"which was released in 2002, focuses on serial killer Ted Bundy's personal life in college, leading up to his execution. Another movie, ""Dahmer"", was released in the same year, and tells the story of Jeffrey Dahmer. Serial killers are also portrayed in fictional media, oftentimes as having substantial intelligence and looking for difficult targets, despite the contradiction with the psychological profile of serial killers. Killers who have a strong desire for fame or to be renowned for their actions desire media attention as a way of validating and spreading their crimes; fear is also a component here, as some serial"
"age of 48. Ricardo Caputo Ricardo Caputo (1949–October 1997) was an Argentine American serial killer during the 1970s who was known as ""The Lady Killer"". Caputo was born in 1949 in Mendoza, Argentina. In 1970, he moved to the United States and settled in New York City. At times, he was #1 on the FBI's 10 most wanted list. Though he was not definitively linked to any murders after 1977, he remained a fugitive throughout the 1980s, and finally surrendered to police in 1994. Incarcerated at Attica State Prison in New York, Caputo suffered a fatal heart attack in October"
"Ricardo Caputo Ricardo Caputo (1949–October 1997) was an Argentine American serial killer during the 1970s who was known as ""The Lady Killer"". Caputo was born in 1949 in Mendoza, Argentina. In 1970, he moved to the United States and settled in New York City. At times, he was #1 on the FBI's 10 most wanted list. Though he was not definitively linked to any murders after 1977, he remained a fugitive throughout the 1980s, and finally surrendered to police in 1994. Incarcerated at Attica State Prison in New York, Caputo suffered a fatal heart attack in October 1997, at the"
"Christopher Wilder Christopher Bernard Wilder (March 13, 1945 – April 13, 1984), also known as The Beauty Queen Killer, was a serial killer from Australia who abducted and raped at least twelve women, killing at least eight of them, during a six-week cross-country crime spree in the United States of America in early 1984. His series of murders began in Florida on February 26, 1984, and continued across the country through Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nevada, and California, and attempted abductions in Washington State and New York before he was killed during a struggle with police in New Hampshire on April"
"killer. His Nickname is ""El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales"" (The Monster of the Cane Fields). He confessed to the rape and murder of 32 children in remote areas of Colombia between 1999 and 2003. Juana Barraza is a Mexican thief and serial killer. Her Nickname is ""La Mataviejitas"" (The Old Lady Killer). Arrested for killing and stealing the possessions of several middle-aged women between the late 1990s and 2006, there are questions about the real number of her victims, estimated between 25 to more than 40. Francisco de Assis Pereira is a Brazilian rapist and serial killer, known as ""O"
"Mary Jane Kelly Mary Jane Kelly (c. 1863 – 9 November 1888), also known as Marie Jeanette Kelly, Fair Emma, Ginger, and Black Mary, is widely believed to be the final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated several women in the Whitechapel area of London from late August to early November 1888. She was about 25 years old, and living in poverty at the time of her death. Compared with other Ripper victims, Kelly's origins are obscure and undocumented, and much of it is possibly embellished. Kelly may have herself fabricated many"
"Elizabeth Stride Elizabeth ""Long Liz"" Stride (née Gustafsdotter; 27 November 1843 – 30 September 1888) is believed to have been a victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer called Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated several women in the Whitechapel area of London from late August to early November 1888. Stride was nicknamed ""Long Liz"". Several explanations have been given for this pseudonym; some believe it came from her married surname ""Stride"" because a stride is a long step, while others believe it was either because of her height, or the shape of her face. At the time of"
"Derrick Todd Lee Derrick Todd Lee (November 5, 1968 – January 21, 2016), also known as the Baton Rouge Serial Killer, was an American serial killer. His killing spree began in 1992 and ended in 2003, and claimed the lives of seven women. Prior to his murder charges, Lee had been arrested for stalking women and watching them in their homes. Despite this, he was initially overlooked by police, because they incorrectly believed the killer was white. Lee was linked by DNA tests to the deaths of seven women in the Baton Rouge and Lafayette areas in Louisiana, and in"
"Servant Girl Annihilator A serial killer, who became known as the Servant Girl Annihilator, preyed upon the city of Austin, Texas, during the years 1884 and 1885. The killer's name originated with the writer O. Henry. The series of eight axe murders was referred to by contemporary sources as the Servant Girl Murders. The December 26, 1885, issue of ""The New York Times"" reported that the ""murders were committed by some cunning madman, who is insane on the subject of killing women"". The murders represent an early example of a serial killer operating in the United States, three years before"
"series ""A Crime to Remember"" in 2015 (""Lock Up Your Daughters""). Lee Roy Martin Lee Roy Martin, (April 25, 1937 — 31 May 1972) also known as the ""Gaffney Strangler,"" was an American serial killer from Gaffney, South Carolina. He murdered 4 females, 2 women and 2 girls between 1967 and 1968. When the killings began in 1967, Martin was employed at a textile mill in Cherokee County. He was married and had three children. On May 20, 1967, 32-year-old Annie Lucille Dedmond was murdered. She had been strangled and raped. Her husband, Roger Dedmond, was arrested and convicted of"
"Juana Barraza Juana Barraza (born 27 December 1957) is a Mexican former professional wrestler and serial killer dubbed ""La Mataviejitas"" (Sp. ""The Old Lady Killer"") sentenced to 759 years in prison for killing between 42 to 48 elderly women. The first murder attributed to ""Mataviejitas"" has been dated variously to the late 1990s and to a specific killing on 17 November 2003. The authorities and the press have given various estimates as to the total number of the killer's victims, with totals ranging from 24 to 49 deaths. Juana Barraza was born in Epazoyucan, Hidalgo, a rural area north of"
"José Antonio Rodríguez Vega José Antonio Rodríguez Vega (3 December 1957 – 24 October 2002), nicknamed El Mataviejas (The Old Lady Killer), was a Spanish serial killer who raped and killed at least 16 elderly women, ranging in age from 61 to 93 years old, in and around Santander, Cantabria, between August 1987 and April 1988. Rodríguez Vega was born in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. Rodríguez Vega hated his mother because she had thrown him out of the house when Rodríguez Vega beat his father, who was terminally ill. In 'revenge' against his mother, Rodríguez Vega started his criminal career raping"
"Gerald Thomas Archer Gerald Thomas Archer (1932 –1995) was a Canadian serial killer who was active in and around his hometown of London, Ontario from January 1969 to January 1971. Since all three of his confirmed victims were female hotel employees, he became known as ""The London Chambermaid Slayer."" Gerald Thomas Archer was born in London, Ontario in 1932 and by 1950 had a criminal record for offenses which included robbery, breaking and entering, and possession. He began corresponding with a woman named Mary in 1966, and met her in person in December 1967. The two wed eleven days after"
"Gary Ridgway Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949), also known as the Green River Killer, is an American serial killer. He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders. As part of his plea bargain, another conviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, making him the most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders. He killed a myriad of teenage girls and women in the state of Washington during the 1980s and 1990s and is now thought to have killed more than 90. Most of Ridgway's victims were alleged to be sex"
"Zodiac Killer The Zodiac Killer or Zodiac was a serial killer who operated in Northern California from at least the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The killer's identity remains unknown. The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. The killer originated the name ""Zodiac"" in a series of taunting letters sent to the local Bay Area press. These letters included four cryptograms (or ciphers). Of the four cryptograms sent, only one has been definitively solved."
"Nannie Doss Nannie Doss (born Nancy Hazel, November 4, 1905 – June 2, 1965) was an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people between the 1920s and 1954. Nannie Doss was referred to as the Giggling Granny, the Lonely Hearts Killer, the Black Widow, and Lady Blue Beard. She was called a ""self-made widow"" by a newspaper. Doss finally confessed to the murders in October 1954, after her fifth husband had died in a small hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In all, it was revealed that she had killed four husbands, two children, her two sisters, her mother,"
"Servant Girl Annihilator"". It suggests a connection between the killings and the mysteries central to the podcast's ongoing story. Servant Girl Annihilator A serial killer, who became known as the Servant Girl Annihilator, preyed upon the city of Austin, Texas, during the years 1884 and 1885. The killer's name originated with the writer O. Henry. The series of eight axe murders was referred to by contemporary sources as the Servant Girl Murders. The December 26, 1885, issue of ""The New York Times"" reported that the ""murders were committed by some cunning madman, who is insane on the subject of killing"
"Andrei Chikatilo Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (; ; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Soviet serial killer, nicknamed the Butcher of Rostov, the Red Ripper, and the Rostov Ripper, who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Uzbek SSR. Chikatilo confessed to 56 murders and was tried for 53 of these killings in April 1992. He was convicted and sentenced to death for 52 of these murders in October 1992 and executed in February 1994. Chikatilo was known by such titles"
"Lee Roy Martin Lee Roy Martin, (April 25, 1937 — 31 May 1972) also known as the ""Gaffney Strangler,"" was an American serial killer from Gaffney, South Carolina. He murdered 4 females, 2 women and 2 girls between 1967 and 1968. When the killings began in 1967, Martin was employed at a textile mill in Cherokee County. He was married and had three children. On May 20, 1967, 32-year-old Annie Lucille Dedmond was murdered. She had been strangled and raped. Her husband, Roger Dedmond, was arrested and convicted of her murder. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Nine"
"to be a hot topic of discussion, the killer will likely never be identified. Metropolitan Police Service files show that their investigation into the serial killings encompassed eleven separate murders between 1888 and 1891, known in the police docket as the ""Whitechapel murders"". Five of these—the murders of Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly—are generally agreed to be the work of a single killer, known as ""Jack the Ripper"". They occurred between August and November 1888 within a few streets of each other, and are collectively called the ""canonical five"". The six other"
"Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper is the best-known name for an unidentified serial killer generally believed to have been active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. In both the criminal case files and contemporary journalistic accounts, the killer was called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron. Attacks ascribed to Jack the Ripper typically involved female prostitutes who lived and worked in the slums of the East End of London whose throats were cut prior to abdominal mutilations. The removal of internal organs from at least three of the victims led"
"procure DNA samples, which matched DNA extracted from cigarette butts found near Jane Wooley's body. Gerald Thomas Archer Gerald Thomas Archer (1932 –1995) was a Canadian serial killer who was active in and around his hometown of London, Ontario from January 1969 to January 1971. Since all three of his confirmed victims were female hotel employees, he became known as ""The London Chambermaid Slayer."" Gerald Thomas Archer was born in London, Ontario in 1932 and by 1950 had a criminal record for offenses which included robbery, breaking and entering, and possession. He began corresponding with a woman named Mary in"
"Golden State Killer The Golden State Killer is a serial killer, rapist, and burglar who committed at least 13 murders, more than 50 rapes, and over 100 burglaries in California from 1974 to 1986. He is believed to be responsible for three crime sprees throughout California, each of which spawned a different nickname in the press before it became evident that they were committed by the same person. In the Sacramento area he was known as the East Area Rapist, and was linked by ""modus operandi"" (MO) to additional attacks in Contra Costa County, Stockton, and Modesto. He was later"
"prison common grounds when two inmates attacked and brutally stabbed him, inflicting fatal wounds. Rodríguez Vega was buried the next day in a poor coffin. The burial was attended by only two gravediggers. José Antonio Rodríguez Vega José Antonio Rodríguez Vega (3 December 1957 – 24 October 2002), nicknamed El Mataviejas (The Old Lady Killer), was a Spanish serial killer who raped and killed at least 16 elderly women, ranging in age from 61 to 93 years old, in and around Santander, Cantabria, between August 1987 and April 1988. Rodríguez Vega was born in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. Rodríguez Vega hated"
"to be divided between the families of his victims. Along with the eight known victims he killed between February and April 1984, Wilder has been suspected in the murders and disappearances of many other women, including some whose remains were found around Florida in areas he was known to frequent. Wilder earned the nickname the ""Beauty Queen Killer"" as a result of his crimes. Christopher Wilder Christopher Bernard Wilder (March 13, 1945 – April 13, 1984), also known as The Beauty Queen Killer, was a serial killer from Australia who abducted and raped at least twelve women, killing at least"
"many movies, novels, and television productions. FBI Files: Zodiac Killer The Zodiac Killer or Zodiac was a serial killer who operated in Northern California from at least the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The killer's identity remains unknown. The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. The killer originated the name ""Zodiac"" in a series of taunting letters sent to the local Bay Area press. These letters included four cryptograms (or ciphers). Of the four"
"Whitechapel murders The Whitechapel murders were committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London between 3 April 1888 and 13 February 1891. At various points some or all of these eleven unsolved murders of women have been ascribed to the notorious unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Most, if not all, of the victims—Emma Elizabeth Smith, Martha Tabram, Mary Ann ""Polly"" Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly, Rose Mylett, Alice McKenzie, Frances Coles, and an unidentified woman—were prostitutes. Smith was sexually assaulted and robbed by a gang. Tabram"
"Leonard Lake Leonard Thomas Lake (October 29, 1945June 6, 1985), also known as Leonard Hill and a variety of other aliases, was an American serial killer. During the mid-1980s, he and accomplice Charles Ng raped, tortured and murdered an estimated 11 to 25 victims at a remote cabin in Calaveras County, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills 150 miles east of San Francisco. After his arrest in 1985 on illegal weapons, auto theft, and fraud charges, Lake swallowed cyanide pills that he had sewn into his clothing, and died four days later. Human remains, videotapes, and journals found at the"
"Francisco Guerrero (serial killer) Francisco Guerrero Pérez (1840–1910), also known as Antonio Prida, was a Mexican serial killer in the late 19th century. He was the first serial killer to be captured in Mexico, although he was not the country's first recorded serial killer. Guerrero killed approximately twenty female prostitutes in Mexico City between 1880 and 1888. He also killed one woman whose status as a prostitute has been inconsistently reported. Guerrero and Jack the Ripper were contemporaries and their modus operandi were similar—some authors compare the two men. He was also known as """"El Chalequero"""", """"The Mexican Bluebeard"""", """"The"
"Adam Leroy Lane Adam Leroy Lane is a convicted murderer and serial killer who was dubbed the ""Highway Killer"" because his crimes took place near the highway, which he frequently traveled due to his job as a trucker. Lane committed the murders while he made his way through the Northeast during the summer of 2007. He had a DVD in his truck on stalking and killing humans entitled """"Hunting Humans"""". He also carried two knives and choke wire. His first known victim was Darlene Ewalt, who lived near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was stabbed and killed on 13 July 2007. At"
"Minds"" is partly based on Barraza. Juana Barraza Juana Barraza (born 27 December 1957) is a Mexican former professional wrestler and serial killer dubbed ""La Mataviejitas"" (Sp. ""The Old Lady Killer"") sentenced to 759 years in prison for killing between 42 to 48 elderly women. The first murder attributed to ""Mataviejitas"" has been dated variously to the late 1990s and to a specific killing on 17 November 2003. The authorities and the press have given various estimates as to the total number of the killer's victims, with totals ranging from 24 to 49 deaths. Juana Barraza was born in Epazoyucan,"
"Earle Nelson Earle Leonard Nelson (née Ferral; May 12, 1897January 13, 1928), also known in the media as the ""Gorilla Man,"" the ""Gorilla Killer,"" and the ""Dark Strangler,"" was an American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile. He was the first known American serial sex murderer of the twentieth century. Born and raised in San Francisco, California by his devoutly Pentecostal grandmother, Nelson exhibited bizarre behavior as a child, which was compounded by head injuries he sustained in a bicycling accident at age ten. After committing various minor offenses in early adulthood, he was institutionalized in Napa for a time. Nelson"
"Benjamin Atkins Benjamin ""Tony"" Atkins (August 26, 1968 – September 17, 1997), also known as the Woodward Corridor Killer, was an American serial killer and rapist who murdered, tortured, and raped 11 women in Highland Park and Detroit, Michigan, during a period of nine months between December 1991 and August 1992. All the victims were found in vacant buildings, all had been raped and strangled. Most of them had been murdered in the suburb of Highland Park. Many of the victims were working as prostitutes, and Atkins said he was motivated by a hatred of prostitution. During his trial, it"