The Pig Farmer Killer
Robert William “Willie” Pickton is considered the most savage serial killer in Canadian history. Over sixty women disappeared from Vancouver, Canada between 1978 and 2001. Pickton is suspected to be responsible for them…
Jesse Harding Pomeroy – The Boy Torturer
At fifteen years old, Jessie Harding Pomeroy was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He was the youngest person in Massachusetts history to be convicted of first-degree murder…
Diogo Alves
Imagine being a student at the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine. You’re walking past a shelf in the anatomy theater and there, in a jar on a shelf, is a head. Not an unusual sight for a medical student. Until you learn that it’s the actual head of one of Portugal’s most famous killers – Diogo Alves.
Luisa de Jesus – The Founding Wheel Killer
Luisa de Jesus (a/k/a The Foundling Wheel Killer) had a terrible habit of adopting babies. A lot of them. And she killed them all.
Paul Bateson – From The Exorcist to Murder
We’ve all heard the rumor that The Exorcist movie was cursed. Did it affect Paul Bateson too? He was a successful radiologist, but could he also have been a serial killer in his spare time? He was arrested and sentenced to twenty years in prison for the murder of Addison Verrill. He also confessed to killing and dismembering six other men…
Update – Richard Cottingham a/k/a The Torso Killer
In February 1968, Diane Cusick went to the Green Acres Mall in Long Island, NY. But instead, she ended up duct-taped, beaten, raped, and strangled in her car. Her killer may have been found fifty years later His name is Richard Cottingham, a/k/a The Torso Killer.
Tillie Klimeck – Psychic Serial Killer
“You’re pretty near dead now”… Tillie Klimeck reportedly whispered in her husband’s ear. Not exactly the words of a loving, worried wife.
The Otaku Killer
Tsutomu Miyazaki was a Japanese serial killer, who murdered little girls. He called the murders “an act of benevolence”…
Nannie Doss – The Giggling Grandma
Grandmothers are the best! Nannie Doss was no exception. She was smart, sweet, funny, and caring. All of that aside, one of her most well-known skills was murder…