Serial Killers Cases, Profiles, Info and More
This lens has Information on those among us who exhibit some of the worst behaviours of human nature. What makes them tick? How did they get that way? Who are these people?
Learn about different serial killers, how they get caught, their fetishes, how they are profiled, and more.
I'm a crime show addict (well, okay, fan) and since the days of Ted Bundy I have been intrigued by serial killers. If I ever get a serious inkling to change careers, criminal profiling would be my one of my first choices.
What is a Serial Killer?
A serial killer is someone who kills at least three or more people at different times. (A mass murderer is one who kills multiple victims at the same time.) Many of the most infamous serial killers were sexually motivated. Most are "seemingly normal" in their daily lives, and their communities and even families are often shocked when their crimes are discovered.
Perhaps you've heard of the "MacDonald triad" of warning signs of childhood behaviors of serial killers. They are three childhood behaviors reported by many serial killers. These three are bed-wetting, starting fires, and cruelty to animals. Many serial killers report all three, or some combination of them.
Perhaps you've heard of the "MacDonald triad" of warning signs of childhood behaviors of serial killers. They are three childhood behaviors reported by many serial killers. These three are bed-wetting, starting fires, and cruelty to animals. Many serial killers report all three, or some combination of them.
Unsolved Serial Killer Cases
Still out there???
Peruse these links to discover unsolved serial killer cases.
- LA Crime Examiner: Grim Sleeper serial killer introduction
- Los Angeles Article: Grim Sleeper serial killer introduction by local LA Crime Examiner expert, Kryssie Mackey.
- The Frankford Slasher
- In the late 1980's in Pennsylvania, eight women are raped and killed. One man is in jail. But, is he the killer?
- The Axeman of New Orleans
- A long-ago tale of a madman murdering people in their homes in New orleans.
- French Serial Killer on Trial; Wife May Have Helped
- A serial killer is facing trial for the deaths of seven women, but may have murdered many more, reports Jason Burke in Charleville-Mézières
- Unsolved Serial Killer Cases - uSleuth
- These are the killers that may still be out there... (forum)
Richard Kuklinski, ADA "The Iceman"
Chilling, eerie, scary
The story of "The Iceman", considered one of the most diabolical killers in history is chilling, eerie, and scary. The "Iceman" talks so calmly about killing people. It was his job and he is matter-of-fact about it. If you ever wondered what it's like to be a Mafia hit man, Kuklinski can tell you.
His killing career essentially started at the age of 17 when he fought back by beating a bully to death with an iron rod. It ended many years and many, many killings (150 to 200) later.
The Iceman Interviews answers many, but not all of our questions, and we are left with a feeling that some people we just won't ever understand. You can buy The Iceman Interviews
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His killing career essentially started at the age of 17 when he fought back by beating a bully to death with an iron rod. It ended many years and many, many killings (150 to 200) later.
The Iceman Interviews answers many, but not all of our questions, and we are left with a feeling that some people we just won't ever understand. You can buy The Iceman Interviews
from Amazon.com Female Ex-Wrestler convicted of "Little Old Lady" Killings in Mexico
Fifty-year old Juana Barazza admitted to four of the 16 killings she was convicted of, and fingerprint evidence convicted her of the others.
- Female Serial Killer Convicted
- A Former female wrestler who terrorized Mexico City as the "Little Old Lady Killer" was sentenced to 759 years in jail on Monday for killing 16 elderly women
Is Joseph Edward Duncan III a Serial Killer?
Although I can't find official references to Duncan as a serial killer, he is certainly a mass murderer who killed three family members (mother Brenda, brother Slade, and Brenda's fiance Mark McKenzie) of Dylan and Shasta Groene before kidnapping, torturing and sexually abusing both children and then killing 9-year-old Dylan, for which he received the death penalty. Eight-year-old Shasta survived the ordeal after being recognized in a restaurant with Duncan.
Duncan is also charged with the 1997 killing of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez in Calfornia and has said he killed two girls in Seattle in 1996.
I believe the official serial killer designation is given after conviction of at least three separate murders on three separate occasions (with a "cooling off" period in between murders). Regardless, this man is a monster and sexual predator, and sexual predators often do progress to serial killer. Duncan was convicted and sent to prison for the 1980 rape of a boy at gunpoint, and these killings (and perhaps more?) were all after his release from prison for that offense.
Duncan is also charged with the 1997 killing of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez in Calfornia and has said he killed two girls in Seattle in 1996.
I believe the official serial killer designation is given after conviction of at least three separate murders on three separate occasions (with a "cooling off" period in between murders). Regardless, this man is a monster and sexual predator, and sexual predators often do progress to serial killer. Duncan was convicted and sent to prison for the 1980 rape of a boy at gunpoint, and these killings (and perhaps more?) were all after his release from prison for that offense.
- Death Penalty for Joseph Edward Duncan, III
- Joseph Edward Duncan III is given the death penalty for kidnapping, torturing, raping and killing 9-year-old Dylan Groene.
- More on Joseph Duncan III's sentencing
- More info on Duncan's sentencing and info presented in the case.
Terrorists Mimic Ted Bundy's Tactics
Ted Bundy often pretended to be physically injured to get victims to come closer to him so that he could then capture them, often by whacking them with the cane or cast he was using as his lure.
Terrorists are mocking his technique. Read this article to find out how they mimic the notorious serial killer to prey on victims, too.
Terrorists are mocking his technique. Read this article to find out how they mimic the notorious serial killer to prey on victims, too.
Serial Killer Profiles
All different, yet somehow similar.
Spotlights on various serial killers.
- Aileen Wuornos
- Great feature on the lesbian-prostitute-serial killer, executed in Florida in 2002. "I'm one who seriously hates human life and would kill again," she wrote.
Aileen is still an enigma to many criminal analysts. Female serial killers are not as rare as once believed, but her killing is more "typical" of other serial killers, with sort of a "shoe's on the other foot" thread. Prostitutes are common targets, not usually the killer.
With the rampant violence against women and the rate of child sexual abuse toward little girls, one almost thinks there might be more female serial killers than we know about. Maybe Aileen can teach us what to look for in some of them. - Keith Hunter Jesperson
- Crime Library feature on the "Happy Face Killer," named after his drawings on letters to the media. I find Jesperson just creepy.
- Westley Allan Dodd
- Crime Library feature on the man who raped, tortured, and murdered little boys. This guy is scary and evil. He even looks the part.
- Kendall Francois,
- Crime Library feature on the African-American serial killer who preyed upon prostitutes. Amazingly, his family lived in the same house with rotting corpses and he told them it was dead racoons. They never suspected. I find that difficult to believe, but I don't have anything to compare it to.
- Gary Heidnik
- Crime Library feature on the man who kidnapped women in a twisted attempt to start a family.
- Henry Louis Wallace
- Crime Library article on the serial rapist and killer who claimed 9 lives in a 2-year period.
- Robert Yates
- The life and crimes of the Spokane, Washington, serial killer. Another "family man" killer, Yates was retired from the military and looks like your ordinary, average guy.
- Richard Kuklinski
- Presents the story of "The Iceman" considered one of the most diabolical killers in history. Includes photos and links. If you've seen the show on A & E on him, you know what they mean by "iceman". He talks so calmly about killing people. It was his job and he is matter-of-fact about it. I recently watched another documentary with him on A&E where he is interviewed by Dr. Dietz. In the last part, he asks Dietz for his take on him (Iceman). He wants to know why he is the way he is. Fascinating stuff.
- Richard Rameriz
- The Night Stalker who worshipped Satan, loved to "kill people" and was caught by citizens after he tried to steal a car. This guy is just weird for the sake of being weird.
His capture by ordinary citizens is way cool, though. And, the woman who married him after he went to jail? Mind-boggling. - Ted Bundy
- Wiki article on one of America's most infamous, killer sociopaths. Handsome Ted Bundy is the first serial killer I'd ever heard of. For years, I thought he was an anomaly, but apparently he's just the cute one who got all the media attention. Bundy gave me nightmares - he was doing most of his killing when I was a young child and was in the media when I was a young adult.
- Edmund Kemper
- The story of the intelligent gruesome killer who killed his grandparents at 15, then after he was released as an adult, went on to kill several co-eds and his mother before being caught. Many theorize that if Kemper had killed his mother first, the other girls wouldn't have had to die. Kemper is very intelligent and by all accounts, quite likeable.
In the News
- World's most deadly serial killers
- Who are the world's most deadly serial killers in recent history? This article lists them and the number of people they allegedly killed or claim to have killed.
- Chessboard killer gets life sentence for killing 48
- 33-year old Russian 'chessboard killer' Alexander Pichushkin received a life sentence for killing 48 people and attempting to kill three others. He claims to have killed 63.
"In all these cases I killed for the same reason: to feel alive. The closer someone is to you, the more pleasant it is to kill," he said. - Florida Serial Killer Tied to Fourth Victim
- A serial killer in Florida has been tied to a fourth victim, found in January in Daytona Beach. He kills his victims by shooting them in the head. Read the article for info on the killings and the profilers take on him.
- Houston Police Hunt Serial Killer
- Houston police are searching for a serial killer believed to have killed seven prostitutes in the last 22 months.
- Canadian Pig Farmer Guilty of Six Murders
- Fifty-eight year old Robert "Willie" Pinkton of British Columbia is convicted of Second Degree murder for killing six women. He faces additional charges in 20 more murders, and perhaps even more. His goal was to kill fifty women, take a break and kill 25 more.
- BellaOnline Crime Site
- Read Robin Rounds Whittemore's weekly crime column on BellaOnline.com.
- Serial Killer in India?
- Officials suspect a serial killer is on the loose in India.
- Serial killer's penalty phase likely to carry emotional toll
- STOCKTON, CA - Having already found him guilty of serial murders, a jury deciding the fate of William Jennings Choyce now may get a glimpse into the defendant's childhood and psychological makeup in the second part of his trial.
- Serial killer on the loose in California, police say - CNN.com
- Los Angeles, California, police detectives are looking for a serial killer who they believe killed at least 11 people, many of them prostitutes, over a 23-year period.
- Henry Lee Jones, alleged serial killer, awaits trial in Memphis
- Six years have passed since Ken Walker found his friend's body. Keith Gross was naked and hogtied. His throat had been slashed. The murder of 24-year-old Gross is the earliest killing linked to Henry Lee Jones, an alleged serial killer awaiting trial on charges he slaughtered an elderly Bartlett cou
- AG - John Rodney McRae Guilty of Murder
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- Anthony Shore
- DNA leads to suspect in 1970s Los Angeles serial killings - CNN.com
- A man who Los Angeles police believe raped and murdered dozens of women decades ago was arrested by cold case investigators this month after a computer matched his DNA to evidence from two killings in the 1970s.
Jeffrey Dahmer
One of the most bizarre stories.
Books about Jeffrey Dahmer, the deeply disturbed killer who wanted to create a zombie of his very own.
Zodiac
Zodiac
was the self-appointed name of a serial killer in California during the late 1960's -- early 1970's. To this day, his crimes remain unsolved.The book was written by Robert Graysmith, a cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle when the original Zodiac killer was killing people and sending letters to that paper.
Intrigued by the coded messages Zodiac included with his letters, Graysmith could not forget this heinous mystery. The personal effects on Graysmith (and others) of this case is haunting and terrifying.
The Zodiac
movie based on Graysmithg's book is disturbing on many levels.While not nearly as graphic as I would have thought, the movie does show a double shooting at about five minutes into it. A brutal double stabbing is the second and next to last killing we see by the Zodiac though, as the movie then turns to the cops and reporters who are trying to solve and report the crimes.
Reporter Paul Avery is played by Robert Downey, Jr, and while Avery was on his own addict's road to hell before Zodiac, you get the feeling that Zodiac maybe pushed him over the edge.
Inspector Toschi, played by Mark Ruffalo, shows us how the system is as frustrating as the criminals for the cops chasing them. Ruffalo makes him seem like a great police officer who had the bad misfortune to catch this impossible, career-identifying case.
If you follow criminology, and particularly criminal profiling, you will probably be stunned by how they worked to solve cases back then. The rules of evidence were almost totally lax and they essentially worked this case based on some pretty flimsy handwriting analysis. And, the jurisdictinal issues were so frustrating!
This movie is a must for criminology fans and criminal historians alike.
Ann Rule books
I've read many of her books, and I think The Stranger beside me was probably the first true-crime book I'd read. All her books are in-depth, gripping stories.
But I Trusted You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #14
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/19/2009) 
Mortal Danger (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/19/2009)
No Regrets (Ann Rule's Crime Files, Vol. 11)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/19/2009)
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Serial Killer Movies on DVD
Here are some movies about serial killers - some true stories, some fiction - for your collection.
- Serial Killer Movies on DVD
- From the classic Psycho to the recent Disturbia, take a look at these movies about the killers among us. Several of these stories, I talk about in this lens--the Iceman, for instance, or Aileen Wournos. So, watch the movies for the whole story and see if you can figure these people out!
The "Saw" Movies
Saw III (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/19/2009)
Saw - Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Amazon Price: $12.49 (as of 12/19/2009)
Saw II - Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Amazon Price: $12.49 (as of 12/19/2009)
The Saw Trilogy (Saw/ Saw II/ Saw III)
Amazon Price: $32.49 (as of 12/19/2009)
Saw III - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Amazon Price: $13.49 (as of 12/19/2009)
Dexter DVD's
If you'd rather watch Dexter than read the books, here are the dvd's:
Dexter - the Novels
Our public service monster, serial killer/detective Dexter Morgan
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
The first in the series. Gory but somehow funny. The psychology of the sociopath is very interesting to ready --and Dexter disturbingly reminds me of someone I know. Maybe even a couple of people.
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Dearly Devoted Dexter
Amazon Price: $10.08 (as of 12/19/2009)
Dexter in the Dark: A Novel
Amazon Price: $16.29 (as of 12/19/2009)
Criminal Profilers
The pros who "get inside" the minds of serial killers
- Criminal Profilers in the Media
- List of article links on profilers.
- John Douglas Mindhunter
- One of the FBI's original profilers. Douglas has written several books and his site has excellent information on profiling. His information on sexual predators is excellent.
- Criminal Profiling
- How criminal profiling started and how it's used to catch criminals today.
- Dayle Hinman Chats with Court TV
- Body of Evidence's Dayle Hinman discusses her career in criminal profiling. Her TV show on Court TV recaps some of these cases. -
- History of Criminal Profiling
- Learn how criminal profiling began and follow its development to its current place in criminal investigations.
Books about Serial Killers
Build your own library!
The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers
Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 12/19/2009)
Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 12/19/2009)
Final Truth : The Autobiography of a Serial Killer
Amazon Price: $25.74 (as of 12/19/2009)
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 12/19/2009)
Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories
Amazon Price: $11.19 (as of 12/19/2009)
Who's the worst of the worst?
Vote for which serial killer you think is the worst.
Okay, they are all bad, evil, horrifying. But, who do you think is going to the farthest depths of hell?
Serial Killer Bookmarks
Ed Gein - the Butcher of Plainfield
My review of Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
.Basically, this movie was a big disappointment. It is "based on a true story" but contains as much fiction as it does fact.
The actor playing Ed Gein is totally unbelievable as Gein--just because he's big and strong and scary and Ed was not. When the movie started, I wondered for ages who was playing Ed Gein--when someone called this actor Ed Gein, I thought they were kidding!
This movie is really graphic with lots of bloody body parts and scenes of torture. Not my cup of tea and also not true to the story.
This is a horror film that gives little credence to the true story of Gein. His story is scary enough. I had hoped to learn more about what made him totally lose it and try to recreate his mother from (at first) buried bodies, and then, murder others in his quest to bring her back or become her or whatever he was after. But, alas, I couldn't believe this movie at all, and anyone who has even read a synopsis of Gein's crimes will not either.
Books about Criminal Profilers
Profilers: Leading Investigators Take You Inside The Criminal Mind
Amazon Price: $19.13 (as of 12/19/2009)
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 12/19/2009)
Profiling The Criminal Mind: Behavioral Science and Criminal Investigative Analysis
Amazon Price: $19.75 (as of 12/19/2009)
Killer at Large: Criminal Profilers And the Cases They Solve! (24/7: Science Behind the Scenes: Forensic Files)
Amazon Price: $7.95 (as of 12/19/2009)
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- anne reese anne reese Aug 25, 2009 @ 8:27 am
- [ii am interested in serial killers also i wrote to john wayne gacy and he wrote me back i still have the letters and want to sell them if you knoe who i could contact let me knoe my e mail address is allstatannie@yahoo.comreply to FLASHBACK]
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- FLASHBACK FLASHBACK Jun 20, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
- I have corresponded with serial murderers from all over the nation and a few in foreign countries. I can only speak for myself but it's the fascination and intruige of extreme human behavior that draws me to their mindset. Even though I may only catch a very small glimpse into their mind - as far as i'm concerned, unless your a Fed or cop or Forensic Psychologist etc - few if any people will ever get a glimpse into their mindset. Most that write to them these days, it appears are mainly doing it for kicks and to sell the art/letters on "Murderabilia" related online auction sites. Many of the high-profile killers are aware of this and tend to write less to others now.
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- BigGirlBlue BigGirlBlue Sep 2, 2008 @ 7:03 pm
- Scary stuff. I wonder what is our fascination with them? Is it that they shock us or are we shocked when we realize what we ourselves are capable of?
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- jilly jilly Aug 11, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
- wow, this is fascinating stuff< i agree! I read a lot of forensics thrillers like the Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs stuff and they often chronicle serial killers.
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- Tolovus Tolovus Sep 27, 2007 @ 7:41 pm
- Wow! More than I needed to know about serial killers! I grew up in Florida and was living in the same area that Aileen Wuornos carried out her deadly activities while it was happening. I also remember when they executed Ted Bundy. It was quite an event! Great Lens!
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- daoine daoine Aug 8, 2007 @ 11:37 pm
- Scary stuff! Some weeks I enjoy a couple of crime shows on TV, but other times it seems I just can't stomach it.
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- sandif sandif Aug 3, 2007 @ 3:51 pm
- I'm with you Deborah on this pretty macabre interest.
When I was in my early 20's I read "A Stranger Beside Me," by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy. It's the only book I've ever read that scared me. Maybe because I lived in Seattle at the time he was terrorizing!
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