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The Real Serial Killer Who Inspired Psycho
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The FBI wanted poster for Ted Bundy
After escaping from prison in 1977, Bundy became the focus of a national manhunt.
Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
History's first serial killer?
Gilles de Rais.
Le ProcÚs Inquisitorial de Gilles de Rais, Maréchal de France, Paris, 1921
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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Cotton, Mary Ann
Mary Ann Cotton.
ART Collection/Alamy
H.H. Holmes
Pharmacist and serial killer H.H. Holmes, undated photograph.
Historic Collection/Alamy
Harold Shipman
British doctor and serial killer Harold Shipman, c. 2000.
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Jeffrey Dahmer
American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer flanked by his attorneys during a preliminary...
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“Pogo the Clown”
John Wayne Gacy dressed up as a clown outside his home in Norwood Park Township,...
Publicity photo/Martin Zielinski
“Night Stalker”
Richard Ramirez (center) with his attorneys, 1990.
© John Mabanglo—AP/REX/Shutterstock.com
Gary Ridgway
Gary Ridgway at his 2003 hearing, shortly before he pled guilty to 48 murders.
ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy
“The Damsel of Death”
Aileen Wuornos, 1991.
© Roger Simms/Daytona Beach News Journal—USA Today Network/Imagn Images
Arraignment hearing
Edmund Kemper towering over law enforcement officials as he arrives for an arraignment...
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“BTK Killer”
Dennis Rader during his sentencing hearing in 2005.
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“Son of Sam”
Mug shots of David Berkowitz.
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Zodiac killer
A San Francisco Police Department wanted bulletin for the Zodiac killer and copies...
Eric Risberg—AP/Shutterstock.com
The Boston Strangler?
Albert DeSalvo, pictured being lead into a courthouse in 1967, is considered to have...
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Monster of Florence
Police sketch of the suspect believed to have murdered at least 16 people in the...
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“The Butcher of Plainfield”
American murderer Ed Gein, 1957.
Wisconsin State Journal/AP Images
Ed Gein
An overview of Ed Gein's life and crimes.
EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley