Notorious Murderers and Serial Killers

There are many theories surrounding the death of Belle Gunness. Some believe that she was killed by one of her husbands, while others think she faked her own death and continued to kill around the country. Others believe that a woman using the name "Esther Carlson," who was arrested for trying to poison a man for his money, was actually Gunness in disguise. Carlson died awaiting trial.

Ed Gein went by The Plainfield Butcher, Grandfather of Gore, The Plainfield Ghoul, and The Ghoul of Plainfield.

Schizophrenic individuals do not usually present with violent behavior, and the odds of a schizophrenic committing serial murder are probably about the same as me winning the jackpot from numerous Vegas casinos in one night. But when this happens, people experience traumatic deaths and usually most cases are hard to track.

Richard Chase, who became known as the Vampire of Sacramento, was one such individual. Serial murder is most often associated with the psychopathic, or those with extreme Antisocial Personality Disorder. David Berkowitz, also known as the Son of Sam, claimed to be schizophrenic and that his neighbor's dog was instructing him to kill, but it wasn't long before he recanted.

There are a number of different types of schizophrenia, perhaps the most common being paranoid schizophrenia. Paranoid schizophrenics have progressed passed the so called negative symptoms of schizophrenia, such as jumbled and confused thoughts, and an inability to speak fluently and coherently, to the positive symptoms, which include auditory and visual hallucinations.

Advocates for the mentally ill are faced with a deep dilemma each time extreme and deadly crimes are perpetrated by those with a mental illness. Obviously, such acts are not sane or normal; it beggars common sense to suggest that a person who is thinking straight would choose to kill or wound dozens of strangers.

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First let me mention that he didn't go to jail for his crimes. He died of a gunshot possibly an accident but more people think it was a suicide. He lived in Boynton Beach, Florida in an upscale home at 933 Mission Hill Road and made a small fortune in real estate while developing an interest in photography. Over the next few years, however, between about 1971 and 1975, he was in and out of court facing various charges related to sexual misconduct. He eventually raped a young woman he had lured into his truck on the pretense of photographing her for a modeling contract. This would become part of his modus operandi during his later rape and murder spree. Despite several convictions, Wilder was never jailed for any of these crimes. Along with the eight known victims he killed during February to April 1984, he has been linked to the murders and disappearances of many other women, including some whose remains were found around Florida in areas he was known to frequent.

A.K.A.: "The Beauty Queen Killer"

Classification: Serial killer

Characteristics: Rape - Torture

Number of victims: 8 +

Date of murders: February-April 1984

Date of birth: March 13, 1945

Victims profile: Rosario Gonzalez / Elisabeth A. Kenyon, 23 (former girlfriend) / Terry Ferguson, 21 / Terry Walden, 24 / Suzanne Logan, 21 / Sheryl Bonaventura, 18 / Michelle Korfman, 17 / Beth Dodge, 33

Method of murder: Stabbing with knife - Shooting

Location: Florida/Texas/Oklahoma/Nevada/California/New York, USA

Status: Apparently shot himself to death in a scuffle with state troopers to avoid capture on April 13, 1984

With the help of Tina Marie, he kidnapped some other girl named Dawnette Wilt. After stabbing her in the back and front, she pretended to be dead and struggled to her feet and walked out to a road where she found someone who would take her to a hospital. She told the police that Wilder was driving the Mercury Cougar and was heading toward Canada. Tina Marie persuades 33-year-old Beth Dodge, who was getting out of an gold Pontiac Trans-Am, to come over to their car. After shooting Beth in the back, he let go Tina Marie to the airport so she could return home.

There is no more information on the 2 girls that survived this serial killer.

Arias is famous for killing her boyfriend. The way she did so was extremely brutal to most, as she stabbed him almost twenty times and even shot him in the head. She's also gained fame for requesting the death penalty.

The Jodi Arias trial is nearly over. They are currently waiting for the jury to make a decision. If they come back with a guilty verdict then she will probably file an appeal.

The car was seized and impounded by police in the process of collecting evidence. Since Arias was found guilty it may be able to be released to her family or possibly sold.

There are many reasons why court would be recessed or postponed.

when you cut someones head off or throat out and you take their tongue and tie it around their head in a knot. ☺

Actually it is called a Colombian tie. The Russians have other methods. It is done by slashing the throat and pulling the tongue out appearing like a tie.

He was convicted of carrying out a nearly decade-long rape and murder spree in his East Harlem neighborhood. He's doing his time at Attica state prison near Buffalo. The prosecution presented DNA evidence recovered from six of his seven victims. It was a match. Psychologists often disagree about explanations for every day, normal behavior, let alone for the sort of extremely violent sexual behavior but when the tests were completed he had gone to Florida. The motives of perpetrators can be multi-factorial and are the subject of debate. Researchers have attempted to explain the motivations in terms of socioeconomics, anger, power, sadism, sexual pleasure, psychopathy, ethical standards, attitudes toward the victims and changing pressures. In the end, he got a 475 year term.

As far as I can tell Muhammad was classified as a spree killer.

That information would take a whole encyclopedia. There are books that cover some serial killers and magazines which you could order.

In 1984.

Richard Kuklinski was a 'mob' killer. Born April, 4, 1935, died March 5, 2006, he was part of Newark's DeCavalcante crime famlly and NYC's Five Families.

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Albert Fish was a serial killer, rapist and cannibal. His birth name was Hamilton Howard Fish. The Budd last name belongs to a victim named Grace Budd.

Right now police are investigating whether a North Carolina country road may have become the dumping ground for a serial killer. It sounds like it is a serial killer. This killer is a woman killer dumping the corpses near Seven Bridges Road outside Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Victim seven was found in neighboring Halifax County. These woman were black and most of them knew each other.

Yes, Richard Ramirez was known as a thrill-seeking serial killer. He carried out a series of brutal crimes in the 1980s, primarily in the Los Angeles area, where he targeted random victims for sexual assault, murder, and robbery. Ramirez expressed a deep enjoyment for the violence and terror he inflicted on his victims.

There are up to 100 serial killers on the loose at any given time. At present there is a suspected serial killer work in about three southern states.

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Myself, I was REALLY into the O.J. Simpson case. It was the first big trial to be televised, and people were hooked. It's all anyone talked about. Our cafeteria was unusally quiet as students watched while eating or resting between classes. The case ended up being stranger than any fiction one could write. Marcia Clark's book was my absolute favorite. Being the head prosecutor, she really had the knowledge, ability, and drive to get the whole truth out there. I read no less than 5 books on this crime.

That being said, the Holocaust is way ahead of the pack. Between the fact that I am of Jewish heritage, the enormity of the whole operation, Anne Frank's ability to give the tragedy a face, the role of fear in people's lives, and how that fear can so easily be manipulated. Sad beyond belief.

Wayne Williams, Atlanta Child Killer, is alive and well in prison.

Kallinger lived in or around Leonia, NJ and committed his murders in that locale.