Serial Murderers – Definition and Classifications

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The Monster Of Florence – Ritualistic Serial Murders

The case known in Italy and internationally as The Monster of Florence involved the ritualistic serial murder of eight young couples accompanied by the horrific mutilation of the sexual organs of the female victims. Cover ups and evidence tampering have muddied the case so badly that more than five decades later utter confusion reigns. Three […]

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Leonard Lake And Charles Ng – Serial Murderers

Leonard Lake was born in California in 1945 to father Elgin and mother Gloria Lake. Elgin abandoned the family after the birth of Leonard’s younger brother. Gloria later tried to reunite with him, taking along the two younger children and leaving Leonard in the care of her parents. Leonard was never reunited with his mother

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Erotophonophilia – Lust Murder

Erotophonophilia is called Lust Murder. Basically, a murder which is a consequence of lust is called erotophonophilia. According to Arrigo and Purcell, this is a type of murder driven by clear and apparent sadistic and sexually motivated behavior. This type of murder involves a mutilating attack, such as the displacement of the breasts, rectum, or

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Israel Keyes – Serial Murderer

On February 1, 2012, Israel Keyes, 34, decided that the Common Grounds, espresso coffee stand in Anchorage, Alaska would be his target. He had already purchased tickets to board a cruise ship from New Orleans to Mexico the very next morning. Keyes waited in his car fairly close to the coffee stand, listening to a

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Gary Ridgway – The Green River Killer

Gary Ridgway was the most prolific serial in the history of the United States. His 19-year reign of terror left the area surrounding Seattle littered with corpses. All the girls were young. A lot of them grew up in abusive homes and they were running away, as a result of that, they were prostitutes. In

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Serial murderer Dennis Rader, aka “BTK”

During the 70’s murders in Wichita, Kansas, were rare occurrence, but the events on January 15, 1974, changed that forever. A 38 year-old, Joseph Otero Sr., his wife Julia Maria “Julie”, 34, and two of their children were found tortured and killed in their home. The Otero killings in 1974 were a huge story. There

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Rex Heuermann, a Wealthy Manhattan Architect – Suspected Long Island Serial Murderer

Shannan Gilbert 911 Call [Cleaned] Shannan Gilbert called 911 in 2010, but for years no one has heard 911 call. The reason we were given for years by investigators was: “It could harm the investigation.” It could have, but not after a decade. It took a judge order to get 911 call released on May

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John Wayne Glover, aka “The Granny Killer”

On March 1, 1989, in the suburb of Mosman, Australia where crime was almost non-existent, 82-year-old widow was living alone in a neat little apartment on the main street. It was midafternoon when she visited the local shopping center, and at 4 p.m. she walked the short distance towards her home unit. She got to

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David Parker Ray – “The Toy-Box Killer”

This horrific case ended with Cynthia Vigil’s desperate escape on March 22, 1999, in New Mexico. David Parker Ray and Cindy Hendy were arrested. Cynthia was running down a highway and entered a house. People didn’t know who Cynthia was, but a woman called police and visibly shaken, describing Cynthia’s condition. She was naked, her

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Danny Rolling – Inspiration for the famous 1996 movie “Scream”

In August 1990, in Gainesville Florida, while students were preparing for the start of fall semester, shocking chain of events brought a dark cloud of fear and terror amongst the whole community in the college town for at least two or three months. People were afraid to go out, afraid to open their doors afraid

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