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Richard III
king of England
Charles Manson
Charles Manson
American criminal and cult leader
Portrait of Lizzie Andrew Borden wearing a high-collared, dark lace dress with a flower at her neck, facing slightly to the side with a neutral expression.
Lizzie Borden
American murder suspect
Guilty
Alex Murdaugh
American lawyer
Aaron Hernandez
Aaron Hernandez
American football player and convicted murderer
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy
American serial killer
“The Damsel of Death”
Aileen Wuornos
American serial killer
Statue of Shaheed Udham Singh adorned with a garland, surrounded by numerous Indian flags held by people paying tribute in Amritsar.
Udham Singh
Indian revolutionary
Sobhraj leaving a court in Paris
Charles Sobhraj
French serial killer
Susan Atkins, wearing a light dress, is escorted from a courtroom by a uniformed officer and accompanied by a man in a suit.
Susan Atkins
American criminal
In court
Menendez brothers
American convicted killers
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Steven Avery
American laborer
Al Capone seated and facing forward, wearing a dark three-piece suit, patterned tie, and pocket square, in a black-and-white portrait from around 1935.
Al Capone
American gangster
Black and white portrait of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known as Carlos the Jackal, wearing large dark glasses, a collared shirt, and a leather jacket.
Carlos the Jackal
Venezuelan militant
Captured
Rodney Alcala
American serial killer
O.J. Simpson in a suit and patterned tie, looking to the side while attending his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center.
O.J. Simpson
American football player
The “Co-Ed Killer”
Edmund Kemper
American serial killer
Robert Durst
Robert Durst
American real-estate heir
“Killer Clown”
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer
Charles J. Guiteau
Charles J. Guiteau
American lawyer and assassin

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