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Gary Michael Heidnik (November 22, 1943 – July 6, 1999) was an American murderer and serial rapist who kidnapped, tortured and sexually violated six women, murdering two of them, while holding them captive in a self-dug pit in his basement floor in Philadelphia between 1986 and 1987.
Altemio C. Sanchez (January 19, 1958 – September 22, 2023), also known as the Bike Path Rapist (and later Killer), [2] was a serial killer, of Puerto Rican descent , who is known to have raped and murdered at least three women, [3] and raped at least 9 to 15 girls and women in and around Buffalo, New York, during a 31-year span from 1975, though perhaps earlier, to 2006.
Jame Gumb (known by the nickname "Buffalo Bill") is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Thomas Harris's 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs and its 1991 film adaptation, in which he is played by Ted Levine. In the film and the novel, he is a serial killer who murders overweight women and skins them so he can make a "woman suit" for ...
Frisby’s remains were uncovered in June 1985 at a crime scene tied to notorious serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. ... Lake died by suicide while in custody in 1985, while Ng was ...
However, "The Zodiac Killer" remains one of America's most infamous and elusive serial killers. Active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he is confirmed to have killed at least five people in ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. American murderer and human trophy collector (1906–1984) This article is about the American killer and body snatcher. For the band named after him, see Ed Gein (band). Ed Gein Gein, c. 1958 Born Edward Theodore Gein (1906-08-27) August 27, 1906 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. Died July 26 ...
Joseph Gerard Christopher (July 26, 1955 – March 1, 1993) was an American serial killer who gained infamy for a series of murders in the early 1980s. He is believed to have killed at least twelve African American men and boys and wounded numerous others.
A convicted serial killer who prowled the Sunset Strip, murdering sex workers and runaways — sometimes with the help of his girlfriend — died this week after spending 40 years on death row.