Although there are some discrepancies on the exact definition of a serial killer, it is characteristically defined as an individual who has murdered at least three people over a period of more than one month. His driving force to kill is driven by psychological factors.
The people listed below have committed some of the most horrendous serial killings in America. Can you identify them?
The Yorkshire Ripper was the nickname of what infamous serial killer?
Answer: Peter William Sutcliffe
Peter was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking several others. His crimes were committed between 1975 and 1980. At his trial, he claimed that a voice he heard while working as a gravedigger ordered him to kill the woman. He said that the voice of God came from the tomb of Bronislaw Zapolski. Despite attempts by his attorney to declare him unfit for trial, Judge Boreham declared that he should be tried by a jury. He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, in 1984 he was sent to Broadmoor Hospital after he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
What serial killer did the media call the “Campus Killer”?
Answer: Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy, the notorious serial killer, was born on November 24, 1946, to Louise Cowell. Although her mother was not married, she kept the baby and lived with her parents until 1951 when she married Johnnie Bundy. Ted was well mannered; He earned a bachelor’s degree in physiology and began taking law courses at the University of Utah. Ted claimed that he started killing as early as 1972, but this has never been proven. His first known victim was in 1974. Bundy was convicted in Florida of three murders. For each one he received the death penalty. While awaiting execution, Bundy confessed to many more crimes. The exact number of women he killed will probably never be known, but the excepted number is around 35, although some say the number could be much closer to 100. Ted was executed by an electric chair in 1989.
What was John Wayne Gacy’s nickname?
Answer: The killer clown or the fat man
John Wayne Gacy was found guilty of killing 33 youths. Many of his victims were found buried in his driveway or under his garage. His latest victims were found in a river because as he said he was running out of places to put the bodies in his house and all the digging was upsetting his back. During his trial, Gaccy was quoted as saying that the only crime he was guilty of was “running a cemetery without a license.” He was executed by lethal injection on May 10, 1994 at the Statesville Correctional Center.
Who confessed to being the “Boston Strangler”?
Answer: Albert Henry DeSalvo
DeSalvo was never tried for the crimes of the Boston Strangler. He confessed to the crimes while in jail awaiting trial for numerous rapes and robberies. He was able to detail many facets of the murders. However, there were numerous inconsistencies and no real evidence that he had committed the crimes. He was convicted of rape and assault and sentenced to life in prison. He was stabbed to death in 1973 while in jail. Since then, DNA tests have shown that he was not responsible for at least some of the Boston Strangler’s crimes.
Who did the media call the Milwaukee monster?
Answer: Jeffery dahmer
Jeffery Dahmer was tried and found guilty of killing 15 youths, although he was charged with 17 counts of murder. What makes Jeffery’s crimes truly hideous is that he not only killed and sexually assaulted men, but dismembered bodies, had sex with corpses, kept body parts as trophies, and ate pieces of his victims. . Jeffery was murdered in prison while serving his 957-year sentence.
