Read The a to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Online
Authors: Harold Schechter
Tags: #True Crime, #General
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