The world is a scary place. You never know what or who is lurking around the corner.
Albert Fish
1890s people believed the world was a safe place. Many people lived by the saying “open doors and open arms”. No one thought this could take a sinister turn. A father of 6 took advantage of the saying for many people. Abducting, molesting/raping, and cannabilizing the kids. This man was Albert Fish. He took the lives of 5 innocent children, confessing to 3 of the 5, and was sentenced to death by electric chair.
Rodney Alcala
Military personnel are suppose to serve and protect us. Art majors are suppose to bring joy. Rodney Alcala, a typical guy, or was he? He was discharged from the military due to mental instability. He murdered 5 people and was charged with rape, kidnapping, assault, and attempted murder. He received the death penalty Febuary 25, 2010.
Gerald and Charlene Gallego
Power couples are the talk of the century, but do two serial killers madly in love count? Gerald and Charlene Gallego were the Bonnie and Clyde of their generation. Yet it wasn’t love at first sight. Gerald had been married a total of seven times before Charlene, and what raises eyebrows is the fact that he was still married to someone else before they tied the knot. He had an extensive criminal record with robberies and sexual abuse, but that didn’t scare off Charlene: it intrigued her. Together they terrorized the neighborhoods of Sacramento, California between 1978 and 1980. From this the lives of ten faultless people came to an undeserving end. Most were kept as sex slaves before being murdered by these love birds. It’s always been said that too much love can be toxic, but what happens when the person you love is toxic - you become toxic together and through this their love for one another and their “satanic” passions thrived.
John Wayne Gacy
Clowns originated in the Circus to enlighten the crowd and entertain, but this character took a sick twisted turn when John Wayne Gacy took advantage of the name, clowns. Gacy used it to hold and kill 33 young men and boys. Through this he became known as the Serial Killer Clown. Yet it wasn’t the only persona he played to lure in his victims. He would also play the role of a construction worker needing help to capture them. John sexually assaulted all of his victims, and to satisfy his violent nature he would later strangle them with a rope. It is believed that his abusive childhood is to blame for such inhumane behavior, but it doesn’t forgive all the harm he caused. Gacy received a lethal injection May 10th, 1994. Turns out, the clown never got to turn that frown upside down.
Andrew Cunanan
Andrew Cunanan was the youngest of four, the baby of the family. When he grew into an adult he bagan hanging out with wealthy older gay men and indulging heavily in drugs. Andrew is a bit of the celebrity in our list, among the 5 people he murdered, he shot Gianni Versace twice. His other victims he tortured till their bodies gave in. After being arrested he ended up killing himself in prison.
Lawrence Bittaker
Bittker and his accomplice Roy Norris had 5 victimas ages 13 to 18. He was charged with rape, torture, kidnapping and murder. He got sentenced to death row on February 17,1981. As of February of 2018, he still awaits the only freedom he’ll ever come to know again, the sweet embrace of death. In an interview in 2018, he admitted to being scared of death, how ironic.
John Christie
“Till death do us part” is the vow that keeps many marriages together. For John Christie’s wife Ethel, their parting came much sooner than anticipated. John murdered his wife and six other women. He was often indulging himself with prostitutes, even after he was wed to Ethel. John Christie was only charged with the murder of his wife and was hung in 1953.
H.H Holmes
H.H Holmes lived in Chicago from the 1860s to 1890s. He was one of America’s first serial killers. Some called him the “Beast of Chicago” he was a con-artist and a bigamist. He killed somewhere between 20 and 200 people. He would keep his victims in his “Murder Castle.” After he killed his victims he later then hung himself so he didn’t have to deal with jail or the death penalty.
Harold Shipman
Doctors are supposed to help, and save lives. Harold Shipman decided to take his medical license in a different direction. Harold knew the ins and out of the human body. He began slowly over dosing his patiences. He killed as many of 215 people, possibly 260. He was charged with 15. Harold hung himself in 2004 in his prison cell at the ripe age of 57.
Marie Laveau
New Orleans in the 1700s was a time of flashing your wealth. Marie Laveau and her family were a very wealthy in New Orleans. Marie Laveau was a slave owner, but that wasn’t the extent to her heinous crimes. She also tortured her slaves and drained them of blood to cover her face with. She believed it would give her a youthful appearance. She would lock her slaves in chains and shackles them to the floor. Her husband disappeared and was later found dead. Marie Laveau was extremely nonchalant about the ordeal. New Orleans keeps Marie Laveau as an urban legend; they call her the “voodoo queen.”