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Serialkillerfacts
Serialkillerfacts
Serialkillerfacts
HenryLeeLucas
Confessedto600murdersbutlaterrecantedandclaimedhehadkilledonlythree
people.
RichardRamirez,akatheNightStalker
Afterhewastiedtothecasethroughfingerprints,hisphotowasreleased.Citizens
inEastLosAngelescapturedhim.
SerialKillerTedBundyhelpeddetectivesbygivinghisperspectiveasaserialkillertohelp
captureGaryRidgeway,TheGreenRiverKiller.
OneofthemostprolificserialkillersinSouthAmericanhistory(whoclaimedtohavekilled
morethan300younggirls)wasreleasedona$50bailin1998,andiscurrentlyfree.Hiscurrent
whereaboutsareunknown.
AneightyearoldboyinIndiaistheworldsyoungestknownserialkiller
SerialkillerRichardChaseonceattemptedtoenterthehomeofawomanbut,findingthather
doorswerelocked,walkedaway.Chaselatertolddetectivesthathetooklockeddoorsasasign
thathewasnotwelcome,butthatunlockeddoorswereaninvitationtocomeinside.
In1893,H.H.HolmesoneofAmericasfirstserialkillersbuiltamurdercastleaboveadrugstore
withover60windowlessrooms,wherehetrapped,tortured,andmurderedhisvictims.
TheserialkillerknownastheHillsideStrangler,KennethBianchi,whileactivelymurdering
womenwasalsoapplyingtojointheranksoftheLAPDandattendedseveralridealongswith
policeofficers,whoweresearchingfortheHillsideStrangler
DennisRadera.k.a.BTKKiller(Bind,Torture,Kill)workedforahomesecuritycompany.He
installedalarmsasapartofhisjob,andmanyofhisclientshadbookedthecompanytostop
BTKfromeverenteringtheirhomes,unawarethatBTKhimselfwasinstallingthem
ConvictedserialkillerAlbertFishhelpedtheexecutionerpositiontheelectrodesonhisbody
beforeutteringhisfinalwords,IdontevenknowwhyImhere.Ittooktwojoltstokillhim
AtserialkillerCarlPanzramsexecution,whenaskedifhehadanylastwords,hesaid,Yes,
hurryitup,youHoosierbastard!Icouldhang10menwhileyourefoolingaround!
ThemostprolificserialkillerinmedievalEurope,andpossiblyever,ChristmanGenipperteing
whodetailedmurdering964individuals,wasexecutedbyhavingallofhislimbsbrokenand
threadedthroughthespokesofawheel.Hewaskeptaliveandconsciousonthewheelfor9days
byadailydoseofastrongdrink.
Citations
1.
http://kickassfacts.com/25-facts-about-serial-killers/
2.
http://facts.randomhistory.com/serial-killer-facts.html
3.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/09/us/serial-killers-fast-facts/