Who is the worst serial killer

ceadaoin. wrote: »

I can't fathom how they didn't notice tbh. Wasn't there body parts in the fridge or cooking on the stove also at the time? Everyone says the smell of death in unmistakable and it is. Once there was a dead rat in the bushes in my garden and I knew right away something was dead in there despite never smelling it before. You'd think police officers would be more observant.

I think the guy who escaped only to be sent back had a brother who was also killed by Dahmer too.

It absolutely is and you wouldn't not notice it, which it why I think reports that he had parts cooking on the stove have been added into folklore. That poor young lad was a victim not only of Dahmer but also of the times. Back then there was no such thing as rape within marriage and sexual abuse of children went largely unreported. People didn't talk about sex openly the way we do now and the concept of paedophiles didn't exist.

There was a horrible case in the 60's in Australia about the three Beaumont children who went missing while on a trip to the beach. They were 9, 7 and 4. At the time is was socially acceptable to expect the 9 year old to be responsible for the younger siblings. People only thought about physical dangers such as crossing the road or getting hit by the bus. They didn't realise the biggest danger to kids was other adults.

During the 70's and 80's there still wasn't a huge focus on the dangers of serial killers/paedophiles. They started getting media attention but it was still something that happened in other places, NIMBY. With the huge technological burst of the 90's, suddenly everyone was aware of just how dangerous other people can be and it could be your neighbour and that's when parents and police forces became hyper vigilant.

In this day and age there should be no circumstance in which a grown man can explain why he is in the company of an intoxicated minor. I'm not making excuses for him but I can see how he played the police. They were unfortunately for his victim, different times.

Oh would people **** off with "the IRA" and loyalist paramilitaries and politicians.

They know that's not what the thread is about but being edgy trumps all for some.

branie2 wrote: »

John Haigh, an English killer from the 1940s - he shot his victims, and disposed of their bodies in an acid bath.

And got caught because Mrs Durand Deacon's dentures and gallstones hadn't dissolved if I remember correctly.

Peter Tobin is one evil twisted individual.

Watched the Ted Bundy doc, found it scary that a seemingly normal educated person could become a deranged killer.

Mao.