Worlds Worst Serial Killer?

Fishooks12

It's always something that has fascinated me, the whole notion of killing for pleasure and what drives a person to do it.

The only proper insight I've ever really gotten is a fantastic Australian film based on the Snowtown serial killer John Bunting.

It goes some-way to portraying how some people can justify such horrible acts in their own mind, in Johns case he saw himself as some sort of vigilante

But who's the worst serial killer of all time?


(By the way, before someone suggests it, I'm not a serial killer :cool:)

El Weirdo

Fishooks12 wrote: »

But who's the worst serial killer of all time?

I am. I haven't killed anyone yet.

Poor Uncle Tom

He hasn't been caught yet....

Stompbox

Dahmer and Gacy were two veeeery disturbed individuals.

Saila

this guy

Mr Benevolent

Not again. Why are people interested in this crap? Planning a spree to outdo Brevik?

Blazer

I remember seeing that film starring Brian Dennehey as Gacy. Very disturbing

Fishooks12

Confab wrote: »

Not again. Why are people interested in this crap? Planning a spree to outdo Brevik?

Some people are interested in the human mind

Begs the question though, why did you click on a thread entitled "World's worst serial killer" if you have "no interest in this crap"

smash

Surely the world's worst serial killers are the ones who got caught before they had a chance to go serial...

Snakeblood

That Dexter fellow. The documentary is frankly shocking.

R P McMurphy

Fishooks, it has to be Albert Fish. Desperate character

dilallio

If the bible only contains the truth .....

then here is your answer

Wertz

Watching a docu on BBC4 last night about the Shankill butchers... reckoned that those bastards as a collective were Britain's worst serial killers...

As for the world's worst? No clue, maybe Hitler or one of those madfellas?

dark crystal

I have a good few books on the subject and this guy ranks amongst the worst:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_L%C3%B3pez_(serial_killer)

Pedro Lopez - thought to have killed in the region of 350 children across South America.

EarlyStorms

Its gotta be The Butcher of Rostov - Andrei Chikatilo, an extremely evil man.

westies4ever

going by the number killed, wasnt Harold Shipman the worst?

Orando Broom

These boys were up there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs

Fishooks12

Orando Broom wrote: »

These boys were up there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs

Christ I remember my friend had this on his phone before, really horrible

St.Spodo

Ted Bundy must be up there among the worst, he's got to be one of the most fascinating too.

kupus

Orando Broom wrote: »

These boys were up there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs

I came on to have a laugh and say that I ate a box of honey nut cheerios and a box of cornflakes in one day......

but after reading this wiki ffs.. hands down these are the most sickest people in the world, even the horror movie maker couldn't watch till the end.

Arawn

Countess Elizabeth Slatory(sp)

Wattle

Confab wrote: »

Not again. Why are people interested in this crap? Planning a spree to outdo Brevik?

Ah ah Brevik was a spree killer not a serial killer.

They might not have been the most prolific but Fred & Rosemary West were evil bastards.

joseph brand

dark crystal wrote: »

I have a good few books on the subject and this guy ranks amongst the worst:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_L%C3%B3pez_(serial_killer)

Pedro Lopez - thought to have killed in the region of 350 children across South America.

After his jail term, he started preying on young girls in Peru. He later claimed that, by 1978, he had killed over 100 of them. He had been caught by a native tribe, who were preparing to execute him, when an American missionary intervened and persuaded them to hand him over to the state police. The police soon released him. He relocated to Colombia and later Ecuador, killing about three girls a week.

Thank God for missionaries. :rolleyes:

keano_afc

joseph brand wrote: »

Thank God for missionaries. :rolleyes:

Yes, all of them go around looking to free serial killers. The dastards.

Dotrel

Dennis Nilsen is probably Britain's best nominee. He's the original Jeffrey Dahmer.

Strange how Ireland doesn't seem to have many/any? We must be a very well behaved bunch of people. Either that or the Gardai can't catch them.

Auvers

Luis Garavito was one of the most despicable I have ever read about (and due for release in a few years :eek:)

but nothing to the likes of these killers using ideology to justify the murder of millions of victims

Heinrich Himmler
Mao Zedong
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Stalin

dsmythy

He was probably never caught. Those stories of people being killed by werewolves and the undead throughout history were likely killed by people who were very real.

MetalDog

EarlyStorms wrote: »

Its gotta be The Butcher of Rostov - Andrei Chikatilo, an extremely evil man.

Slayer have a song about him. You know you're a good serial killer when Kerry King and the lads write a song about you, Dahmer and Ed Gein have gotten the Slayer treatment as well.

Andrei Chikatilo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBqw9e-Zcg

Dahmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLzkABLX6x4

Ed Gein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp_ntrq_K40

Zadkiel

Arawn wrote: »

Countess Elizabeth Slatory(sp)

Bathory?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory

Arawn

Zadkiel wrote: »

Bathory?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory

thats the one, I knew it didn't sound quite right

saintsaltynuts

On the subject ive always believed there was a serial killer in the Leinster Area.I'd say he's pretty dormant now with the introduction of mobile phones and that.But ive often wondered if there was one out there how many did this evil fooker kill?

Zadkiel

Arawn wrote: »

thats the one, I knew it didn't sound quite right

She was a right nasty bitch

Sooopie

Sc@recrow wrote: »

I remember seeing that film starring Brian Dennehey as Gacy. Very disturbing

great actor

Wattle

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

On the subject ive always believed there was a serial killer in the Leinster Area.I'd say he's pretty dormant now with the introduction of mobile phones and that.But ive often wondered if there was one out there how many did this evil fooker kill?

Well the disappearances stopped when a certain rapist went to jail.

Sooopie

I've had a morbid obsession with Jack the Ripper since I was allowed as a small child watch that 2 part series with Michael Cain on the telly by my mad granny who lived in the middle of nowhere on an isolated farm.

So he's my fav

humanji

I was just about to mention that.

Albert Fish is one that always gives me the shivers when I think about it. What he did was absolutely messed up. And the sad thing is, it's probably nothing compared to what some people are doing at the moment. It's usually pure chance that causes most serial killers to be caught. Most of them and their victims will never be found.

Elliemental

Wasn't it actually Dr Harold Shipman who was the most prolific serial killer of all time? Over 200 deaths have been laid at his feet, anyway.

There is something more insidiously sinister about him. The calculated way in which he fully exploited his position of utmost trust to kill, and make a profit. I find it more chilling the Hollywood movies style serial killers, tbh.

Sooopie

Fred and Rose West have to get an honourable mention

You'd have never thought it to look at them whaaa

annascott

I went through a phase in the 90's reading about most serial killers. To date, the worst that I have ever read about is Peewee Gaskin. His torture methods of both male and female were unspeakable...

http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/gaskins.htm

LittleBook

EarlyStorms wrote: »

Its gotta be The Butcher of Rostov - Andrei Chikatilo, an extremely evil man.

Agreed. Citizen X is a film about him, or rather, a film about the forensic analyst Viktor Burakov (played by Stephen Rea) who worked on the case for nearly 10 years. There's a scene at the end where his superior (Donald Sutherland) formally apologises for pushing Burakov to breaking point on the case and Burakov breaks down completely. Don't know if it's true but it's a scene that's stayed with me.

Wattle

Elliemental wrote: »

Wasn't it actually Dr Harold Shipman who was the most prolific serial killer of all time? Over 200 deaths have been laid at his feet, anyway.

There is something more insidiously sinister about him. The calculated way in which he fully exploited his position of utmost trust to kill, and make a profit. I find it more chilling the Hollywood movies style serial killers, tbh.

He only tried to profit with one of his last victims by forging her will which is one of the reasons he got caught.

LittleBook

Auvers wrote: »

Luis Garavito was one of the most despicable I have ever read about (and due for release in a few years :eek:)

dark crystal wrote: »

Pedro Lopez - thought to have killed in the region of 350 children across South America.

Garavito and Lopez, both Colombian, are the two serial killers at the top of the List of Serial Killers by Number of Victims. The third on the list is also Colombian.

5th is an American guy I've never heard of, surprisingly.

BrokenArrows

Are you defining "worst" as the person who killed the most or the person who was just not good at being a serial killer. lol.

Fratton Fred

Wertz wrote: »

Watching a docu on BBC4 last night about the Shankill butchers... reckoned that those bastards as a collective were Britain's worst serial killers...

As for the world's worst? No clue, maybe Hitler or one of those madfellas?

Beat me to it.

Says it all when the UVF gave the ring leaders details to the IRA so they could meter out a bit of revenge.

saintNsinnerr

Me says Richard Kuklinski... heres what he did -
part 1
http://youtu.be/ErNrZ6ttPuI
part 2
http://youtu.be/p0oIV38Q1LI
part 3 -
U`ll find next parts on you tube.
A disgrace on humanity

Tipsy McSwagger

Ed Kemper was a crazy bastard. He killed his mother, decapitated her and then had oral sex with the head.

Nephinbeg

Carl Panzram was pretty horrific by all standards. In between murdering at least 22 people and sodomizing over 1000 men (and no he wasn't gay) he came out with some of the craziest quotes ever:

“I have no desire whatever to reform myself. My only desire is to reform people who try to reform me. And I believe that the only way to reform people is to kill 'em.”

"I wish you all had one neck and that I had my hands on it.”

His final words were like something from Sin City:

"Hurry it up, I could hang a dozen men while your fooling around."

pragmatic1

saintNsinnerr wrote: »

Me says Richard Kuklinski... heres what he did -
part 1
http://youtu.be/ErNrZ6ttPuI
part 2
http://youtu.be/p0oIV38Q1LI
part 3 -
U`ll find next parts on you tube.
A disgrace on humanity

Yeah he was a bad dude. More of a psychotic hitman than a serial killer though.

Alice1

Denis Nielsen has always fascinated me. Read a book about him "Killing for company". Kind of strange - seems he was lonely and found it difficult to make / keep friends. There wasn't cruelty per se involved but he sure was a disturbed individual.

Azureus

EarlyStorms wrote: »

Its gotta be The Butcher of Rostov - Andrei Chikatilo, an extremely evil man.

Was gonna say this dude too...never heard of him til I read Child44 and then started reading up a bit on him. Messed up.

daithieoghan

Ed Gein was a sick puppy