Famous Murderers

• Bathory, Erzsebet

  The Transylvanian countess who bathed in the blood of virgins

• Bundy, Ted

  The smooth-talking serial killer who blamed porn

• Cho, Seung-Hui

  The student who killed 32 others at Virginia Tech in 2007

• Dahmer, Jeffrey

  The "Milwaukee Cannibal" serial killer

• Doss, Nannie

  "The Jolly Black Widow" serial killer

• Durst, Robert

  The eccentric killer featured in the HBO show The Jinx

• Gacy, John Wayne

  The "Killer Clown" who buried his victims in his house

• Gein, Ed

  Wisconsin killer who inspired the movie Psycho

• Hoover, Larry

  Jailed leader of the Gangster Disciples street gang

• Jack the Ripper

  Notorious throat-slashing London killer of the 1800s

• Manson, Charles

  Cultish figure in famous 1969 killing spree

• Muhammad, John Allen

  The killer who shot 10 people near Washington, DC in 2002

• Pistorius, Oscar

  The Olympic amputee sprinter who killed his girlfriend

• Ridgway, Gary

  The Green River Killer

• Wuornos, Aileen

  The Florida serial killer portrayed in the movie Monster

See: Index by Occupation