He lured them to isolated places and preyed on them. Pedro Alonso Lopez, accuse of rape and murder of more than 300 girls across South America. Though his imprisonment was cut short when another inmate Christopher Scarver beat him to death. The court found Dahmer guilty of 15 killings and sentenced him 15 life imprisonments. He was charged of sodomy, necrophilia and cannibalism. Police found human heads in refrigerator and bodies in acid vats. He was caught in 1991 when his intended victim managed to escape and tell a police patrol car that was passing nearby. He committed his first murder when he was 18. Jeffrey Dahmer murdered at least 17 boys and men between 1978-91 after luring them into his apartment. Late in 20001 he and another of his accomplice was sentenced to death by hanging but later both were found strangled by the bed sheets of his prison cell. He kept photos of the victims and other details in a diary. Iqbal allegedly said that he had no regrets of what he did. Then the liquefied remains were thrown into the nearby river. He drugged, raped and strangled his victims and then cut the body into pieces and put them in vat filled with Hydrochloric Acid. Iqbal confessed to the murder of 100 orphan and runaway boys in his 18 month stint. Though there are many theories but none of them is proven true and thus it stays one big mystery. In 1888, this killer allegedly killed 5 prostitutes all near the Whitechapel, England. This case always remained unsolved because of lack of technology. Jack the Ripper is the most famous name in Serial Killing history. In 2001, about 20 years after the first Green River murder, Gary Ridgway was found guilty and got 48 life sentences without parole. His main victims were prostitutes and runaway teenagers. His wife never knew and never ever thought he could’ve killed 49 women he confessed of killing and the rest he was still suspected of. He was married thrice, was a social person. Gary Ridgway is the best proof of deception. Found guilty of more than 200 deaths, he was sentenced to 15 life imprisonments. Contrary to what is common in most of the serial killers, there was no sign of violence, sexual overtones or known reason for these murders. He was found guilty of murdering his patients, mostly elderly women. Harold Shipman is a blot on England’s medical history. In 2005 Dennis Rader was caught and was sentenced 10 consecutive life imprisonments.
After alleged hiatus of 13 years, his letters resurfaced. He reportedly sent letters to police claiming the deaths of his victims with proofs like some item that he took from victim’s place or photos of victims. Dennis RaderĪ.K.A.- BTK (Bind, torture, Kill- his Modus Operandi)ĭennis Rader was the maniacal serial killer who killed 10 people in and around Wichita Kansas. He was jailed in December ‘93 for the murders and got 5 life terms of imprisonment. In one phone call he even said that it was his New Year resolution to kill people.
He used to call police and taunted them for not catching him. In his 4 month killing spree, Ireland killed 5 gay men. Ireland decided to kill gay men because they were ‘easy targets’ and no one concerned about them. Though he is the only person in this list who killed less than 10 people but he is still a special case. 18 months later, on 14 th Feb 1994, he was executed by firing a bullet to his head. In 1980, Chikatilo was arrested and confessed to 56 killings. In some cases he also ate body parts of these victims. He raped, killed and mutilated their bodies. His main victims were young girls and boys. He tried to rape her but in order to control the struggling child he slashed her with a knife, ejaculating while doing so. On DecemChikatilo committed his first known murder of 9 year old Lena Zakotnova. Andrei ChikatiloĪ.K.A.- Butcher of Rostov, The Red Ripper, The Rostov Ripper They ordered his death by hanging and burning his body to ash. In 1440s he was found guilty of heresy, sodomy and murder.
He tortured them with most inhumane method possible. He was fascinated by the pain and suffering of these children. In his lifetime, Giles tortured raped and murdered hundreds of young children, mostly boys. Prior to this serial killing business, he was a celebrated military captain in the army of Joan of Arc. Following is a list of 15 worst Serial Killers world has ever known in no particular order. Let us take you to the terrible source of these shows and books and their gruesome reality. It is not just a fragment of imagination but a glimpse of reality.
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There are a large number of shows on the television like Criminal Minds and True Detectives, movies like American Psycho and Silence of the Lambs and books like Stephen King’s Full Dark No Stars that have reference to serial killers. I don’t think there might be anyone who doesn’t know ‘ what’ a serial killer is.