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American Serial Killers

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by Peter Vronsky


  2. US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, ViCAP Crime Analysis Report, FD-676 (Rev. 3-11-86), OMB No. 1110-0011, Quantico, VA, 1986.

  3. T. Christian Miller, “The FBI Built a Database That Can Catch Rapists—Almost Nobody Uses It,” ProPublica, July 30, 2015, https://www.propublica.org/article/the-fbi-built-a-database-that-can-catch-rapists-almost-nobody-uses-it.

  4. Peter Vronsky, “The Hunting Humans ‘Ninja’ Truck Driver,” in Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2015 (RJ Parker Publishing, 2015), 288–89.

  5. http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/august/vicap_080408.

  6. Miller, “The FBI Built a Database That Can Catch Rapists—Almost Nobody Uses It.”

  7. Government of Canada Budgets and Expenditures, https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/planned-government-spending/budgets-expenditures/actual-expenditure-program-organization-2016-17.html.

  8. Toronto Police Service, “2017 Preliminary Operating Budget Program Breakdown,” http://www.tpsb.ca/images/TPS_2017_Budget_Information_Public_rev.pdf.

  9. John C. Fogerty, “Bad Moon Rising” lyrics © The Bicycle Music Company.

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  Index

  The page numbers in this index refer to the printed version of this book. The link provided will take you to the beginning of that print page. You may need to scroll forward from that location to find the corresponding reference on your e-reader.

  Abandonment, feelings of (see Childhood histories)

  Abductions, 38, 42, 67, 85, 113, 123, 126, 132, 134–136, 138, 142, 149–151, 155–157, 161, 164, 168, 191, 192, 209, 214, 215, 269, 271–276, 282–284

  Abramowitz, Barney, 52–53, 59–60, 62–63

  Abramowitz, Rose, 52–53, 62–63

  Adams, Fanny, 38

  Adams, Irwin Howard, 154–155

  African Americans, 1–4, 36, 52, 54–55, 90–91, 143, 144, 190, 201, 205, 264, 289, 310, 326–327, 357–359, 383

  serial killers, 20, 25, 36, 56–65, 144, 199n

  Aguirre, Frank, 209–210

  AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), 213

  Ainsworth, Steve, 140

  Albrecht, Brigitte, 216

  Alcala, Rodney, “the Dating Game Killer,” 85, 220, 379

  Altocalciphilia, 18

  American Psychiatric Association, 94, 179

  American Psychological Association, 337

  Amokoscisia, 19

  Anarchists, 89, 90

  Anderson, Erhardt, 56, 58

  Anderson, Evelyn, 55–58

  Animal cruelty, 30, 169, 173, 174, 182, 184

  Anthropophagy, 19

  Anzilloti, Robert, 195

  Armed Services congressional subcommittee, 337–338

  Armstrong, John Eric, 375

  Arson, 79, 173, 182–183

  Asher, Richard, 249

  Assassins, psychology of, 278, 280

  Atlanta, Georgia, 25, 143–144, 282

  Atomic bombs, 92, 95

  Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime, 282

  Auden, W. H., 97

  Ault, Richard, 268

  Aura states, 304–306

  Autoerotic asphyxiation, 122, 147

  Backderf, Derf, 254, 373

  Bailey, F. Lee, 188

  Baker, Frederick, 38

  Baker, Mary, 50, 63, 64

  Balaam, Anthony, 375

  Ball, Joe, “Alligator Man/Butcher of Elmendorf,” 36

  Barnabet, Clementine, 199n

  Baumeister, Herbert, 85

  Beach, James, 158

  Beam, Christopher, 7

  Benzedrine, 162, 163, 169

  Berdella, Robert, 85

  Berkowitz, David, “the Son of Sam,” 5, 7, 9, 85, 186, 219–220, 223, 252, 261, 280, 372

  Best, Joel, 283–284

  Bianchi, Kenneth, “the Hillside Strangler,” 9, 85, 174, 185, 222, 252

  Bibbens, Dolly, 41

  Biblical passages, 39, 49, 225, 226, 278, 321

  Bird, Jake, “Axeman of Tacoma,” 36

  Bittaker, Lawrence Sigmund “the Tool Box Killer,” 85, 186, 222

  Bizarre magazine, 125, 128

  Black Dahlia murder, 48, 85

  Blackburn, Dorothy, 296–297

  Bladel, Rudy, 192–193

  Blair, Terry A., 383

  Blake, Jack, 236–240, 242–243, 249–250, 301, 310, 376

  Blake, Mary Agnes, 236–239

  Blake, Pam, 236

  Blake, Pete, 236–238

  Blake, Robert, 375

  Blase, Irene, 195, 197

  Blatty, William Peter, 327

  Bloch, Robert, 117

  Blood, drinking, 220, 348

  Bloody Benders, 19

  Body parts, harvesting, 4–6, 86, 93, 114, 115, 191, 275, 346, 358, 362, 369–371

  Bolin, John, 159

  Bombings, 89–90

  Bond, Thomas, 265

  Bondage, 38, 105, 106, 108, 112, 113, 129–130, 145–148, 154

  photographs, 125–128, 132, 134, 139, 145, 251

  Bone Collector, 383

  Bonin, William, “the Freeway Killer,” 85, 215, 221–22

  Boston Strangler (see DeSalvo, Albert)

  Boston Strangler, The: The Public Conviction of Albert Desalvo and the True Story of Eleven Shocking Murders (Kelly), 188

  Boyd, Lucious, 375

  Bradehoft, Joseph Arthur, 371–372

  Bradshaw, Hazel, 41

  Brady, Ian, “the Moors Murderer,” 354–355

  Brancato, Lillo Jr., 375

  Brashers, Robert Eugene, 375

  Brenner, Joseph Lee III, 91

  Bresciani, Tiffany, 373, 374

  Breslin, Jimmy, 219

  Bridgeford, Shirley Ann Loy, 131–134, 136, 138, 139

  Bright, Kathryn, 252

  Bright, Kevin, 252

  Brokaw, Tom, 95

  Brooks, David Owen, 204, 208, 212, 213

  Brooks, Pierce, 136–138, 260, 281, 282, 379

  Brooks, Virginia, 40–41

  Brown, Frances “Fanny,” 66, 67, 71, 300

  Brudos, Jerome Henry “Jerry,” 9, 85, 86, 174, 185, 191, 198

  Brussel, James, 265, 267

  Bryant, Bill, 276

  Buckner, Virginia, 157

  Budd, Edward, 32, 33

  Budd, Grace, 32–33

  Bundy, Carol, 289

  Bundy, Ted, 5, 7–9, 11, 15, 64, 85, 105, 110, 156, 185, 186, 199, 246, 252, 258–261, 283, 284, 288, 314, 338, 339, 372, 383

  Buono, Angelo, “the Hillside Strangler,” 9, 85, 222, 252

  Burgess, Ann, 268, 278, 280

  Burglaries, 69–72, 77, 79, 83, 123, 176, 183

  Byers family, 25

  Bystander apathy, 189

  Caldwell, Marion, 68, 71

  Cannibalism, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 32–33, 39, 45, 48, 85, 101, 104, 105, 216, 245, 290, 307, 360, 362, 369–370

  Carter, Jimmy, 254

  Carter, Rosalynn, 215, 254

  Carver, Betty Ruth, 119–120

  Catoe, Jarvis Theodore Roosevelt, “the Dupont Circle Killer,” 36, 49–54, 56–65, 108, 113

  Catoe, John, 61, 62

  Celebrity serial killers, 5–7, 9, 219, 288, 375, 377, 383

  Chandler, Raymond, 221

  Chaney, Lon, 167

  Chapman, Mark David, 246

  Charcot, Jean-Martin, 249

  Chase, Richard, 85

  Chicago, Illinois, 65–76, 80–81

  Childhood histories, 27, 28, 45, 48, 77–80, 102, 122–123, 164, 169–176, 181, 184–187, 215, 224, 225, 249, 254, 270, 298, 306, 319–321, 343, 344, 348

  Christie,
Agatha, 35

  Chromosomal abnormalities, 306

  Churchill, Winston, 92

  CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 137, 247, 248, 305

  Cicero, June, 300, 303

  Cincinnati Strangler, 191–192

  Clark, Douglas, “the Sunset Strip Killer,” 85, 102, 288–289

  Clark, Jessie, 31

  Clark, Sanford, 31

  Clayton, New York, 182

  Cleckley, Hervey M., 77, 110

  Cleland, John, 37

  Clothing fetishes, 79, 83, 125, 126, 144–145, 185, 191, 251

  Cohn, Lenora, 26

  Cold War, 105, 109

  Cole, Carroll Edward, 85, 185

  Coleman, Alton, 86

  Collins, John Norman, 85, 86, 191

  Combat psychoneurosis, 93–94

  Combat stress reaction (CSR), 93, 177

  Comics Code Authority (CCA), 113

  Conde, Rory Enrique, 375

  Confessions, 43, 47, 57–58, 62–63, 73–77, 84, 129, 138, 139, 168, 193, 195, 242, 243, 261, 275, 277, 285, 303–304, 335, 343, 379

  Contract and gangland killers, 11

  Cooling-off period, 10, 148, 200, 376n

  Coppola, Francis Ford, 305

  Coprophilia, 18

  Corll, Arnold Edwin, 206–207

  Corll, Dean, “the Candy Man,” 8, 85, 204–214, 261, 284

  Corll, Mary, 206–207

  Corll Candies, 204–207

  Corona, José Natividad, 202, 203

  Corona, Juan, “the Yuba Peach Orchard Killer,” 8, 85, 200–204, 214, 261, 284, 372

  Coronavirus pandemic, 212, 384

  Costa, Antone Charles “Tony,” 192

  Cota, Celia, 41

  Cottingham, Richard Francis, “the Times Square Torso Ripper,” 85, 86, 102, 186, 193–197, 216, 220–221, 286, 287, 379

  Cottingham, William, 186

  Craven, Wes, 312

  Crawford, Andre, 375

  Cream, Thomas Neill, 21, 88

  Crilley, Cornelia Michel, 220

  Cronin, Tom, 215

  Cunanan, Andrew, 200, 214–215, 375–376n

  Dahmer, David, 255, 344

  Dahmer, Grandmother, 346–350, 352, 353, 355–359

  Dahmer, Jeffrey, “the Milwaukee Cannibal,” 2–7, 183–185, 215–216, 254–259, 322, 341–373, 375, 377, 383

  Dahmer, Joyce, 183–184, 255, 343–344

  Dahmer, Lionel, 183–184, 255, 258, 343–344, 348–350, 356, 357

  Dancy, Florence, 52, 55, 60, 61, 63

  Darrow, Clarence, 34

  Davis, B. W. Jr., 158

  Daytona Beach Killer, 383

  De River, J. Paul, 42, 43, 47–48, 109–110, 265

  Dean, James, 149

  DeAngelo, Joseph James, “the Golden State Killer,” 223, 379

  Decapitation, 4, 67, 74, 114, 133, 159, 171, 180, 193, 194, 216, 221, 229, 232, 233, 235, 259, 277, 282, 289, 304, 314–315, 331, 352, 354, 358–363, 368, 369, 371, 372

  Degnan, Suzanne, 67–69, 71, 72, 74–76, 80–81

  Demme, Jonathan, 336

  Denke, Karl, 22

  Denver, Colorado, 25, 121–123, 125, 126, 130

  DeSalvo, Albert, “the Boston Strangler,” 10, 113, 187–188, 198, 252, 265, 317, 322, 372

  Devil, 228, 287, 321, 342, 348

  Diabolus in cultura, 86–88, 104, 109, 117, 384

  Diana, 333

  Diane’s Studio, 135

  Didion, Joan, 221

  Dismemberment, 4, 5, 23, 33, 35, 38, 40–41, 46, 48, 67, 68, 74, 75, 80, 81, 114, 115, 180, 192, 214, 231–234, 257, 277, 345, 347, 352, 354, 358, 360–362, 368, 372

  Disorganized visionary mission serial killer, 227

  Divorce rate, 102

  DNA analysis, 148, 158, 166, 188, 243, 263, 334, 335, 377–379

  Dominique, Ronald, 383

  Donlan, Harry E., 47

  Double murders, 149–151, 154, 157, 168, 193, 313–314, 328–329

  Douglas, John, 147, 188, 264, 268, 278, 280, 281, 336

  Doxtator, James Edward, 353–354

  Drizin, Steven A., 74–75

  Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), 248

  Drugs, 87, 178, 214, 225, 227, 321, 322

  Du Bois, W. E. B., 90

  Dudley Do-Right animated cartoons, 146

  Dull, Judith Ann “Judy” Van Horn, 119–121, 127–130, 132, 134, 138, 139, 141

  Dull, Robert L., 119, 120, 128, 129

  Dull, Susan, 119, 120

  Dunbar, Pete, 269–271, 273

  Duncan, Joseph E. III, 383

  Dupont Circle Murders (see Catoe, Jarvis Theodore Roosevelt)

  Durousseau, Paul, 383

  Durrant, Theodore “Theo,” 21

  Dust Bowl, 91

  Dyer, Albert, “Inglewood Babes Murders,” 41–42

  East Side Ripper, 26, 34

  Eastbound Strangler Killer, 383–384

  Eastman, Norm, 106

  Ecclesiastical authorities, 17

  Edwards, Tracy, 1–3, 341–343, 372

  Efron, Zac, 261

  Eggelston, Denise, 154–155

  Egger, Stephen, 87, 260, 339–340

  Eichmann, Adolf, 377

  Eisler, Robert, 13

  Elliott, Todd C., 26

  Ellis, Walter E., 383

  Entertainment media, 10, 105–107, 117, 118

  Equivocal death analysis, 337, 338

  Erotic literature, 37–38, 64

  European serial killers, 16, 21–23, 26–27, 1738

  Everett, Mabel, 52

  Everett, Pamela, 43

  Evonitz, Richard, 375

  Exceptionally cleared cases, 286

  Exhibitionism, 61, 79, 255, 348, 350

  Exorcist, The (Blattty), 327

  Exorcist II, The (movie), 327, 342n

  Exorcist III, The (movie), 327–328, 342–343

  Falasca, Denise, 195, 197

  False confessions, 59, 68, 76, 285–286

  Fantasies, 16, 18, 37, 45, 76, 86, 128, 145, 147, 174, 226, 232, 235, 251, 255–256, 344–347, 349

  (see also Serial killers)

  Farber, Myron A., 263

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 11, 39, 65, 77, 102, 108, 148, 154, 160–161, 164–166, 197, 232, 236, 261, 336–339

  BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit), 10, 15, 160, 281

  BSU (Behavioral Science Unit), 10, 137, 264–273, 277, 279–281, 287, 303, 333, 338, 379

  Criminal Personality Research Project, 280

  FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia, 265–267, 269

  HSKI (Highway Serial Killings Initiative), 39, 43, 65, 77, 102, 108, 111, 384

  NCAVC (National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime), 10, 160, 281, 284

  Sexual Homicide study by, 15

  ViCAP (Violent Criminal Apprehension Program), 10, 137, 138, 281–284, 333, 379–382

  (see also Serial killers)

  February 9 Killer, 383

  Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 248

  Federal Kidnapping Act (Lindbergh Law), 161, 166

  Feete, B. Lee, 150

  Fellers, Irwin Jr., 150

  Fellers, Mary Elizabeth, 149–151, 157, 163, 168

  Female clothing, 79, 83, 125, 126, 144–145, 185, 191, 251

  Female paraphilias, 19

  Female serial killers, 11, 19, 24, 26, 199n, 249

  Female serial poisoners, 19, 26

  Females, hate for, 48, 107, 219–220

  Femme fatale, 103

  Fetishes, 18, 27, 37, 39, 40, 79, 80, 83

  Fezzani, Nadia, 193, 244–246, 307–308

  Film noir, 103

  Financial crisis of 2008
, 384

  Fingerprint identification, 71, 83, 287

  First Special Service Force (FSSF) (Devil’s Brigade), 98–99

  Fish, Albert, “the Werewolf of Wisteria/the Grey Man,” 10, 26, 31–34, 39, 49, 85, 113

  Fish, Janet A., 310

  Flagellationism, 19, 38

  Fogerty, John C., 384

  Ford, Wayne Adam, 375

  Foster, Jodie, 260, 336–337

  Fox, Nancy, 253

  Francis, Kathy, 227

  Franklin, Joseph Paul, 85, 246

  Franklin, Lonnie Jr. “the Grim Sleeper,” 379

  Frazier, John Linley, “the Environmentalist Killer,” 223–225, 228, 249

  Free Bill Heirens clubs, 74

  Frontal lobe, 78, 305

  Frontier violence, 19

  Gacy, John Wayne, 5, 7–9, 85, 102, 105, 215, 254, 284, 372

  Gaffney, Billy, 34

  Gainesville, Florida, 312–317, 325–335, 326–334, 341

  Gallego, Charlene, “the Sex Slave Killer,” 222–223

  Gallego, Gerald, “the Sex Slave Killer,” 85, 222–223

  Gay serial killers, 1–5, 22, 201–202, 204, 207–209, 213–216, 255–259, 376n

  Gaynor, Alfred, 375

  Geberth, Vernon, 201–202, 216, 284

  Gebhardt, Miriam, 92

  Gecht, Robin, 86

  Gein, Augusta, 114–115

  Gein, Edward, “the Plainfield Ghoul” or “Original Psycho,” 5, 10, 113–118, 169, 191, 198, 289, 336, 364, 372, 373

  Gein, George, 114

  Gein, Henry, 114

  Genovese, Kitty, 189–190, 200, 284

  Geralds, Hubert, 375

  Gianera, James, 227

  Gianera, Joan, 227

  Gibson, Elizabeth “Liz,” 300, 304

  Gillis, Sean Vincent, 383

  Gilyard, Lorenzo Jerome Jr., 383

  Gladwell, Malcolm, 246, 252

  Glatman, Albert, 121–122, 124, 125

  Glatman, Harvey Murray, “the Glamor Girl Slayer,” 118–142, 145–149, 169, 191, 198, 221, 251, 260

  Glatman, Ophelia, 121–125, 129, 130, 139, 141

  Glenn, Scott, 336–337

  Goodarzi, Deedeh, 194–195

  Gore, David Alan, 86, 289

  Goudeau, Mark, 383

  Graham, Harrison, 289

  Graham, Nathan, 381

  Great Depression, 78, 91, 96, 112, 113, 384

  Greenwood, Vaughn Orrin, “the Skid Row Slasher,” 192

  Griffin, Virginia “Virgie” Lee, 44–47

  Grissom family murders, 323–324, 333–335

  Grossman, Georg Karl, 22

  Groupies, 307–310

  Guadalcanal, 94, 101

  Guerrero, Richard, 355, 357

 

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