Unusual serial killers

Joachim Kroll. Joachim Georg Kroll 17 April — 1 July was a German serial killer, child molester and cannibal. He was convicted of eight murders but confessed to a total of 14 which he committed in and around the Ruhr metropolitan region. Albert Fish. Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish May 19, — January 16, was an American serial killer, child rapist and cannibal. Fish once boasted that he "had children in every state", and at one time stated his number of victims was about However, it is not known whether he was referring to rapes or cannibalization, nor is it known if the statement was truthful.

Fish was a suspect in at least five murders during his lifetime. Fish confessed to three murders that police were able to trace to a known homicide, and he confessed to stabbing at least two other people.

He was Laytner's interviews were widely published, first in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, 13 July , then in the Toronto Sun and The Sacramento Bee on 21 July , and over the years in many other North American papers and foreign publications, including Fred West.

Frederick Walter Stephen West 29 September — 1 January was an English serial killer who committed at least 12 murders between and in Gloucestershire, the majority with his second wife, Rosemary West. All the victims were young women. At least eight of these murders involved the Wests' sexual gratification and included rape, bondage, torture and mutilation; the victims' dismembered bodies were typically buried in the cellar or garden of the Wests' Cromwell Street home in Gloucester, which became known as the "House of Horrors".

Fred also committed at least two murders on his own, and Rose murdered Fred's stepdaughter, Charmaine. The couple were apprehended and charged Javed Iqbal. Javed Iqbal Umayr 8 October — 8 October , was a Pakistani serial killer who was found guilty of the sexual abuse and murder of boys. Rodney Alcala. He was sentenced to death in California in for five murders committed in that state between and In , he received an additional sentence of 25 years to life after pleading guilty to two homicides committed in New York in and His true victim count remains unknown, and could be much higher.

Prosecutors said that Alcala "toyed" with his victims, strangling them until they lost consciousness, then waiting until they revived, sometimes repeating this process several times before finally killing them.

One police detective described Alcala as "a Richard Ramirez. His highly publicized home invasion crime spree terrorized the residents of the greater Los Angeles area and later the residents of the San Francisco area from June until August Prior to his capture, Ramirez was dubbed the "Night Stalker" by the news media.

He used a wide variety of weapons, including handguns, knives, a machete, a tire iron, and a hammer. Ramirez, who was an avowed Satanist, never expressed any remorse for his crimes. The judge who upheld Ramirez's thirteen death sentences remarked that his deeds exhibited "cruelty, Gary Ridgway.

He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders. As part of his plea bargain, another conviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, making him the second most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders.

He killed a large number of teenage girls and women in the state of Washington during the s and s. Most of Ridgway's victims were alleged to be sex workers and other women in vulnerable circumstances, including underage runaways. The press gave him his nickname after the first five victims were found in the Green Ted Bundy.

Theodore Robert Bundy born Theodore Robert Cowell; November 24, — January 24, was an American serial killer and necrophile who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the s and possibly earlier. After more than a decade of denials, before his execution in he confessed to 30 homicides that he committed in seven states between and The true number of victims is unknown and possibly higher.

Many of Bundy's young female victims regarded him as handsome and charismatic, traits that he exploited to win their trust. He would typically approach them in public places, feigning injury or disability, or impersonating an authority figure, Vlad the Impaler. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania.

He was the second son of Vlad Dracul, who became the ruler of Wallachia in Vlad and his younger brother, Radu, were held as hostages in the Ottoman Empire in to secure their father's loyalty.

Vlad's father and eldest brother, Mircea, were murdered after John Hunyadi, Dennis Rader. Between and , Rader killed ten people in the Wichita, Kansas metro area. Rader sent taunting letters to police and newspapers describing the details of his crimes.

After a decade-long hiatus, Rader resumed sending letters in , leading to his arrest and subsequent guilty plea. Henry Lee Lucas. Lucas was arrested in Texas and on the basis of his confessions to Texas Rangers, hundreds of unsolved murders were attributed to him and officially classified as cleared up. Lucas was convicted of murdering 11 people and condemned to death for a single case with an unidentified victim. A newspaper exposed the improbable logistics of the confessions made by Lucas, when they were taken as a whole, and a study by the Attorney General of Texas concluded he had falsely confessed.

Lucas's death sentence was commuted to life in prison in In some cases, law enforcement thought that Lucas had demonstrated Luis Garavito. In , he admitted to the rape, torture and murder of children and teenagers. His victims, based on the locations of skeletons listed on maps that Garavito drew in prison, could exceed ; Garavito continues to confess to more murders.

He has been described by local media as "the world's worst serial killer. Dean Corll. Dean Arnold Corll December 24, — August 8, was an American serial killer who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered at least 28 teenage boys and young men between and in Houston, Texas.

The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to light after Henley fatally shot Corll. Upon discovery, they were considered the worst example of serial murder in U. Corll's victims were typically lured with an offer of a party or a lift to a succession of addresses in which he resided between and They would then be restrained either by force or deception, and Rosemary West.

Photo: Dr. Rose was judged to have murdered her 8-year-old stepdaughter, Charmaine, in Her husband, Fred, who committed suicide in prison while awaiting trial, is believed to have collaborated with her in the torture and murder of at least nine young women between and The majority of these murders were committed at the couple's home, 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester.

Moses Sithole. Moses Sithole born 17 November is a South African serial killer and rapist who committed the ABC Murders, so named because they began in Atteridgeville, continued in Boksburg and finished in Cleveland, a suburb of Johannesburg. From July 16, to November 6, , Sithole murdered at least 38 people.

Dennis Nilsen. Dennis Andrew Nilsen 23 November — 12 May was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men between and in London, England. Convicted at the Old Bailey of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder, Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 November , with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years.

In his later years, he was incarcerated at Full Sutton maximum security prison. All of Nilsen's murders were committed in the two North London addresses in which he resided between and His victims would be lured to these addresses through guile and killed by strangulation, sometimes accompanied by Robert Pickton.

Robert William "Willy" Pickton born October 24, is a Canadian serial killer who was convicted in of the second-degree murders of six women. Arrested in , he was the subject of a lengthy investigation that yielded evidence of numerous other murders. Pickton was charged with the deaths of an additional twenty women, many of them from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, but these charges were stayed by the Crown in Pickton was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 25 years — the longest sentence for murder under Canadian law.

During the trial's first day of jury evidence, the Crown stated that Pickton had confessed to forty-nine murders to an undercover Zodiac Killer. Zodiac Killer is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who operated in Northern California from at least the late s to the early s.

Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted, with two of the men surviving attempted murder. Randy Steven Kraft is often referred to as the Scorecard Killer — a name which refers to the list of coded phrases found in his car which is believed to have been a sort of system for keeping track of the murders of boys and men he committed primarily in California between and Twenty-two of his suspected 67 victims remain missing and unidentified.

His body was discovered at the bottom of a ravine in Orange County on Oct. As so often seems to be the case, Kraft was eventually caught for an unrelated reason: On May 14, , he was pulled over and arrested for drunk driving.

In the passenger seat of his car was the body of a young man — year-old Terry Lee Gambrel. Kraft was sentenced to death on Nov. Despite his conviction, he continues to deny his guilt.

Their victims were Keryn Barnes, a year-old aspiring actress who had shared an apartment with the Carsons in Haight-Ashbury; Clark Stephens, who worked on a marijuana farm with the Carsons in Aldepoint, Calif. Stephens and Hellyar were both shot, while Barnes was beaten witha blunt object and stabbed. The convictions were upheld by a state appeals court in Although Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.

Originally from North Carolina, the Harpes spent their lives roaming around the United States, always leaving destruction in their wake. They set fire to buildings, they stole, they assaulted women, they attacked men — and they killed a horrific number of people. Eventually, they joined up with the Mason Gang, a gang of river pirates led by Samuel Mason — which turned out to be the cause of their downfall: The Harpes and another pirate, James May, killed Mason, intending to collect the hefty reward that was being offered for his head; however, when they went to trade in the head for the cash, the outlaws were recognized and arrested.

Although they initially managed to escape, they were later recaptured and executed in January of The most disturbing thing about the Harpes? The fact that they weren't primarily motivated by money or other financial gains. They killed for fun. By Lucia Peters. It all unraveled from there. CrimeFeed on Twitter. Today they are both in jail and the requests for parole hearings have been denied. Charles Manson. Charles Manson organized a group and supervised the killings of several people.

Interestingly, he never killed anybody but was still arrested on account of being associated with the crime. Also they didnt cut Sharon Tates stomach open and stab her fetus.

Susan Atkins wanted to do this, but she didnt have time to. John Wayne Gacy was hardly a prominent political figure — he was a fundraiser for the local branch of the Democrats, and president of hte local Jaycees chapter. Jeez, he was dressing as a clown to raise money at local events…. What about Harold Shipman? A doctor who killed between and elderly patients with overdoses?

That would be reasonably odd…. Home Featured. July 31, Featured , People. I bet the judge got some pleasure from reciting that sentance! Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published.