10 true serial killer stories more spine-chilling than “serial”
These ten killers have cooked up scenarios scarier than the plot lines of Serial or any horror movie. These are the true tales nightmares are made of.
1. Ted Bundy
When a serial killer begins keeping body parts as mementos, which Ted Bundy did with the severed heads of several women, we are talking about something very next level. He has been connected to 36 murders, but some believe the real number is much, much higher. He was executed for his crimes in 1989.
When a serial killer begins keeping body parts as mementos, which Ted Bundy did with the severed heads of several women, we are talking about something very next level. He has been connected to 36 murders, but some believe the real number is much, much higher. He was executed for his crimes in 1989.
2. The Long Island Serial Killer
This unidentified serial killer is still on the loose, rampaging sex-trade workers, wrapping their bodies in burlap sacks and disposing of them in quiet beach towns on Long Island. The number continues to rise (though some aren’t necessarily attributed to the same suspect), and the New York area grows a little more frightened with each discovery.
This unidentified serial killer is still on the loose, rampaging sex-trade workers, wrapping their bodies in burlap sacks and disposing of them in quiet beach towns on Long Island. The number continues to rise (though some aren’t necessarily attributed to the same suspect), and the New York area grows a little more frightened with each discovery.
3. Fred West
If there is anything scarier than a serial killer, it’s a serial killer with more secrets to reveal. Fred West, one of Britain’s most disturbed and terrifying killers, was arrested in connection to over a dozen murders of young women buried on the property of his Gloucester home. Over the course of the investigation, West revealed that his wife had been involved in the killings and was just as guilty as he. They had raped and murdered over twenty women, according to his testimony. In 1995, West hung himself while in jail, where his wife, Rose, still remains.
If there is anything scarier than a serial killer, it’s a serial killer with more secrets to reveal. Fred West, one of Britain’s most disturbed and terrifying killers, was arrested in connection to over a dozen murders of young women buried on the property of his Gloucester home. Over the course of the investigation, West revealed that his wife had been involved in the killings and was just as guilty as he. They had raped and murdered over twenty women, according to his testimony. In 1995, West hung himself while in jail, where his wife, Rose, still remains.
4. Richard Ramírez
Known to the world as the “Night Stalker,” Richard Ramírez completely terrorized the Los Angeles area in the mid-80s, breaking into peoples’ houses at night and brutally raping, murdering and occasionally molesting and mutilating their dead bodies. And is if that weren’t bad enough, he began to associate himself with Satanism, marking his victims and their houses with pentagrams written in lipstick. Ramírez, whose photo had been published in the press, was caught by a mob in a dangerous area of Los Angeles, was beaten with steal rods and held until police arrived. Upon hearing his sentence to death row, the Night Stalker merely responded, “Big deal.”
Known to the world as the “Night Stalker,” Richard Ramírez completely terrorized the Los Angeles area in the mid-80s, breaking into peoples’ houses at night and brutally raping, murdering and occasionally molesting and mutilating their dead bodies. And is if that weren’t bad enough, he began to associate himself with Satanism, marking his victims and their houses with pentagrams written in lipstick. Ramírez, whose photo had been published in the press, was caught by a mob in a dangerous area of Los Angeles, was beaten with steal rods and held until police arrived. Upon hearing his sentence to death row, the Night Stalker merely responded, “Big deal.”
5. The Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer, who has still never been caught, is the kind of killer that could fuel scary movies for all of eternity. He is like the cliché movie killer before it became cliché. He sent letters to the press demanding that they be published or else he’d go on a murdering rampage by killing a dozen people in weekend. Then he sent cryptograms that were deciphered into psychopathic nonsense that still didn’t reveal a name or a suspect, but began with “Dear Editor this is the Zodiac speaking.” The thought and time invested in the Zodiac murders has been endless on both the murderer’s and the police force’s part, but it seems that no one is any closer to getting a suspect nailed down.
The Zodiac Killer, who has still never been caught, is the kind of killer that could fuel scary movies for all of eternity. He is like the cliché movie killer before it became cliché. He sent letters to the press demanding that they be published or else he’d go on a murdering rampage by killing a dozen people in weekend. Then he sent cryptograms that were deciphered into psychopathic nonsense that still didn’t reveal a name or a suspect, but began with “Dear Editor this is the Zodiac speaking.” The thought and time invested in the Zodiac murders has been endless on both the murderer’s and the police force’s part, but it seems that no one is any closer to getting a suspect nailed down.
6. John Wayne Gacy
Gacy brought to life our worst nightmare by dressing up as a clown and volunteering at charitable events and kids’ birthday parties and then kidnapping teenage boys, raping them and killing them. He spent 14 years on death row and was killed by lethal injection in 1994.
Gacy brought to life our worst nightmare by dressing up as a clown and volunteering at charitable events and kids’ birthday parties and then kidnapping teenage boys, raping them and killing them. He spent 14 years on death row and was killed by lethal injection in 1994.
7. Son of Sam
David Berkowitz believed that dogs were possessed by demons and these demon dogs were telling him what to do. There were several letters sent to the press, six killings and seven wounded victims, and at the end of it all, Berkowitz was sentenced to 365 years in jail, which he has claimed he’d like to serve in its entirety. A born-again Christian, Berkowitz has now accepted his crime and takes full responsibility for it.
David Berkowitz believed that dogs were possessed by demons and these demon dogs were telling him what to do. There were several letters sent to the press, six killings and seven wounded victims, and at the end of it all, Berkowitz was sentenced to 365 years in jail, which he has claimed he’d like to serve in its entirety. A born-again Christian, Berkowitz has now accepted his crime and takes full responsibility for it.
8. Albert Fish
Albert Fish, also known as The Gray Man, The Werewolf of Wysteria, The Brooklyn Vampire and The Boogey Man, abducted, raped, murdered, then cannibalized children in the early 1900s. He infamously lured ten-year-old Grace Budd to a fake children’s birthday party, and killed her and ate her, causing a six-year investigation into her disappearance. When Fish was discovered, he was sentenced to the electric chair despite his pleas of insanity.
Albert Fish, also known as The Gray Man, The Werewolf of Wysteria, The Brooklyn Vampire and The Boogey Man, abducted, raped, murdered, then cannibalized children in the early 1900s. He infamously lured ten-year-old Grace Budd to a fake children’s birthday party, and killed her and ate her, causing a six-year investigation into her disappearance. When Fish was discovered, he was sentenced to the electric chair despite his pleas of insanity.
9. Jack the Ripper
The legend of Jack the Ripper is one of history’s most notorious and frightening—but his actual identity was never discovered. When he slit the throats of the prostitutes he killed, he would then slash open their abdomens and often take their uteruses or other body parts.
The legend of Jack the Ripper is one of history’s most notorious and frightening—but his actual identity was never discovered. When he slit the throats of the prostitutes he killed, he would then slash open their abdomens and often take their uteruses or other body parts.
10. Gilles de Rais
A relatively unknown serial killer, and the subject of a Jim Shepard short story, Gilles de Rais was about as messed up as a 15th-century knight could possibly get. Despite his many accomplishments, and his interesting friendship with Joan of Arc, Gilles de Rais spent a large portion of his time molesting and slaughtering young boys with the help of his bodyservants and cousins in a distinguished French castle. When his victims had been abused and killed, Gilles de Rais kissed them and often sat on their dead bodies, laughing. Their bodies were then incinerated in Gilles’ bedroom fireplace. Though some claim that he was framed for political reasons, he was hanged and burned in 1440.
A relatively unknown serial killer, and the subject of a Jim Shepard short story, Gilles de Rais was about as messed up as a 15th-century knight could possibly get. Despite his many accomplishments, and his interesting friendship with Joan of Arc, Gilles de Rais spent a large portion of his time molesting and slaughtering young boys with the help of his bodyservants and cousins in a distinguished French castle. When his victims had been abused and killed, Gilles de Rais kissed them and often sat on their dead bodies, laughing. Their bodies were then incinerated in Gilles’ bedroom fireplace. Though some claim that he was framed for political reasons, he was hanged and burned in 1440.
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