Exploring the chilling profiles of notorious serial killers throughout history. The most intriguing thing about them is the way they keep calm after committing a heinous crime. Here is the list of 8 worst psychopaths in history from cannibals to necrophile, most of them have a method of perverseness.
Ted Bundy
The notorious American serial killer who was active during the 1970s.
Ted Bundy was born Theodore Robert Bundy on November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont, USA. He typically approached young women, often posing as an authority figure or using his charm to gain their trust. He would then lure them to secluded areas where he would assault and ultimately murder. Bundy’s exact count victim count is uncertain, but estimates range from around 30 to over 100 women. He targeted young women across several states, including Washington, Utah, Colorado, and Florida. A kidnapper, rapist, burglar and Necrophile, Ted Bundy was an A-level psychopath. He decapitated at least 12 of his victims and kept their severed heads in his apartment as mementoes.
Bundy was first arrested in 1975 in Utah for evading a police officer, and later linked through physical evidence twice from custody, once in Colorado and later from a courthouse in Aspen, before his final capture in Florida in 1978. He was sentenced to death.
Elizabeth Bathory
Elizabeth Bathory, also known as the Blood countess, was a hungarian noblewoman born in 1560. She is infamous or her alleged serial killings of young girls, with accusations ranging from hundreds to over a thousand victims.
She was the most notorious psychopath during the sixteenth century. She used to torment her targets by forcing them to eat their own flesh, stabbing them with needles and burning parts of the face. She used to bathe in their blood, thinking that it would retain her youth.
Ed Gein
Ed Gein was a notorious American murderer and body snatcher who lived in Winconsin. He gained infamy in the 1950s for his gruesome crimes, which included collecting women’s bodies from local graveyard and creating household items and clothing from their remains. Gein’s story has inspired various fictional portrayals in books and films, particularly in horror genres. Norman Bates(from Psycho), Leatherface, (from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Buffalo Bill (from Silence of the Lambs) are three of the most iconic fictional horror characters of all time-and they’re all loosely based on one man: Ed Gein. His case is often cited as one of the most disturbing and bizarre in criminal history. Gein passed away in 1984 in a mental institution.
Charles Manson
Charles Manson was a notorious cult leader in the late 1960s. He founded the Manson Family, commune in California. He used psychopathic manipulation to gain his cult followers. Not only did he murder people on his own, but he convinced his deepest admirers to commit the same brutal acts he did. Manson and his followers committed a series of murders, including the infamous Tate-LaBianca killings in 1969, director Roma Polanski’s wife, as well as coffee heiress Abiail Folger. Manson was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. His case remains a significant symbol of the darker side of the counterculture movement of the 1960s.
Leonarda Cianciulli
Leonarda Cianciulli, also known as “The Soap-Maker of Correggio,” was an Italian serial killer who operated in the 1930s. She is infamous for murdering three women and turning their bodies into soap and teacakes. Cianciulli believed that sacrificing these victims would protect her son during World WarII. She was eventually caught, tried, and sentenced to 30 years in prison and 3 years in criminal asylum.
“I threw the pieces into a pot, added seven kilos of caustic soda, which I had bought to make a soap, and stirred the whole mixture until the pieces dissolved in a thick, dark mush that I poured into several buckets and emptied in a nearby septic tank. As for the blood in the basin, I waited until it had coagulated, dried it in the oven, ground it and mixed it with flour, sugar, chocolate, milk and eggs, as well as a bit of margarine, kneading all the ingredients together. I made lots of crunchy tea cakes and served tem to the ladies who came to visit, though Giuseppe and I also ate them.”
Albert Fish
Albert Fish, also known as the “Gray Man” or the “Werewolf of Wysteria,” was an American serial killer, child rapist, and cannibal who operated during the early 20th century. Born in 1870, Fish was a deeply disturbed individual who committed numerous atrocities. He confessed to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of several children, claiming to have victimized around 100 children in total.
Fish’s crimes included cannibalism and mutilation, and he was known for sending disturbing letters to the families of his victims, detailing the acts he committed. He was eventually arrested, tried, and convicted in 1935. Albert Gish was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in 1936. His case remains one of the most grotesque and chilling examples of serial murder in American history, highlighting the extreme depths of human depravity.
Thomas Neill Cream
A scottish-Canadian serial killer who operated in the late 19th century. He was born in 1850 and was known for poisoning his victims, primarily prostitutes, in both the United States and England.
Cream began his criminal activities in the United States, where he poisoned several women with strychnine. He was arrested, convicted, and served time in prison before being released in 1891. He then moved to London, where he resumed is killings. His modus operandi involved offering poisoned pills to his victims under the guise of providing illegal abortions or treating other ailments.
The Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac killer is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer who operated in Northern California during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The killer gained notoriety for a series of murders and cryptic messages sent to the press and police, including ciphers that have yet to be fully deciphered.
He linked to at least five murders between 1968 and 1969, although he claimed to have killed as many as 37 people. HIs victims were typically couples who were typically young remote areas, and he often taunted law enforcement with letters and puzzles sent to newspapers.
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