these people committed murders that
shook the world no one could have had
any idea of the terrible cost that lay
ahead
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
notorious assassins in history
Kuklinski kept his criminal life secret
from his family and neighbors he told
them he was a businessman no one knew
his business was murder
for this list we’re looking at people
that have made an impact on history by
committing targeted murders of prominent
individuals or important figures from
that night onward The Catcher in the Rye
haunted the investigation of Lennon’s
death number ten sirhan sirhan target
Robert F Kennedy
born into a Palestinian Christian family
so your hands sear hen was radical in
his beliefs against Israel in fact when
he learned that Senator Robert Kennedy
supported Israel in the arab-israeli
conflict
he was extremely offended one night as
Senator Kennedy was walking through a
crowd in a hotel
Sirhan shot Kennedy three times
resulting in fatal injuries we are a
great country a selfish country and a
compassionate country and I intend to
make that my basis for running and over
the barrier since Kennedy was the front
runner in the Democratic presidential
race his death largely influenced the
election of Richard Nixon the great
objective of this administration at the
outset to bring the American people
together this assassination was not only
a big news story but ultimately affected
the course of history if you had three
wishes what would they be the first was
that
I wish that Feder candy was still alive
number nine Ramon Mercado target Leon
Trotsky he had no job but he always had
plenty of money and mysteriously nobody
ever asked him why he had all this money
and no job growing up in France Ramon
Mercado lived under the influence of his
mother who worked for leftist
organizations Mercado believed in this
ideology and was recruited to become a
Soviet spy
he was somebody whose name everybody
knew all over the Soviet Union and all
over the world and so to Stalin he was
the fact that he wouldn’t immediately
accept Stalin’s leadership he was the
main thread meanwhile Russian
revolutionist Leon Trotsky was exiled
after criticizing Joseph Stalin and
promoting socialism he will always come
to Trotsky with some half-finished
manuscripts that he would ask for
criticism of and Trotsky was very
willing to be given this criticism as a
spy man Kadare befriended Trotsky by
pretending to sympathize with him in
August 1940 Mac Adair attacked Trotsky
with an icepick and he died the next day
in the brain and according to his later
testimony heard the longest a lot of
screen ever heard of life his death
created a setback for the socialist
movement and promoted the global
dominance
of Stalinism Ramon Mercado spent the
next 20 years in a Mexican jail under
pleasant circumstances negotiated
between socialist Mexico and the Soviet
Union number 8 so c’mon tellurian target
Talaat Pasha born in the Ottoman Empire
so c’mon tellurian moved to Russia to
join the army in 1914 however while he
was there the Ottoman police ordered all
Armenians including his family to be
deported and they were all killed among
up to 1.5 million others in the Armenian
Genocide
soon after today he enjoined a secret
program the targeted officials behind
the genocide called Operation nemesis he
rented an apartment near Talaat Pasha
one of the Ottoman rulers in order to
follow his every move on March 15 1921
Palladian shot and killed Pasha in broad
daylight
however he was acquitted by his jury not
guilty
and is considered a hero by many
Armenians number seven
Richard Leonard The Iceman Kuklinski
target multiple I was a young man I
found out that if you hurt somebody
they’ll leave you alone good guys do
finish last growing up in a gang richard
kuklinski killed his first victim at age
14 after he continued to kill the Mafia
began to recognize this ability I say if
I were to do somebody I want at least
five figures he soon became a hit man of
New Jersey’s to Cavalcanti crime family
and was responsible for killing and
disposing of those he killed he
developed the nickname the Ice Man
because he would often freeze victims
law enforcement authorities have
arrested one of the most notorious
contract killers in state history in
December 1986 he was caught and tried
for five murders several of which wore
his collaborators use of such a
diabolical methodical type of killer
that it’s very possible that when all is
said and done we still may never know
how many people he is actually killed
however law officials suspect that he’s
responsible for between 100 and 200
murders after he confessed in several
interviews he died in 2006 under
mysterious circumstances at the st.
Francis Medical Center at the age of 70
I am probably the loneliest person in
the world because I had nothing I care
for and I can’t make any friends to have
any kind of a relationship or so I’ve
lost everything
number six Daniel James Dan white target
Harvey Milk
this is former supervisor Dan White a
few weeks ago on the day he resigned
from office saying the job didn’t pay
enough to support his family a
conservative San Francisco supervisor
Dan White was upset by the tolerance of
homosexuality on November 10th 1978
white resigned when he felt his salary
was insufficient
but backtracked a few days later and
requested to be reappointed however
mayor George Moscone along with other
supervisors including Harvey Milk
this city affect all of us the first gay
person to hold public office intervened
and the board members elected a Liberal
official instead George Moscone the the
mayor of San Francisco was shot dead in
his office in City Hall this morning so
was Harvey Milk on the 27th of that same
month white then fatally shot Moscone
and milk while they were at City Hall
instead of first-degree murder white was
sentenced to seven years in prison for
manslaughter thanks to the Twinkie
defense
after serving only five the city
ostracized him and he committed suicide
this assassination took away one of the
first gay rights activists that we are
indeed their children and we are indeed
everywhere every myth every lie every
innuendo will be destroyed once and for
number five Mark David Chapman target
John Lennon I even heard a voice my own
inside of me say do it do it do it Mark
David Chapman grew up as a longtime fan
of the Beatles in fact two days after he
bought John Lennon’s newly released
album he waited outside Lennon’s
apartment for an autograph later he
would say it was as if Lennon had
recognized his destiny and had foreseen
that their two paths would converge
Lennon agreed and also allowed a
photographer to take a picture of him
with Chapman however Chapman remained
near Lennon’s apartment until the
musician returned home later that night
shockingly Chapman fired five shots at
Lenin four of which hit him and soon
after caused his death
millions of people mourned the tragic
death of John Lennon today the young and
the middle-aged shared a sense of grief
over the inexplicable slaying of Lennon
Chapman later said he killed him because
quote he was very famous though he had
already turned on the former Beatle
because of his more popular than Jesus
comment his lawyer sought an insanity
plea but Chapman pled guilty and was
sentenced to life imprisonment with
psychiatric treatment
number four Gavrilo Princip target
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria born
in Bosnia Gavrilo Princip was trained in
terrorism by the secret sir be incited
black hand being a South Slav
nationalist Princip sought to take down
austro-hungarian rule in order to unite
the South Slav peoples therefore he
wished to assassinate the heir to the
austro-hungarian throne Archduke Franz
Ferdinand an associate first threw a
bomb that bounced off the convertible
carrying Franz Ferdinand and
subsequently detonated under a nearby
car allowing the procession to make its
way to Town Hall only Archduke stops
right in front of him he can’t believe
he’s a lady’s life they’re only a metre
away he gets two shots before somebody
leaps like it was during the motorcades
drive to the hospital to visit the bomb
victims that Princip had his chance to
shoot Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on
June 28 1914 this assassination
instigated the war between
austria-hungary and Serbia and the First
World War
number three James Earl Ray target
Martin Luther King jr. first of all I’m
a federal prisoner James Earl Ray had a
long criminal history serving jail
sentences for different crimes in the
50s and 60s
in addition Ray had racist beliefs being
against the integration policies that
were taking place in 1968 ray rented a
room in the same motel at which civil
rights leader Martin Luther King jr. was
staying as King stood on a balcony ray
shot him in the face and the single
bullet was enough to ultimately kill him
ray fled to Canada and then to England
but he was caught and sentenced to 99
years in prison April 4th 1968 will
forever be remembered as the day ray
took away the life of a great civil
rights leader number 2 John Wilkes Booth
target Abraham Lincoln he appears to be
in fact the first American actor who had
his clothes ripped by fans when he was
coming out at the theater one night he
was adored unlike other assassins John
Wilkes Booth had established a good
reputation for himself as one of the
most
dealer actors of his time however during
the Civil War
booth supported the Confederates he
viewed the south as the ideal type of
society when President Abraham Lincoln
granted freedom to slaves booth decided
that it was the last speech he would
ever make suddenly a shot rang out
through the auditorium when Lincoln
attended the play our American cousin
booth slipped into Lincoln’s booth and
shot him in the head
but even though booth took Lincoln’s
life the Union was still able to win the
war the platforms fell the four
condemned conspirators dropped to their
death before we reveal our number one
pick here are some honorable or in this
case dishonorable mentions Federal
District Judge John roll tries to help
Barbour and his later shot in the back
McKinley extended his to shake the hand
and instead call gosh fired point-blank
at the president number one Lee Harvey
Oswald target John F Kennedy even though
there are countless conspiracy theories
surrounding JFK’s death Lee Harvey
Oswald was the man ultimately arrested
for assassinating President John F
Kennedy after being court-martialed in
the military for violent behavior
Oswald moved to the Soviet Union where
he hoped to defect but ultimately worked
and got married he eventually returned
to Texas where Kennedy was scheduled to
visit on November 22nd 1963 while
Kennedy was travelling through Texas
Oswald shot Kennedy three times from the
Texas Book Depository while the
presidential motorcade drove by
President Kennedy and Governor John
Connally have been cut down by
assassin’s bullets in downtown Dallas
two days later as he was being brought
to the county jail nightclub operator
Jack Ruby shot Oswald in plain view out
of rage
Kennedy’s assassination had a massive
impact on America creating hysteria and
a distrust in federal institutions do
you agree with our list I don’t they are
leaders No
who do you think is the most notorious
assassin for more informational top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com he is the ultimate
eternal tread and we want you to go out
and share
shook the world no one could have had
any idea of the terrible cost that lay
ahead
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
notorious assassins in history
Kuklinski kept his criminal life secret
from his family and neighbors he told
them he was a businessman no one knew
his business was murder
for this list we’re looking at people
that have made an impact on history by
committing targeted murders of prominent
individuals or important figures from
that night onward The Catcher in the Rye
haunted the investigation of Lennon’s
death number ten sirhan sirhan target
Robert F Kennedy
born into a Palestinian Christian family
so your hands sear hen was radical in
his beliefs against Israel in fact when
he learned that Senator Robert Kennedy
supported Israel in the arab-israeli
conflict
he was extremely offended one night as
Senator Kennedy was walking through a
crowd in a hotel
Sirhan shot Kennedy three times
resulting in fatal injuries we are a
great country a selfish country and a
compassionate country and I intend to
make that my basis for running and over
the barrier since Kennedy was the front
runner in the Democratic presidential
race his death largely influenced the
election of Richard Nixon the great
objective of this administration at the
outset to bring the American people
together this assassination was not only
a big news story but ultimately affected
the course of history if you had three
wishes what would they be the first was
that
I wish that Feder candy was still alive
number nine Ramon Mercado target Leon
Trotsky he had no job but he always had
plenty of money and mysteriously nobody
ever asked him why he had all this money
and no job growing up in France Ramon
Mercado lived under the influence of his
mother who worked for leftist
organizations Mercado believed in this
ideology and was recruited to become a
Soviet spy
he was somebody whose name everybody
knew all over the Soviet Union and all
over the world and so to Stalin he was
the fact that he wouldn’t immediately
accept Stalin’s leadership he was the
main thread meanwhile Russian
revolutionist Leon Trotsky was exiled
after criticizing Joseph Stalin and
promoting socialism he will always come
to Trotsky with some half-finished
manuscripts that he would ask for
criticism of and Trotsky was very
willing to be given this criticism as a
spy man Kadare befriended Trotsky by
pretending to sympathize with him in
August 1940 Mac Adair attacked Trotsky
with an icepick and he died the next day
in the brain and according to his later
testimony heard the longest a lot of
screen ever heard of life his death
created a setback for the socialist
movement and promoted the global
dominance
of Stalinism Ramon Mercado spent the
next 20 years in a Mexican jail under
pleasant circumstances negotiated
between socialist Mexico and the Soviet
Union number 8 so c’mon tellurian target
Talaat Pasha born in the Ottoman Empire
so c’mon tellurian moved to Russia to
join the army in 1914 however while he
was there the Ottoman police ordered all
Armenians including his family to be
deported and they were all killed among
up to 1.5 million others in the Armenian
Genocide
soon after today he enjoined a secret
program the targeted officials behind
the genocide called Operation nemesis he
rented an apartment near Talaat Pasha
one of the Ottoman rulers in order to
follow his every move on March 15 1921
Palladian shot and killed Pasha in broad
daylight
however he was acquitted by his jury not
guilty
and is considered a hero by many
Armenians number seven
Richard Leonard The Iceman Kuklinski
target multiple I was a young man I
found out that if you hurt somebody
they’ll leave you alone good guys do
finish last growing up in a gang richard
kuklinski killed his first victim at age
14 after he continued to kill the Mafia
began to recognize this ability I say if
I were to do somebody I want at least
five figures he soon became a hit man of
New Jersey’s to Cavalcanti crime family
and was responsible for killing and
disposing of those he killed he
developed the nickname the Ice Man
because he would often freeze victims
law enforcement authorities have
arrested one of the most notorious
contract killers in state history in
December 1986 he was caught and tried
for five murders several of which wore
his collaborators use of such a
diabolical methodical type of killer
that it’s very possible that when all is
said and done we still may never know
how many people he is actually killed
however law officials suspect that he’s
responsible for between 100 and 200
murders after he confessed in several
interviews he died in 2006 under
mysterious circumstances at the st.
Francis Medical Center at the age of 70
I am probably the loneliest person in
the world because I had nothing I care
for and I can’t make any friends to have
any kind of a relationship or so I’ve
lost everything
number six Daniel James Dan white target
Harvey Milk
this is former supervisor Dan White a
few weeks ago on the day he resigned
from office saying the job didn’t pay
enough to support his family a
conservative San Francisco supervisor
Dan White was upset by the tolerance of
homosexuality on November 10th 1978
white resigned when he felt his salary
was insufficient
but backtracked a few days later and
requested to be reappointed however
mayor George Moscone along with other
supervisors including Harvey Milk
this city affect all of us the first gay
person to hold public office intervened
and the board members elected a Liberal
official instead George Moscone the the
mayor of San Francisco was shot dead in
his office in City Hall this morning so
was Harvey Milk on the 27th of that same
month white then fatally shot Moscone
and milk while they were at City Hall
instead of first-degree murder white was
sentenced to seven years in prison for
manslaughter thanks to the Twinkie
defense
after serving only five the city
ostracized him and he committed suicide
this assassination took away one of the
first gay rights activists that we are
indeed their children and we are indeed
everywhere every myth every lie every
innuendo will be destroyed once and for
number five Mark David Chapman target
John Lennon I even heard a voice my own
inside of me say do it do it do it Mark
David Chapman grew up as a longtime fan
of the Beatles in fact two days after he
bought John Lennon’s newly released
album he waited outside Lennon’s
apartment for an autograph later he
would say it was as if Lennon had
recognized his destiny and had foreseen
that their two paths would converge
Lennon agreed and also allowed a
photographer to take a picture of him
with Chapman however Chapman remained
near Lennon’s apartment until the
musician returned home later that night
shockingly Chapman fired five shots at
Lenin four of which hit him and soon
after caused his death
millions of people mourned the tragic
death of John Lennon today the young and
the middle-aged shared a sense of grief
over the inexplicable slaying of Lennon
Chapman later said he killed him because
quote he was very famous though he had
already turned on the former Beatle
because of his more popular than Jesus
comment his lawyer sought an insanity
plea but Chapman pled guilty and was
sentenced to life imprisonment with
psychiatric treatment
number four Gavrilo Princip target
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria born
in Bosnia Gavrilo Princip was trained in
terrorism by the secret sir be incited
black hand being a South Slav
nationalist Princip sought to take down
austro-hungarian rule in order to unite
the South Slav peoples therefore he
wished to assassinate the heir to the
austro-hungarian throne Archduke Franz
Ferdinand an associate first threw a
bomb that bounced off the convertible
carrying Franz Ferdinand and
subsequently detonated under a nearby
car allowing the procession to make its
way to Town Hall only Archduke stops
right in front of him he can’t believe
he’s a lady’s life they’re only a metre
away he gets two shots before somebody
leaps like it was during the motorcades
drive to the hospital to visit the bomb
victims that Princip had his chance to
shoot Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on
June 28 1914 this assassination
instigated the war between
austria-hungary and Serbia and the First
World War
number three James Earl Ray target
Martin Luther King jr. first of all I’m
a federal prisoner James Earl Ray had a
long criminal history serving jail
sentences for different crimes in the
50s and 60s
in addition Ray had racist beliefs being
against the integration policies that
were taking place in 1968 ray rented a
room in the same motel at which civil
rights leader Martin Luther King jr. was
staying as King stood on a balcony ray
shot him in the face and the single
bullet was enough to ultimately kill him
ray fled to Canada and then to England
but he was caught and sentenced to 99
years in prison April 4th 1968 will
forever be remembered as the day ray
took away the life of a great civil
rights leader number 2 John Wilkes Booth
target Abraham Lincoln he appears to be
in fact the first American actor who had
his clothes ripped by fans when he was
coming out at the theater one night he
was adored unlike other assassins John
Wilkes Booth had established a good
reputation for himself as one of the
most
dealer actors of his time however during
the Civil War
booth supported the Confederates he
viewed the south as the ideal type of
society when President Abraham Lincoln
granted freedom to slaves booth decided
that it was the last speech he would
ever make suddenly a shot rang out
through the auditorium when Lincoln
attended the play our American cousin
booth slipped into Lincoln’s booth and
shot him in the head
but even though booth took Lincoln’s
life the Union was still able to win the
war the platforms fell the four
condemned conspirators dropped to their
death before we reveal our number one
pick here are some honorable or in this
case dishonorable mentions Federal
District Judge John roll tries to help
Barbour and his later shot in the back
McKinley extended his to shake the hand
and instead call gosh fired point-blank
at the president number one Lee Harvey
Oswald target John F Kennedy even though
there are countless conspiracy theories
surrounding JFK’s death Lee Harvey
Oswald was the man ultimately arrested
for assassinating President John F
Kennedy after being court-martialed in
the military for violent behavior
Oswald moved to the Soviet Union where
he hoped to defect but ultimately worked
and got married he eventually returned
to Texas where Kennedy was scheduled to
visit on November 22nd 1963 while
Kennedy was travelling through Texas
Oswald shot Kennedy three times from the
Texas Book Depository while the
presidential motorcade drove by
President Kennedy and Governor John
Connally have been cut down by
assassin’s bullets in downtown Dallas
two days later as he was being brought
to the county jail nightclub operator
Jack Ruby shot Oswald in plain view out
of rage
Kennedy’s assassination had a massive
impact on America creating hysteria and
a distrust in federal institutions do
you agree with our list I don’t they are
leaders No
who do you think is the most notorious
assassin for more informational top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com he is the ultimate
eternal tread and we want you to go out
and share
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