Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Serial Killers Ted Bundy - The Crimes and Life of One of America’s Most Infamous and Blood Thirsty b 7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers. Strictly speaking, a serial killer is someone who murders at least two people in separate events that occur at different times. While “serial murder” is not formalized by any legal code, the crimes of serial killers have often been seized on by the media and the public consciousness—especially in cases where there are many victims or the murders are carried out in gruesome fashion. The following list explores some of the most notorious serial killers the world has ever known. Jack the Ripper. We call him “Jack the Ripper,” but we don’t really know who the person behind one of the older and most notorious murder sprees was. The killer appeared in London’s Whitechapel district in 1888 and murdered five women—all prostitutes—and mutilated their corpses. Police surmised the killer was a surgeon, butcher, or someone skilled with a scalpel. The killer mocked the community and the police by sending letters outlining the acts. Although many suspects have been named over the years, the killer has never been identified. Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeffrey Dahmer started killing in 1978, just 18 years old, and wasn’t arrested for murder until 1991, after a would-be victim escaped and led police back to Dahmer’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home. It was there that some of the gruesome details of his life of killing were seen via photos of mutilated bodies and body parts strewn across the apartment. He even had a vat of acid he used to dispose of victims. In all, Dahmer killed 17 people, mostly young men of color. He served time in prison twice—the first time for molestation and the second time for murder—and was killed by a fellow inmate in 1994. Harold Shipman. Harold Shipman, also known as “Dr. Death,” is believed to have killed at least 218 patients, although the total is quite likely closer to 250. This doctor practiced in London and between 1972 and 1998 worked in two difference offices, killing all the while. He wasn’t caught until a red flag was raised by several people, including an undertaker who was surprised by the sheer number of cremation certificates Shipman was a part of, along with the fact that most of the cases were elderly women found to have died in bed not at night but rather during the day. Police mishandled the investigation, and Shipman kept killing until he got greedy and tried to concoct a will for a victim that named him beneficiary, which led the victim’s daughter to become suspicious. He was finally convicted in 2000 and committed suicide while in prison in 2004. John Wayne Gacy. A construction worker known by his suburban neighbors as outgoing, John Wayne Gacy was involved in politics and even acted as a clown for birthday parties. He was no clown. Gacy came under suspicion in 1978 when a 15-year-old boy, last seen with him, went missing. That wasn’t the only time families of missing boys had pointed fingers at Gacy, but it was the first time authorities took them seriously. Soon after, a search warrant granted police access to the Gacy home, with the smell of nearly 30 bodies buried in a four-foot crawl space under his home. He was convicted of 33 counts of murder, with additional counts of rape and torture, and was executed by lethal injection in 1994. H.H. Holmes. Chicago has had its share of killers, but perhaps none more haunting than H.H. Holmes, the pharmacist who turned a hotel into a torture castle. Ahead of the 1893 world’s fair, Holmes moved to Chicago and started outfitting a three-story hotel with all manner of nefarious contraptions, including gas lines, secret passages and trapdoors, hallways to dead ends, chutes to the basement, soundproofed padding, and torture devices strewn throughout a maze. The gas allowed Holmes to knock out his guests before the worst of what was to happen came next, often on his surgical tables. He then burned the bodies in the building’s furnace, selling skeletons to medical schools and running life insurance scams. In all, he copped to more than 30 murders—found only after a fellow scammer turned him in for falling short on a financial agreement—before he was hanged in 1896. Pedro Lopez. One of the world’s most prolific serial killers might still be out there. Pedro Lopez is linked to more than 300 murders in his native Colombia and in Ecuador and Peru. At least one-third of those murders were tribal women. After Lopez’s arrest in 1980, police found the graves of more than 50 of his preteen victims. He was later convicted of murdering 110 girls in Ecuador and confessed to 240 more murders in Colombia and Peru. The “Monster of the Andes” didn’t even spend 20 years in prison, as he was released in 1998 for good behavior. More than 20 years since, his whereabouts remain unknown. MOB TALK RADIO. Although the Ann Marie Burr case is still open it's unlikely we will ever know exactly what happened to her. With Bundy dead and no other suspects or DNA evidence it will be extremely difficult to prove whether he did kill Ann Marie or not. However for me there are too many coincidences. Bundy is probably the standard that other serial killers in America are compared to today. I believe Ann Marie Burr was Bundy's first victim. Sadly Don Burr passed away in 2003 followed by Beverly in 2008. They never did find out what became of their precious daughter. Monday, January 16, 2017. AN ERA ENDS IN PHILADELPHIA. by Jeff Canarsie An era in Philadelphia lore has ended with the death of Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo. Nicky died Friday in the medical center inside of Butner FCI in North Carolina. Nicky had been in ill health for months and while it was not reported publicly, I have been told that Nicky wasn't expected to make it through Christmas, and his weight had been plummeting for months prior. There is a lot one can say about Nicky Scarfo, as he was more like Al Pacino in Scarface than Marlon Brando in the Godfather. He was a blood thirsty gangster that believed that one could change the forecast by putting bullets in his problems. History will argue that under the Scarfo reign there was more bloodshed than anything, but also under Nicky the Philadelphia LCN made some serious money, especially with SCARF INC, a construction company of dimwits who did rebar and cement work(and not exactly the right way either, much to the laughter of other companies) Sort of like the rehab windows thing Vincent Gigante had, but at least he put the windows in right side up. In mentioning Vincent Gigante, Scarfo owes his rise to infamy to "the chin." Had Gigante not played his hand, Scarfo likely would have ended up in a body bag himself, or stuck out in Atlantic City to collect nickles and dimes the rest of his life. It's not to say that Nicky wasn't capable, he was, he just had a penchant for murder and mayhem over making money. An example would be the time he stabbed a guy in a diner over a seat. There was a beef over a seat in a diner, and rather then just walk away, Scarfo used a butter knife to make his point clear. He would wind up doing time, and in effect getting himself banished to Atlantic City to dwindle. Scarfo was know to be stubborn as a mule and completely disrespectful. It truly depends on what circle you listen to, but Nicky just did what Nicky wanted to do. While he was coming up in the mob, the Philadelphia Consigliere at the time Joe Rugnetta had offered his daughters hand in marriage to a despondent Scarfo. Rather than politely decline, Scarfo explained he would not marry any "girl who looked like an ape." Rugnetta obviously wanted revenge. He was disrespected and wanted Scarfo's head on a platter. The boss, Angelo Bruno wouldn't allow it, and Nicky was forced to apologize and give up some money in return. This was just an instance of Nicky Scarfo doing exactly what he wanted and "fuck everyone else." The knife incident, his mouth, and the consternation of another mobsters daughter effectively ended up getting Nicky sent to Atlantic City. There wasn't any money at the time in Atlantic City and while Nicky did his best to service his small bookmaking and loan shark racket just wasn't producing enough to survive. He desperately wanted to get back to Philadelphia. Insert Vincent "the chin" Gigante. What hasn't been reported by many, is this. Vincent Gigante was responsible for some real cloak and dagger stuff. He was directly responsible for the attempted murder of Frank Costello(with Vito Genovese) he also was responsible for the murder of Angelo Bruno. Your mob authors haven't told you that. Instead they try and wave a tapestry of politics, and the truth is, many upper echelon mobsters have been involved in taking out bosses. From Lucky Luciano, Joe Bonanno, Carlo Gambino, and Vincent Gigante all played snake in the grass. NICKY'S ASCENT TO POWER. As I mentioned without Vincent Gigante, Nicky Scarfo would have been just another corner mobster.