the path to infamy is paved with blood
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down the top 10 most
chilling real-life serial killers in
American history let me do the same over
one more time cuz I know you guys
pre-tape and your clip and stuff number
10
Aileen Wuornos she is one of the only
female serial killers Wuornos was abused
during childhood and eventually became a
prostitute to support herself she went
to jail multiple times for robbery
assault and more but her murders began
in 1989 while her story often changed
Wuornos claimed all her victims tried to
rape her before she shot them by 1993
she was convicted of six murders and she
was executed by lethal injection nine
years later in 2003 warren else’s life
story made it to the big screen with
Charlize Theron taking on the role of a
monster to me this world is none but
evil and all of us are full of evil one
way or another
number 9 Albert DeSalvo the Boston
Strangler while DeSalvo took the fall
for these crimes evidence suggests they
were committed by more than one person
panic-struck Boston in the early 60s
when 13 single women between the ages of
19 and 85 were sexually assaulted and
strangled in their homes the terror
ended in 1964 when DeSalvo was arrested
for rape he soon confessed to being the
Boston Strangler and was sentenced to
life in prison in 1967 to this day some
proclaim his innocence but he was found
murdered in jail in 1973
recently tying it up not all right
number eight the Zodiac killer identity
unknown the Zodiac killer plagued
California in the late 1960s and early
70s by stabbing and gunning down
innocent people during the spree the
killer sent letters to local newspapers
and police in which he claimed
responsibility for a total of 37 murders
though police only credited him with
five stabbings and shootings zodiac also
left coded messages he claimed revealed
his true identity but they were never
cracked the most prominent suspect in
this case was Arthur Leigh Allen who
died of kidney failure in 1992 however
most experts agreed he was not the
killer the case remains unsolved
number seven David Berkowitz the Son of
Sam or the 44 caliber killer the Son of
Sam crimes terrified New York in the
mid-1970s around the same time Berkowitz
allegedly joined a cult and he later
claimed his fellow cult members actually
committed some of the crimes for his own
motive he asserted that his neighbor’s
demon-possessed dog instructed him to
kill he cryptically explained this to
police and media in a series of letters
finally after receiving a parking ticket
near one of his shootings Berkowitz was
captured in 1978 he was sentenced to 365
years in prison for six murders and
seven attempted murders he has since
become a born-again Christian and is a
counselor for disturbed prisoners number
six Ted Bundy the campus killer or lady
killer law student Bundy used his charm
and good looks to learn multiple women
to their deaths the turning point in his
life came when he was dumped by his
first love his first confirmed murders
took place in the mid-1970s and he
continued to evade police across
multiple states for years by using his
forensic knowledge to gain his victims
trust he dressed as an authority figure
or with a cast he then hit them over the
head raped and then strangled them Bundy
blanked pornography for his crimes and
he admitted to over 30 murders though
many have not been confirmed he died in
the electric
in 1989 I’ve met a lot of men who were
motivated to commit violence just like
me and without exception every one of
them was deeply involved in pornography
without question number five Dennis
Rader the BTK killer on the exterior
Raiders life was normal he was married
had kids and held down steady jobs
however in 1974 the BTK
or bind torture kill killer began
murdering people in Kansas by various
means shortly thereafter he taunted
authorities with letters that described
his crimes
Raiders last-known murder was in 1991
and over a decade later the case went
cold with no suspect however in 2004 BTK
resumed communications and made a number
of mistakes that got him caught Rader
was sentenced to 10 consecutive life
sentences with no possibility for parole
for 175 years number 4 Gary Ridgway the
Green River Killer guilty he proved you
can get away with murder for a while
Ridgeway was violent in his youth at age
16 he stabbed a six-year-old who
survived he eventually began frequenting
prostitutes
despite unwavering religious beliefs in
fact many of his murder victims from the
80s and 90s were prostitutes or Runaways
whom he picked up had sex with strangled
then dumped near the Green River after
being suspected and cleared early in the
investigation Ridgeway was finally
arrested in 2001 he then confessed to 71
unconfirmed murders and was sentenced to
48 consecutive life terms in 2003 number
3 Ed Gein the Plainfield ghoul or the
mad butcher this Wisconsin native
inspired not one but three of the most
famous movie killers the effeminate game
grew up with a deep attachment to his
abusive mother and he eventually decided
he wanted to become a woman only three
murders were actually attributed to him
but he was terrifying because he robbed
and murdered in order to form a woman
suit he could wear when authorities
searched his house after his capture
they found paraphernalia made of human
body parts littering his home game died
of cancer while incarcerated for one
murder in a mental institution
in 1984 number 2 John Wayne Gacy the
killer Klown Gacy is why we’re all
afraid of clowns
this seemingly upstanding citizen
dressed up as Pogo the clown for local
children’s parties however behind the
scenes he molested teens who work for
him in addition to other crimes he spent
18 months in jail for sodomy before he
moved and continued assaulting young
boys the murders began in 1972 he mostly
assaulted then strangled employees of
his landscaping company and other male
youths then buried them around his house
he was finally arrested at the end of
1978 and was convicted of 33 murders
two years later Gacy was executed by
lethal injection in 1994 number one
Jeffrey Dahmer the Milwaukee cannibal
the Milwaukee monster Dahmer first
became known to police
as a registered sex offender however the
murders began in 1978 Dahmer often
picked up his male victims in gay bars
and had sex with them before drugging
and killing them when the police finally
searched his apartment they found
decomposing corpses and body parts as
well as photos of his victims in various
states of torture Dahmer is also said to
have engaged in both necrophilia and
cannibalism in 1992 he was sentenced to
15 life terms but he was beaten to death
by a fellow inmate two years into his
term I should have stayed with God I
tried and failed and created a holocaust
do you agree with our list which serial
killer do you think was the most
despicable for more informative top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down the top 10 most
chilling real-life serial killers in
American history let me do the same over
one more time cuz I know you guys
pre-tape and your clip and stuff number
10
Aileen Wuornos she is one of the only
female serial killers Wuornos was abused
during childhood and eventually became a
prostitute to support herself she went
to jail multiple times for robbery
assault and more but her murders began
in 1989 while her story often changed
Wuornos claimed all her victims tried to
rape her before she shot them by 1993
she was convicted of six murders and she
was executed by lethal injection nine
years later in 2003 warren else’s life
story made it to the big screen with
Charlize Theron taking on the role of a
monster to me this world is none but
evil and all of us are full of evil one
way or another
number 9 Albert DeSalvo the Boston
Strangler while DeSalvo took the fall
for these crimes evidence suggests they
were committed by more than one person
panic-struck Boston in the early 60s
when 13 single women between the ages of
19 and 85 were sexually assaulted and
strangled in their homes the terror
ended in 1964 when DeSalvo was arrested
for rape he soon confessed to being the
Boston Strangler and was sentenced to
life in prison in 1967 to this day some
proclaim his innocence but he was found
murdered in jail in 1973
recently tying it up not all right
number eight the Zodiac killer identity
unknown the Zodiac killer plagued
California in the late 1960s and early
70s by stabbing and gunning down
innocent people during the spree the
killer sent letters to local newspapers
and police in which he claimed
responsibility for a total of 37 murders
though police only credited him with
five stabbings and shootings zodiac also
left coded messages he claimed revealed
his true identity but they were never
cracked the most prominent suspect in
this case was Arthur Leigh Allen who
died of kidney failure in 1992 however
most experts agreed he was not the
killer the case remains unsolved
number seven David Berkowitz the Son of
Sam or the 44 caliber killer the Son of
Sam crimes terrified New York in the
mid-1970s around the same time Berkowitz
allegedly joined a cult and he later
claimed his fellow cult members actually
committed some of the crimes for his own
motive he asserted that his neighbor’s
demon-possessed dog instructed him to
kill he cryptically explained this to
police and media in a series of letters
finally after receiving a parking ticket
near one of his shootings Berkowitz was
captured in 1978 he was sentenced to 365
years in prison for six murders and
seven attempted murders he has since
become a born-again Christian and is a
counselor for disturbed prisoners number
six Ted Bundy the campus killer or lady
killer law student Bundy used his charm
and good looks to learn multiple women
to their deaths the turning point in his
life came when he was dumped by his
first love his first confirmed murders
took place in the mid-1970s and he
continued to evade police across
multiple states for years by using his
forensic knowledge to gain his victims
trust he dressed as an authority figure
or with a cast he then hit them over the
head raped and then strangled them Bundy
blanked pornography for his crimes and
he admitted to over 30 murders though
many have not been confirmed he died in
the electric
in 1989 I’ve met a lot of men who were
motivated to commit violence just like
me and without exception every one of
them was deeply involved in pornography
without question number five Dennis
Rader the BTK killer on the exterior
Raiders life was normal he was married
had kids and held down steady jobs
however in 1974 the BTK
or bind torture kill killer began
murdering people in Kansas by various
means shortly thereafter he taunted
authorities with letters that described
his crimes
Raiders last-known murder was in 1991
and over a decade later the case went
cold with no suspect however in 2004 BTK
resumed communications and made a number
of mistakes that got him caught Rader
was sentenced to 10 consecutive life
sentences with no possibility for parole
for 175 years number 4 Gary Ridgway the
Green River Killer guilty he proved you
can get away with murder for a while
Ridgeway was violent in his youth at age
16 he stabbed a six-year-old who
survived he eventually began frequenting
prostitutes
despite unwavering religious beliefs in
fact many of his murder victims from the
80s and 90s were prostitutes or Runaways
whom he picked up had sex with strangled
then dumped near the Green River after
being suspected and cleared early in the
investigation Ridgeway was finally
arrested in 2001 he then confessed to 71
unconfirmed murders and was sentenced to
48 consecutive life terms in 2003 number
3 Ed Gein the Plainfield ghoul or the
mad butcher this Wisconsin native
inspired not one but three of the most
famous movie killers the effeminate game
grew up with a deep attachment to his
abusive mother and he eventually decided
he wanted to become a woman only three
murders were actually attributed to him
but he was terrifying because he robbed
and murdered in order to form a woman
suit he could wear when authorities
searched his house after his capture
they found paraphernalia made of human
body parts littering his home game died
of cancer while incarcerated for one
murder in a mental institution
in 1984 number 2 John Wayne Gacy the
killer Klown Gacy is why we’re all
afraid of clowns
this seemingly upstanding citizen
dressed up as Pogo the clown for local
children’s parties however behind the
scenes he molested teens who work for
him in addition to other crimes he spent
18 months in jail for sodomy before he
moved and continued assaulting young
boys the murders began in 1972 he mostly
assaulted then strangled employees of
his landscaping company and other male
youths then buried them around his house
he was finally arrested at the end of
1978 and was convicted of 33 murders
two years later Gacy was executed by
lethal injection in 1994 number one
Jeffrey Dahmer the Milwaukee cannibal
the Milwaukee monster Dahmer first
became known to police
as a registered sex offender however the
murders began in 1978 Dahmer often
picked up his male victims in gay bars
and had sex with them before drugging
and killing them when the police finally
searched his apartment they found
decomposing corpses and body parts as
well as photos of his victims in various
states of torture Dahmer is also said to
have engaged in both necrophilia and
cannibalism in 1992 he was sentenced to
15 life terms but he was beaten to death
by a fellow inmate two years into his
term I should have stayed with God I
tried and failed and created a holocaust
do you agree with our list which serial
killer do you think was the most
despicable for more informative top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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