Ivan Milat — Backpacker Killer Fast Facts: Born in 1944 in Australia Killed at least 7 hitchhiking backpackers and attacked 1 The surviving victim was able to identify him in a line-up He was charged with 7 murders and one attack He was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to 6 years for the…
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A to Z Challenge: H (serial killers)
Harold Shipman — Doctor Death Fast Facts: Born in 1946 and died 2004 in England A doctor, he killed over 200 of his patients by injecting them with lethal doses of painkillers because he enjoyed exercising control over life and death Discovered when the daughter of a victim was convinced he’d killed her mother and…
A to Z Challenge: G (serial killers)
Gary Ridgway — Green River Killer Fast Facts: Born in 1949 in Utah Murdered at least 49 women Was discovered when a DNA test revealed a match Confessed to around 75 to 80 murders Received multiple life sentences Ridgway was raised in a deprived neighbourhood. He wasn’t a good student and after finishin high school…
A to Z Challenge: F (serial killers)
Roy Fontaine — The Monster Butler Fast Facts: Born Archibald Hall in 1924 in Scotland, died in 2002 in England Murdered 5 people as he had a “a side of me, when aroused, that is cold and completely heartless” The owner of a hotel he was staying in became suspicious and police found one of…
A to Z Challenge: E (serial killers)
Edmund Kemper — Co-ed Killer Fast Facts: Born in 1948 in California Killed 6 women and several members of his family, initially to see what it felt like He called the police and confessed, although at first they didn’t believe him Charged with 8 counts of murder Initially convicted of killing his grandparents for which…