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50 Serial Killer Facts and other disturbing facts.

Mia Oliver

Updated: Mar 16, 2021

WARNING 18+ MENTIONS OF PROSITITUON, RAPE, TORTURE, SUICIDE AND DEATH. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. I AM NOT PROMOTING OR MEANING ANY HARM.

  1. John Wayne Gacy had so many bodies crammed underneath the house that the bodies melted together and the bones had to be sorted for over 2 years to put together the full skeletons.

  2. Jeffrey Dahmer didn’t eat people with tattoos because he said the ink made the flesh taste weird.

  3. Ted Bundy worked at a suicide hotline centre.

  4. Ed Kemper read the audiobooks for some books.

  5. Mary Bell killed her first victim around age 10.

  6. Dogs like squeaky toys because it reminds them of a small animal being killed

  7. Rodney Alcala won “The Dating Game” amid his killing spree.

  8. Ted Bundy helped detectives by giving his perspective as a serial killer to help capture Gary Ridgway, The Green River Killer.

  9. Karla Homolka was an accomplice to a Canadian serial killer and helped her boyfriend rape and murder three teenage girls. One of them being her younger sister.

  10. H.H. Holmes was said to of profited from his victims' bodies, by selling their skeletons to medical schools.

  11. Dennis Rader , "The BTK Killer" admitted to putting up some alarm systems in several people's houses, because they were so scared that "The BTK Killer" was on the loose.

  12. Ted Bundy requested for his ashes to be spread in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State — the same place where four of his victims were found. That request was fulfilled.

  13. John Wayne Gacy’s wife ,Carol, lived in the home where he buried most of his 33 victims in the crawlspace. She only questioned her husband once about the smell. When he told her it was mice, she believed him, and never asked again.

  14. Jeffrey Dahmer convinced police that his escaped, injured victim was his partner and they were having a "lover's quarrel."

  15. They nicknamed Edmund Kemper the Co-ed Killer, as most of his victims were female college students.

  16. You will walk past 36 murderers in your lifetime

  17. Rosemary and Fred West murdered half their children and would tell their other children if they don't behave, they will end up in the patio.

  18. Israel Keyes kidnapped a girl and sent her family a photo of her body for ransom money. The victim was assumed to be alive, but she was actually dead and Keyes had sewn her eyes open to make her appear alive in the photo.

  19. Richard Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento, would check the doors of homes to see if they were locked. He believed unlocked doors were an "invitation."

  20. Nannie Doss, the "Giggling Nanny," got her nickname because when she would talk about murdering her husbands, she would laugh.

  21. David Berkowitz claimed a neighbour's dog was possessed by an ancient spirit that commanded him to shoot people.

  22. Richard Ramirez victims ranged in age from 9 to 83.

  23. The picture for your funeral may have already been taken.

  24. Estimated that there's somewhere around 25-50 serial killers that are active each year.

  25. Edmund Kemper known for his large size, at 6 feet 9 inches, and for his high intellect, IQ of 145.

  26. Odds of being murdered in a given year at 1 in 18,989.

  27. There are four types of serial killers Visionary (believes a person or entity is commanding them to kill) , Mission-oriented (Kills in order), Hedonistic (Commits murders for personal use) and Power / Control (Having power and control over their victims)

  28. H.H.Holmes was married to 3 women at the same time.

  29. Forensic scientists can tell how long it has been since death by looking at the species of insect on the body.

  30. James French’s last words while he was in the electric chair were, “How’s this for your headline? French Fries."

  31. Jeffrey Dahmer towards the end before he got caught, had so many bodies in his apartment that he ran out of room and stored one victim in his bathtub. He proceeded to shower over him everyday for a month.

  32. There are over 200 corpses on Mount Everest and they are used as waypoints for climbers.

  33. In toddlers, their adult teeth are right underneath their eyes

  34. You pass the anniversary of your death every year.

  35. Dennis Rader would wait in his victims' homes to ensure they were at their most vulnerable before killing them.

  36. Salt water takes 10 minutes to drown you.

  37. In ancient Rome, they used the crushed brains of mice as toothpaste

  38. One-third of murders go unsolved in the United States.

  39. Being the oldest person alive means that every single human being who was alive at the day you were born has now died.

  40. Dead bodies swell up like balloons after about four days, because of the release of gases and liquids.

  41. About 153,000 people worldwide die everyday.

  42. You can't die of 'old age', only from diseases brought on by age.

  43. There are over 250,000 deaths a year because of medical error.

  44. Within three days of death, the enzymes from your digestive system begin to digest your body.

  45. Robert Pickton ground up his victims and fed them to the pigs on his farm.

  46. Dahmer didn't wear his glasses in the courtroom during his trial because eye contact made him uncomfortable.

  47. Katherine Knight was the first Australian woman to be given life imprisonment without parole.

  48. Serial killer Jerry Brudos had a shoe fetish.

  49. Within three days of death, the enzymes from your digestive system begin to digest your body.

  50. The exact moment you were born, you were the youngest person alive.


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