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by Harold Schechter


  nationality of, 98, 100–101

  number of victims of, 235, 256

  nursery rhyme about, 204

  “photograph” of, 17

  and poisoners, 229

  rituals of, 260

  sadism of, 133–35, 147–48, 265

  and songs/music, 269

  sudden halt in murders by, 34, 135

  theories about, 2, 14–15, 16, 79, 80, 100–101, 135–36, 154, 295

  as unsolved murders, 293

  Jack the Stripper, 252, 260, 294

  Jegado, Helene, 125, 229

  Johnson, Mitchell, 144

  Kaczynski, Ted “Unabomber,” 160, 186

  Kallinger, Joseph, 71, 216, 264, 297

  Kasso, Rickie, 266

  Kemper, Edmund, 13, 23, 50, 60, 119, 145–47, 198, 252, 264, 267, 269

  “Ken and Barbie” killers. See Homolka, Karla

  Bernardo, Paul

  Kenke, Karl, 71, 172

  Kilroy, Mark, 66

  Kinkel, Kip, 144

  Klebold, Dylan, 97, 144

  Knowles, Paul John “Casanova Killer,” 127–28

  Knox, Robert, 203

  Kobe School Killer, 99

  Kodaira, Yoshio, 99

  Kogut, John, 265

  Komaroff, Vasili, 261

  Krafft-Ebing, Richard von, 153–54, 171, 194, 265

  Kroll, Joachim, 210, 226, 258

  Kürten, Peter, 12, 61, 72–73, 86–87, 98, 148, 155–56, 172, 178–79, 188, 237, 245, 252

  Lake, Leonard, 71, 97, 215–16, 221, 252, 263

  Landru, Henri, 8, 30, 31, 209

  Lauwers, Gary, 266

  Lavery, Bryony, 282

  Lecter, Hannibal (fictional character), 42, 64, 78, 131, 189, 233, 243, 254, 255; See also The Silence of the Lambs

  Leonski, Edward “Singing Strangler,” 99

  Leopold, Nathan, 97

  “Lipstick Killer.” See Heirens, William

  Loeb, Richard, 97

  Lombroso, Cesare, 52–53

  “Lonely Hearts Killers.” See Beck, Martha

  Fernandez, Raymond

  Long, Bobby Joe, 72, 114, 128

  Lopez, Pedro “Monster of the Andes,” 99, 257, 267

  lovers’ lane murders, 98, 167–68, 293

  Lu Wenxian “Guangzhou Ripper,” 99

  Lucas, Henry Lee, 169–71

  animal torture by, 12, 169

  appearance of, 157

  arrests of, 169, 170

  bestiality of, 169

  and blasphemy, 28

  books/films about, 171, 188, 253

  and cannibalism, 170, 216

  and characteristics of serial killers, 181

  and collectibles, 50

  death of, 170

  death wish of, 71

  drawing/portrait of, 17, 169

  head injuries of, 114

  and homosexuality, 215

  mobility of, 202

  necrophilia of, 195, 169, 170

  number of victims of, 169, 170–71, 257

  partner of, 97, 170, 215, 216

  religious conversion of, 169

  sadism of, 264

  sanity of, 170

  and transvestism, 286

  upbringing of, 169, 286, 297, 298

  Ludke, Bruno, 86

  Macek, Richard, 198

  “Mad Bomber,” 233–34

  “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.” See “Cleveland Torso Killer”

  Malvo, Lee Boyd, 277, 278

  Manchester, William, 223

  Manson, Charles, 175–77

  appearance of, 157

  as artist, 16

  books about, 253

  and collectibles, 47, 48, 50, 176

  as composer, 227

  courtroom theatrics of, 63, 177

  as cult leader, 65, 175–76, 177

  drawings about, 19

  fan clubs for, 90–91

  FBI interview of, 93

  head injuries of, 114

  and history of serial killers, 119

  model kits of, 182, 183

  nationality of, 98

  and photographs, 220–21

  as pied piper, 223–24

  and race, 243

  and songs/music, 177, 256, 269, 270–71

  and transvestism, 286

  upbringing of, 176, 286, 297

  Manuel, Peter, 55–56

  Matuschka, Sylvestre, 248

  Maybrick, James, 136

  McCrary clan, 58

  McDonagh, Martin, 282

  McDonald, William “Sydney Mutilator,” 99

  Meiwes, Armin, 9, 43–44, 130

  Melville, Herman, 5, 52

  Metesky, George, 233–34

  Michaud, Stephen G., 95

  Mikhasevich, Gennadily, 261

  Milligan, Billy, 191

  “Milwaukee Monster.” See Dahmer, Jeffrey

  “Monster of Düsseldorf.” See Kürten, Peter

  “Monster of Florence,” 98, 293

  “Moonlight Murderer,” 167

  Moors Murderers, 184–85. See also Brady, Ian

  Hindley, Myra

  Morse, Hugh, 297

  Muhammad, John Allen “Beltway Sniper,” 277–78

  Mullin, Herbert, 237, 291

  Mumfre, Joseph, 21–22

  “The Mummy Maniac,” 198

  Nance, Wayne, 265

  Nelson, Earle Leonard “Gorilla Man,” 83–84, 114, 118, 178, 181, 194, 196–97, 198, 201–2, 256

  Ness, Eliot, 294

  Ng, Charles, 71, 97, 215–16, 221, 252, 263

  “Night Stalker.” See Ramirez, Richard

  Nilsen, Dennis, 24, 56, 78, 122, 123, 195, 199–201, 226, 227, 253

  Norris, Roy, 97, 216

  Oates, Joyce Carol, 3, 225, 255

  Olshaker, Mark, 95

  Ostrog, Michael, 79

  Palmer, William, 229

  Panzram, Carl, 11, 12, 19, 118, 202, 211–13, 213, 247, 248, 253, 256, 287

  Paulin, Thierry, 98, 198

  Pedachenko, Alexandr, 79

  Pelletiere, Chris, 17, 106, 141, 152, 169

  Peruto, Chuck R., 116

  Petiot, Marcel, 80–81, 98, 216–18, 242, 253

  Petrillo, Herman, 191

  Petrillo, Paul, 191

  Pickton, Robert, 12

  Piper, Thomas “Boston Belfry Murderer,” 237

  Pleil, Rudolph, 62, 216

  Pomeroy, Jesse, 142–43, 253, 255

  Pommerencke, Heinrich, 100, 198, 288

  Powell, Frieda “Becky,” 170, 195

  Prince, Cleophus Jr., 243

  Psycho (book/film), 24, 29, 44, 90, 107, 108, 189, 232, 254, 287

  Puente, Dorothea, 242

  Rader, Dennis “BTK,” 2, 34–36, 56–57, 162–63, 198, 295

  Rakowitz, Daniel, 43

  Ramirez, Richard “Night Stalker,” 16, 50, 109, 157, 166, 198, 248–50, 253, 265–66

  Red Dragon (book/film), 64, 189, 199, 254, 262

  Rees, Melvin “Sex Beast,” 119, 198

  Rendell, Ruth, 255

  Resendez, Angel Maturino “Railroad Killer,” 1, 247

  Ressler, Robert K., 13, 35, 53, 74–75, 92, 94, 99

  Ridgway, Gary “Green River” killer, 1, 2, 77, 162–63, 257, 260, 295–96

  Rifkin, Joel, 13, 227, 253

  Robinson, John E., 130–31

  Rogers, Glen, 219

  Ross, Michael, 72

  Ruxton, Buck, 204

  Ryan, Michael, 275

  Sagawa, Issei, 43

  Sanders, Ed, 220–21

  Saul, Peter, 17

  Schachtman, Tom, 94

  Schaefer, G. J. “Florida Sex Beast,” 204, 256

  Schmid, Charles “Pied Piper of Tucson,” 84, 224–26

  Seda, Heriberto, 61–62

  Shawcross, Arthur, 43, 235–36

  Sherman, Lydia, 27–28

  Sherrill, Patrick, 55

  Shipman, Harold, 2, 81–82, 98, 253, 257

  Sickert, Walter, 16, 136

  The Silence of the Lamb
s (book/film), 3, 23, 42, 44, 64, 90, 93, 107, 108, 124, 187, 189, 199, 232, 254–55, 286

  Simmons, Theodore, 216

  Simpson, O. J., 4, 140, 208, 284

  Sithole, Morris, 99

  Smith, David, 185

  Smith, George Joseph, 24, 31, 32

  Smith, Patterson, 256

  Son of Sam. See Berkowitz, David

  Speck, Richard, 16, 46, 49, 50, 93, 114, 119, 272–75

  Spisak, Frank, 244

  Stanley (British surgeon), 79, 136

  Starkweather, Charles, 17, 119, 152–53, 253, 270, 276

  Staton, Rick, 16, 49–51

  Stevenson, Robert Louis, 138–39, 203

  Stübbe, Peter, 86, 90, 118, 173

  Stüller, Nicklaus, 172

  Suff, William Lester, 118

  “Sunset Strip Slayer” (Douglas Clark), 149–50, 198, 258

  Sutcliffe, Peter “Yorkshire Ripper,” 100, 128, 198, 235, 236, 253, 259

  Swango, Michael, 81

  Szczepinski, Vicytor, 198

  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (film), 11, 30, 44, 90, 107, 108, 189, 232–33

  Thugs, 66–67

  “Toledo Slugger,” 294

  Toole, Ottis Elwood, 97, 170, 171, 215, 216, 237, 287

  Toppan, Jane, 205, 237, 253, 283–84

  Tumberty, Francis, 101

  Unruh, Howard, 275

  Vacher, Joseph, 98, 123–24, 154, 259

  Versace, Gianni, 277

  Vlad the Impaler, 118

  Wallace, Henry Louis, 243

  Ward, Liza, 153

  Watts, Coral Eugene, 198, 243

  West, Fred and Rosemary, 85, 98, 150–51, 179, 253

  Wilder, Christopher, 276

  Wilken, Stewart, 236

  Williams, Wayne, 245–46

  Wilson, Colin, 123, 172, 190–91

  Wood, Catherine, 205

  Woodham, Luke, 144

  Wuornos, Aileen, 123, 124, 253

  Young, Graham, 193, 229–30

  “Zebra” killings, 244

  Zodiac killer, 1, 34, 61–62, 119, 130, 161–62, 167, 253, 295

  Zwanziger, Anna, 125, 229

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