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H.H. Holmes, byname of Herman Mudgett, (born May 16, 1861?, Gilmanton, New Hampshire, U.S.—died May 7, 1896, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), American swindler and confidence trickster who is widely considered the country's first known serial killer.
Authorities ultimately accused the Benders of committing 11 murders between 1870 and 1873. The foursome was never caught. Their story is the focus of Susan Jonusas's Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier.
In 2007, India earned a world record for having the Youngest Serial Killer. It was never a record to be proud of. Unlike other serial killers, Amarjeet Sada was only seven years old when he committed three brutal murders. Amarjeet's poor parents were happy when they were blessed with a son.
Serial killers. Australians convicted of multiple murders: Catherine Birnie, rape and murder of four women in Perth in 1986. David Birnie (1951–2005) rape and murder of four women in Perth in 1986.
Aileen Wuornos, 46, was executed by lethal injection on Oct. 9, 2002, for the deaths of six men along Central Florida highways in 1989 and 1990. She was known as America's first female serial killer. Wuornos appears in court in December 1991.
Charles Manson experienced several periods of abandonment as a child. How might his mother's repeated abandonment have contributed to his later criminal activities and establishment of a cult?
What Percent of Serial Killers Had a Bad Childhood? According to a child abuse and serial murder study by Mitchell and Aamodt, 74% of serial killers suffered from psychological abuse as a child and 42% suffered from physical abuse from a young age.
On 25 May 1968, the day before her 11th birthday, Bell strangled four-year-old Martin Brown in an upstairs bedroom of a derelict house located at 85 St. Margaret's Road. She is believed to have committed this crime alone.
When suspicions were aroused in 1873 the Benders fled. Eleven bodies were found, with crushed skulls, in the Bender garden. No one has ever been able to prove what happened to Kate and her family, even though a nationwide manhunt turned up suspects for many years after.
Most of the tracts are located along or near U.S. Highway 400 in Labette and Montgomery counties. The old Bender property is located on the northwest corner of the highway's intersection with Chase Road. Nothing on site identifies it as the serial-killing family's former homestead.
The unsettling true story of America's first serial killing family. A troubled doctor searches for patients swallowed by the prairie and encounters the Benders, homesteaders trapped by a life of unspeakable sin.
Numbers peaked in the 1970s when there were nearly 300 known active serial killers in the U.S. In the 1980s, there were more than 250 active killers who accounted for between 120 and 180 deaths per year. By the time the 2010s rolled around there were fewer than 50 known active killers.
In addition, 82 percent of American serial killers were white, 15 percent were black, and 2.5 percent were Hispanic.
Once notable exception to this was an autobiography of serial killer Richard Ramirez who had ADHD as a child (Carlo, 1996).
Serial killers with the highest known victim count. The most prolific modern serial killer is arguably doctor Harold Shipman, with 218 probable murders and possibly as many as 250 (see "Medical professionals", below). However, he was actually convicted of a sample of 15 murders.
Four types of serial murderers are identified: the 'visionary,' the 'mission-oriented,' 'hedonistic,' and 'power/control-oriented.
The Bender family, more well known as the Bloody Benders, were a family of serial killers in Labette County, Kansas, United States, from May 1871 to December 1872. The family consisted of John Bender, his wife Elvira, their son John Jr., and their daughter Kate.
Amarjeet Sada, an eight-year-old alleged serial killer, was labeled a sadist by psychologists. Amarjeet Sada, the enigmatic figure shrouded in darkness and mystery, emerged from the quaint village of Mushahar in Bihar, India.
Famous serial killers such as Ted Bundy, Jeff Dahmer and Dennis Rader grew up in healthy households with supportive family members.
Ted Bundy of the Bundy Bug
The intrigue of the so called handsome serial killer is that many people did not believe he committed his crimes because he was so dang charming! Explore the facets of Bundy presented by those who knew him.
1. Ted Bundy. Perhaps one of the most prolific and famous sociopaths and psychopath figures in modern history.