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, […]
Serial Killers Series
Serial killers fascinate and terrify people for many reasons. Some people are drawn to the mystery of their crimes, while others are interested in the psychology of the killers themselves. Still, others may be fascinated and terrified by the violence and brutality of the crimes. Over the course of the next several weeks, we are […]