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American Serial Killers

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by Peter Vronsky


  Guilfoyle, Mary, 226, 229

  “H.B. Richmond, Jack-the-Ripper,” 26

  Haarmann, Fritz, 22

  Halbower, Rodney, 289

  Hall, Esther, 59, 62

  Hallett, Sally, 235

  Hand, Eula Jo, 123, 124

  Hansen, Robert, “the Butcher Baker,” 85, 289

  Harlow, Jean, 119

  Harold, Margaret Virginia, 152–154, 156, 159, 161, 162, 164, 167

  Harp, Jacalyn (Jackie), 195–197

  Harpe Brothers, 19

  Harris, Thomas, 336

  Harrison, Simon, 86–87

  Hartigan, Neil, 74

  Hartwig, Clayton, 337, 338

  Hazelwood, Roy, 122, 264, 268, 280

  Head injuries, 27–28, 61, 64, 78–79, 175, 305

  Headaches, 78

  Hébert, Felix Edward, 54, 55

  Heidnik, Gary Michael, 85, 289, 337

  Heirens, George, 72, 77–78

  Heirens, Gerald “Jere,” 77, 78

  Heirens, Margaret, 73, 75–78

  Heirens, William “Bill”, “the Lipstick Signature Killer,” 35, 65–84, 91, 113, 123, 186, 279, 316

  Hemingway, Ernest, 371

  Henley, Elmer Wayne Jr., 204, 208–213

  Hickey, Eric, 8, 39, 144

  Hicks, Steven Mark, 255–256, 343, 349, 350, 372

  Highway system, 111, 142–144, 384

  Hill, Helen, 240, 241

  Hill, Karen, 240–243, 249, 250

  Hillside Stranglers (see Bianchi, Kenneth; Buono, Angelo)

  Hilton, J. P., 124

  Hindley, Myra, “the Moors Murderer,” 354

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 117

  Hitler, Adolf, 265

  Hogan, Mary, 113, 114

  Holmes, H. H. (Herman Webster Mudgett), 19, 20, 200n, 252

  Homeless transients, 36, 87, 304

  Homo sapiens, 13–14

  Homophobia, 347

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 265, 337

  Hopkins, Anthony, 260, 336, 339

  Hopper, Edward, 111

  Hopper, Grace, 279

  Hospital addiction syndrome, 249

  Hospital and nursing home serial murders, 26

  Hospital hopper syndrome, 249

  Hostage negotiation, 265, 267, 278, 280

  House Committee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, 282

  House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 112

  Houston Mass Murders, 204–205

  Hover, Ellen Jane, 220

  Howard, Dorothy Gay, “Boulder Jane Doe,” 140–141

  Howell, William Devin, 383

  Hoyt, Christa, 314–315, 330–331

  Hudson, Rock, 168

  Hudson, Roy, 152–154, 164

  Hudzinski, Veronica, 67, 83

  Hughes, Anthony, 364, 366, 368

  Hyattsville, Maryland, 164, 165

  Hybristophilia, 19

  Hypephilia, 18

  Hysterical personality, 81–82

  Immigration, 90

  Incest, 49

  Indecent exposure, 61, 255, 348, 350

  Industrialization, 16–17

  Inglourious Basterds (movie), 99

  Insanity plea, 29, 188, 224, 228, 247, 249, 372

  Internet, 128, 139, 148, 374, 376, 384

  Interstate freeway system, 111, 142–144, 384

  Ives, Patricia “Patty,” 299, 300

  Jack the Ripper, 15, 16, 20, 21, 26, 27, 37, 48, 87, 219, 226, 252, 254, 265, 377, 378

  Jackson, Calvin, “the House of Horrors Killer,” 217–219

  Jackson, Carrie, 62

  Jackson, Carroll Vernon, 158–159, 161, 166, 168

  Jackson, Debra Louise “Orange Socks,” 286

  Jackson, Janet, 158, 161, 166

  Jackson, Mildred, 158–162, 164–166, 169

  Jackson, Susan Ann, 158–162, 164–166, 169

  Jaeger, Bill, 268, 269

  Jaeger, Heidi, 268, 269

  Jaeger, Marietta, 268, 269, 272–274

  Jaeger, Susan, 268, 269, 271–277

  Jeff Davis 8 Killer, 383

  Jenkins, Philip, 24, 264

  Jesperson, Keith, “the Happy Face Killer,” 86, 375

  Johnson, Hazel, 56, 57

  Johnson, Lillian, 46–47

  Johnson, Thomas, 74

  Jones, Marvin, 136

  Joubert, John, “the Nebraska Boy Snatcher,” 108

  Justice, U.S. Department of, 64, 137, 280, 281

  Juvenile delinquency, 112–113

  Ka-Bar knife, 314–316, 323, 325, 328, 329

  Kaczynski, Ted, 383

  Kallinger, Anna, 91

  Kallinger, Joseph, 85, 186

  Kallinger, Stephen, 91

  Karloff, Boris, 46

  Karp, Katie, 310

  Kearney, Patrick Wayne, “the Freeway Killer” or “Trash Bag Killer,” 85, 86, 192, 215, 221–22

  Keeler, Dorothy, 300, 304

  Kelly, Susan, 188

  Kemper, Clarnell Stage, 97–100, 169–171, 198, 229–230, 234–236

  Kemper, Edmund Emil III, “the Coed Killer,” 7, 9, 85, 86, 100, 133, 169–171, 174, 192, 198, 222, 229–236, 255, 317, 372

  Kemper, Edmund Emil Jr., 98–100, 169, 170

  Kemper, Edmund Emil Sr., 98, 170–171

  Kemper, Maude Hughey, 98, 170–171, 198

  Kemper, Susan Hughey, 98–100

  Kennedy, Edward M., 248

  Kennedy, John F., assassination of, 112, 187, 188

  Kennedy, Robert F., 17, 88, 190, 280

  Keppel, Robert, 338

  Kerley, Tim, 211–213

  Kesselring, Joseph, 35

  Keyes, Israel, 382

  Kidwell, Lucy, 52, 54, 55, 60

  Kiehl, Kent A., 28, 305

  Killing for Company (Masters), 346

  Killingsworth, Laura, 59

  King, Martin Luther Jr., 190

  Kingsbury Run Butcher/Cleveland Torso Murderer, 35

  Klaw, Irving, 125, 126, 147, 148

  Klinefelter syndrome, 306

  Knowles, Paul, 85

  Koo, Aiko, 233

  Korean War, 105, 266, 317, 318

  Krafft-Ebing, Richard von, 18, 80

  Kraft, Randy, the “Freeway Killer,” 9, 85, 214, 215, 221–222

  Ku Klux Klan, 264

  Kürten, Peter, “the Vampire of Düsseldorf,” 22

  Lacassagne, Alexandre, 17

  Lacy, Oliver Joseph, 369–371

  Laffey, Thomas A., 71

  Lake, Leonard, 9, 289

  Lane, Adam Leroy, 381, 382

  Langer, Walter C., 265

  LaPage, Joseph, 20, 38

  Larson, Sonja, 313–314, 327–329

  Laskey, Posteal Jr., 191–192

  Laurel, Norene, 123

  LaVey, Anton, 348

  Leach, Kimberly, 260

  Lefkowitz, Louis, 218–219

  Lennon, John, 246

  Leopold, Nathan, 27, 34

  Less-dead victims, 87, 143, 201, 205, 214, 219, 259, 264, 289, 310

  Lewis, Dorothy Otnow, 246–248, 305

  Lewis, Ray, 375

  Lie-detector polygraph testing, 141, 271

  Life magazine, 107, 117

  Lilly, J. Robert, 92

  Limerick, Beulah, 51, 63

  Lindbergh baby kidnapping, 160

  Lindsey, Errol, 363–364

  Lingeman, Richard, 102–103

  Linkage blindness, 64, 137, 156, 260, 282

  Little, Samuel, 7, 156, 261, 377, 379, 382

  Liu, Alice, 229, 234–235

  Loeb, Richard, 27, 34

 
Logan, Kimberly, 300

  Lombroso, Cesare, 17

  London, Sondra, 335

  Long, Bobby Joe, 86

  Long Island Serial Killer, “the Gilgo Beach Killer” or “the Craigslist Ripper,” 383, 384

  Loring, Corinna, 50–51, 63

  Los Angeles, California, 41–48, 102, 110, 118–121, 126–130, 129, 130, 133–139, 222, 260, 287–288

  Louisiana-Texas axe murderer, 25–27

  Lucas, Henry Lee, “the Confession Killer,” 9, 85, 156, 174, 185, 285–287, 372, 383

  Lucas, Viola, 185, 285, 286

  Luchessa, Anita, 231–232

  Lust Killer (Rule), 191

  Lykels, Lynn, 119–121, 127, 129

  Magazines, 104–109, 112, 113, 117, 125–127, 142, 145–148, 154, 167, 169, 187, 208, 246, 251, 284, 384

  Majors, Orville Lynn, 375

  Malisow, Craig, 213

  Malvo, Lee Boyd, “Washington Beltway Sniper,” 200, 375n

  Manson, Charles, 9, 85, 185, 190, 198, 221, 223, 280

  Marshall, Lawrence C., 74–75

  Martin, Lee Roy, 192

  Mask of Sanity, The: An Attempt to Clarify Some Issues About the So-Called Psychopathic Personality (Cleckley), 77, 110

  Masochism, 18, 42, 353

  Masters, Brian, 346, 348, 360, 371

  Masturbation, 31, 79, 108, 113, 122, 144, 145, 148, 251, 253, 257, 258, 320, 327, 345, 349, 351, 354, 359, 360

  Matador of Murder (Mullany), 269–270

  McCarthy, Joseph, 112

  McDonnell, Francis, 34

  McDougal, Dennis, 214

  McDuff, Kenneth, “the Broomstick Killer,” 192

  McLaren, Andrew, 88

  McPherson, Virginia, 49–50, 63

  Meirhofer, David Gail, “Unsub Zero,” 268, 270–278, 339

  Memory, of serial killers, 76–77, 305

  Mendenhall, Bruce, 382

  Men’s adventure magazines, “sweats,” 104–108, 112, 113, 117, 142, 147, 154, 187, 208, 246, 284, 384

  Mercado, Ruth Rita, 133–134, 136, 138, 139

  Mesfewi, Anna, 23

  Mesfewi, Hadj Mohammed, 23–24

  Metesky, George, 265

  Michener, James A., 207–208

  Miller, Ernest Marquez, 361–362

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2–5, 341–343, 346–372

  Milwaukee Cannibal (see Dahmer, Jeffrey)

  Mimetic compulsion, 88, 104

  Mind-brain experiments, 247, 248, 305

  Mindhunter (Netflix series), 236, 264, 278, 280, 336, 383

  Mindhunters, 102, 160, 236, 262, 264–266, 264–268, 278

  Missing missing victims, 87, 197

  Missionary-cult type serial killers, 11, 85n

  Mondale, Walter, 254

  Money, John, 108

  Monomania, 17

  Monstrum, 15, 63

  Moore, Henry Lee, 24–25

  Moore, Manuel, 85

  Morocco, 23–24

  Mosely, Winston, 190–191

  Moser, Glenn Leroy, 161–165

  Moser, Mrs., 162

  Mueller, Rolf, 1–4

  Muhammad, John Allen, “Washington Beltway Sniper,” 200, 246, 375n

  Muir, Ruth, 41

  Mullany, Patrick, 263, 265–271, 275, 278, 279

  Mulligan, Thomas Francis, 136

  Mullin, Herbert, “the Die Song Killer,” 85, 102, 225–229, 249

  Multiple personality syndrome, 320

  Münchausen, Karl Friedrish Hieronymous von, 249

  Munchausen syndrome, 249

  Munich Olympics, 265

  Murderabilia, 9, 307, 340

  Murphy, Mary-Elizabeth B., 54–55

  Murray, Charles, 26

  Mutilation, 4, 5, 16, 23, 25, 36–39, 44–49, 80, 85, 104, 112, 114, 193, 201, 214, 217, 226, 229, 284, 297, 300, 313, 316, 317, 324, 329–331, 371

  My Friend Dahmer (Backderf), 254, 373

  My Lai incident, 181, 190

  National Geographic, 107, 246

  Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), 64, 327

  Nazi Germany, 70, 71, 92, 93, 105, 112

  Neal, Clara, 295–299, 306–307

  Neal, Loretta, 295, 299

  Neanderthals, 13, 14

  Necrophilia, 15–17, 19–21, 27, 29, 44, 48, 59, 101, 153, 191, 192, 215, 217, 218, 234, 300, 304, 346, 354, 358, 378

  Necrophobia, 14–15

  Nelson, Earle Leonard, “the Dark Strangler” or “the Gorilla Man,” 27, 29, 34, 49, 79, 113, 199, 204

  Ness, Elliot, 36

  Neuropsychiatric casualties, 93–94, 99, 100, 101, 102

  New York City, 26, 55–58, 89–90, 189, 216–221, 282, 373, 374

  New York Daily News, 219, 374

  New York Times, 24, 103–104, 189, 216–217, 263, 284

  Newman, Clara, 29

  Newton, Michael, 138

  Ng, Charles, 9, 86, 289

  Nietzsche, Friedrich, 162

  Nilsen, Dennis, 312, 340, 346, 361, 372

  9/11 terrorist attacks, 187

  Noir Forties, The: The American People from Victory to Cold War (Lingeman), 102–103

  Norris, Roy, “the Tool Box Killer,” 222

  Northcott, Gordon, “the Wineville Chicken Coop Killer,” 30–31

  Northcott, Sarah Louise, 31

  Nutrix publications, 125

  Obscene Publications Act of 1857 (Great Britain), 37

  Occult symbols, 287, 288

  Ohta, Victor, 223, 224

  Olsen, Jack, 236, 296

  One Hundred Twenty Days of Sodom, The (de Sade), 18, 37

  Operation Dragoon, 99

  Orbital frontal cortex, 28

  Organized/disorganized/mixed classifications of serial killers, 15, 280, 379

  OSS (Office of Strategic Services), 265

  Oswald, Lee Harvey, 187

  Otero family murders, 251–252, 254

  Overkill, 201, 214, 215

  Paddy, John, 159

  Page, Bettie, 125

  Pain, experience of, 81, 82

  Palmer, Mitchel, 89

  Panty Hose Strangler of Florida, 252

  Panzram, Carl, 13, 29–30, 34

  Paraphilias, 18–19, 31, 106, 145

  Partialism, 18

  Pattern murders, 35, 198, 218

  Patz, Etan, 282

  Paules, Tracy, 315–316, 331–332

  Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, 92, 101, 187

  Perez, Fred, 228, 229

  Pesce, Mary Ann, 229, 231–232

  Peterson, Evelyn, 68, 71, 72, 83

  Pettem, Silvia, 140, 141

  Phelps, Robert Elmer “Elmo,” 318, 320

  Phelps, Sarah, 318, 320

  Phone traces, 273, 274

  Photographs, 141–142, 147–148, 191, 232, 341, 353, 356, 360, 362, 364, 369, 371

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

  Piper, Thomas W., 20

  Poelman, Bernard L., 275

  Pomeroy, Jesse, 19–20, 39

  Pornography, 37–38, 282

  Postmortem sexual activity (see Necrophilia)

  Powell, Christina, 313–314, 327–329

  Powell, Frieda, 285

  Practical Homicide Investigation (Geberth), 201–202, 216

  Presley, Elvis, 111

  Prison escapes, 259

  Prison rapes, 30

  Profiling, 9, 10, 15, 41, 110, 137, 147, 194, 197, 226, 250, 256, 264–271, 278–281, 284, 287, 303, 333, 336, 337–339, 338, 379

  Profit killers, 11, 19, 24

  Prohibition, 91

  Prostitutes and sex workers, 16, 36, 44–46, 87, 88, 119, 180, 181, 214, 24
3–244, 259, 289, 290, 299–303, 310, 326, 373–374, 378, 383

  Psycho (movie), 5, 117

  Psychopathia Sexualis (Krafft-Ebing), 18, 80

  Psychopathology, 86

  Psychopathy, 15, 28, 47, 77, 82, 83, 172, 186, 305

  PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), 93, 94, 95, 179, 244, 246, 306

  Puller, Ada, 52, 54, 55, 60–61

  Pyle, Ernie, 85, 95–96

  Pyroluria, 305–306

  Race riots, 90–91, 190

  Rader, Dennis, “the BTK Killer,” 85, 102, 108, 144–146, 148–149, 251–254, 377, 379

  Rader, Mrs. William Elvin, 144–145, 148

  Rader, William Elvin, 102, 144

  Radford University/FGCU (Florida Gulf Coast University) Serial Killer Database, 11n, 21, 144, 263, 311

  Ramirez, Richard, “the Night Stalker” or “the Walk-in Killer,” 5, 9, 86, 287–288, 372

  Ramsland, Katherine, 102, 108, 145, 149, 151, 163

  RAND Corporation, 93

  Raney, Michael E., 269, 275–276

  Rape, 14, 16, 17, 29–31, 36, 38, 41, 43, 49, 50, 52–55, 58–60, 62, 104, 112, 113, 128, 132, 134, 147, 148, 153, 191, 192, 199, 204, 207, 208, 211, 214, 217, 218, 220, 222, 233, 235, 241, 250, 258, 284, 296, 297, 313, 314, 316, 322, 324, 325, 329, 332, 380, 382

  Raptophilia, 18

  Rauth, Robert, 1–4

  Ray, David Parker, “the Toy Box Killer,” 375

  Raya, José Romero, 203

  Red meat movies, 103

  Red Summer of 1919, 90

  Rees, Elizabeth Rachmaninoff, 165, 167

  Rees, Melvin Davis, “the Sex Beast” or “the Bebop Nietzsche Necrophile,” 149–169, 164–166

  Rees, Philip, 165

  Rees, Virginia Elizabeth Allen, 164, 167

  Ressler, Robert, 137–138, 160, 188, 256–258, 264, 268, 269, 275, 278–282, 284, 336

  Rhoades, Robert, 85

  Rich, Kate, 285

  Ridgway, Gary, “the Green River Killer,” 8, 15, 85, 87–88, 163, 261, 270, 338, 377–378

  Rifkin, Joel, 86, 186, 246, 373–375

  Road kill animals, 184–185, 344–345, 369

  Roaring Twenties, 27, 91

  Robinson, Josephine, 52, 54, 55

  Robinson, Sarah Jane, “the Poison Fiend,” 19

  Rochester, New York, 240, 243, 244, 289–290, 293–304

  Rodrick, Guy, 76

  Rogers, Glen Edward, 375

  Rolling, Claudia, 317–320, 323, 328

  Rolling, Danny Harold, “the Gainesville Ripper,” 86, 312–336, 342

  Rolling, James Harold “Baby Dumpling,” 317–320, 322, 324–326, 328

  Rolling, Kevin, 319–320, 328

  Rolling, Kiley Danielle, 322

  Rolling, Mrs. James Harold, 322

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 89

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 89

  Ross, Josephine, 65–66, 70, 71, 83

 

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