Thread: Ask me about serial killers.

Originally Posted by fOrceez

Why do you have favourite serial killers?

Why have a favorite anything?

Originally Posted by Seroquel

Why have a favorite anything?

But that's sick :/

I was just thinking, ice shard?
Stab your victim, weapon melts, no traces.

Ed Kemper


The 6'9" Co-ed killer who began his career by shooting his grandparents at the age of fifteen, also had an IQ of 140. He would pick up female hitchhikers in his car and take them to a safe location before killing them. He would then bring them home to his mothers house where he would dissect, and have sex with their corpses.

He ended his series of murders by killing his mother. He decapitated her and used her head for oral sex, afterward he used the head as a dartboard. He also invited a friend of his mothers over and killed her too, before taking off in his car. After he heard of his murders on the radio he drove to the nearest pay phone and turned himself in. He's still alive in prison.

Jeffrey Dahmer


Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. It was almost a decade between his first and second killings, but after that he really started to kill. At his peak killing one person each week.

His MO was to pick up men from gay bars, drug them, and strangle them. He did not torture them, he wanted them dead as quickly as possible because it was then that he could dissect and butcher them to his hearts content. He was partial to necrophilia as well, and he dipped his toes in cannibalism (though he is not known for cannibalism) by eating a bicep of one of his victims. He didn't like it and he never did it again.

He would dispose of his victims bodies by dissolving them in acid and then flushing the resulting sludge down the toilet. He was killed in prison by a schizophrenic inmate.

Fritz Haarmann


This German serial killer was known as The Vampire of Hanover. He is one of Germany's most prolific serial killers with 27+ victims to his name (He claimed it was somewhere between 50 and 70). He would lure commuters, runaways, and the occasional male prostitute to his home, and kill them by biting through their throats, sometimes while viciously sodomizing them. He would dismember the corpses before discarding them in the Leine river, in which police discovered more than 500 human bones which were confirmed as having come from at least 22 separate individuals.

He sold off his victim's valuables, and was even rumored to have sold human meat masquerading as "canned pork" on the black market, at a time when Germany was suffering economic deprivation and severe food shortages. He was eventually caught and executed by guillotine in 1925. His last words were "I repent, but I do not fear death."

Originally Posted by Seroquel

Fritz Haarmann

A german serial killer who looked like Hitler. Hmm...

Peter Kürten


"The Vampire of Düsseldorf", German serial killer who murdered as many as 60, committed his first murders at the age of nine, when he drowned two young friends while swimming. He worked as a dog catcher as a youth, and would torture animals. Eventually he graduated from animal cruelty to murder. On one occasion, he killed a five-year-old girl by strangling and stabbing her 36 times with scissors, he later sent a map to the local newspaper with the location of her body.

He was caught after he raped a girl, but did not kill her. She later went to the police and was able to lead them to his home.

As Kürten was awaiting execution, he was interviewed by Dr. Karl Berg, whose interviews and accompanying analysis of Kürten formed the basis of his book, The Sadist. Kürten stated to Berg that his primary motive was one of sexual pleasure. The number of stab wounds varied because it sometimes took longer to achieve orgasm; the sight of blood was integral to his sexual stimulation.

He too was beheaded by guillotine in 1931.

Originally Posted by Seroquel

Peter Kürten


"The Vampire of Düsseldorf", German serial killer who murdered as many as 60, committed his first murders at the age of nine, when he drowned two young friends while swimming. He worked as a dog catcher as a youth, and would torture animals. Eventually he graduated from animal cruelty to murder. On one occasion, he killed a five-year-old girl by strangling and stabbing her 36 times with scissors, he later sent a map to the local newspaper with the location of her body.

He was caught after he raped a girl, but did not kill her. She later went to the police and was able to lead them to his home.



He too was beheaded by guillotine in 1931.

When I hear about cannibalism, especially in connection with serial killers, I always imagine it involves ingesting flesh raw. Is this generally true, or would it be cooked? And can you recommend a suitable garnish?

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

When I hear about cannibalism, especially in connection with serial killers, I always imagine it involves ingesting flesh raw. Is this generally true, or would it be cooked? And can you recommend a suitable garnish?

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

When I hear about cannibalism, especially in connection with serial killers, I always imagine it involves ingesting flesh raw. Is this generally true, or would it be cooked? And can you recommend a suitable garnish?

Of course it could be cooked. Dahmer cooked the bicep he tried in a frying pan.

Originally Posted by Seroquel

Of course it could be cooked. Dahmer cooked the bicep he tried in a frying pan.

Love that Dahmsy.

Ah, an excellent suggestion! I have yet to try cat's ear.

Awwwwww

... kill them by biting through their throats, sometimes while viciously sodomizing them.

Solar, were you illustrating this? With cats?

no i wasnt :/, quite a coincidence if you ask me

Ok thanks.

That just strikes me as odd though. I thought if you want to absorb someone's power or mojo or whatever you had to eat it raw - the way tribal cannibals would eat the heart or drink the heartblood of an enemy.

There's a ritual on the show Deadliest Catch where, if the fishing season is really bad somebody will eat a raw cod heart to try to get things rolling again. Cooking it just seems wrong. That's why Dahmer is a fail.

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

Ok thanks.

That just strikes me as odd though. I thought if you want to absorb someone's power or mojo or whatever you had to eat it raw - the way tribal cannibals would eat the heart or drink the heartblood of an enemy.

There's a ritual on the show Deadliest Catch where, if the fishing season is really bad somebody will eat a raw cod heart to try to get things rolling again. Cooking it just seems wrong. That's why Dahmer is a fail.

Its a ritual when you catch your first tuna you have to eat its heart.

The most methodical serial killer?

I have a few questions Mr. Sero
1.) Why do you think people murder
2.) Did the Black Dahlia kill more than one victim
3.) Why do you think certain serial killers have such a great impact on society?

Originally Posted by NoDaniel

I have a few questions Mr. Sero
1.) Why do you think people murder

People murder for many different reasons.. Some are paid to (soldiers), some people are just sadistic and take pleasure in torturing others, others rape and then kill so as not to get caught. Some are striking back at a society they feel has wronged them. Some do it for fame.

Some are truly insane, and kill because they think they need to in order to prevent something from happening.

Most serial killers have an "urge" to kill. A thirst for blood that needs to be quenched. These are the ones that kill until they die or are caught.

Originally Posted by NoDaniel

2.) Did the Black Dahlia kill more than one victim

Elizabeth Short aka The Black Dahlia was the victim of an unsolved murder in 1947. Her body was cut in half with a butcher knife while she was alive, but unconscious. Her body was drained of it's blood and was left in two pieces on the grass of a vacant lot. The corners of her mouth were cut, giving her lifeless face a menacing smile (like the joker).

There is actually a lot of evidence to suggest that she was in fact a victim of a serial killer who was operating in Los Angeles at the time. A number of women were found dead, naked and dismembered, all killed in the same manner as Elizabeth Short.

Originally Posted by NoDaniel

3.) Why do you think certain serial killers have such a great impact on society?

Because people are interested in death? Just look at the news : P

Especially when the person doing the killing is attractive, or if the victims are famous. They are the boogeymen of the twentieth century.

What do you look for when deciding on your favorite serial killers? The kill streak, the method behind the murders, the killer's motives, etc? Also, how/when did you develop an interest in serial killers?

Originally Posted by GavinGill

What do you look for when deciding on your favorite serial killers?

How interesting their personalities are, their attractiveness, uniqueness of their murders. Death count is largely unimportant, but the sweet spot I would say is between 10 - 50. After that, it gets too "unreal" for most, and the high counts become more like a statistic.

Originally Posted by GavinGill

Also, how/when did you develop an interest in serial killers?

I developed an interest in them after reading all about John Wayne Gacy, like.. last December?

what are a few serial killers that have a killl count of over 50?

Yesterday I watched that Boston Strangler film. It was okay, but I didn't care for the fictionalized second half where they portray Albert DeSalvo as having Multiple Personality Disorder, in an attempt, I suppose, to make him a more sympathetic character and add ridiculous drama. He was never even suspected of such.

Anatoly Onoprienko


Ukrainian serial killer, named "The Terminator", killed 52 people between the years 1989 and 1996. He would murder entire families and any witnesses unlucky enough to cross paths with him during his murderous rampages. He would also burn his victims' houses down in attempts to cover his tracks. He murdered 43 victims in 6 months.

Gary Leon Ridgway


America's most prolific serial killer, The Green River Killer. Though he confessed to killing 71 women, he is suspected of killing over 90 women, mostly prostitutes, by strangling them, and then dumping their bodies by the Green river. When asked what his career was, he replied "Bitch killer".

Yang Zhiya


Known as the "Monster Killer", China's most prolific serial killer, who confessed to committing 65 murders and 23 rapes between 1999 and 2003, would enter his victims' homes at night and kill everyone with axes, meat cleavers, hammers, and shovels. Executed in February 2004.

Pedro Alonso López


Colombian child murderer and rapist, known as "The Monster of the Andes". He is perhaps the most prolific serial killer of the 20th century, with 110 confirmed victims. Though he confessed to killing over 300 young girls in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador.

He was actually released from prison in 1998. His current whereabouts are unknown.