Known as "The Son of Sam" and the ".44 Caliber Killer"; shot eight random strangers, killing six, in and around New York City Murdered his cellmate while serving a life sentence for murdering six homeless men during a stabbing spree

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The defendant is an unlikely looking murder suspect. He is handsome, articulate and composed, a former law student who, in his blue suit, is almost indistinguishable from the defense lawyers clustered around him. Nonetheless, Bundy is suspected by police of being one of the worst mass murderers in U.S. history, responsible for a trail of up to 36 young women victims, spanning four years and four states. Most dangerous prisoner in Colorado until his death; confessed to the murders of 41 people across eight different statesUnited States Air Force non-commissioned officer who targeted women and young girls in Fairbanks, Alaska, while serving at Eielson Air Force Base

Known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson"; murdered three teenage girls in Arizona with the aid of local teenagers Known as "The Kansas City Butcher" and "The Collector"; kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered young men in Missouri Man Who Killed 5 L.A. Gays in 1980s Gets Life Sentence". Archived from the original on October 22, 2021 . Retrieved September 23, 2016. The most noteworthy came on September 5, 1975, when Manson Family member Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme pulled a gun on President Gerald Ford in a failed assassination attempt. As Time magazine wrote in “The Girl Who Almost Killed Ford,” it was a chilling reminder that not even those with Secret Service protection are safe from violence in America: Raped and murdered women across California; his home contained photographs of over 20 potential victimsKnown as the "East-Harlem Rapist"; raped seven women in Manhattan from 1991 to 1998, killing three of them Known as "The Classified Ad Rapist"; serial rapist who kidnapped, assaulted and murdered women in Florida's Tampa Bay area American restaurateur responsible for the poisoning deaths of four relatives in Macon, Georgia, apprehended on May 6, 1958, and sentenced to death yet later was involuntarily committed due to her diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenic Robbed and killed two men with his brother and his wife; later killed a prostitute in Charleston during an argument