Read The a to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Online
Authors: Harold Schechter
Tags: #True Crime, #General
disposal by,
77
–78,
104
–5,
242
drawings about,
17
,
41
evilness of,
85
execution of,
105
fantasies of,
92
FBI interview of,
93
and groupies,
109
head injuries of,
114
and history of serial killing,
119
as homebody,
122
and homosexuality,
104
,
123
insanity of,
129
IQ of,
131
Jekyll/Hyde character of,
103
–4,
138
,
139
marriage of,
178
and multiple personalities,
190
nationality of,
98
nickname for,
198
number of victims of,
104
–5,
257
and phases,
219
profile of,
3
and race issues,
243
rituals of,
260
as sadist,
86
,
104
,
264
and songs/music,
269
,
272
upbringing of,
104
Gallego, Charlene,
150
,
179
Gallego, Gerald/Gerard,
150
,
179
Garnier, Gilles,
118
,
173
Gein, Edward,
105
–9
appearance of,
157
books/films about,
29
,
44
,
107
,
189
,
232
,
233
,
252
,
254
,
255
cannibalism of,
44
as celebrity,
107
and collectibles,
47
,
48
,
49
,
50
craftwork of,
227
death of,
107
and definition of serial killing,
105
drawings/portraits of,
17
,
41
,
106
,
141
fan club for,
90
,
91
FBI interview of,
93
and groupies,
109
–10
and history of serial killing,
119
and homosexuality,
123
jokes/nursery rhymes about,
107
,
140
,
141
–42,
204
and media,
107
model kits of,
182
and Nazis,
194
necrophilia of,
106
,
195
and refrigerators,
258
rituals of,
260
sanity of,
107
,
128
,
237
and songs/music,
269
,
270
,
272
and tourist attractions,
285
and transvestism,
286
triggers for,
288
trophies of,
107
,
241
,
290
upbringing of,
105
–6
Gilmore, Gary,
40
Glatman, Harvey Murray,
8
,
72
,
119
,
182
,
221
–23
,
252
Glover, John Wayne “Granny Killer,”
99
Golden, Andrew,
144
Gottfried, Gessina,
125
Graham, Gwendolyn,
205
Grand Guignol Theater,
281
–82
Grans, Hans,
112
Green, Cleo,
198
“Green Man.”
See
DeSalvo, Albert
“Green River” Killer.
See
Ridgway, Gary
Greenwood, Vaughn,
198
Grese, Irma,
185
Grossmann, Georg,
42
,
71
,
172
Grosz, George,
17
,
18
Gruyo,
154
Gunness, Belle,
7
–8,
20
,
26
–27,
241
–42,
252
,
268
,
285
Haarmann, Fritz,
42
,
61
,
62
,
78
,
98
,
111
–13
,
172
,
198
,
202
–3
Haerm, Teet,
138
,
233
,
235
Hahn, Anna Marie,
205
,
229
Haigh, John George “Acid Bath Murderer,”
128
–29
Haley brothers,
216
Hall-Mills murder case,
208
Hanaei, Saeed “Iranian Spider,”
99
–100
Hansen, Robert,
8
,
10
,
241
Hare, Robert,
179
–80
Hare, William,
203
Harris, Eric,
97
,
144
Harris, Thomas,
23
,
42
,
64
,
108
,
189
,
199
,
254
,
255
,
262
,
286
Heath, Neville,
159
Heidnik, Gary,
50
,
71
,
114
–16
,
131
,
252
,
256
,
258
,
270
,
271
Heirens, William “Lipstick Killer,”
16
,
72
,
118
,
129
,
165
–66,
190
,
194
,
198
,
252
Henley, Elmer Wayne,
16
,
51
,
216
,
224
Hillside Stranglers,
50
,
61
,
77
,
97
,
116
–17. See also
Bianchi, Kenneth
Buono, Angelo
Hindley, Myra,
16
–17,
148
–49,
184
–85
,
194
,
198
,
221
,
251
Hitchcock, Alfred,
24
,
29
,
107
,
136
,
137
,
188
,
236
,
287
Hitler, Adolf,
110
,
184
,
185
,
193
,
194
,
244
,
291
Hoch, Johann,
30
–31
Hodel, Steve,
295
Holmes, H. H.,
119
–21
animal torture by,
120
books/films about,
187
,
250
,
252
,
254
as celebrity,
119
and collectibles,
49
,
80
and definition of serial killing,
74
disposal by,
121
as doctor,
79
drawings about,
120
hanging of,
121
and history of serial killing,
118
as lady-killer,
158
and media,
4
number of victims of,
118
,
121
,
256
and ovens,
209
–10
pseudonym for,
198
and quicklime,
242
and tourist attractions,
285
upbringing of,
120
Homolka, Karla,
149
“Hookman,”
167
,
168
Hungary: murder ring in,
191
–92
International Association of Forensic Sciences,
53
Ionosyan, Vladimir,
261
Iranian Spider (Saeed Hanaei),
99
–100
Jack the Ripper,
100
–101,
133
–38
books/films about,
136
,
137
–38,
252
as celebrity,
27
and collectibles,
49
copycats of,
26
,
61
,
155
and death wishes,
72
doctors as,
79
,
80
,
101
,
135
–36
and fan clubs,
90
as granddaddy of serial murderers,
259
and history of serial killing,
118
and Internet,
130
letters from,
134
,
160
–61,
162
nationality of,
98
,
100
–101
number of victims of,
235
,
256
nursery rhyme about,
204
“photograph” of,
17
and poisoners,
229
rituals of,
260
sadism of,
133
–35,
147
–48,
265
and songs/music,
269
sudden halt in murders by,
34
,
135