Who is the worst serial killer

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Fred west, an absolute rotter.

Fred and Rosemary West. There was a pair of them in it. She was as bad. People forget that.

And while we’re at it - Brady and Hindley. When Hindley died, it was the first time I wished I believed in hell. And that thought repeated itself on Brady’s death.

electro~bitch wrote: »

The missus was worse! You'd need to bleach your brain and your soul after reading their Wikipedia page.

Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, aka The Railway Killer, was pretty terrifying. I usually find serial killer stuff pretty fascinating but I'd to stop listening to a podcast about him. One of those guys on a "divine mission" to rape and bludgeon people to death.

As bad but not worse, IMO. They were matched evenly, a truly fûcked up meeting of minds.

SeaFields wrote: »

For me, when children are the victims it trump's it in terms of the worst notwithstanding they are all horrendous, disgusting people being mentioned here.



I always find him to be a bit of a bullsh!t artist to be honest. All the interviewing he does, acting, etc. No doubt he killed people but I hate that self promoting crap about how bad he was.

Kinda like Richard Kuklinski. Well, I don’t know if he did self-promoting but I feel like others have exaggerated his “prowess” a bit.

smurf492 wrote: »

Richard Ramirez- The Night Stalker... Evil personified

Good god, just read the wiki, it's disturbing... What's even more disturbing is this...

"By the time of the trial, Ramirez had fans who were writing him letters and paying him visits.[103] Beginning in 1985, Doreen Lioy[104] wrote him nearly 75 letters during his incarceration. In 1988, he proposed to her, and on October 3, 1996, they were married"

Dublinandy2 wrote: »

Whichever ones never get caught or detected.

Zodiac killer springs to mind

Dennis Nilsen, the calm way he talked about his murders afterwards makes me think that serial Killers seem to lack that part of the brain that differentiates right from wrong

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Nilsen

eagle eye wrote: »

Chikatilo was the worst of all imo. He killed all types and ate nipple and tongues and had a fascination with the uterus too.

He was physically weak so targeted woman and children. One of the male teenagers put up a good fight but only succeeded in biting and breaking his finger. The bite was one of the things that acted against him when arrested. It's says on wikipedia that he emasculated his male victims, which I presume means he cut off their penis? He couldn't get an erection himself so was getting his jollies by torturing those weaker than him. He'd never had attempted to kill a man. Even cowards know their limits.

Wibbs wrote: »

I recall reading somewhere that around 80% of the known serial killers in the last hundred years have been American. If true, probably more down to detection and capture and media exposure. Russia/the former Soviet Union seems to be a hotspot too. Both large countries, with a larger population, good transport infrastructure, lots of wilderness and a sub population of people travelling around and a load of large cities so strangers don't stand out. Ideal for serial killers I'd imagine.

China is also massive with a large population. They must have loads but they aren't known to be media friendly.

Paddy Cow wrote: »

He was physically weak so targeted woman and children. One of the male teenagers put up a good fight but only succeeded in biting and breaking his finger. The bite was one of the things that acted against him when arrested. It's says on wikipedia that he emasculated his male victims, which I presume means he cut off their penis? He couldn't get an erection himself so was getting his jollies by torturing those weaker than him. He'd never had attempted to kill a man. Even cowards know their limits.

A bite mark was crucial to Bundy being convicted too. He bit one of his victims on the bum quite deeply and a forensic dentist was able to prove that that bite pattern matched Bundy’s teeth.

People always refer to Bundy as handsome. Much like I say Obama was handsome for a politician but in reality was fairly average-looking, so too I think Bundy was merely handsome as serial killers go. But I think how he looked worked with his strategy. He often posed as law enforcement workers or feigned injury so that he could ask young women to help him bring stuff to his car. He was normal-looking and a bit above averagely good-looking whereas most serial killers seem to look a bit haunted and/or unkempt. He looked like your neighbour or uncle. And he exploited this to gain trust. Creepy fücko.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

A bite mark was crucial to Bundy being convicted too. He bit one of his victims on the bum quite deeply and a forensic dentist was able to prove that that bite pattern matched Bundy’s teeth.

People always refer to Bundy as handsome. Much like I say Obama was handsome for a politician but in reality was fairly average-looking, so too I think Bundy was merely handsome as serial killers go. But I think how he looked worked with his strategy. He often posed as law enforcement workers or feigned injury so that he could ask young women to help him bring stuff to his car. He was normal-looking and a bit above averagely good-looking whereas most serial killers seem to look a bit haunted and/or unkempt. He looked like your neighbour or uncle. And he exploited this to gain trust. Creepy fücko.

Ted was no uggo but you're right, he wasn't super handsome. What he was though is charismatic and that increases a persons attractiveness, especially for men. A charismatic person makes people feel good about themselves and they fell safe around the person. They want to spend more time with them and are attracted to them. They can confuse their attraction to the person, with the person being physically attractive.

That's what makes charismatic people so dangerous. You'd run a mile from an average looking person who is socially awkward and comes across as a weirdo but you might be drawn into an average looking charismatic person who is fun to be around. They're still a weirdo, they just hide it better.