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Eva Dugan, first woman and last person executed by hanging by the state of Arizona for murder of chicken rancher Andrew Mathis, 1927. John Barcoski, murdered by being beaten to death with pick-axes by the Coal and Iron Police 9 February 1929. Victor Licata, who killed his father, mother, two brothers, and a sister with an axe in Tampa, Florida.
Contract killing (also known as murder-for-hire) is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people. [1] It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of compensation, monetary or otherwise. Either party may be a person, group, or organization.
A person may attain celebrity status by having great wealth, participation in sports or the entertainment industry, their position as a political figure, or even their connection to another celebrity. 'Celebrity' usually implies a favorable public image, as opposed to the neutrals 'famous' or 'notable', or the negatives 'infamous' and 'notorious'.
Notorious means well known for a negative trait, characteristic, or action. It may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media. Films. ...
Notorious and infamous serial killers number in the thousands and a subculture revolves around their legacies. [177] That subculture includes the collection, sale, and display of serial killer memorabilia, dubbed "murderabilia" by Andrew Kahan, one of the best-known opponents of collectors of serial killer remnants. Kahan is the director of the ...
Arkansas: The Phantom Killer. Number of Victims: 5 The most dramatized and talked-about serial killer in Arkansas is the Phantom Killer, also known as the Texarkana Phantom.
Historical figure brand is using famous historical person in branding, for instance Mozartkugel, Chopin (vodka) or Café Einstein. Historical figure is a person who lived in the past and whose deeds exerted a significant impact on other people’s lives and consciousness.
Famous for being famous is a paradoxical term, often used pejoratively, for someone who attains celebrity status for no clearly identifiable reason—as opposed to fame based on achievement, skill, or talent—and appears to generate their own fame, or someone who achieves fame through a family or relationship association with an existing celebrity.