Serial Killer Profile: John Wayne Gacy
John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer who murdered 33 young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. He was also known as the “Killer Clown” because he often wore a clown costume to entertain children at hospitals and charity events. Gacy was born in Chicago on March 17, 1942. He […]
Portland Serial Killer? Or String of Coincidences in Oregon?
Police in Oregon are urging caution as people wonder if a serial killer is on the loose. Since February 2023, six women have been found dead in a 2-hour radius around the Portland area. The victims range in age from 22 to 40, and all of their bodies have been found in isolated areas. The […]
Serial Killer Profile: Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Many of his later murders involved necrophilia, cannibalism, and the permanent preservation of body parts—typically […]
New Millennium Serial Killers You May Not Have Heard of
While it may be comforting to think that the “Golden Age of Serial Killers” is long gone, but the reality is that numerous murderers are still roaming the streets. Despite the notorious names of infamous deceased killers such as Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the recent identification and death of The Zodiac Killer, […]
Serial Killer Profile: The Zodiac Killer (Identified?)
The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The killer sent a series of taunting letters to the police and the media, claiming to have murdered 37 people. His identity has never been definitively established, although we may finally have some […]
Serial Killer Profile: Ted Bundy
Theodore Robert Bundy, also known as Ted Bundy, was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. After more than a decade of denials, he confessed to 30 murders committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. Bundy was born in Burlington, Vermont, […]
Serial Killer Profile: Ed Kemper
Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer who murdered ten people, including his mother and her best friend. Kemper was born in Burbank, California, to Edmund Emil Kemper Jr. and Clarnell Stage. He was the middle child of three children. Kemper’s father was a World War II veteran who […]
Serial Killer Profile: Dennis Rader
Dennis Rader, also known as BTK (Bind Torture Kill), was an American serial killer who murdered ten people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. He was also known for sending taunting letters to police and media outlets describing the details of his crimes. Rader was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, on March […]
Serial Killer Profile: David Berkowitz
David Berkowitz, also known as Son of Sam, was an American serial killer who murdered six people and wounded seven others in New York City over 13 months in 1976 and 1977. He was apprehended in August 1977 and sentenced to 365 years in prison. Berkowitz was born Richard David Falco on June 1, 1953, […]
Serial Killer Profile: Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper was an unidentified Victorian-era serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The murders of five women in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, during a period of just over two months from 31 August to 9 November 1888, […]