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One of the most famous serial killers of all time is the gruesome John Wayne Gacy, but what was his given nickname? |
Killer clown |
Inspired IT |
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What gift did John Wayne Gacy give to fbi profiler Robert Ressler? |
A painting of himself as a clown |
Artwork |
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What testimony from Richard Souviron helped convict Ted Bundy? |
The teeth imprints on Lisa Levy's Butt |
He's a dentist |
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Where is ted bundy's volkswagen? |
Alcatraz East Crime Museum, pigeon forge, TN |
Museum |
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What evidence broke the case of the BTK killer, Dennis Rader |
A floppy disk |
He sent it to the police to taunt them |
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H.H. Holmes was the name he went by, but what was his real name? |
Herman W. Mudgett |
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Edmund was a giant of a man, and towered over friends and victims alike. How tall was he? |
6'9" |
Taller than Lincoln |
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When was the term “serial killer” first coined? |
1970s |
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Which of the following serial killers kept the heads of his victims in a freezer? |
Jeffrey Dahmer |
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What was the serial killer Metal Fang mostly known for? |
He had metal teeth |
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Which serial killer was known for beheading and dismembering his victims? |
Cleveland Torso Murderer |
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What is the main difference between a mass murderer and a serial killer? |
A serial killer lets time pass between murders |
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Which object did John Dillinger use to escape from jail? |
A wooden gun |
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Which factor is not used by criminal experts to classify serial killers? |
Method of killing |
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Timothy McVeigh killed up to 168 people because he was angry at the act of the US government in which event? |
The iraq war |
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Which factor is often not considered as a reason for a person to become a serial killer? |
Peer pressure |
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What does MO in a serial killer’s MO stand for? |
Modus operandi |
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Which serial killer murdered 30 women between 1974 and 1979? |
Ted Bundy |
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Which serial killer often dressed up as a clown and worked in charity events? |
John Wayne Gacy |
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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is often linked to which notorious criminal? |
Al Capone |
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Which man was known as the most “prolific” serial killer in US history? |
Gary Ridgway |
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What is the nickname of the house in Chicago of H.H. Holmes, a notorious serial killer? |
Murder Castle |
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Which serial killer said that he committed murders under the commands of a demonic dog? |
David Berkowitz |
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How did The Angel of Death murder most of his victims? |
Drug |
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What do we call a serial killer who believes that he or she would profit in some way from the act of murders? |
A gain killer |
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What was the IQ of Patrick Kearney or the Trash Bag Killer, who killed 32 people from 1965 to 1977? |
180 |
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The serial killer William Heirens was known for leaving written messages in what? |
Lipstick |
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Where did Ted Bundy work before he became a serial killer? |
A suicide prevention hotline |
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Who caused the murder of Sharon Tate? |
Charles Manson |
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How many people have been considered as Jack the Ripper suspects? |
100 |
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How did the Giggling Granny murder many members of her family? |
Poison |
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It was often said that Billy the Kid had murdered 27 people in total. However, how many people did he kill in reality? |
8 |
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What is the nickname of the serial killer Ted Kaczynski? |
The unabomber |
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Which sentence did the serial killer Luis Garavito get for killing 139 boys? |
30 years |
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The serial killer “Bugsy” Siegel earned his nickname due to which feature? |
He goes into murderous rages |
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Which of the following serial killers often sent complied coded notes to the media? |
The zodiac killer |
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What were the last words of Aileen Pittman before she was executed? |
"I will be back" |
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Which serial killer ate his victims so that they could become a part of his body? |
Jeffrey Dahmer |
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What is the name of the serial killer also known as 'The Grim Sleeper' who killed 10 victims and died behind bars 28th March 2020 at the age of 67 years old? |
Lonnie Franklin Jr |
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Which serial killer of 11 women in 1962–64 was eventually identified as Albert DeSalvo? |
The Boston Strangler |
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Which serial killer was the inspiration for the murderous character Scorpio in the 1971 film Dirty Harry? |
The zodiac killer |
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Which serial killer's crimes inspired Alfred Hitchock's 1927 film The Lodger? |
Jack the Ripper |
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Which serial killer's intelligence, charm, and good looks were emphasized in media coverage of his murder trial in Florida in 1978? |
Ted Bundy |
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Which serial killer of boys and young men tried to turn his victims into zombies by drilling holes in their heads while they were still alive and injecting hydrochloric acid or boiling water into their brains? |
Jeffrey Dahmer |
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Which serial killer was the inspiration for the character Leatherface in the 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? |
Ed Gein |
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Which serial killer's crimes inspired Alfred Hitchock's 1927 film The Lodger? |
Jack the Ripper |
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Which serial killer posed as a hitchhiking prostitute to kill seven male motorists in 1989–90? |
Aileen Wuornos |
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Which serial killer and doctor murdered at least 215 middle-aged and elderly people by injecting them with overdoses of painkillers? |
Harold Shipman |
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Which serial killer of 100 boys was sentenced to be strangled with the same chain he had used to kill his victims—his body to be dismembered into 100 pieces and dissolved in acid? |
Jave Iqbal |
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Who was the first known American serial killer? |
H.H. Holmes |
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Which serial killer was known as the Düsseldorf Vampire because he drank the blood of at least one of his victims? |
Peter Kurten |
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By which name were the serial killers Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono known before their identities were discovered by police in 1978? |
The Hillside Strangler |
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Which Soviet serial killer murdered at least 50 children and women, often butchering them while they were still alive, between 1978 and 1990? |
Andrei Chikatilo |
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About how many serial killers have there been in the United States in the past century? |
400 |
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Which three behaviors are known as the MacDonald triad? |
Bed-wettering, Arson, Cruelty to animals |
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Patterns that link separate homicides are called: |
Signatures |
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It was often said that Billy the Kid had murdered 27 people in total. However, how many people did he kill in reality? |
8 |
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The serial killer who earned the nickname“Son of Sam"thanks to a letter he wrote to a newspaper. What was he called before that? |
.44 Caliber Killer |
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The Zodiac Killer is one of the most famous serial killers. Throughout his era of activity, he sent letters to newspapers with clues, but they stopped suddenly on July 8, 1974. Why? |
Still a mystery |
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What were Ted Bundy's final words? |
"I'd like you to give my love to my Family and friends |
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How did Albert DeSalvo, also known as the Boston Strangler, die? |
He was stabbed to death in prison |
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What was Andrei Chikatilo famous for? |
Murdering over 50 women and children, sometimes butchering then while still alive |
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What was the address of the home where The Family murdered Tate and wrote on the walls in blood? |
10050 cielo dr |
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What were all the nicknames for Charles Sobhraj? |
Hippie Trail Killer, The Bikini Killer, The Serpent |
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Who was the Wolf of Wysteria and who were his main victims? |
Albert Fish, kids |
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How did the Casanova Killer see himself? |
As a seagull from the novel by Jon Livingston |
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How did the Casonava Killer confess? |
Gave a recorder to his attorney, and told the journalist Sandy Fox |
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What is the motive for 50% of serial killers? |
Sex |
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Who did John Knowles (the Casanova Killer) idolize? |
Bonnie and Clyde |
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Why was Lonnie David Franklin Jr called the Grimm Sleeper? |
The long periods of time between murders |
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What made the Grimm Sleeper so hard to catch? |
Was killing in an area where southside killer and the night stalker were currently killing. Would take a long break then start again with a whole new method |
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Which serial killer kept the most "trophies"? |
Jeffrey Dahmer |
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What percentage of women are serial killers? |
11.4% (9.2% in just America) |
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Whose the green river killer? |
Gary Ridgway |
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What is it called when serial killers acts are blamed on their mothers? |
Displaced Matricide |
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What do 57% of serial killers have in common during childhood? |
Bed-wettering |
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Who introduced the Green River Killer to Necrophilia? |
His dad |
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What do serial killers use the most to murder? |
A gun |
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What was distinctive about PeeWee Gaskins vehicle? |
It was a hearse with a bumper sticker that read "I haul dead people" |
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Who was a prankster while in high school? |
Jeffrey Dahmer |
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Which serial killer was on a game show? |
Rodney Alcala |
The Dating Game |
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What was the one rule Richard Chase kept? |
He only entered unlock house |
He was the vampire of sacramento, this is a classic vampire rule |
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Who was a crime reporter writing about a serial killer, that was really him? |
Vlado Taneski |
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Why did Arthur Shawcross get released after only 22 months to just kill again? |
He saved a security guard's life during a riot |
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What did Ottis Toole and his grandmother do together? |
She was a satanist and took him along to rob graves and self mutilate |
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Why did Richard Angelo kill 25 people in 1987? |
He was a nurse that felt like he wasn't getting recognition for the lives he was saving. |
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What did Robert Pickton do with the bodies? |
Ground them up and fed them to the pigs in his farm |
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Who mixed human and animal flesh to sell as hamburger meat? |
Joe Metheny |
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Who narrates books on tape for the blind? |
Ed Kemper |
He did it while in prison in 1980 |
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Why didn't Henry Lee Lucas join Ottis Toole in barbequing and eating their victims? |
He doesn't like barbeque sauce |
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What kind of milkshake did Richard Chase use to make? |
Raw animals blended with coca cola |
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Who coined the term serial killer? |
Former FBI Special Agent Robert K. Ressler in 1971 |
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Who was the first internet serial killer? |
John E. Robinson |
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What are the three catagories the FBI has made for serial killers? |
1.organized: socially adequate, may have a wife or children, and plan their crimes methodically. 2. disorganized: more impulsive and have fewer friends. 3. mixed: those who exhibit both organized and disorganized traits |
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Who fought along Joan of Arch then. Spent the rest of their life luring small boys to their castle to torture and kill? |
Gilles de Rais |
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What do 70% of serial killers have in common? |
Experienced extensive head Injury in their youth |
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What's "the triad" that can predict someone will grow up to be a serial killer? |
1. Bed-wettering 2. Tortures animals 3. Pyromania |
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What state has the most serial homicides? |
California |
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What state has the least serial homicides? |
Maine |
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What percentage of serial killers In the word are from the US? |
76% |
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What percentage of US serial killers are white? |
84% |
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What are the four motive catagories serial killers will generally fall in? |
1. visionary: someone who feels compelled by entities such as God or the Devil to murder 2. mission-oriented: to rid the world of homosexuals or prostitutes or to cure a societal ill 3. hedonistic: someone who derives pleasure from killing 4. power- or control-hungry |
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Who is thought to be the first serial killer ever? |
Roman emperor Caligula |
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How are most serial killers caught? |
Routine patrol officers for unrelated issues such as stolen cars or parking violations |
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How many serial killers are in there 20's? |
44% |
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How often are serial killer victims picked completely at random? |
15% |
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What injuries did Andrei Chikatilo have? |
Scars on his genitals from aggressive masterbation |
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Who was the most prolific female serial killer? |
Elizabeth Bathory |
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What did medieval serial killers inspire? |
Vampires and werewolves |
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What are the collections of murders stuff called? |
murderabilia |
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who is the serial killer known to be the oldest when commiting his murders |
Ray Copeland -87 for his first murder |
Killed with his wife Faye |
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Which victim escaped from Ted Bundy? |
Kimberly Leach |
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What two serial killers once lived in springfield illinois? |
John Wayne Gacy and Michael Swango |
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How many serial killers are from Illinois? |
9 |
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Which serial killers are from Illinois? |
John Wayne Gacy, Alton Coleman, william Heirens, Richard Speck, Nicholas Troy Sheley, Andre Crawford, Robert Ben Rhoades, Tommy O'Conner, Elias Abuelazam |
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Who's crime scene attracted venders such as hot dog sellers? |
The Midwest Black Widow's burned down barn that contained tons of bodies she fed to pigs and buried. |
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What did Charles Cullen do while awaiting his sentence? |
Donate a kidney |
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Why was the Scottish Serial Killer's nickname bible john? |
In a taxi ride with a victim and her sister, he referenced women being punished for adultery in the bible. |
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What's the difference between staging and posing? |
Staging is moving the crime scene/bodies around to confuse police Posing is to fulfill the Killer's fantasy Only 1.3% of serial killer crime scenes are staged |
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Who were the "Lethal Lovers" and what was their occupation? |
Gwen Graham and Cathy Wood, both nurses. |
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Who were the Barbie and Ken Killers? |
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka |
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What was Ted Bundy's car? |
A beige 1968 Volkswagen Beetle |
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When was Ted Bundy put to death? |
Jan. 24, 1989 |
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When did Jack the Ripper start Killing? |
Between August and November of 1888 |
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Which serial killer was the first to be convicted based on DNA? |
Timothy Wilson Spencer |
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What month are most serial killers born? |
November |
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Who was the Gorilla Murderer? |
Earle Leonard Nelson |
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Why was William Herirens given the nickname "the lipstick killer"? |
his lipstick-scrawled plea where he wrote, "For heaven's sake catch me before I kill more. I cannot control myself." |
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Who inspired Psycho", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Silence of the Lambs"? |
Ed Gein |
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