Dorothea Puente was a sweet old woman that rented rooms in her house to elderly and disabled people. She was happy to take care of them, give them their meds, and even hold their hands if they needed it. Oh yeah, and she was also happy to murder them, bury them in her backyard, and steal their social security and pension checks…
Richard Cottingham did not have the traumatic childhood that’s usually associated with serial killers. He was born in the Bronx and moved to New Jersey when he was 12. He struggled a little after the move, but by high school, he had friends and was more social. He graduated, got a job, got married, and had kids. He appeared to be living a normal life, but was hiding a dark secret – he was a serial killer….
Belle Gunness was not a typical female serial killer. The most common murder weapon of a female serial killer is poison (with a few exceptions). Although a female serial killer gets pleasure out of watching her victims slowly suffer and die, as a whole, their murders are less blood and guts than men. We like to keep things neat, what can I say?
YouTube has over 30 million channels that show you anything from how to keep bees to how to build your own house… luckily there are many channels that focus solely on true crime and serial killers…
In 2011, former cult leader Roch Theriault was stabbed to death in prison. His murderer turned himself in and said “That piece of shit is down on the range. Here’s the knife, I’ve sliced him up.” Sounds brutal, right?
Have you ever wondered if someone you know is a serial killer? I think at one time or another everyone has looked at someone and thought “Ok, that person is definitely a serial killer”. How can you be sure? Well, the FBI has some thoughts on the subject…
PLEASE NOTE – If you have yet to check out Part 1 of this series on serials killers, you may want to start there first!
Like I’ve said – Kemper is just fascinating. On one hand, he had a horrible childhood that completely screwed him up and may have contributed to him becoming an uncontrollable killer. On the other hand, he knew exactly what he was doing and why…
In 1981, the town of Brookfield, Connecticut, went through two huge historic moments. The first occurred in February when the town recorded its first ever murder. The second happened nine months later in November, when the defense of not guilty due to demonic possession was used during a trial for the first time…
Okay, we all know that hitchhiking isn’t safe. Even worse is getting into a strange man’s car when girls are disappearing and body parts are turning up all over. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what was happening in California in the early 1970s…..that’s when The Co-Ed Killer started hunting….