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Notorious Murderers and Serial Killers
This category contains questions and answers about those people who committed a notorious murder, or a series of murders, often in a gruesome fashion. Their psychology and manner of murder continues to fascinate and repel people.
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Does the media create instant fame for killers?
Unfortunately, yes. This is the down side of media attention. Laws have been passed so killers do not benefit financially from the crimes but in this mixed up world some end up being celebrities, with groupies no less. Scott Peterson, on California's death row for killing his pregnant wife, is referred to as 'Hottie Scottie' and gets loads of mail from admiring females, with proposals of marriage. They should be locked away and forgotten but that's not the way it works.
Is Jason Voorhees based on Ed Gein?
Jason first appeared outside of film in the 1982 novelization of Friday the 13th Part 3 by Michael Avallon not inspired by Ed Gein.
Who was tooth fairy the serial killer?
In the movie The Red Dragon, Francis Dolarhyde is a fictional character and the main antagonist. He was called the tooth fairy. He was the serial killer in that movie.
Where did the Texas Chain Saw Massacre happen?
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened in real life. It is fiction. Tobe Hooper got the idea for the Leatherface character from the serial killer Ed Gein (who lived in Wisconsin), but other than that, it is entirely fictional. See the Related Question below for more information.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre movie was filmed in Austin, Round Rock and Bastrop, Texas, and lasted for four weeks.
Did Neopets really kill Webkinz?
Neopets came out in 1999, whereas Webkinz came out in 2005. So for a while there, Neopets had nothing to be jealous of. Now that Webkinz wants to borrow the idea of an online pet gaming world, I don't see why Neopets would be jealous - imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
How many serial killers has Louisiana had?
There have been serial killing investigations in Louisiana in the past and some investigations are being started recently. Ronald Joseph Dominique, Sean Vincent Gillis, John Peter Malveaux and Derrick Todd Lee had been arrested in recent years for committing serial murders in the state of Louisiana. They are certainly not responsible for all of the unsolved cases in the state.
There are woman found dead and now it looks like someone is killing men in the state of Louisiana.
One of the most remarkable US serial killers was Clementine Barnabet (or Bernebet). She was a cult member and used a hatchet. He confession is bone-chilling. Recent non-feminist women's studies scholarship has thrown light on the fact that female serial killers have been mostly ignored by criminologists and historians. The current count (3 or more victims) of cases is over 800, and growing.
What Chinese zodiac sign has the most serial killers?
The sign of the Rat has the most serial killers - Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrei Chikatilo, Richard Ramirez, Henry Lee Lucas, Robert Berdella, John Allen Muhammed, Doug Clark, Ahmad Suradji, Pedro Lopez, Edmund Kemper, Charles Cullen, Charles Ng, Leslie Irvin, and many more serial killers fall under this sign.
Is the Thomas Finley case a true case?
Yes, there is a murder case, but he didnt murder his family, demons did.
the Samantha finley is a real persona nd thomas finley did not murder his sister if u look closely u see that she had a cut on her that is where the demons had killed her from so yea nice writing bro
How many people do you need to kill to be a serial killer?
The FBI's criteria for serial murder is three kills with a cooling off period between kills. I have heard rumors that they plan to reduce the number of kills to two but I don't know if that is true or not.
Where is Donald Henry ' Pee Wee' Gaskins buried?
Pee Wee Gaskins is buried in Florence, SC at Gaskins Cemetery. Its very hard to track down.
Actually, Pee Wee was creamated and his ashes (or at least most of them) were scattered in an area called "The Neck" near Prospect, SC. There is a photo of his daughter scattering the ashes in certain printings of the book "Final Truth". There is a Gaskins Family Cemetery not too far from Prospect but Pee Wee is not buried there.
What is the psycogenic theory of serial killers?
First of all, what is a serial killer. Experts don't agree on an exact definition of a serial killer but general definitions are based on numbers and patterns: two or more unrelated victims in distinctly separate incidents. Serial killers wear the mask of sanity. Down inside they suffer from Antisocial Personality Disorder and appear normal or charming. That mask of sanity has gotten of people dead or badly wounded. Also serial killers are at work continually changing their targets and methods.
A famous assassin was Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski(April 11, 1935 - March 5, 2006) was a convicted murderer and notorious contract killer. He worked for several Italian-American crime families, and claimed to have murdered over 200 men over a career that lasted 30 years. Though he would fall more in to the category of hit man rather than assassin. Assassins are usually more skilled and kill in a variety of different methods and remain invisible, Hit men are hired thugs who kill violently and messy with little caution.
Mr Vexille is the only other that could contend but the identity cannot be confirmed. This person was, and probably still is hunted by most secret services and government agencies throughout the world. He was reported to have killed political and criminal targets in 27 different countries for various organisations. No reference can be found to this person. If the existence is true, then Mr Vexille would take the title largely due to still being active and unknown.
Where are the killers of James Bulger today?
They served only eight years of their life sentence in prison. James' killers changed their names after they were released, and nobody knows who they are or where they are now. i know where one is get in touch through this page ralf an id b happy to put you on it .scouser dad to three boys
Who was the most controversial serial killer?
There are some cases which you could call the worst of insanity in a serial killer.
Richard Trenton Chase was an American serial killer who killed six people in the span of a month in California. He earned the nickname The Vampire of Sacramento due to his drinking of his victims' blood and his cannibalism. He did this as part of a delusion that he needed to prevent Nazis from turning his blood into powder via poison they had planted beneath his soap dish.
Jeffrey Dahmer murdered at least 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. His murders were particularly gruesome, involving acts of forced sodomy, necrophilia, dismemberment, and cannibalism. Dahmer committed his first murder when he was 18, killing Steven Hicks, a 19 year-old hitchhiker. Dahmer invited Hicks to his house, and killed him because he "didn't want him to leave."
Albert Fish, also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria and possibly the Brooklyn Vampire, boasted that he molested over 100 children, and was a suspect in at least five killings. Fish confessed to three murders that police were able to trace to a known homicide, and confessed to stabbing at least two other people. He was put on trial for the murder of Grace Budd, and was convicted and executed.
At his trial, several psychiatrists testified about Fish's sexual fetishes, including coprophilia, urophilia, pedophilia and masochism. X-rays of Fish's pelvis show needles which he inserted in to his skin for sexual pleasure.
Joachim Kroll said that he often sliced portions of flesh from his victims to cook and eat them, claiming that he did this to save on his grocery bills. In custody, he believed that he was going to get a simple operation to cure him of his homicidal urges and would then be released from prison. Instead he was charged with eight murders and one attempted murder. In April 1982, after a 151-day trial, he was convicted on all counts and was given nine life sentences.
There is a ancient serial killer that was insane in all the meaning of the word.
Gilles de Rais (a French nobleman) is considered to be the precursor to the modern serial killer. Before he began his killing spree, he rode as a military captain in the army lead by St Joan of Arc - though it is unlikely that she knew him. He was accused and ultimately convicted of torturing, raping and murdering dozens, if not hundreds, of young children, mainly boys.
According to surviving accounts, Rais lured children, mainly young boys who were blond haired and blue eyed (as he had been as a child), to his residences, and raped, tortured and mutilated them, often ejaculating, perhaps via masturbation, over the dying victim. He and his accomplices would then set up the severed heads of the children in order to judge which was the most fair. The precise number of Rais's victims is not known, as most of the bodies were burned or buried. The number of murders is generally placed between 80 and 200; a few have conjectured numbers upwards of 600. The victims ranged in age from six to eighteen and included both sexes. Although Rais preferred boys, he would make do with young girls if circumstances required.
Are any serial killers born on November 3?
Leonarda Cianciulli born on April 14, 1894 was an Italian serial killer.
Who was Jack the Ripper the serial murderer?
I posted a nice site with the information in the related box below.
Jack the Ripper in a moniker given to an unidentified serial killer active in London's East End Whitechapel District between the months of August-November 1888, July of 1889, and February of 1891.
His identity was never known, as he was not officially arrested for the crimes. Over 100 suspects have been named as the killer, but the evidence to date clears all of these individuals of the charge with the sole exception of George Chapman, aka Severin Klosowski. Of all the suspects, only Chapman was active in the district during the time of the murders; had anatomical knowledge, and very closely resembles the man seen with the fifth victim Mary Jane Kelly.
From a profiling viewpoint, the Whitechapel murderer was most likely a misogynist. He was likely abused from childhood by a domineering mother or other female authority figure that instilled in him a deep seated hatred and possibly fear of women. The evidence suggests that he held a steady job likely as a book keeper or accountant. He was right handed, and new the district and the movements of the police well enough to easily avoid them, which suggests he most likely lived in the district. He was most likely unmarried and without steady female companionship. His friends and co-workers would have described him as being quiet and restrained; even shy, and very clean and tidy.
Who is the most brutal serial killer in history?
There are several who would be worthy of the title. Those few include BTK, the Green River Killer, and Jeffrey Dahmer. The most notorious however, would most likely be Jack the Ripper, mainly because he was never caught. If we go by numbers of victims Christman Gniperdoliga killed 964 men between the years 1568-1581 after robbing them in the Roman empire area
Is Hitler the biggest serial killer?
No. A serial killer gets pathological enjoyment from killing, whereas Hitler's actions were political and ideological. Although given the obvious aim of his racial genocide policies, he might be considered under what we call "hate crimes" today.
Mary Flora Bell was a very pretty psychopathic girl who scored a kill at the age of 10 and then killed another boy in Scotswood, an inner-city suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the age of 11, She was convicted in December 1968 of the manslaughter of the two boys, Martin Brown who was aged four and Brian Howe who was three years old.
What prison is Gary Ridgeway in?
Ridgway is incarcerated at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington.
Why do people idolize serial killers?
Media has only one pourpose of glamorizing serial killers. Money. These movies profit well. Most of us have seen the latest serial killers series named Dexter. I am not moved by watching a serial killer being the hero of the youths. Whoever wrote this scrip is a high level IQ fellow who studied serial killers and it's traits.
I borrowed the dvds to study this fenomenon. I had to go through 4 seasons having 12 episodes. And the writer is right. Dexter is a low IQ fellow who looks like a high skilled high IQ fellow with 12 years of learning with his carrer as a blood spatter analist. He even had some kind of reatarted learning. By age 3, he could not pronounce his brother's name Bryan. As I said before, I didn't like this series but the writer had the right idea when he wrote this script.
The media protraits serial killers as highly intellingent. They need a equal intelingent detective to cath him. In real life, this is not true. Most serial killers are caught by accident. Ted Bundy was caught speeding. Dumb mistake. The son of Sam was caught by leaving his guns showing from outside is car. Dumber mistake.
The Unabomber did have a high IQ. He was caught not by a dumb mistake but by high thinking brain mistake. The Zodiac also had a high IQ and he was never caught.
Glamorizing serial killers in the media is a bad practice and even more, it is increasing the United States serial killers problem. Many people believe media is producing serial killers.
Yes, i do agree that it has something to do with pecuniary reasons. Everyone wants money, right? And the best way to accomplish that-in the media-is to feed the people what they want. Serial killers are fascinating and i believe alot of people think so. Their acts are gruesome and appalling. It provokes a myriad of questions. When you read about specific serial killers, you would think something like this :"Oh my! This sounds like a horror story!" For some people, murder feeds their intrigue. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW and the media sees that...so they play smart and decide to take advantage of our curiosity. That's when we see documentaries of serial killers coming out and then it progresses to movies.
How many serial killers are in Washington state?
I think the count is 41, listed here.
John R Gasser - 1948
James D Canady
Warren Forest
Gary Grant
Ted Bundy
James Elledge
James Edward Rezicka
Gary A Taylor
William Batten
Robert Yates, Jr.
Kenneth Bianchi
Morris Frampton
Stanley Bernson
Lewis Valley Killer - unknown
I-5 Killer Randy Woodfield
Martin Lee Sanders
Charles Sinclair
The .22 Caliber Killer - unknown
Dwayne Elton
William Scott Smith
Bill Ray Ballard, Jr
Joe Kondro
Gary Shaw
Daniel Yates
Dismemberment Murderer unknown
Wesley Allan Dodd
Scott William Cox
Happy Face Killer Keith Jesperson
Eastside Serial Killer George Russell
The Boxcar Killer Robert Sidetrack Silveria
Jack Owen Spillman, III
Robert Lee Parker
The Railroad Killer Rafael Resendez Ramirez
Dwayne Lee Harris
John Eric Armstrong
Brian Keith Lord
Gary Leon Ridgeway The Green River Killer
Michael J. Braae
Lee Boyd Malvo
Who was the actual person that coined the term serial killer?
The origin of the term 'serial killer' is credited to former FBI agent Robert Ressler. While attending a crime seminar in Europe he heard another detective refer to such crimes as a 'series of murders'. From this Ressler shortened it to serial killer. Before the 1970s, there was no specific name for this particular type of killer. By the 1970s and 1980s there seemed to be an explosion of serial murders. Ted Bundy seems to be the first killer that earned the title serial killer. Unfortunately, he was not the last.
What is a serial killers first victim?
Henry Lee Lucas confessed and then recanted, to the murder of his mother when he was quite young, 14 years old I think. Edmond Kemper killed his grandparents as a minor then when released from the youth facility, he went on to kill young women and eventually his mother.
Where is Aileen Wuornos in 2010?
Aileen Wuornos was executed in October 2002 at Stark Prison in Florida.
