Notorious Murderers and Serial Killers

Jodi Arias was incarcerated on July 15, 2008.

Dr. Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski also known as the Unabomber is an American mathematician and social critic, who engaged in a mail bombing spree that spanned nearly 20 years, killing three people and injuring 23 others.

Danny Ray Horning is on death row in California's San Quentin Prison for the murder of Sammy McCullough.

Authorities stated that there are between 35 to 50 serial killers on the loose in the United States. That they know of. Indiana has a serial killers history. This state had the first female killer in America named Belle Gunness.

Reports are not reporting serial killers in Indiana but a serial killer thought to be working areas around Kentucky and Illinois, Some invenstigators are stating the killer could be from Indiana which is a middle point to the murders locations.

There are more serial killers on the loose that the authorities think. A serial killer could be you neighboor, your co worker or your husband.

As is true of serial murder, serial rape is as old as the human race.

Michigan has the lastest inventigation on a serial killer that stabbed 13 persons to death. The suspect was taken into custody at Atlanta's airport as he prepared to board a flight to Israel. Time will tell us if they got the right guy or the serial killer continues on the loose.

it depends on your definition.

the question itself is too broad. for instance, 'most killed by a single mass murderer'? 'most killed in one day'? 'most killed by a regime'?

so let's answer each of these questions and it should give you the answer (and then some) you seek. the other question is, are you sure you're asking about 'mass murder' or 'serial killings'? just a quick run down for those that might not know the distinction...

(all of the following types of crimes are usually carried out by solitary individuals. there have been examples in all categories in which two or more perpetrators have acted together, but those are not covered here except where noted.)

Mass Murderers and Serial Killers:

a serial killer is someone who commits three or more murders over an extended period of time with cooling-off periods in between. a mass murderer, on the other hand, is an individual or group who commit multiple murders in a single event and in one location (or in the case of 9/11 in multiple locations). so by definition, any act of 'mass murder' that is not commited in a single day in a single act would be considered (a) serial killer(s), (but by my definition still mass murder(ers) as in the Nazis and the holocaust).

let's start with the most killed by a regime;

Communists and Stalin: It is calculated that the Communist regime, 1917-1987, murdered about 62 million people, around 55 million of them citizens.

but, the number 1 in the shortest amount of time is;

Mao Tse Tung: During the years 1958 and 1959, China experienced what was hailed by Marxists as the "Great Leap Forward." During this time, Mao Tse Tung's regime was directly responsible for between 30 and 40 million deaths.

By comparison, the Holocaust saw 9-11 million people dead a result of Hitler and the Nazis.

most killed in a day;

The Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima killed 80,000 which is probably the highest civilian death toll in one day

Unsure what the greatest military deaths in one day would be.

most killed by one person;

Edit by Chris: Before all these next entires, there is one prime killer who beats almost all records.

Heinrich Severloh fired over 12.000 rounds and is said to have killed between 2000-2400 American GIs on Omaha beach with MG's and rifles.

Also, even then, before the next accounts of mass murderes we have Mihail Ilyich Surkov who sniped and killed around 700 people during WWII. And then, the many many many runner ups who also killed hundreds of people. Mainly Russian snipers, a few German, and a single finnish sniper who killed around 500 people.

A 16th century Hungarian countess named Elizebeth Bathory (August 7, 1560 - August 24, 1614) is said to have killed over 600 young women. She was convicted of only 80.

Harold Shipman an English general practitioner (January 14, 1946 - January 13, 2004) was convicted of killing only 15 but it was suggested he had actually killed over 215.

Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 - March 13, 2001) was an American criminal, convicted of murder and once listed as America's most prolific serial killer. Ultimately, Lucas was convicted of eleven homicides. He confessed to involvement in killing about 600 but the number is said to be closer to 350. (Strangely his is the only death sentence to be commuted to life in prison by then governer George W. Bush.)

most by 1 person in 1 day in the U.S.;

Timothy McVeigh (April 23, 1968 - June 11, 2001) with the Oklahoma city bombing claimed 168 lives. It is the deadliest incident of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

In 1927, school board member, Andrew Kehoe (Feburary 1, 1872 - May 18, 1927), upset by a property tax that had been levied to fund the construction of the school building, killed 45 people (including himself) and injured an additional 58 in a bombing at the Bath Consolidated School. This is still the largest school massacre in United States history.

there are also 'spree killers':

A spree killer commits multiple murders in different locations over a period of time that may vary from a few hours to several days. Unlike serial killers, however, the spree killer does not take a long break or resume everyday life between killings.

Woo "Power" Bum-Kon (February 24, 1955-April 28, 1982) was a Korean police officer who carried out the worst incident of spree killing in known history, killing 58 (including himself) over 2 days time.

for a list of other serial killers go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_serial_killers_by_number_of_victims

hope this helps!

There is no way of knowing. California has not executed a prisoner in years and there has been talk of getting rid of the death penalty entirely. If that does not happen it could still be years before Peterson receives a DOE (date of execution). He has the appeals process that takes years to exhaust which is madatory for every death sentence.

Due to the fact that accurate records were not kept for black serial killers the earliest found was Sydney Jones who was hung on June 25, 1915.

Jake Bird killed at least 44 women between the 1920's and 1947.

Wisconsin has most likely incurred a bad reputation for breeding "psycho killers" because not merely one, but three serial killers (two of whom cannibalized their victims) hail from there. Firstly, there is the infamous Ed Gein, from PLainfeild, WI. Second, there's Jeffrey Dahmer, from Milwaukee, WI, as well as David Spanbauer from Kempster, WI. And that's not to mention all the weird happenings in Black River Falls, WI that are documented in the book Wisconsin Death Trip.

Another one got added to the list Walter Ellis from Franklin. He went on a 21 year killing spree. Killing 9 women, 8 were prostitutes and 1 was a runaway doing a drug trade. So far that is four.

Many people close to the case felt that DeSalvo could not have been the killer of at least some of the victims of the Boston Strangler. This has proved to be the case. DeSalvo was cleared of the murder of the last victim Mary Sullivan through DNA testing.

Doubts began to surface while still in the early stages of the case immediately after DeSalvo's arrest. He seemed to be knowledgable about some of the murders and others he knew next to nothing that had not already been printed in the papers. Although he confessed he was never charged, tried or convicted in any of the Strangler murders. DeSalvo was in prison serving time for other offenses when he was stabbed to death in his own cell. With the death of DeSalvo, the opportunity to know the truth may have been buried with him.

The surviving victims of the serial killer Gary Heidnik have all went on with their lives. One of the women has appeared on the The Steve Wilkos Show.

These killers are known as sadists or sadistic killers. The more the victim suffers the better these killers like it. Thank goodness the sadistic serial killer makes up only a small percentage of all serial murderers.

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Aron Kosminski is named by many as the most likely Ripper suspect. He was a mentally ill woman-hating Polish Jew that lived and worked in London's east end. But by most accounts he was not even available for several of the murders. This in and of itself eliminates him from the suspect list.

Aileen Carol Wuornos, born February 29, 1956, in Troy MI was for the most part raised by her grandparents, whom she considered her parents. 'Lauri' and Britta Wuornos had an older daughter named Diane who was in fact Aileen's biological mother. Her biological father, a convict named Leo Aurther Pittman, committed suicide while incarcerated for being a pedaphile. These two were also the parents of Keith, Aileen's older brother. Diane had great difficulty being a single parent and relinquished custody of Keith and Aileen while they were quite young. Aileen could never reconcile the fact that her natural mother gave her and Keith up.

The Ax Man of New Orleans is the name given to an unknown killer that terrorized the city of New Orleans, LA from 1911 unto the last in 1919.

The first murders in 1911 claimed four victims, Italian grocer Tony Schiambras, his wife and two other grocers. Then no more murders until May 23, 1918, when another two people, running a grocery were attacked. Joseph Maggio and his wife were attacked while they slept. Their heads split with an ax and then their throats slit after. The brothers of the dead man were accused but then released.

Then on June 28 Louis Besumer, another grocer, and his commonlaw wife were attacted with a hatchet. She lived and he was charged with the crime. But that same night Mrs. Scheider, pregnant, was attacked also. While she was recovering the Ax Man killed Joseph Ramano a barber who died on August 10.

On March 10, 1919 the Ax Man attacked a family named Cortimiglia. The man and woman lived but their baby died.

Next was a man named Steve Boca on August 10, 1919 and tried to break into the home of a chemist on September 2 and on the 3 attatcked a 19 year old girl. And then the final attack on October 27.

No one has every been charged with these murders nor has a motive ever been discovered.

I'm not sure he had any impact on any political systems. Unless at election time politicians promised crime reduction. And Gein's crimes don't really quailify, he was found insane not criminal, and spent the rest of his life in a mental lockdown.

But his case is a good example for not releasing the mentally ill back into society. With state and federal cutbacks mentally ill people are sent back out into a world they can't cope with. Most are not dangerous like Gein, but a few are and they need to remain under close medical supervision.

Peter Sutcliffe, aka the Yorkshire Ripper, had many jobs. And he couldn't seem to hold on to many of them. Habitually late, sometimes not showing up at all, he was a boss's nightmare. He worked manual labor jobs and at one time he worked in a cemetery, a Lorrey driver, he worked in tires.

Finally in April 1973 he found a job that he was able to hold onto at Brittania Works of Anderton International, working the night shift.

Tony Curtis

Starkweather shot some of his victims. Some he stabbed, and he strangled and stabbed Fugate's two year old sister, Betty Jean. It will forever be debated as to Caril Ann Fugate's complicity in these crimes.

On June 25, 1959, Starkweather was executed in Nebraska State Pennitentary. Fugate received a life sentence, and was paroled in June 1976.

She was born with the last name Walker. Her name was Mary Ann Nichols. She was discovered at about 3:40 a.m. on Friday 31 August 1888 in Buck's Row which is now named Durward Street, Whitechapel. She was the daughter of locksmith Edward Walker. She married William Nichols.

The most dangerous men are those that lead others to destruction. Hitler, Stalin and Lenon are some modern versions of dangerous men. But the papacy (Pope) is responsible for more deaths than any other single man on earth. From the throne of the papacy, individual popes have been responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths the world over. This is a historically accurate statement, it is fact.