21/01: Case study: Danny Rolling
Category: Serial Killer
Posted by: Andreas
Danny Rolling, "the Gainesville Ripper", was a confessed and convicted U.S. serial killer. After confessing to the murder and mutilation of five students in Gainesville, Florida, in August 1990, he was ultimately executed. | ![]() |
19/01: Case study: Gary Ridgway
Category: Serial Killer
Posted by: Andreas
Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, is one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. On November 30, 2001, as he was leaving a Renton, Washington factory where he worked, he was arrested for the murders of seven women whose deaths were attributed to the "Green River Killer". |
18/01: Case study: H. H. Holmes
Category: Serial Killer
Posted by: Andreas
Herman Webster Mudgett, better known under the alias of "Dr. H. H. Holmes," was an American serial killer. Holmes trapped and murdered possibly hundreds of guests at his Chicago hotel, which he opened for the 1893 World's Fair. He confessed to 27 murders, though only nine have been confirmed. |
17/01: Case study: David Berkowitz
Category: Serial Killer
Posted by: Andreas
David Richard Berkowitz, better known by his nickname Son of Sam, is a serial killer who confessed to killing six people and wounding several others in New York City in the late 1970s. |
16/01: Case study: Richard Ramirez
Category: Serial Killer
Posted by: Andreas
Richard Ramirez is a convicted serial killer awaiting execution on California's death row at San Quentin State Prison. Prior to his capture, Ramirez was dubbed the "Night Stalker" by the news media as he terrorized California with a series of car and home abductions, rapes, and murders during the first half of 1985. |