand by what i believe “MANSON FOR PRESIDENT”. Didnt he like ———————— parties amongst the Californian sand dunes? Well, that sounds mighty fine to me boy. So long ——. x
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February 3rd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I cant believe these people! It’s awful what they’ve done o.o Especially Ed Gein, Belle Sorenson Gunness and Gary Ridgway. Awful, awful people =[ Most of these include rape (no shock there)
February 4th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
john…. john john john….. maybe you should listen to your liberal whining lady friend…. you ARE giving liberals a bad name for bashing george bush…. you are no better than at terrorist only because you cant just be an american and support the head of the great nation we know as america….. i am a conservative and you can bet that i will support obama from now on because he is now the head honcho. stooping to your level and blogging slander about george bush is very childish. you can bet bottom dollar that one of the reasons that you have the freedom to bad mouth GWB is because of his ideals and his forethought to proceed into the fight against terrorism. you are truly a coward and i hope that all liberals are not as outlandish and far-fetched as you are.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
thats total awesome dude!!
February 7th, 2009 at 11:29 am
And what about Adolf Hitler: 6 million Jews he killed….
February 7th, 2009 at 11:30 am
You forgot to put him on top of your list!!
February 7th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
@Juliette – And what did jews did in return? Destroyed the world and then took over the banking, education, food and media.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Adolf Hitler didnt kill ONE single person, he was just misunderstood thats all. A brilliant man who did it his way. Nobody slagged off frank sinatra when he did it his way.
February 7th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
@Bill: what kind of BS are you talking about!!!!! You re some Jew-hater!! They were murdered, slaughtered and tortured by ADOLF HITLER!!! They NEVER destroyed the world. They were blessed by the Almighty and still are being blessed and the world is jealous about that! The Jes are God´s peolple, don´t mess with th children of the Lord says the Holy Bible.
@john wayne gacy: indeed Hitler didnot kill one single person, he was just like Charles Manson, he neither did not kill one single person and yet he is convicted as a murderer!! HITLER flew his a** from Germany that´s why he could not be convicted.
You 2 guys go and study the history because you are talking real stupid things here!!
February 7th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
@Bill: just like Charles Manson, Adolf was responsible for the murder of 6 million Jews, so he WAS a murderer!!! I said WAs because thank God the SOB is already burning in hell!!
February 7th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
@John wayne gacy: what a sick mind you must have to even compare a great singer like Frank sinatra with a he-devil like Adolf Hitler. Shame on you. Frank will turn around in his grave if he was able to read this garbage of yours!
February 7th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Well, I just want you people to pay your attention on the issue which is popular every where in thr world that Muslims are terrorists. If you come to know this report then you will realize that no one have ever made an issue of these american serial killers. Why didn’t the call terrorists? yes, because they are not Muslims so we have come to know that there is a lobby behind this issue that Muslims are terrorists and they want to vanish Muslims out from this world.
February 7th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Juliette, ever heard of wrongful imprisonment, good old charlie might of been convicted of murder, that doesnt mean he did it. Thousands of people are put away for something they aint done. Dodgy police, Dodgy Judges all taking back handers. The media was fed so much bs on quiet law abiding mr manson that it was a clear cut case of guilty before proven innocent. As for Adolf, what would they of charged him with? upsetting a few inferior jews maybe or excessive use of germanys main gas outlets perhaps, get things into perspective julieann before you get on here and start defending mr and mrs Goldsteinburg.
February 7th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
@John wayne: go study the history. You are writing nonsense. People are laughing at you. I am not going to argue with you no more about this subject. You are far below my level of intellience.
February 7th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
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February 7th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Firstly juliette let me explain who i am,(apart from the person who set out to wind you up and suceeded) I am jwgacy as you know, i am also Chief Advisor to the British Forensics Institute of Forensic Medicine and Digital Evidence here in London. I am a Foresic scientist and also have phd.s in Palynology, Toxicology and Behaviour Studies of the mind of class A-1st Serial Killers. So i know what im talking about thankyou. You shouldnt of let me wind you in and land you like that, it wasnt that much of a challenge. Still, life goes on.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Listen mr. john wayne, I do not care who you are, you are writing such stupid things that I know, despite of all your titles, that you are far below my level of intelligence. Again, go and study history of WWII.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
John, you can have all the titles in the world, I stand far above you, that is one thing I know for sure. Actually I feel pity for you, I´m sorry…..
February 7th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
I study the minds of Crazed Serial killers, why would i want to study something that happened years ago darling, that has past, the reason i am on here in the first place is because it is an article right up my street. As for you being stood above me you are getting illusions which first started Ian Brady off thinking he was better than other people he didnt know. So be careful my dear.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
John wayne, you should study WWII because you wrote stupidity. I do not know you Mister but from those stupid things you wrote in former comments, I can see that you you are not so smart. I don´t have to be careful. I said to you what I had to say. Sorry, but I don´t wish to continue arguing with you. You are not interesting to me.
February 7th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Manson did Not kill Sharon tate or anyone else as far as anyone know.
He is not a seriall killer – do some reading before you post stuff like this.
February 7th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
No, Manson is the saint himself!!!
Come on give me a break!!! He was the BRAIN behind all these murders, that´s the same thing as being a murderer!! Just look at his eyes, he is the devil himself in person.
February 8th, 2009 at 2:03 am
@Juliette: I don’t hate all jews but those who have caused world wars, who control the media, who control the food and medicine, the banking system, who own the UN and the world bank, Federal reserve and the Bank of England and most important of all who control the United States of America. It is because of the Jews and Jewish Policies that Americans are suffering today. America and Americans are being hated in the world because Jews are playing at the back end and forcing Americans to go for wars, pay taxes and interests. It’s high time that Americans should kick these guys out!
They were murdered and slaughtered and so they are murdering and slaughtering in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. On top of that, they haven’t yet stopped, they can’t stop the dirty game of causing unrest and gathering the wealth of the world.
As for Jews being the chosen and blessed people.. Why were the chosen people not granted any land on earth? Finally they had to snatch a land by causing the two world wars… For the information of everyone out here.. Israel is the only country in the world which doesn’t have a line of control or border because it keeps on increasing as the brutal israeli forces go deep in palestine but nobody ever says anything because Jews control everything.
You are talking about the Jews being chosen people and quoting Bible? That’s sick! You need to do some research on what you are saying.. Here are a couple of reads I would suggest:
The International Jew
The protocols of the learned elders of zion
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Furthermore, for the chosen people, I have some video links exposing the truth about Jews.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ilCLqw_Cs&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RjnvQHWyLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60H4m87LOA
February 8th, 2009 at 8:40 am
@Bill: I am not going to argue with you about the Jews. If you want to know something more about the Middle East open this site:
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/
February 8th, 2009 at 9:36 am
@Juliette: You can’t argue with me because you don’t have anything to argue and so you presented me a bogus website.
Let’s concentrate on this topic of SK’s.
Great read!
February 8th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I have a lot to argue, but don´t you think to argue about the Jews and Arabs in this way is a little silly? One never can write everything down. So that´s why I told you I do´t want t argue about this middle east thing. And that video you saw is not bogus, but I can understand, people don´t like to know the truth, sometimes the truth hurts.
February 8th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
They forgot Dean Corll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Corll
February 8th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Yeah the candy man. What about david ray, he was a mean son of a gun was he not? I saw a clip with that woman who helped him and she was asked “being a woman yourself how did you feel when david ray was torturing them?” She said “nothing really, it wasnt as if he was beating them to a pulp and there wasnt ant blood or anything”" I thought to myself “she has got a fair point there, not as if he was cutting their tits off or slicing them open jack the ripper style. Know wot i mean?
February 8th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
[...] Famous Serial Killers America
February 9th, 2009 at 2:05 am
@Juliette: So you want to know the truth?
Check this http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m51363&hd=&size=1&l=e
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7859797.stm
And this
http://www.thelocal.se/17366/20090205/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtvhEK3WjNU
February 9th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
@Bill: the thruth is written in the holy Bible, the King James version, the one and only reliable bible. Start reading the Bible and you will find out the truth about this whole Middle East thing with the Jews. Finito!!
February 10th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Umm..for everyone that’s asking about serial killers from other countries, read the article of the article.. it’s called AMERICA’S famous serial killers…. that is all! ^_^
BTW! Good article! ^-^ Kept my interest and is, most likely, going to be quoted in my essay for English! =D
February 10th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Oh yeah I totally forgot that the Bible is 100% true. I wonder when they discovered that out, because last time I knew maybe some of it was proven true..to me the Bible is like a Harry Potter book..it’s a good read and has good morals..but at the end of the day, it’s all fairy tale..good god Juliette.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:21 am
You liberal m****s don’t have any idea. what you are talkng about. We are in a war against people who murder civilians and spread terror. 94% of civilian casualties in the war are due to car bombs and suicide bombers. America and Bush are not to blame for the actions of al’quida or other various islamic extremists. all you people do is watch msnbc 24/7. you do no research, none whatsoever.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:26 am
oh and Bill. the jews do not control the banking system, the media or any of the other things you mentioned. you have no REAL evidence for any of this. The jews are a religious minority in america. they are one of the least influential groups of people in europe or the US. you are just too brainwashed to see past the palestinian propaganda and lies to see reality. It is so sad that people can be so backward.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:59 am
bill, let me educate you. Palestine is not a country. It never was. There is no such place on a map and there never has been. After world war 1 The ottoman empire was toppled than the land was taken under occupation by the UN until a new government could be established. During this time the zionist movement was going on and The jew were trying to reclaim land that was theirs thousands of years ealier (long before the “palestinians” and muslims. By the end of world war 2, tens of thousands of jews were displaced and were drawn to their homeland, thus the zionist movement grew. The arabs had failed over the last 3 decades to form a government of their own but the jews were ready to form a nation. Winston Churchill and the UN decided to allow the jews to form their own nation and to be fair they allowed the arabs to form their own as well (the land was divided equally). in 1947 when israel was founded immediatly there was an invasion by their neighboring arab country jordan. it was not alone. Seria iran and suadia arbia joined the coalition to crush israel. while this is happening thousands of jews in arab countries were beaten, murdered and forced out of their homes. Israel defended itself and won in the end suffering the loss of 10% of their population. in order to keep the insurgents under control they planned to occupy the neighboring countries of gaza and jordan. now what do these countries do? do they cooperate? Do they cease attacks on israeli civilians? NO. they continued to attack israel, and they still do today. israel suffers constant attacks from the PLO even after they cease occupations of these countries. Israel is the only victim. “palestine” is only a organization of anti-semetic arabs who cannot tolerate the existence of a jewish state. This fight is not about occupation. they attacked israel long before that. This is not about stolen land. The land was never theirs. this is not about liberation. he only reason why israel is in these countries is for self defense. This fight is about the erradication of the jews from the middle east. The palestinians will do or say anything to get the west to support them. They will lie to you and make you beleive they are the victim, when in reality israel is only defending itself. The liberal media has already joined their side. the jews dont control the media. if they did you would actually see the israeli schools that were bombed in december. you would see hamas using children as human shields. you would see the israeli soldiers using the worlds most advanced technology to avoid civillian casualties. you would see hamas hiding in schools to protect themselves. you would see the arab leaders announcing their support for hamas. you would see the people of gaza holding rallies for hamas. you would see hamas and the PLO declaring their primary goal. the destruction of israel and everyone in it.
February 11th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Finally someone who really knows the history of the Middle East. Arby, let´s see if they can understand.
February 11th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
@TopCity: I´m not going to argue with you about the Holy Bible, if you think it is like a Harry Potter book, go ahead. You have a free will to believe and choose whatever you like. But what if you die and you find out there IS a God? Than it would be too late for you my friend. It´s better to die and believe there is a God, than to die thinking and believing there is NO God and find out after dying that there IS really a God.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:35 am
aren’t we forgetting one thing? a serial killer has no religion, no nationality, no cause…no sense of right or wrong…he lives in a world created not by God or devil or the big bang theory…he lives in a world created by his own fevered brain…why would we confuse between him/her and something bigger like the politics of nation or religion…
February 17th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
You guys need so respect fro some people that really are religous you know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 18th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
look up charles starkweather. 11 dead in 2 month span.
February 20th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Wow, well spoken Arby. Well spoken. [Typed]
February 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
@Tommy: open this site below, very interesting.
more about the Middle East open this site:
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/
February 22nd, 2009 at 4:20 pm
I HOPE they have learned from wat they did am sssssssssssoooooooooooooo glad te bundy has dead
February 24th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
this is radical
February 26th, 2009 at 1:39 am
Ok joe, its people like U that I cant help but punch in the face. I cant stand morons that don’t recognize that thousands of Americans died on 9/11. why don’t u say we shouldn’t of went to the families of 9/11 victims? I have a good friend who has several family members who were supposed to be at the trade center on 9/11 but were given off those days, and were spared by God. and the real retards are those genocidal terrorists in the taliban and al quada. And congress approved the war, the president cant just send troops to a foreign country. Those friggin retards over there were killing their own people and thousands of kurds. And u should be against war, its been said by a general, “any soldier worth his salt should be against war.” But some things are worth fighting for, LIKE THE LIVES OF YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS, if u forgot they were in danger of terrorists. But im glad I didn’t have to serve with u, because morons like shouldn’t be given a gun. Because those bullets were fired in the name of every person that died in the 9/11 attacks by al quada.
February 28th, 2009 at 4:06 am
THIS IS ALL SICK. WHAT WERE THIS PPL THINKNG WHEN THEY WOULD KILL THIS PPL. WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT
February 28th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I have been trying to learn about these types of people out of interest, the only thing I don’t understand is why it is always reported of a default childhood or neighbours animals?,
they are the way they are or due to a considerable amount of bad luck they must get frustrated and fed up living the way common people do in our suits our politics and everything that goes with it, maybe.. just saying. they see things for what they realy are? we are all so jaded by everydays society that they lash out in the most incredible violence, yes a cry for help but we know that modern tried of medical history has always failed. many of these people are still behind bars awaiting the chair or leathal injection, but how come so many are still there? why is it so many before them have already gone why are they still here?? how come it takes so long for these originals to be taken care of costing millions a year to keep locked up?
February 28th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
oh and one more thing, George W. Bush, anyone who has the power to send military forces to a country, take away lives with nothing but a pen stroke? SHOULD be considered a serial killer as many of thousands of inocent people died for causes they did not understand. yes we know that apparently serial killers work with blue print and such but like everyday people, whos to say they can’t change the way they do things?? in a posision of power? who better to become a serial killer, why do it yourself when you can command others to do it for you? Manson did for alot of the time unles he had to or wanted to get involved.
March 1st, 2009 at 8:49 pm
What about B.T.K? He should definetly be on here
March 1st, 2009 at 9:59 pm
OMG! You have seriously been at this for what 2 months now? Juilette, come on from the comments you’ve left I can tell you are a very dependent, emotional, strong woman but F@@K give everyone a break!! People come on here to read about the CRAZY @** monsters that killed, raped, mutilated innocent people not to come on her a go on and on and on about the war in Iraq! DO YOU SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT ON HERE?? You say all this stuff about how bad they are CHILDREN GET KILLED everyday over there. FOR JOHN:::: GO F**K yourself do you even get what ur talking about? Your saying we should all vote and elect a mad man? someone who brainwashed “his family” and had them kill yeah thats JUST WHAT WE NEED!!! Yet another George W Bush.
So what im getting at, is STOP FIGHTING OVER THE INTERNET AND GET A FLIPPIN’ LIFE
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:02 pm
@Chrtistine: I give no one a break. I say what I hav to say because the ones I replied to just wrote down BS!!! They must know history before they talk nonsence. And don´t write down things about me like if you know me ok?? Keep your personal comments over me to yourself for you don´t know me at all. So don´t come with this crap from dependent, emotional strong woman business!!! And what the F… are you doing here on the internet?? You are telling us not to fight, so what do you call your filthy language??? I think YOU better get a flippin´f… life!!!!
March 4th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
I came to this site to read some things about some of the most f****d up people in history. Then I started to read all the comments and I thought I just had to give my insight. I am a Canadian with a European background and I just love all the Americans who say we did not choose to go to war. And I know most of you are thinking, what does a Canadian know about America. For one most of our channels and media is based on American media and for us up here in the North we like to venture out of our box and learn about the rest of the world which surrounds us.
First off war is what it is, and there will be many casualties. It is not pretty and it will never be and that is why it is dreaded. Those soldiers who do not believe in a war they are going to should stand up and maybe withdraw from the military. I do believe they are not sending children off to war who can’t decide for themselves. But I guess that is why they say the military is full of jarheads, mindless tools who do as they are told and do not question. I myself have lost and I do feel sad for those who never make it home but I will not cry and blame the government for their death. I will praise these soldiers for going off to fight for that was their decision.
I also love hearing how Americans just love to blame their favourite president and say he is a terrorist. If I am not mistaken Iraq was invaded before Bush was re-elected for president. If so many people were against this war why was he ever re-elected? And why was this war left to go on for so long? As for Bush being a terrorist I think that is just hilarious. Bush isn’t the one pulling the trigger and deciding on who is innocent. For any war crimes committed those in the military who committ these acts should be held accountable. We entrust our brothers, fathers, sisters and whoever else to make morale decisions when they are out there fighting for their lives. However in every war there are war crimes committed and if you do not believe this then you truly are a moron. As I said I have a european background and in the early 90’s my country went to war. During this war thousands were killed and thousands were deported. Now many years after the war one of our Generals is being tried for war crimes. To us, this man is a hero and is celebrated for winning the war and we do not consider him a terrorist. I do not doubt that war crimes were committed, but I know for a fact that it was committed on both halves as many of my family members were killed. In war it is either you or them, it’s not pretty but it is the truth.
The truth is we live in a democracy and in a democracy we are given the right to stand up and be heard for ourselves. Now usually up here when we don’t like the guy running our country we try to get his a*s out of parliament. We are suppose to elect officials who best represent us as a country. Now I know everyone did not vote for Bush, but I also never saw any huge protests in the US as in other places. Yeah you had a couple of thousand people here and there like in Chicago and San Fransico but for a population of over 300 million that is kind of weak. In Italy around 3,000,000 people gathered to protest at a single event and their population is around 60 million. Even America’s best friends, the French had larger protests and even we have up here. However many people just like to talk and think if they say to their friends they don’t like the war that they are protesting, and if it isn’t in their backyard they are just to lazy to actually get out and do something about it.
I think it is pathetic how most of America just seems to be complaining. Like I said before we get a lot of media coverage from America. When Obama was elected I saw a lot of Americans, especially celebrities and the so called higher classes saying “Now we can rebuild our country”. I found this funny thinking why couldn’t you do it earlier? You mean to tell me this one little man, Bush, was holding a whole country back. How did America ever become the most powerful country in the world when they can’t stand up and “rebuild themselves”? But I guess you were all waiting for your white knight Obama, to come save you. I know that you are thinking “Well Canada went to war”. This is true and we have even had soldiers who were mistakenly killed by our allies, I won’t name any names. However Canada and England only went to war out of fear of losing our relationship with our number one friend. But I won’t cry and complain and blame one man for all those lost because EVERYONE MAKES CHOICES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEY ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN CHOICES. Soldiers know the possibilities of going to war and they have the choice of joing the military even if they don’t get to choose the war. So in the end stop sounding so pathetic and actually do something about it.
March 5th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Good article.
March 8th, 2009 at 10:32 am
who ever wrote this did an amazing job.
March 10th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
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March 11th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I love how people who live in this country are calling former and or current presidents terriosts. I have just one thing to say….if you think its so bad in america and everyone is a terriost, why do you leave and go to pakistan or afghanistan and live. maybe then you will see how it is to TRUELY live under a terriost rule. do you walk around thinking President Obama is going to send someone to kill your mother? father? brother? sister? children? NO! so please stop. you make yourself look foolish and and u show your lack of grey matter.
March 11th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Alright.. you guys are so moronic. Its not like we hold a draft. People choose to join the military in the U.S. So get your facts straight, he’s not considered a seriel killer.
March 11th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
If your going to put it that way, every country leader is a seriel killer, because every leader of ever nation has the say on what goes on with there military.. freakin Morons.
March 14th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
I just want to say that I can’t believe all you people want to turn a “Serial Killer” site into some lame political conversation. These people were sick and they killed out of lust and hate. Soldiers kill, because there trained to kill BIG difference. Serial killers are psychopaths thats what makes them so interesting. There not like you or me.
March 18th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
What about the Zodiac???? To me he is the most famous
March 20th, 2009 at 4:59 am
Why does a country of 200 million odd people have the highest number of serial killers in the world????? I mean, that’s got to mean something. It’s not just a coincidence. The fact that americans have everything just means that they respect nothing.
March 20th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
1Bebo: Americans originally come from Europe, Poland and all those strange countries….so who can you tell is a real American???? They are all surrogates. I think the Indians are real Americans, but they don´t harm not even a fly…..
March 24th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
First off, American is more of a title than anything else, it is meant to let others know what you represent. The Native Americans where and still are a great people but they warred with everyone, even other tribes so don’t make everyone else the bad guy. Secondly, Everyone complaining about how G.W. Bush is a killer and all, stop it you anti-American p*****s. I know he made mistakes but you’re only listening to half of the story. I have met several of the middle eastern people who have expressed gratitude for what we have done. We have given them a freedom they never had before and they WANT IT. You’re only hearing how Bush is a killer, then you would have to say that EVERY president is a mass murderer including the founding fathers who gave us this mighty nation with the blood of our own ancestors who where fighting for a chance for their families and future generations. Right now we take everything we have for granted, that it’s a spit in the eye of all of those who gave their lives FOR YOU and everyone who lives here to excel at whatever they give themselves to.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I am going to kill every Canadian Citizen.
in 22 days
March 25th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
And bebo will die.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:59 am
Dude, What are you babbling about?
March 26th, 2009 at 4:03 am
Wow I had more fun reading the comments then I did the actual article and I think its very funny how certain people stopped commenting when someone else put in something that made sense anyways in all that I read I really found it plain silly that anyone can sit back and blame isreal for anything sure Jews come across as greedy but if my nationality was constantly attacked and always had some other country trying to erase it from existence I would get a bit greedy too since isreal walked out of Egypt they have had to deal with tribe after tribes of people trying to exterminate them and unfortunatly for them that will continue untill Jesus returns and cast Satan into the bottomless pit for eternity and that day is coming soon I hope all who read this are prepared for the glorious day of the Lord……..for God so loved the world that He sent His only Son so that who ever believes in Him shall not parish but will have ever lasting life John 3:16 God bless you all
March 26th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
@Alex. You are 100% right. God bless you in Jesus´name.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:54 am
I’ve seen Charles Manson turn up on several of these “serial killer” lists, but it occurs to me that Manson should be included in an as yet unacknowledged NEW category…Mass/serial murder by domination/mind control…Most examples of THIS type of killer also fall under the heading of ‘cult’ killers, and would include Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the like, as well as GROUP killers, such as the KKK and other Societies…
Hmmm…I think this may be a promising new line of research…Any suggestions from the author as to defining terms, limiting factors/circumstances, etc.?
March 30th, 2009 at 4:57 am
Regarding my previous post: I’m also aware that this category potentially includes some heads of state as well as sovreign nations…Idi Amin’s propensity for killing his enemies and EATING them, not to mention the Holocaust, could easily be listed under a broad definition…I’d like to narrow that parameter somewhat for purposes of this discussion…
March 30th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
lol Charles Mansion is hot
March 30th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
these people are f**king crazy!!!!!
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:46 am
I wish you all would shut up abou the politic thing!There are other websites for that. As far as this one goes, you guys could have done a much better job. I have been studying serial killers for over 20 years, and there is not a single one i know nothing about. Ed gein was not a serial killer, he was a grave robber. Now, he did kill two women, but in order to be named as a serial killer, you must kill three or more. Charles Manson – not a serial killer. He was a cult leader who got nieve people to do his bidding trough mind altering drugs.- Andrew Cunanan was a spree killer. If you really want to read up on serial killers, go to Crime tv. com. They have some REAL serial killers there.
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Charles manson has to be one of the best. He would have gotten away free if he did not have the girls blabbing their mouths. I have spent my entire high school carrer studying him and other alike. i enjoyed this article completly. I just wish idiots would stop leavings dumb comments about the war
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:39 pm
I look at these all the time…. I feel frightening. x]
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:43 pm
No…. Manson IS the best. There is no question. Although Webster was pretty good too…I wish to create a replica of that mansion…
April 4th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
you charles manson lovers must be as evil as he is
April 6th, 2009 at 12:23 am
What I find funny is that if your trained by a military force than it’s acceptable to kill. I know there is a difference ok, but still. Killing is killing period. If you look at most of their past they were traumatized as children and well I have to say that if you suppress people at some point they snap! Very sad.
April 6th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Ed Gein wasn’t a serial killer he only killed two people. Charles Manson wasnt a serial killer either, he never killed anyone.
April 7th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Wow, i enjoyed this article but the idiots that took this off topic and mentioned politics and religion should be trapped in a room with a real serial killer. Im doubting the author made this article to hear a bunch of ignorant hubris completely irrelevant to his subject. It dosent matter what you think in real life, when you’re hiding behind anonyimity, it has no bearing.
April 8th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
There is so much to comment on. I want to stay on topic so bad but it is hard with all of the negative comments getting thrown around. Quickly, I can not stand when people TRY to brag about their education. Always annoying John Gacy. Especially when your grammar isn’t to hot. Not surprised you didn’t mention an English award in your little biography of your self. Let me guess, that’s your next accomplishment that you will mention in an article about child molesters. Way to stay on topic. That’s done. Next, Oh sweet Joe. Good Bless my friend. I mean that. I to suffer from PTSD, it is not fun but it is managable if you work at it. To all the people with your comments about other races. Igonorance is bliss isn’t it. Must be nice to live in your little bubble. Make it a good day guys. It works if you work it.
April 9th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Im better than all of you, i hope anyone who disagrees with me dies
April 10th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Unlike some of you, I didnt come here to wow over these killers. I think that my interest stems from the same fears as people who look up sex ofenders that may be in there nieghborhood. Its the fact that most of these killers look normal, everyday Joes and Janes. They work in normal jobs, have normal families, hell they even have active spots in thier churches (BTK killer Dennis Rader http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/unsolved/btk/18.html ). How do you know these people BEFORE you become the victim? Ive had people ask me how I can stand to read all the bad things that these killers have done? The answer? Because I have people I love and care about and when I look into the face of new people in thier lives I want to be able to recognize the thing that makes serial killers tick. Doesnt everyone? Is there one thing that makes serial killers kill? A bad childhood? From the sound of Joe Ball (http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/history/joe_ball/index.html ) he was a son of a wealthy family that was well structured. Ball and BTK were both miltary, so it cant be lack of structure.
April 10th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
(Cont.) Dr. Larry C. Ford ( http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/terrorists_spies/terrorists/larry_ford/1.html ) was a educated man so these killers arent just left to lower educated people. The females, well you have the black widows who you think might kill because of thier lives as children but in reality, no ones life is perfect. Every friend of mine has bits, whether large or small, of thier childhood that they have problems dealing with. They havent become serial killers. And what would drive a person to kill thier children?
The point of this is, you cant see it in thier faces. For me that is the most horrifying thing. So I study these killers. I look for the little things that might give the unfound killers away. I might not be able to spot them on the street, but if they come to my home or to the homes of my friends and family, I want to see that little tick that gives them away.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Almost all of the serial killers have brain leigons if youre looking for a physical similarity they share. A pyschological similarity they have is that they have little understanding of right and wrong and percieve the world not in the yes of the sane, but in their own concreate world ruled by impulse. @Terin, im not sure its accurate to rule out a cause based on a few individual cases, the illogical cant be judged from a logical standpoint because boundries arent the same. Serial Killers thought process reflect what core humanity is before we evolved a concience to collectively work together for a benefit.
April 11th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Joe, comment 45. Your nuts, Soldiers aren’t the ones coming back from wars and becoming serial murders/rapists, people from dysfunctional families and a hard life make them snap. People that are sadists/masochist are the ones that committee most of these crimes. Oh, and Presidents go to war for a reason. They just don’t wake up one day and decide to bomb someone. Read about some of the wars and you’ll learn that every action has a consequence. Like World War One was caused by the assassination of franz ferdinand by the Black Hand. Then Serbia was given an ultimatum from Austria-Hungry, and Serbia gave and unsatisfactory answer which caused a war between the two. Russia was bound to Serbia by treaty and went to war against Austria-Hungry. Germany was an allie to Austria-Hungry, and then declared war on Russia. Well, so on and so forth. It would take to long as to why America go involved. There for our Presidents go to war for reasons, besides without war no innocent people would die. God knows some of these b*st**ds need to die. The Earth’s population is way to high.
April 11th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
is this a homophobic website???
April 14th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
You people need to keep your god damn politics out of this. Also, This isn’t about f****n terrorists; It’s about serial killers.
April 14th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
haha and i like how everyone on this website tries to act all intelligent with their big a*s words. Grow the f**k up, your not typing an essay.
April 15th, 2009 at 10:19 am
wow
April 17th, 2009 at 1:56 am
I think that whatever they did to theyre victims should be done to them but with torture sick motherf****rs
April 17th, 2009 at 3:15 am
I think it’s pretty retarded that you live in this country and speak so badly of your president. A problem with society today is that we don’t respect authority. I am a republican and don’t necessarily like Obama, but he is our president so I respect him as a higher authority. Besides this website is not about our president; it is about serial killers. So before your pathetic self has to find a random website to bitch about politics, think before speaking because you sound like a dumb a*s.
April 18th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Serial killers…such an interesting type of people. Innocent people WOULD die even without war btw. Theres a difference between respecting authority and blindly following authority simple because theyre authority (authoritarians for instance?) butl leave it to the republican to dignify it. Serial Killers Serial Killers Serial Killers, did you guyz know that most serial killers have beta blockers? I wonder if that means something…
April 21st, 2009 at 1:12 am
you’re all idiots saying Bush should be on there.. if that is the case then every single president in U.S. history should be on there.
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
I agree with Mark…What about East Timor…that was an entire genocide and every president since Carter has supported the killing there and supplied the weapons and supplies to do so.
April 27th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Serial killers have a deranged mind because the people around them deprive them of the care and attention they need. To lessen their number, we should always show love and affection to all regardless of race, gender, nationality and religion or beliefs.We are all created equal.We should show love and affection at all times so that when our children grow up, they will also show love instead of hatred.
April 30th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Check out the band “macabre” they’ve been around for quite some time, and all their songs are about serial killers.
I’ve skimmed through some of the comments on here, and noticed one person calling people sick for being interested in the topic of serial killers. How did that person find this website in the first place???? hmm…? most likely a search engine. Anyways, I love learning about serial killers, it’s a topic that creates fear in people, and makes way for great movies. I’m curious to see who the next “famous” serial killer is going to be. With so many states dropping the death penalty, I am surprised there aren’t more serial killers prowling around? Or are there.. and we just haven’t connected the pieces…..
May 1st, 2009 at 2:08 am
Rare are the occasions that I’ve seen so many brainwashed reactionaries ruin a perfectly quaint blog on psychopathic mass murder. For shame.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:20 am
You all look at these people as if they are the sickest of the sick. They are not however they do what they do best. Kill. Jeffrey D. for example one of the kindest men reporters state “Pleasent to be around” people loved Jeffrey, not once was there a complaint about him other than his animal slaying. He complied with every Police wish 100% he was co-opperative. He did was he did because that is how his mind works. Im sure you do some weird things too that people would think differently of you. He brutally raped and slaughtered 17 people. Yeah, okay he is a killer he deserved what he did, of course he did. But he even said, he was to scared to talk to woman so he killed men, mostly African Americans. He defiled dead woman bodies because he did not have the confidence to ever have sex with one, period.
Jeffrey D. The most famous killer in my opinion. He did what he did because thats how his mind works, end of story. “I really screwed up this time” Jeff said to his father. He never tried to cover anything up hence why there was bones, organs, limbs and heads all over his apartment. He wanted to be caught and stopped. He didn’t want to keep killing.
May 2nd, 2009 at 9:29 am
wow…..i jus happened to be bored and caught up on this site cause it interest me. i can’t help but laugh at the comments on here though. i’ve seen the same people commenting from last year up to now lmfao. get a life no disrespect, if it offends someone oh well…it was probably you i was reffering to.
May 6th, 2009 at 5:37 am
You people amuse me. Watch. . . And enjoy. 6/21/3/11^25/15/21^1/12/12;) 11/9/12/12^25/15/21^19/15/15/14!!! Simplicity.
May 6th, 2009 at 5:45 am
Oh and by the way. Just to add to this retarded a*s bullsh*t f***n conversation on politics; Presidents don’t have full control over whether or not we to go to war, Congress does. If you pay attention the only true power a president has is the power to veto. Besides that he’s just the face this country uses to blame for all our problems. Did any of you pay attention in school? I know I didn’t but come the f**k on! Can a person come to this site and strike up a good and RELEVANT f**king conversation for f**k sake? PLEASE!
May 9th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
this was well done but there are several that have been left out…. Zodiac Killer, The Night Stalker…. those are just two i would like to see some more put on this list but i am surprised to see that no matter where you go to see “Famous Serial Killers” Charles Manson is on every list, if i remember correctly he never killed any one he did how ever cut some ones ear with a sword
May 9th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Manson is actually considered a mass murderer though he never killed anyone. Either way the man was homocidal. Brainwashing people to kill is probably even worse than killing someone yourself.
May 11th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Not every president has gone to war Mark (idiot) Nor have they founded them on false info
May 12th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
crazy people are mostly gay lol
May 13th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
@gonephisting: You are correct that manson never killed anyone. However, he orderd the Tate/La Bianca killings. He know those houses and he know the people that lived there. Just because he did not lift a finger in their deaths does not mean that he is not responsible because thos people would have never been murdered if he would not have been around.
As for a post I read about Manson not killing anyone and thats why he did not get the death penalty. That is incorrect. He was sentenced to death along with the girls but California later did away with the death penalty.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Not most crazy people are gay in the 1st place these are just some people. Even if they are gay then who cares the wanted to fufill their fantasies and im really glad thet they’re dead. Some of the things that these people did is scary to think that it did actually happen to some people. Go to google.com type in crime scene photos find the one with the website: http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/scenes.htm under it and click on it, look at some of those photos and tell me u dont feel sorry for those people especially the 2nd photo of Jeffrey Dahmer’s. this is scary to think that it can happen to you one day.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:00 am
God you ppl really need to get a life!! How sad.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:01 am
to serial killer – Get a life.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
hahaha, some1 posted that some1 else should get a life on a doublepost, irony ftw! Oh well, cant have an irrelevant political discussion without a hyprocrit
May 21st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
all of ya shuddduppppp
dayummm ,
ya missinq the kids who were part of the Colombine Massacre , cmon
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:58 am
im a wigger
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:41 am
believe it or not, but i have read EVERY SINGLE COMMENT on this page
and to be quite honest, it has made me laugh. Joe – - totally agree with you that G.W Bush should be on this list, and anyone who says different can say different. these are OPINIONS! opinions means to express what you think and not what others think, i don’t know how soldiers got put into the line, they do what they have to do for their country. i’m not american, but i take my hat off to your soliders and our soldiers (australian), no americans are not the superiors of the world, but it is a place of freedom and opportunity
getting back to the topic:
but it makes me sick of how many freaks there are in the world..
you do have a good list of serial killers here, some of them were a COMPLETE shock, but they were psychos…. i love reading about criminals like this as i would like to study criminology
one more thing; i can’t remember who, but someone quoted “these are mostly american serial killers”
well obviously, the title of the article is “AMERICAS famous serial killers”
ta! xxx
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:43 am
@ john wayne gacy
“Im better than all of you, i hope anyone who disagrees with me dies”
made me ROFL
loves it
May 25th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I think serial killers are realy insane…I can’t say that I apreciate their work but sometimes it..dazzes me or something like it, because they think every possibilty every single thing. But it’s horryfing.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
serial killers are fascinating. my friend is the neice of charles manson.
she’s right here. we think that murderers are nifty. personally, dr. holmes interest me the most. along with jack the ripper because he’s so mysterious.
June 1st, 2009 at 1:29 am
OMG
June 1st, 2009 at 10:31 pm
@jennifer hinton: you better watch out, what if someday a serial killer will catch you and torture you….I don´t think by then they still fascinate you. Maybe you won´t even get a chance to tell he fascinated you, because maybe he doesn´t only torture you but he will kill you as well….hahaha, watch out Jennifer with what you say!
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Poop in my butt!
June 4th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
@ Hilda– the analysis of Dr. H.H. Holmes (Mudgett) is fairly accurate on this site; however, the estimate of over 200 people killed is probably a little exaggerated. The lime kilns, dissection tables and furnaces were in the basement. Like the article said there was a chute that the bodies were dumped down to the basement. He also had a airtight safe with a gas vent that backed up to his own office so that he could hear his victim’s struggles for life. After he burned his “castle” he killed his associate and abducted his family. He eventually killed the three children and would have killed the wife if he had not been caught. If you would like to learn more about Holmes I would suggest a great book called “The Devil in The White City.” It intertwines the stories of Dr. Holmes and the architect who drafted the Chicago World’s Fair in 1890.
June 6th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
These people are CRAZY….but I really enjoyed reading about them. I had no idea who half of these people were….the belle lady shocked the hell out of me…i honestly didn’t think people knew how to do the whole insurance claim thing until…well not that long ago…oh, yeah i also noticed that most of these people had either moms or dads that were crazy themselves or beat them…i think it starts with the parents along with them missing a few cans in they’re six pack
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June 7th, 2009 at 3:38 am
Brian is correct. Cunnan was a spree killer and Manson was a cult leader. He was more of a master manipulator than a killer for he didn’t kill anyone. Also Ed Gein killed two people, not one, but most of the bodies and skulls were that of cadavers that he dug up. However, some do consider him a serial killer. According to the FBI, a serial killer must kill atleast three people with a maximum of 30 days between each murder as a ‘cool off period’. But to the standards of the National Institute of Justice, a serial killer is defined as one who kills two or more victims. Stickler-you are also correct. It was Buffalo Bill who was based on Ed Gein, not Hannibal. As well as Norman Bates from “Psycho” and Leatherface from “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. And to Sarah, I agree with you. What about Richard Ramirez? He is certainly an infamous serial killer. As well as BTK (Dennis Rader), Hillside Stranglers (Kenneth Bianchi & Angelo Buono), Shoe Fetish Slayer (Jerome Brudos), among others. This list isn’t all that accurate, although moderately interesting. Oh and to Bebo, America has over 300 million people, not 200 million. It’s the third most populated country in the world…but you make a valid point. There are a lot of serial killers in America compared to most other countries. To Ana; this is a list of American serial killers, Jack the Ripper was English, although very famous. And to Alex and Juliette-God bless you both.
June 7th, 2009 at 4:25 am
They say that all killers have Lifeless eyes. I can now see that. The scariest thing is that they think this is right and love what they are doing. But mostly, they will never regret it, no matter what they say.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
this was a very intresting artical but to be honest i would like to hear more about famous serial killers that are women cause theres only 1 listed but so many more then that!!! Thanx Lotz
June 9th, 2009 at 8:23 am
YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GET SOMETHING MY FRIENDS CALL A LIFE!!! NO ONE CARES ABOUT WHO DID WHAT OK. IT DOESNT MATTER. SO END ALL YOUR BS BECAUSE NO ONE GIVES A FLYING F***CK. YOU PEOPLE CLAIM TO HAVE INTELLIGENCE FAR GREATER THAN SOMEONE ELSES NERDS. LOOK HALF OF WHAT YOU’RE TOLD IN LIFE IS A LIE ANYWAYS HALF OF WHAT THE MEDIA FEEDS YOU IS A COVER UP GOT IT. SO BILL, JOHN WAYNE GACY, N JULIETTE GO OUT KISS A GIRL OR SOMETHING GET GOT IT GOOD.
THIS HAS BEEN A CRAZY MONKEY CREW ANNOUNCEMENT…….
June 13th, 2009 at 12:12 am
John,
You are a moron, Pres Bush responded to the american response, redemption for the deaths of thousands of americans.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Where does the bike path rapist fit in. He raped and murder some of his victims. He also was not caught for more than twenty years.
This took place in Buffalo N.Y. and was a very interesting case.
June 13th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
To john wayne gacy:
IF U ARE A FORENSIC SCIENTIST WITH A PHD AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF WHAT THE HECK ARE U DOING UP HERE ARGUING W/ PEOPLE? SHOULDN’T U BE BUSY DOING OOTHER THINGS???? MAYBE U SHOULD CHECK URSELF OUT BECAUSE U HAVE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO WORK OUT WITH YOURSELF AND EVERYONE PLZ STOP REPLYING BACK TO HIM HE JUST WANTS SOME ATTENTION AND IF U GUYS ALL STOP REPLYING BACK TO HIS CORNY A*S COMMENTS MAYBE HE’LL SHUT THE HELL UP!!!
June 13th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
@Venom: listen here you stupid A.., why should I go out and kiss a girl, I am no f…… lesbian, I hate gay people. Why don’t you catch a hot sh.t, and be gay…dumb a.. !!
June 17th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
This is the zidiac speaking. I did’nt see my name mentioned. Do I have to do my thing all over again?
June 19th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Vincent Bugliosi: “In Manson’s world, he probably felt if he never himself killed anyone but had someone else murder for him, he was thereby immunized or insulated, as it were, from all criminal responsibility. Well, it is not quite that easy, and when you folks come back into this courtroom with your verdict of first-degree murder against Charles Manson, you are going to tell him it’s not quite that easy. In the offbeat world of Charles Manson he probably never heard of this rule of law. Well, he is learning about it right now.”
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Notice how he uses the word ‘probably’. This is ‘probably’ the worst closing argument I’ve ever heard. Manson was convicted through pure speculation and, though I’m not saying he is innocent (as I have no idea), this trial showed a tremendous flaw in the United States justice system. Manson was convicted because of statements the actual killers made. Now, you tell me, do you trust a killer? I sure don’t. So why are we basing our decisions of innocence on the words of people we already know are murderers?
The judicial system, as well as the government, likes to scrutinize when it comes to their rights and what we owe them, but what about us? What about innocent until proven guilty? Show me the evidence pointing to his guilt.
The evidence of his innocence is the lack of evidence proving his guilt.
At any rate, the media (government) sure did make a bundle off of him and his personality.
June 24th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
i find it funny how all the people who try and sound like they are the einstine of the 21st century actually sound like ignorate people who probably have no friends due to them always having to be the most politicaly correct (cough cough juliette ) yeah your smart hun, but your constant arguing gets annoying, i do agree with some of the things you have stated, but turn it down a notch or two.
also, i dont understand how Geroge W. Bush is a serial killer. look up the definition of Serial Killers, and Geroge W. Bush, i dont see any kind of similarities between the two.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Bush Jr. killed many men even before the gulf war.
June 26th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Serial Killers fascinate me. Ed Gein is my favorite profile though..how he inspired 3 of my favorite movie villians is kinda cool. I am only 16 but reading about serial killers is probably one of my favorite things to do. They are so interesting. The way they kill, the psychology, the strategies, everything.
P.s George W Bush is more of an IDIOT than anything.
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June 26th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
What about the killer from Connecticut, Michael Ross
June 27th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
It makes you wonder, how an individual can get so twisted. What would drive someone to that point?
We talk about other species beginning dangerous but the truth is humans are the MOST dangerous things out there. And, how awful would it be to die like all the unfortunate people who were killed by these men and women?
May God Bless All ~~
June 27th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
@Tony: I write whatever and whenever I want, you can´t tell me what to do and keep yr stupid thinkings for yourself ok?? WTF do you know wether I have friends or not…
June 29th, 2009 at 1:03 am
The sick and twisted are among us everyday. It’s almost scary walking in a store or riding a bus knowing that anyone of the people around us can kill tourter or rap us. I watch t.v. every day and listen to the news and I can see how some of the sick and twisted end up doing what they do. And yet the ones who do these insane thangs to us get all the attention and the victims are forgotten so all in all the victims end up being victims even after death while the killer or killers end up being some kind of sick super hero.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
These people are insane !! They are sychos !! They kill for stupid unreasonable reasons !! Why would someone want to do that ??! KILL ???!! What if someone killed him/her ??! How would that feel ??! To be honest,, when I first read this I realized how insane some people are !! Who would kill their own family??! Okay.. I guess they may did something to you but atleast there are bloodless solutions ! People need to think before they act ! Can’t you see how awful they are ? How much help they need/needed ? The killings are awful !! It’s so unbelievable ! And even some of them admit it !! =S I couldn’t imagine insanity could lead to killing and death ! These people need therapy !
May God help who needs it more .. !
June 30th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Is Trophy Hunting A Form of Serial Killing?
Lion Expert and Conservationist Gareth Patterson Takes Aim
For me and many of the people who contact me to offer their support, killing innocent animals for self-gratification is no different from killing innocent people for self-gratification. By extension, then, trophy hunting–the repeated killing of wild animals–should surely be viewed as serial killing.
In The Serial Killers, the authors also wrote about Robert Hansen, an Alaskan businessman and big-game enthusiast who hunted naked prostitutes through the snow as though they were wild animals, then shot them dead. Hansen would point a gun at his victim, order her to take off all her clothes, and then order her to run. He would give his victims a “start” before stalking them. The actual act of killing his victims, Hansen once said, was an “anti-climax” and that “the excitement was in the stalking.”
How many times have I heard trophy hunters describing their actions in similar terms? “No, hunting is just about killing,” they say. “It’s also about the stalk, the build-up to the kill.”
Hansen was a trophy hunter, who, according to Wilson and Seaman, had achieved “celebrity by killing a Dall sheep with a crossbow.” He also trophy hunted women but, as a married man with a family, he couldn’t put his human trophies next to those elk antlers and bear skins in his den.
As an alternative, Hansen, it was revealed, took items of jewellery from his victims as “trophies” and hid these in his loft so that, as with his animal trophies, he, the hunter, could relive his fantasy-inspired killings whenever he wished to.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
I think that this is a great way to inform people about the most famous serial killers in America and it helps give us a good look into their minds. However I do think it is kind of disturbing that some people do admire some of these killers.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
@Juliette….you have no brain. I cannot believe that people still think like you. Who do you think you are saying you hate gay people? How many gay people do you know? You dumb B****!
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:06 pm
@Juliette….You have been rambling on about how your people have been persecuted for all of time….Jewish people that is……..You probably don’t even realize that homosexuals were thrown in the concentration camps with the Jews. My point being, why would you preach about your people getting persecuted and then say you hate a group of people that have been just as persecuted as your people. You really are an I***t.
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:41 pm
@Doogie: Now listen here you a..hole, I say whatever I want. You gays are an abomination in the eyes of the Lord. You were not born gay, you think you are women, but you are MEN. I don´t like you gays. You are stupid and ridiculous. You cannot ever be a woman, not even when you do operations, you were born a MAN!!! And one thing is for sure: you cannot imitate women, you act very stupid when you gays do like a woman!! You are no women, so don´t imitate one. Be a man. And go cal your female family B….. and I….. ok?
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Juliette… you are a bigoted disgusting hypocrite… not only did you have to go and turn this into a political argument, but then you go and say that you hate gays and you think they all want to be women, while blessing people and quoting the Bible at them. Sick in the head you are, and you can say what you want to me, it’ll roll off like water from a duck’s back. Can’t believe there are still people like you in this world.