He began his criminal career at the age of 9, when his family, of gypsy ethnicity, moved to the Campo de la Bota in Barcelona. He became famous for stealing cars and escaping with them from the police at high speed during long chases, for which he had to use cushions and stilts, since due to his young age he could not pedal.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of Pastafarianism, a social movement that encourages a light-hearted approach to religion. It began as a protest against intelligent design education in public schools. Pastafarianism (a combination of pasta and Rastafarianism) is a "genuine, valid religion, as much as any other," according to its supporters. As such, it has earned some recognition.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of Pastafarianism, a social movement that encourages a light-hearted approach to religion. It began as a protest against intelligent design education in public schools. Pastafarianism (a combination of pasta and Rastafarianism) is a "genuine, valid religion, as much as any other," according to its supporters. As such, it has earned some recognition.
Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist, murderer, and trigamist, the subject of more than 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone.
Despite his confession of 27 murders (including some people who were verifiably still alive) while awaiting execution, Holmes was convicted and sentenced to death for only one murder, that of accomplice and business partner Benjamin Pitezel. Holmes was executed on May 7, 1896, nine days before his 35th birthday.
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Edward Theodore Gein (/ɡiːn/; August 27, 1906[1] – July 26, 1984), also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. Gein's crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety in 1957 after authorities discovered he had exhumed corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. Gein also confessed to killing two women: tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.
Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English general practitioner who is believed to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history. On 31 January 2000, Shipman was found guilty of the murder of fifteen patients under his care. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with the recommendation that he never be released
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Theodore Robert Bundy (born Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. After more than a decade of denials, he confessed to 30 homicides, committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. His true victim total is unknown, and could be much higher
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As a teenager, he became besotted by a pleasant young girl in his religious education class. At this stage in his life, Doe began the habit of writing journals describing his every thought and action. He wrote that his feelings toward this girl were pure and that she was nothing like the girl he lusted over years before. He offered to help the girl with her revision and invited her to his house. Upon entering his room, however, they encountered John's mother, now a violent alcoholic
Ben was the leader of a group of island natives called the Others and was initially known as Henry Gale to the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. He began as the main antagonist during the second and third seasons, but in subsequent seasons, becomes a morally ambiguous ally to the main characters. Other characters frequently describe him as loyal only to himself, though it is also often hinted that he may be driven by some higher purpose.