While this is an ingenious theory, it ignores a crucial fact: Quentin P——’s zombie obsession derives not from the psychosurgical practices of the 1940s but from the far more recent atrocities of Jeffrey Dahmer, the obvious inspiration for Oates’s novel. In addition to his many other unspeakable acts, Dahmer performed a number of do-it-yourself lobotomies in an effort to turn his victims into passive sex slaves whom he could violate at will.
Unlike Oates’s fictional monster, Dahmer did not rely on an ice pick. Instead, after drugging his victim, he would drill a hole in the young man’s head and inject muriatic acid into the brain with a hypodermic syringe. Most of the victims died instantly, though one actually remained alive and ambulatory for two days after being injected.
ZOOPHILIA
Zoophilia is the technical term for bestiality: sex with animals. Peter Kürten and Henry Lee Lucas are among the degenerates known to have engaged in this perversion as teenagers. Budding serial killers often combine bestiality with Animal Torture, as a kind of rehearsal for their later acts of lust murder. As a youth, for example, Kürten enjoyed slitting the throats of animals—pigs, sheeps, goats, dogs—while having sex with them.
Of course, zoophilia is only one of a shocking range of perversions that serial killers routinely indulge in. For more on the subject, see Paraphilias.
ZULU
While the majority of U. S. serial killers are white—mirroring our country’s racial demographics—the situation is different in other parts of the world. South Africa, for example, has produced a striking number of serial murderers in recent decades, nearly all of them blacks from KwaZulu-Natal, or the Zulu Kingdom.
The most notorious is Morris Sithole. Abandoned by his widowed mother at an early age, Sithole was sent to an orphanage in KwaZulu-Natal, where he suffered harsh mistreatment at the hands of his supposed caretakers. Released from prison after doing time on a rape conviction, he embarked on a murder spree that left more than three dozen women dead between January and October 1995—throttled, strangled with their own underwear, or killed with a garrote. Following his capture, Sithole freely acknowledged his hatred of women, explaining that he was teaching his victims “a very good lesson” by killing them. His reign of terror earned him a combined prison sentence of more than 2,400 years.
Though they didn’t match Sithole’s body count, three other black serial killers from the KwaZulu-Natal province—Samuel Bongani Mfeka, Sipho Agmatir Thwala, and David Selepe—also raped and strangled an alarming number of victims during the 1990s. (See Race and Racism.)
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HAROLD SCHECHTER is a professor of American literature and culture, and a national bestselling author renowned for his true-crime writing. His numerous nonfiction books include Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, and Depraved, He is also the author of several acclaimed historical novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe: Nevermore, The Hum Bug, The Mask of Red Death and The Tell-Tale Corpse. He lives in New York State.
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DAVID EYERITT is the author of Human Monsters, an encyclopedia of the world’s most infamous murderers. In addition to true-crime writing, he is also a novelist and frequent contributor to The New York Times.
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Index
Adorno, George, 287
Allen, Tobias, 32–33, 50–51
“Alton” 154
Angelo, Richard, 198, 205–6
Ariemes, 235–36
Atkins, Susan, 177
Atlanta Child Murders, 227, 245–46
Aubray, Marie Madeleine d’, 14
“Axeman of New Orleans,” 20–22, 118, 251, 293
Ball, Joe, 10–11, 71, 78
Bates, Norman (fictional character), 24, 29, 30, 107, 157, 190, 286
Bathory, Elizabeth, 14, 118, 198
Beane clan, 57–59, 86, 118
Beck, Martha, 62–63, 119, 149, 151, 251
Becker, Marie, 98
Bender clan, 57, 58, 207–8
Berkowitz, David, 24–26, 40, 50, 56, 61, 93, 119, 128, 157, 161, 163, 167, 237, 269, 288, 291
Bernardo, Paul, 149
Bianchi, Kenneth “Hillside Strangler,” 116–17, 119, 129, 190, 198, 215, 216, 251. See also Hillside Stranglers
Bichel, Andreas, 154
Bird, Jake, 20, 118, 202
Bird, Robert Montgomery, 239–40
Bishop, Arthur Gary, 72
Bittaker, Lawrence, 16, 97, 216
“Black Dahlia” murder, 294–95
Bloch, Robert, 29–30, 107, 254
Blot, Henri, 109
“Bluebeard of Paris.” See Landru, Henri
bluebeards, 14, 26, 30–32, 209, 254. See also specific person
Bobbitt, Lorena, 140
Bolber, Morris, 191
Bonin, William George “Freeway Killer,” 123, 198
Borden, Lizzie, 20, 21, 49, 203
Boston Strangler. See DeSalvo, Albert
Botkin, Cordelia, 61
Bowers, Rosalind, 109
Brady, Ian, 13, 85, 148–49, 184–85, 193–94, 198, 221, 251
“Brides in the Bath” murderer (George Joseph Smith), 24, 31, 32
Briggen, Joseph, 11–12
Bright, Jon, 69, 80, 96, 108, 158
Brown, Frances, 166
Brussel, James, 233
Bryan, Peter, 43
“BTK” (Dennis Rader), 2, 34–36, 56–57, 162–63, 198, 295
Budd, Grace, 9, 42, 85, 95–96, 163–65
Bullock, David, 289
Bundy, Carol, 149–50, 258
Bundy, Ted, 36–38
bestiality of, 36, 37
bluebeards compared with, 30
books about, 251
and characteristics of serial killers, 181
coeds as victims of, 59–60
and collectibles, 47, 50
copycats of, 61
and definition of serial killing, 73, 74
disposal by, 77
drawings about, 41
electrocution of, 38
escapes of, 37, 84
evilness of, 85
fantasies of, 92
FBI interviews of, 37, 93
and groupies, 109
and history of serial killing, 119
IQ of, 131
Jekyll/Hyde character of, 36–37, 59–60, 138, 139
as lady-killer, 157, 158, 159
mobility of, 202
nationality of, 98
and necrophilia, 194
number of victims of, 37, 257
and phases, 219
as poet, 227
and race, 243
as slipping through the cracks, 267
and songs/music, 269
as student, 36, 204
upbringing of, 298
Buono, Angelo, 116–17, 119, 178, 198, 215, 216, 251. See also Hillside Stranglers
Burke, Thomas, 203
Carignan, Harvey Louis, 8
Carlton, Gary, 198
Carneal, Michael, 144
Carnigan, Harvey Louis, 198
Carpenter, David, 198
Carr, Caleb, 136, 143, 144, 255
Chapman, George, 136, 229
Chikatilo, Andrei “Mad Beast,” 43, 54–55, 63, 98–99, 124, 148, 178, 198, 251, 257, 261
Chri
stie, John Reginald “Monster of Rillington Place,” 122, 127, 178, 251, 290
Christopher, Joseph, 244
Clark, Douglas “Sunset Strip Slayer,” 149–50, 198, 258
Cleckley, Hervey, 179
“Cleveland Torso Killer” 118, 251, 260, 294
Cline, Alfred, 31–32
Coleman, Joe, 17–19, 163, 212, 271, 272
Collins, John Norman, 60
“Colonial Parkway Killer,” 294
Columbine, 144
Connell, Richard, 8, 240, 241
Constanzo, Adolfo de Jesus, 66
Corll, Dean “Candy Man,” 16, 122, 216, 224
Cornwell, Patricia, 16, 136, 295
Corona, Juan, 208, 251, 256–57
Cotton, Mary Ann, 27, 28, 203
Cream, Thomas Neill, 79–80, 229, 235
“Criminal Man,” 52–53
Cullen, Charles, 206
Cummins, Gordon “Blackout Ripper,” 259
Cunanan, Andrew, 277
Dahmer, Jeffrey, 69–71
animal torture by, 12–13, 70
books/films about, 3, 252, 255
cannibalism of, 42–43, 70
as celebrity, 3
and characteristics of serial killers, 182
and collectibles, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 69
copycats of, 24, 56, 61, 199
death of, 71
and definition of serial killing, 73
disposal by, 70, 78
drawings about, 17
fantasies of, 165
and history of serial killing, 119
as homebody, 122
and homosexuality, 70, 123, 267
humor of, 142
insanity of, 129
jokes about, 140
necrophilia of, 70, 195
number of victims of, 70
and photographs, 221
poetry about, 228
and race issues, 243, 244
and refrigerators, 258
sadism of, 264
as slipping through the cracks, 267
and songs/music, 269
trophies of, 290
upbringing of, 70, 298
“De Mau Mau,” 245
de Rais, Gilles, 14, 30, 118
de River, J. Paul, 228
de Sade, Marquis, 184, 270
“Death Angels,” 244
Demme, Jonathan. See The Silence of the Lambs
Denke, Karl, 42, 122
DeSalvo, Albert “Boston Strangler,” 75–77, 84, 119, 148, 178, 198, 252, 260, 269, 271, 297
Dix, Otto, 17, 18
“Doc,” 13
Doss, Nannie “Giggling Granny,” 28
Douglas, John, 53, 94, 95, 186, 234
Drenth, Herman, 32
Duke of Clarence, Albert Victor/Edward, 14, 136
Durrant, Theodore, 109, 157–58, 159, 198
Dutroux, Marc, 98
Dzumagalies, Nikolai, 262
Ellis, Bret Easton, 254
Emker, William, 110
Fazekas, Julia, 192
FBI, 92–95
Behavioral Science Unit of, 37, 75, 78, 93, 95, 131, 186, 234
and characteristics of serial killers, 53–54, 181
classification of trophies by, 290
and definition of serial killers, 275
definition of serial killing of, 73, 74
Gein files of, 108
most wanted list of, 247
NCAVC of, 93, 94–95
profiling program of, 93, 131, 234
and rituals, 260
and Robinson, 131
spree killers distinguished from serial killers by, 275
and upbringing of serial killers, 297
VICAP of, 93–94, 95. See also specific person
Fentress, Albert, 43
Fernandez, Raymond, 62–63, 119, 149, 151, 251
Fish, Albert, 95–97
ads of, 8–9, 10
books about, 252
cannibalism of, 95, 266
and collectibles, 96
and copycats, 61
death wish of, 71–72
drawings about, 17, 41
and excrement, 85–86
execution of, 42, 87, 96–98
and history of serial killing, 118
and homosexuals, 124
insanity of, 129–30
letters/notes from, 97, 163–65
marriage of, 178
nickname for, 198
paraphilia of, 214–15
and race issues, 244
sadism of, 263, 264
self-torture of, 97, 323–25
as slipping through the cracks, 266
and songs/music, 269
upbringing of, 297
as werewolf, 173
X rays of, 97, 323–25
“44-Caliber Killer.” See Berkowitz, David
Francois, Kendall, 243–44
Franklin, Joseph, 244, 291
Frazier, John Linley, 230–31
Freud, Sigmund, 127, 139
Fugate, Caril Ann, 152–53
Gacy, John Wayne, 103–5
as artist, 15–16, 227
books about, 252
as celebrity, 3
and collectibles, 47, 49, 50, 103
and definition of serial killing, 73, 74
disposal by, 77–78, 104–5, 242
drawings about, 17, 41
evilness of, 85
execution of, 105
fantasies of, 92
FBI interview of, 93
and groupies, 109
head injuries of, 114
and history of serial killing, 119
as homebody, 122
and homosexuality, 104, 123
insanity of, 129
IQ of, 131
Jekyll/Hyde character of, 103–4, 138, 139
marriage of, 178
and multiple personalities, 190
nationality of, 98
nickname for, 198
number of victims of, 104–5, 257
and phases, 219
profile of, 3
and race issues, 243
rituals of, 260
as sadist, 86, 104, 264
and songs/music, 269, 272
upbringing of, 104
Gallego, Charlene, 150, 179
Gallego, Gerald/Gerard, 150, 179
Garnier, Gilles, 118, 173
Gein, Edward, 105–9
appearance of, 157
books/films about, 29, 44, 107, 189, 232, 233, 252, 254, 255
cannibalism of, 44
as celebrity, 107
and collectibles, 47, 48, 49, 50
craftwork of, 227
death of, 107
and definition of serial killing, 105
drawings/portraits of, 17, 41, 106, 141
fan club for, 90, 91
FBI interview of, 93
and groupies, 109–10
and history of serial killing, 119
and homosexuality, 123
jokes/nursery rhymes about, 107, 140, 141–42, 204
and media, 107
model kits of, 182
and Nazis, 194
necrophilia of, 106, 195
and refrigerators, 258
rituals of, 260
sanity of, 107, 128, 237
and songs/music, 269, 270, 272
and tourist attractions, 285
and transvestism, 286
triggers for, 288
trophies of, 107, 241, 290
upbringing of, 105–6
Gilmore, Gary, 40
Glatman, Harvey Murray, 8, 72, 119, 182, 221–23, 252
Glover, John Wayne “Granny Killer,” 99
Golden, Andrew, 144
Gottfried, Gessina, 125
Graham, Gwendolyn, 205
Grand Guignol Theater, 281–82
Grans, Hans, 112
Green, Cleo, 198
“Green Man.” See DeSalvo, Albert
“Green River” Killer. See Ridgway, Gary
/> Greenwood, Vaughn, 198
Grese, Irma, 185
Grossmann, Georg, 42, 71, 172
Grosz, George, 17, 18
Gruyo, 154
Gunness, Belle, 7–8, 20, 26–27, 241–42, 252, 268, 285
Haarmann, Fritz, 42, 61, 62, 78, 98, 111–13, 172, 198, 202–3
Haerm, Teet, 138, 233, 235
Hahn, Anna Marie, 205, 229
Haigh, John George “Acid Bath Murderer,” 128–29
Haley brothers, 216
Hall-Mills murder case, 208
Hanaei, Saeed “Iranian Spider,” 99–100
Hansen, Robert, 8, 10, 241
Hare, Robert, 179–80
Hare, William, 203
Harris, Eric, 97, 144
Harris, Thomas, 23, 42, 64, 108, 189, 199, 254, 255, 262, 286
Heath, Neville, 159
Heidnik, Gary, 50, 71, 114–16, 131, 252, 256, 258, 270, 271
Heirens, William “Lipstick Killer,” 16, 72, 118, 129, 165–66, 190, 194, 198, 252
Henley, Elmer Wayne, 16, 51, 216, 224
Hillside Stranglers, 50, 61, 77, 97, 116–17. See also Bianchi, Kenneth
Buono, Angelo
Hindley, Myra, 16–17, 148–49, 184–85, 194, 198, 221, 251
Hitchcock, Alfred, 24, 29, 107, 136, 137, 188, 236, 287
Hitler, Adolf, 110, 184, 185, 193, 194, 244, 291
Hoch, Johann, 30–31
Hodel, Steve, 295
Holmes, H. H., 119–21
animal torture by, 120
books/films about, 187, 250, 252, 254
as celebrity, 119
and collectibles, 49, 80
and definition of serial killing, 74
disposal by, 121
as doctor, 79
drawings about, 120
hanging of, 121
and history of serial killing, 118
as lady-killer, 158
and media, 4
number of victims of, 118, 121, 256
and ovens, 209–10
pseudonym for, 198
and quicklime, 242
and tourist attractions, 285
upbringing of, 120
Homolka, Karla, 149
“Hookman,” 167, 168
Hungary: murder ring in, 191–92
International Association of Forensic Sciences, 53
Ionosyan, Vladimir, 261
Iranian Spider (Saeed Hanaei), 99–100
Jack the Ripper, 100–101, 133–38
books/films about, 136, 137–38, 252
as celebrity, 27
and collectibles, 49
copycats of, 26, 61, 155
and death wishes, 72
doctors as, 79, 80, 101, 135–36
and fan clubs, 90
as granddaddy of serial murderers, 259
and history of serial killing, 118
and Internet, 130
letters from, 134, 160–61, 162
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