Different Types of

Multiple Killers
Mass
Spree
Serial
# of victims
3+
# of events
3+
# of locations
1
3+
Cooling-off period
yes

4+

2+

1
2+

no

no

Serial killer commits 3+

murders over an
extended period of
time with coolingoff periods in
between. In
between their
crimes, they appear
to be quite normal,

Mostly white males with

average intelligence
Avg age is 29.
Usually from unstable
home.
Absence of a loving and
nurturing relationship.
Physical ailments or
disabilities (head injuries
common).
Triad Animal Cruelty,
Bedwetting, Pyromania.

Visionary Motive Type- considered

insane or psychotic.
Voices tell them to commit crime
(some see visions). Eg., Son of Sam

Mission-Oriented Type- no
psychosis, but has a need to rid the
outside world of what he considers
immoral or unworthy.
Will select a certain group of
individuals to kill (prostitutes, young
women, gay men, etc.) Eg., Pickton

Thrill-Oriented Type- For the

fun.
He is very sadistic and kills for

excitement. Eg., Zodiac

Lust Killer- Sexual killer. Not
psychotic. Kills for the pure turnon.
The amount of pleasure is
dependent on the amount of
torture. The more heinous the
torture, the more aroused they
become. Eg., Dahmer

Serial killers often keep mementos of

their victims.
Souvenirs: Personal items allow the
killer to enjoy the memories of the
crime.
Some
keep Polaroids
A trophy can become something of
a shrine

Dahmer`s Bone Shrine

Common Traits

Top 10 (According to Listverse.com):

10 Alcohol and substance abuse
9 Psychological abuse during childhood
8 Sexually stressful events in childhood
7 Bedwetting
6 Growing up lonely and isolated
5 Fantasies
4 Preferring auto-erotic activities
3 Voyeurism and fetishism in adulthood
2 Acting out fantasies on animals
1 Physical injuries (often head trauma)

Henry Lee Lucas

3 years old
Mother forced him to watch her have sex with
strangers
Spent 3 days in a coma after mother hit him
with a plank of wood
7 years old
Mother made him go to school dressed like a
girl until he was in the second grade
She beat him when his teacher gave him a pair
of shoes
10 Years old
Mother shoots a mule he was given as a
present by a family friend

Murdered mother at age 24. Convicted of

11 murders. Linked with 213.

The MacDonald Triad

Animal Cruelty/Bed
Wetting/Pyromania
Secret compulsion seen as the

seeds of greater mayhem.

Animal Cruelty Dahmer often
mutilated and tortured stray dogs.
Bed-wetting 60% of serial killers
wet their bed AFTER adolescence.
Pyromania Destruction is sexually
stimulating. Easy to make leap
from destruction of property to
destruction of human lives.

Organized vs.

FBI has categorized serial killers into two

Disorganized
different types:

Organized

Disorganized

Intelligent, planned

Lower intelligence,

murder
Kill in one place,
dispose in another
Lure victims by
appealing to their
human nature (e.g.
Bundys plaster cast)
Choose a victim to
hunt
Cover their tracks
Closely follow crimes
in the media

impulsive, unplanned
crimes
Rarely disposes of a
body, or covers tracks
Socially inadequate
with few friends and
often have a history of
mental problems
DAHMER

Victim List of Subject #

1

Victim List of Subject # 1

1) Anna Slesers (55) Died 14th June 1962

2) Mary Mullen (85) Died 28th June 1962
3) Nina Nichols (68) Died 30th June 1962
4) Helen Blake (65) Died 30th June 1962
5) Ida Irga (75) Died 19th August 1962
6) Jane Sullivan (67) Died 20th August
1962
7) Sophie Clark (20) Died 5th December
1962
8) Patricia Bissette (23) Died 31st
December 1962
9) Mary Brown (69) Died 9th March 1963
10) Beverley Samans (23) Died 6th May
1963
11) Evelyn Corbin (58) Died 8th September

Method of Subject # 1
Victims all female
Age / race not consistent
Murdered in their own apartments
No forced entry
Victims all raped
Bodies left in obscene positions
Strangled, usually with their own silk

stockings
Tied stockings in a bow under their
chin
He terrorized Boston for 18 months

Albert De Salvo, Boston

Strangler
The Measurer, The
Green Man

Various minor crimes

Abusive father
13 victims as the
Boston strangler
Rumored 300+ victims
as The Measurer and
The Green Man
Paranoid

Outcome
While in custody for rape and breaking
and entering, he confessed to also being
the Boston strangler, and murdering 13
women. His wife took his two children to
her homeland of Germany at the urging
of his lawyer. He was never tried as the
Boston strangler, but was given
sentences for his rape and burglary
charges that would ensure he spent the
rest of his life in custody. Six years into
those sentences he was stabbed while in

Victim List of Subject #

2

Victim List of Subject #

1)
Steven Hicks June, 1978
2 2) Steven Tuomi Sept, 1987
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)

James Doxtator January, 1988

Richard Guerrero March, 1988
Anthony Sears March, 1989
Edward Smith June, 1990
Raymond Smith July, 1990
Ricky Lee Beeks July, 1990
Ernest Miller Sept., 1990
David Thomas Sept., 1990
Curtis Straughter Feb., 1991
Errol Lindsey April, 1991
Anthony Hughes May 24, 1991
Konerak Sinthasomphone May 27, 1991
Matt Turner June 30, 1991
Jeremiah Weinberger July 5, 1991
Oliver Lacey July 12, 1991
Joseph Bradehoft July 19, 1991

Method of Subject # 2
Victims all male
Age / race not consistent
Murdered in killers home
All were homosexual
Victims all raped
Victims were lured to his home for

intimate contact
Once there victims were drugged and
tortured
Bodies were dismembered
Some body parts were eaten by the

Jeffrey Dahmer,
Milwaukee Monster

Various arrests for assault

Devoted parents, happy
home life
18 victims confirmed, many
more suspected
Started unusual fascination
with death as a small child
Necrophiliac, cannibal,
experimental
neurosurgeon

Outcome
One of his victims escaped and a neighbour
called the police, who believed Dahmers story
of the boy being his lover and released the boy
to Dahmers custody and his death. A final
victim was lucky enough to escape and this
time the police took notice. He admitted to
the murders and detailed his brutality. He
plead guilty and insane but the jury found him
guilty and sane, while he was in prison one
inmate tried to slash Dahmers throat
unsuccessfully, the next attack (with an iron
bar) was successful in smashing Dahmers

Victim List of Subject #

3

Victim List of Subject #

31) Lonnie Trumbull, 23/6/66
2)
Donna Manson,
12/3/74
3)
Susan Elaine Rancourt, 17/4/74
6/5/74
5)
Brenda Baker, 25/5/74
1/6/74
7)
Georgeann Hawkins, 11/ 6/74
14/7/74
9)
Denise Naslund, 14/7/74
11) Nancy Wilcox, 2/10/74
10/18/74
13) Laura Aimee, 31/10/74
8/11/74
15) Caryn Campbell, 1/12/75
Cunningham, 15/3/75
17) Denise Oliverson, 4/6/75
15/4/75
19) Lynette Culver, 5/6/75

4)

Kathy Parks,

6)

Brenda Ball,

8)

Janice Ott,

10)
12)

Jane Doe, 2/9/74

Melissa Smith,

14)

Debbie Kent,

16)

Julie

18)

Melanie Cooley,

20)

Susan Curtis,

Method of Subject # 3
All
All
All
All

victims were female

victims were white and single
victims were young (late teens)
had long dark hair, parted in the
middle and looked similar
Usually abducted and found some
time later
All victims were seen talking to a man
wearing a cast or sling shortly before
their disappearance
Abducted in the evening
Severely beaten about the head
Dumped in woodland

Ted Bundy, Lady Killer

College graduate, law student,
politically ambitious, rape
counselor.
Respected and admired by (most)
who met him.
Popular
with women,
generally
Chose
victims
who looked
like his
considered
to be a nice guy.
ex
girlfriend.
Crimes spanned four states
Escaped from jail to resume his
killing spree
Protested his innocence until he
was sentenced to death, when he

Outcome
Bundy managed to escape detection by pure fluke
several times before finally being caught for
attempted kidnapping. His previous flukes were
due to his reputation as an upstanding citizen, and
his charm. After he was imprisoned for
kidnapping, while awaiting extradition to face
other charges he escaped and went on a further
killing spree. This time he was seen trying to
abduct a school girl, a few days later he was
arrested again and sentenced to death. Hours
before his execution he gave an interview, where
he accepted responsibility for his crimes and
wished to inform the public of the encouragement

Quotes

Gary Ridgeway:

Green

River Killer

Body Count:
49 - Proven
71-90+ Possible

I`m not a serial rapist, I`m a serial kil

Ted Bundy:

Campus Killer

Body Count:
35 - Proven
36+ Possible

You feel the last bit of breath leaving

their body. Youre looking into their ey
A person in that situation is God..."

John Gacy: Killer Clown

Body Count:
33 - Proven
34+ Possible

I should never have been convicted

of anything more serious than runni
a cemetary without a license."

David Berkowitz: Son of

Sam
Body Count:
6 - Proven

I am deeply hurt by you calling me

woman hater. I am not. But I am a
monster. I am the Son of Sam."

Jeffrey Dahmer: The

Milwaukee Cannibal
Body Count:
17 - Proven

After the fear and terror of what I had

done had leftI started it all over agai
From then on it was a craving, a hunge

Peter Sutcliffe:

The

Yorkshire Ripper

Body Count:
13 - Proven
15 - Possible

The women I killed were filth-bastard

prostitutes who were littering the stre
I was just cleaning the place up a bit."

Edmund Kemper: Co-Ed

Body Count:
10 - Proven

Killer

One side of me says Id like to talk to

date her. The other side of me says, I
wonder how her head would look on a

Aileen Wuornos:
Highway Killer

Body Count:
6 - Proven
8+ Possible

I robbed them, and I killed them cold

ice, and I know I would kill another per
because Ive hated humans for a long t

Harold Shipman: Dr.

Death
Body Count:
218 - Proven
250 Possible

"The only thing I did wrong was not

her cremated. If I had had her crema
I wouldn't be having all this trouble.

Andrei Chikatilo:
Citizen X

Body Count:
53 - Proven
56 - Possible

I felt a kind of madness and

ungovernability in perverted sexual
acts. I couldnt control my actions .

Pedro Alonzo Lopez: Monster of

the Andes

Body Count:
110 - Proven
350 Possible

The moment of death is enthralling and ex

those who actually kill know what I meanW
released I will feel that moment again.

I am the man of the century. No one will fo