Famous Serial Killers
The Suicide Website Murderer
Depressed Japanese citizens were afraid to die alone so they took to the internet to find a suicide partner. After finding their partner they would meet and commit suicide together. This trend and people who practiced this trend were the perfect targets for Hiroshi Maeue. Hiroshi suffered from paraphilic psychosexual disorder, which means that he could only get pleasure from hurting people. His method of gratification was by strangulation. Between 1988 and 2005, he tried to strangle five people, but was only issued a light sentence for two of the attacks. These people were only practice for Hiroshi. He started looking for his victims online. His first victim was a 25 year-old woman. He had sent her several emails encouraging her to commit suicide with him and eventually she said yes. When they met up Hiroshi tied her up and and suffocated her to death by holding her nose and mouth shut. When asked why he did it, he said, “I wanted to watch a face in agony.” His next victims were a 14 year old boy and a college student. In each instance, he had promised them that they would die painlessly together. When they had showed up they were bound and murdered. After the crimes Hiroshi hid the bodies near a dam or in the mountains, and then returned home to watch recording of the murders. Hiroshi was stopped before he could claim more victims. He was executed in 2009.
Depressed Japanese citizens were afraid to die alone so they took to the internet to find a suicide partner. After finding their partner they would meet and commit suicide together. This trend and people who practiced this trend were the perfect targets for Hiroshi Maeue. Hiroshi suffered from paraphilic psychosexual disorder, which means that he could only get pleasure from hurting people. His method of gratification was by strangulation. Between 1988 and 2005, he tried to strangle five people, but was only issued a light sentence for two of the attacks. These people were only practice for Hiroshi. He started looking for his victims online. His first victim was a 25 year-old woman. He had sent her several emails encouraging her to commit suicide with him and eventually she said yes. When they met up Hiroshi tied her up and and suffocated her to death by holding her nose and mouth shut. When asked why he did it, he said, “I wanted to watch a face in agony.” His next victims were a 14 year old boy and a college student. In each instance, he had promised them that they would die painlessly together. When they had showed up they were bound and murdered. After the crimes Hiroshi hid the bodies near a dam or in the mountains, and then returned home to watch recording of the murders. Hiroshi was stopped before he could claim more victims. He was executed in 2009.
The Sunday Morning Slasher
Carl Watts was the prime suspect in the 1980 murders of three women in Michigan, but he did not have enough evidence to convict him. After the initial investigation Watts moved to Houston and all the police of the investigation could do was warn the police of Houston that trouble was headed their way. When Carl moved to Texas, he started killing very quickly, his methods changing from murder to murder. Some of his victims were stabbed, some strangled and one was hanged. When asked about why he committed his crimes he said, “they all had evil in their eyes.” He was finally caught when he tried to drown two roommates in their bathtub and one of the girls escaped and called for help. Carl was captured while trying to flee. The Sunday morning Slasher confessed to 12 murders for a sixty year sentence, but was given a lighter sentence of 24 years for good behavior. Michigan, however, came to the rescue after they had found a witness to one of the murders in michigan and was sentence to life in prison and died from prostate cancer in 2007.
Carl Watts was the prime suspect in the 1980 murders of three women in Michigan, but he did not have enough evidence to convict him. After the initial investigation Watts moved to Houston and all the police of the investigation could do was warn the police of Houston that trouble was headed their way. When Carl moved to Texas, he started killing very quickly, his methods changing from murder to murder. Some of his victims were stabbed, some strangled and one was hanged. When asked about why he committed his crimes he said, “they all had evil in their eyes.” He was finally caught when he tried to drown two roommates in their bathtub and one of the girls escaped and called for help. Carl was captured while trying to flee. The Sunday morning Slasher confessed to 12 murders for a sixty year sentence, but was given a lighter sentence of 24 years for good behavior. Michigan, however, came to the rescue after they had found a witness to one of the murders in michigan and was sentence to life in prison and died from prostate cancer in 2007.
The Murderous Reporter
In the 2000s , Vlado Taneski wrote about three women that were raped and murder and had ranged in age from 56 to 65 and had all resembled each other. Each woman had been strangled with a telephone cord, put in plastic bags and thrown away outside of town. His columns had grabbed readers attention to all the details that were not released to the public which caused suspicion with the local police force. Detectives were unsure how the reporter could have known things about these crimes without having committed them himself. Investigators decided to get a sample of the reporters DNA and it matched DNA found on the victims. After being arrested the reporter admitted that his mother was the cause of his pain and the reason for why he committed the murders. Before he could be convicted he committed suicide by drowning himself in a bucket of water.
In the 2000s , Vlado Taneski wrote about three women that were raped and murder and had ranged in age from 56 to 65 and had all resembled each other. Each woman had been strangled with a telephone cord, put in plastic bags and thrown away outside of town. His columns had grabbed readers attention to all the details that were not released to the public which caused suspicion with the local police force. Detectives were unsure how the reporter could have known things about these crimes without having committed them himself. Investigators decided to get a sample of the reporters DNA and it matched DNA found on the victims. After being arrested the reporter admitted that his mother was the cause of his pain and the reason for why he committed the murders. Before he could be convicted he committed suicide by drowning himself in a bucket of water.
Ben Rhoades
Ben Rhoades was a long haul trucker whose was known by his CB name “whips and chains.” When he was not out clubbing he was picking up female hitchhikers and won their trust with his charm. Then he would chain them up in his trailer then cut their hair and rape them. Then he would murder them using a piece of wire or by strangulation. Rhoades was finally caught on April 1, 1990, after a police officer inspected Rhoades’ truck while its hazard lights were on. Upon the officers search he found a young woman chained in the trailer of the truck. After Rhoades was arrested officers searched his apartment and truck and found a journal, bloody towels and photos of a tied up girl, who turned out to be a jane doe found in Illinois years earlier. Rhoades was sentenced to death but appealed and was sentenced to life in prison.
Ben Rhoades was a long haul trucker whose was known by his CB name “whips and chains.” When he was not out clubbing he was picking up female hitchhikers and won their trust with his charm. Then he would chain them up in his trailer then cut their hair and rape them. Then he would murder them using a piece of wire or by strangulation. Rhoades was finally caught on April 1, 1990, after a police officer inspected Rhoades’ truck while its hazard lights were on. Upon the officers search he found a young woman chained in the trailer of the truck. After Rhoades was arrested officers searched his apartment and truck and found a journal, bloody towels and photos of a tied up girl, who turned out to be a jane doe found in Illinois years earlier. Rhoades was sentenced to death but appealed and was sentenced to life in prison.
The Railroad Killer
Angel Resendiz traveled across the US, moving from train to train. Whenever he had felt there was a presence of evil, he would get off the train to find and kill the evil person. Between 1989 and 1999, Angel had killed 15 people. Angel had killed them by shooting his victims or beating them with blunt objects. He often tried to justify his crimes by saying his victims deserved to die because they were pro choice, homosexual or practiced witchcraft. After being caught he was sentenced to be executed on June 27, 2006.
Angel Resendiz traveled across the US, moving from train to train. Whenever he had felt there was a presence of evil, he would get off the train to find and kill the evil person. Between 1989 and 1999, Angel had killed 15 people. Angel had killed them by shooting his victims or beating them with blunt objects. He often tried to justify his crimes by saying his victims deserved to die because they were pro choice, homosexual or practiced witchcraft. After being caught he was sentenced to be executed on June 27, 2006.
The Cannibal of Muensterberg
Denke lived in Muensterberg, Germany and was a very popular person in his town. He was an avid church goer and always helped the needy. He was a suspender, belt and pickled pork salesman. He was so popular that when he would dump buckets of blood outside his home, no one said anything. On December 21, 1924 a coachman heard screaming coming from Denke’s home. The coachman ran inside and found a young man covered in blood and the boy was a thief that Denke fended off with an ax. After following police protocol, Denke was arrested and was later found hanging in his cell. The police searched his home and found human skin and tubs of pickled flesh. They also found a journal filled with dates, names and weights. According to the journal, Denke had killed about 40 people in the span of four years. The citizens of Muensterberg had a shocking reaction when the authorities claimed that the pickled pork was actually pickled human flesh and that the suspenders and belts were made from human flesh.
Denke lived in Muensterberg, Germany and was a very popular person in his town. He was an avid church goer and always helped the needy. He was a suspender, belt and pickled pork salesman. He was so popular that when he would dump buckets of blood outside his home, no one said anything. On December 21, 1924 a coachman heard screaming coming from Denke’s home. The coachman ran inside and found a young man covered in blood and the boy was a thief that Denke fended off with an ax. After following police protocol, Denke was arrested and was later found hanging in his cell. The police searched his home and found human skin and tubs of pickled flesh. They also found a journal filled with dates, names and weights. According to the journal, Denke had killed about 40 people in the span of four years. The citizens of Muensterberg had a shocking reaction when the authorities claimed that the pickled pork was actually pickled human flesh and that the suspenders and belts were made from human flesh.
Jeffrey Dahmer
Known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, murdered and dismembered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. He also committed necrophilia and ate parts of his later victims, dismembering and cooking parts of their bodies within his home. Dahmer was eventually caught after a potential victim managed to overpower him and alert police. In 1992 Dahmer was convicted of 15 of the murders and sentenced to 15 terms of life imprisonment. However, just two years into his sentence he was beaten to death by a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution.
Known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, murdered and dismembered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. He also committed necrophilia and ate parts of his later victims, dismembering and cooking parts of their bodies within his home. Dahmer was eventually caught after a potential victim managed to overpower him and alert police. In 1992 Dahmer was convicted of 15 of the murders and sentenced to 15 terms of life imprisonment. However, just two years into his sentence he was beaten to death by a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution.
Ted Bundy
One of the most widely known murderers of the 20th century, Ted Bundy was an American serial killer and rapist who kidnapped or overpowered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s. Bundy typically approached his female victims in a public place and led them to secluded areas where he would sexually assault and kill them. He decapitated at least 12 victims and kept the severed heads in his apartment as trophies. Repeatedly captured, he twice managed to escape from police and court houses before going onto commit three further killings. Convicted of multiple murders he sentenced to death. He was executed by the electric chair in 1989.
One of the most widely known murderers of the 20th century, Ted Bundy was an American serial killer and rapist who kidnapped or overpowered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s. Bundy typically approached his female victims in a public place and led them to secluded areas where he would sexually assault and kill them. He decapitated at least 12 victims and kept the severed heads in his apartment as trophies. Repeatedly captured, he twice managed to escape from police and court houses before going onto commit three further killings. Convicted of multiple murders he sentenced to death. He was executed by the electric chair in 1989.
Genene Jones
Genene Jones was a pediatric nurse who is the confirmed killer of one infant, but the suspected killer of upward of 60 infants between 1971 and 1984. Jones injected her patients with drugs like digoxin and heparin in order to induce sickness, so that she might revive them and be praised. However, many of the injected infants did not survive. When the hospital where Jones worked (Bexar County Hospital) noticed that a statistically unlikely number of babies died under her care, they asked her to leave rather than undertake an investigation. Jones resumed her mission at her next hospital, and was ultimately charged with poisoning six children there. Jones is held in Texas, and is thought to be the inspiration for Annie Wilkes in the Stephen King novel Misery.
Genene Jones was a pediatric nurse who is the confirmed killer of one infant, but the suspected killer of upward of 60 infants between 1971 and 1984. Jones injected her patients with drugs like digoxin and heparin in order to induce sickness, so that she might revive them and be praised. However, many of the injected infants did not survive. When the hospital where Jones worked (Bexar County Hospital) noticed that a statistically unlikely number of babies died under her care, they asked her to leave rather than undertake an investigation. Jones resumed her mission at her next hospital, and was ultimately charged with poisoning six children there. Jones is held in Texas, and is thought to be the inspiration for Annie Wilkes in the Stephen King novel Misery.
Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Wuornos, famously portrayed by Charlize Theron in the 2003 film Monster, killed seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Wuornos worked as a prostitute, and claimed that the murders were done in self-defense. Her first victim was a convicted rapist. Wuornos was arrested on an outstanding warrant in 1991, and confessed to the murders with the encouragement of her ex-girlfriend, who wanted immunity from prosecution. Wuornos was sentenced to death, and executed in Florida in 2002.
Aileen Wuornos, famously portrayed by Charlize Theron in the 2003 film Monster, killed seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Wuornos worked as a prostitute, and claimed that the murders were done in self-defense. Her first victim was a convicted rapist. Wuornos was arrested on an outstanding warrant in 1991, and confessed to the murders with the encouragement of her ex-girlfriend, who wanted immunity from prosecution. Wuornos was sentenced to death, and executed in Florida in 2002.