Nobody knows for sure, but it is a known fact that all serial killers share some common characteristics; most were abused as children, experienced some form of head trauma, experienced violent sexual events as children, grew up isolated and alone, and acted out their violent fantasies on animals before moving on to humans. The serial killers on today’s list committed, particularly horrendous crimes and are all suspected of much higher body counts than those they were ultimately convicted of. We have listed them according to their number of confirmed victims.
Here are 25 Most Terrifying Serial Killers Of All Time
https://list25.com/25-creepiest-serial-killers-that-shocked-society The abducted men and infants were executed promptly, while the women were used for their personal pleasure in a twisted operation the two nicknamed Operation Miranda. The most horrifying aspect of Lake and Ng’s murdering spree was that they painstakingly documented their acts on film. Interestingly, Kroll was arrested after a neighbor complained about a plumbing backup. Human remains had obstructed the pipes. When Kroll was apprehended, he was in the midst of boiling body parts hacked from his most recent victim, Marion Ketter, a 4-year-old girl. Although his lawyers tried to declare him incompetent to stand trial, a jury found him guilty of 16 murders. He was sentenced to death in 1989 after prosecutors presented evidence suggesting his total victims surpassed 65. After being convicted of 15 murders, Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive lifetimes in prison, a sentence that amounts to 941 years; however, he died in prison in 1994 after an assault by another inmate. Bijeh was apprehended on September 24, 2004, and sentenced to death. Over 5000 people came to witness his public execution. He was sentenced to life in prison before being executed by the electric chair in Florida in 1998. Gacy was found guilty of raping, torturing, and murdering 33 teenage boys over the course of six years. He would entice them to his house, strangle or asphyxiate them, and then bury them underneath his house. Gacy was executed in 1994 via lethal injection. Hours before his execution in 1989, Bundy confessed to abducting and murdering 30 women; however, it is widely acknowledged that the actual number was much higher. Reports from the time stated that his screams could be heard for two days before he perished on the third. He was finally charged with 40 rapes and 38 murders. Many of his victims were never identified. In 1997, Sithole was sentenced to 2,410 years in prison. Ridgway confessed to 48 murders in 2003 to avoid the death penalty and received several life sentences. He has since admitted to several more homicides, claiming a body count of 75 to 80 victims. Even though he confessed to 56 brutal murders, he was tried and convicted of only 53 in 1994 and executed by firing squad. He was executed by firing squad a few weeks after the verdict. Little died on December 30, 2020, at the age of 80, in a hospital in Los Angeles. He justified his decision to target and kill young girls; he preferred virgins “because they cried,” which gave him more satisfaction. In 1994, he was murdered in prison by another inmate. In an almost theatrical twist, one of his victims’ nephews stabbed him to death. Police believe Popkov may eventually confess to dozens more victims as his tally is believed to be closer to 200. Nazi police apprehended Ludke at the end of WWII after they discovered him in necrophilic acts with the remains of one of his victims. He eventually confessed to several unsolved murders and was declared insane. He was committed to a hospital in Vienna and subjected to medical experimentation that ended with his execution by lethal injection in 1944. A judge sentenced him to be strangled 100 times and his body to be dismembered and dissolved in acid, identical to what he had done to his victims. De Rais confessed to the accusations after his arrest and described how he ritually tortured hundreds of youngsters over a roughly ten-year period. De Rais appeared to take particular delight in the killings. After cutting their throats, he would sit on the victims’ bellies to watch them die. On October 26, 1440, he was sentenced to death by simultaneous burning and hanging and died in Nantes. Despite being a convicted serial killer, Lopez was released from prison in 1998 for “good behavior.” While several theories surround his whereabouts, no one can confirm where he is today. After his conviction, Garavito was sentenced to the longest prison sentence in Colombian history, 1,853 years. Nonetheless, Colombian legislation was changed in the following years to limit imprisonment to a maximum of forty years – and his sentence was further reduced to 22 years as he cooperated with the authorities to locate his victims’ remains. He will now become eligible for parole in 2023.
