Although there is some disagreement about 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 which infamous serial killer?
Answer: Peter William Sutcliffe
Peter was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking several more. His crimes were committed between 1975 and 1980. At his trial, he claimed that a voice he heard ordered him to kill the woman while he was working as a gravedigger. He said that the voice of God came from the grave of Bronislaw Zapolski. Despite attempts by his lawyer to have him declared unfit for trial, Judge Boreham ruled that he should be tried by a jury. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. However, in 1984 he was sent to Broadmoor Hospital after being diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Which serial killer was called the “campus killer” by the media?
Answer: Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy, the notorious serial killer, was born on November 24, 1946, the son of Louise Cowell. Although his mother was not married, he kept the baby and lived with her parents until 1951 when she married Johnnie Bundy. Ted had a good education; he earned a bachelor’s degree in physiology and began taking law courses at the University of Utah Law. Ted claimed that he started killing in 1972, but this has never been proven. The first known victim of his was in 1974. Bundy was convicted in Florida of three murders. For each one, he received the death sentence. 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, though some say the number could be much closer to 100. Ted was executed by electric chair in 1989.
What was John Wayne Gacy’s nickname?
Answer: The killer clown or the fat one
John Wayne Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young people. Many of his victims were found buried in his basement or under his garage. His last 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 bothering his back. During his trial, Gaccy was quoted as saying 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 Boston Strangler crimes. He confessed to the crimes while in jail awaiting trial for numerous rapes and robberies. He could detail many facets of the murders. However, there were numerous inconsistencies and no actual evidence that he had committed the crimes. He was found guilty of rape and assault and sentenced to life in prison. He was stabbed to death in 1973 while in jail. Since then, DNA evidence has 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 convicted of killing 15 youths, although he was charged with 17 counts of murder. What makes Jeffery’s crimes truly horrifying is that he not only killed and sexually assaulted the men, but he dismembered the bodies, had sex with the corpses, kept body parts as trophies, and ate pieces of his victims. . Jeffery was murdered in prison while serving his 957-year sentence.
