Read The a to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Online
Authors: Harold Schechter
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IQ of,
131
Jekyll/Hyde character of,
36
–37,
59
–60,
138
,
139
as lady-killer,
157
,
158
,
159
mobility of,
202
nationality of,
98
and necrophilia,
194
number of victims of,
37
,
257
and phases,
219
as poet,
227
and race,
243
as slipping through the cracks,
267
and songs/music,
269
as student,
36
,
204
upbringing of,
298
Buono, Angelo,
116
–17
,
119
,
178
,
198
,
215
,
216
,
251
.
See also
Hillside Stranglers
Burke, Thomas,
203
Carignan, Harvey Louis,
8
Carlton, Gary,
198
Carneal, Michael,
144
Carnigan, Harvey Louis,
198
Carpenter, David,
198
Carr, Caleb,
136
,
143
,
144
,
255
Chapman, George,
136
,
229
Chikatilo, Andrei “Mad Beast,”
43
,
54
–55
,
63
,
98
–99,
124
,
148
,
178
,
198
,
251
,
257
,
261
Christie, John Reginald “Monster of Rillington Place,”
122
,
127
,
178
,
251
,
290
Christopher, Joseph,
244
Clark, Douglas “Sunset Strip Slayer,”
149
–50,
198
,
258
Cleckley, Hervey,
179
“Cleveland Torso Killer”
118
,
251
,
260
,
294
Cline, Alfred,
31
–32
Coleman, Joe,
17
–19
,
163
,
212
,
271
,
272
Collins, John Norman,
60
“Colonial Parkway Killer,”
294
Columbine,
144
Connell, Richard,
8
,
240
,
241
Constanzo, Adolfo de Jesus,
66
Corll, Dean “Candy Man,”
16
,
122
,
216
,
224
Cornwell, Patricia,
16
,
136
,
295
Corona, Juan,
208
,
251
,
256
–57
Cotton, Mary Ann,
27
,
28
,
203
Cream, Thomas Neill,
79
–80,
229
,
235
“Criminal Man,”
52
–53
Cullen, Charles,
206
Cummins, Gordon “Blackout Ripper,”
259
Cunanan, Andrew,
277
Dahmer, Jeffrey,
69
–71
animal torture by,
12
–13,
70
books/films about,
3
,
252
,
255
cannibalism of,
42
–43,
70
as celebrity,
3
and characteristics of serial killers,
182
and collectibles,
45
,
46
,
48
,
49
,
50
,
69
copycats of,
24
,
56
,
61
,
199
death of,
71
and definition of serial killing,
73
disposal by,
70
,
78
drawings about,
17
fantasies of,
165
and history of serial killing,
119
as homebody,
122
and homosexuality,
70
,
123
,
267
humor of,
142
insanity of,
129
jokes about,
140
necrophilia of,
70
,
195
number of victims of,
70
and photographs,
221
poetry about,
228
and race issues,
243
,
244
and refrigerators,
258
sadism of,
264
as slipping through the cracks,
267
and songs/music,
269
trophies of,
290
upbringing of,
70
,
298
“De Mau Mau,”
245
de Rais, Gilles,
14
,
30
,
118
de River, J. Paul,
228
de Sade, Marquis,
184
,
270
“Death Angels,”
244
Demme, Jonathan. See
The Silence of the Lambs
Denke, Karl,
42
,
122
DeSalvo, Albert “Boston Strangler,”
75
–77
,
84
,
119
,
148
,
178
,
198
,
252
,
260
,
269
,
271
,
297
Dix, Otto,
17
,
18
“Doc,”
13
Doss, Nannie “Giggling Granny,”
28
Douglas, John,
53
,
94
,
95
,
186
,
234
Drenth, Herman,
32
Duke of Clarence, Albert Victor/Edward,
14
,
136
Durrant, Theodore,
109
,
157
–58,
159
,
198
Dutroux, Marc,
98
Dzumagalies, Nikolai,
262
Ellis, Bret Easton,
254
Emker, William,
110
Fazekas, Julia,
192
FBI,
92
–95
Behavioral Science Unit of,
37
,
75
,
78
,
93
,
95
,
131
,
186
,
234
and characteristics of serial killers,
53
–54,
181
classification of trophies by,
290
and definition of serial killers,
275
definition of serial killing of,
73
,
74
Gein files of,
108
most wanted list of,
247
NCAVC of,
93
,
94
–95
profiling program of,
93
,
131
,
234
and rituals,
260
and Robinson,
131
spree killers distinguished from serial killers by,
275
and upbringing of serial killers,
297
VICAP of,
93
–94,
95
.
See also specific person
Fentress, Albert,
43
Fernandez, Raymond,
62
–63,
119
,
149
,
151
,
251
Fish, Albert,
95
–97
ads of,
8
–9,
10
books about,
252
cannibalism of,
95
,
266
and collectibles,
96
and copycats,
61
death wish of,
71
–72
drawings about,
17
,
41
and excrement,
85
–86
execution of,
42
,
87
,
96
–98
and history of serial killing,
118
and homosexuals,
124
insanity of,
129
–30
letters/notes from,
97
,
163
–65
marriage of,
178
nickname for,
198
paraphilia of,
214
–15
and race issues,
244
sadism of,
263
,
264
self-torture of,
97
,
323
–25
as slipping through the cracks,
266
and songs/music,
269
upbringing of,
297
as werewolf,
173
X rays of,
97
,
323
–25
“44-Caliber Killer.”
See
Berkowitz, David
Francois, Kendall,
243
–44
Franklin, Joseph,
244
,
291
Frazier, John Linley,
230
–31
Freud, Sigmund,
127
,
139
Fugate, Caril Ann,
152
–53
Gacy, John Wayne,
103
–5
as artist,
15
–16,
227
books about,
252
as celebrity,
3
and collectibles,
47
,
49
,
50
,
103
and definition of serial killing,
73
,
74