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7 of History’s Most Notorious Serial Killers: Media

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Coverage of Jack the Ripper in The Illustrated Police News
Latest Incidents in Connection with the Doings of Jack the Ripper, the East-End...
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Jeffrey Dahmer
American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer flanked by his attorneys during a preliminary...
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Harold Shipman
British doctor and serial killer Harold Shipman, c. 2000.
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“Killer Clown”
John Wayne Gacy, 1978.
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“Night Stalker”
Richard Ramirez (center) with his attorneys, 1990.
© John Mabanglo—AP/REX/Shutterstock.com
Ted Bundy
Serial killer Ted Bundy during his 1979 trial in Tallahassee, Florida.
Mark Foley—AP/REX/Shutterstock.com