Can You Guess These Famous Serial Killers?

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Once upon a time, there was a serial killer. They called him "The Chessboard Killer." How did he get this nickname?

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He left a King chess piece in the palms of his victims.
He gave taunting clues to where his victims were buried using chess-square moves.
He was a chess champion as a child.
His goal was to kill 64 people, the number of squares on a chessboard.
He wrote cryptic notes in his victims’ blood on chessboards after he killed them.

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Which one of these famous serial killers had the unusual vocation of "party clown"?

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Ted Bundy
John Wayne Gacy
Patrick Bateman
Jeffrey Dahmer
Michael Meyers

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An unfortunate fact about female serial killers is that a lot of them are known for murdering babies and newborns. Which killer actually victimized the elderly?

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Juana Barraza
Jane Toppan
Miyuki Ishikawa
Amelia Dyer
Waneta Hoyt

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Jean-Claude Romand killed his whole family for what reason?

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He stole his fiance’s life savings.
He embezzled money from his family’s company.
He wanted to cash in on their collective life insurance.
He did not want to come clean about an extensive web of lies he told.
It was a dare from his friend.

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Which of the following statements is horrifyingly true about Jeffrey Dahmer?

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His wife had no idea that he was a killer and even accidentally ate some of his victims with him for dinner.
He smiled and laughed when sentenced to the death penalty.
He killed as part of a Satanic ritual, and believed he was the anti-christ.
He was the only serial killer in America to be declared legally insane during trial.
He drilled holes in his victims’ skulls in an attempt to turn them into zombies.

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Maria Swanenburg was a serial killer in the early 1880's in the Netherlands. See if you can figure out how she preferred to kill her victims.

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Smothering
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Poisoning
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Strangling
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Drowning

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This serial killer inspired the villains in American Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre thanks to his um, repurposing of victims' remains and intensely troubled past. What's his name?

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Ed Gein
Dennis Rader
Tyler Hadley
Ted Bundy
H. H. Holmes

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Who has the distinction of being known as America's first known serial killer?

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Karl Denke
Fred Grossman
H. H. Holmes
Dennis Rader
Sylvester Marcus

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Why so serious? Probably because murder is a serious crime. But, speaking of jokers, how did the Happy Face Killer get his name?

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He carved smiles into his victims’ faces.
His disturbingly cheery disposition.
He doodled happy faces on letters to the media and press.
He wore a happy face mask when he committed the murders.

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Brazil's Pedro Rodriguez Filho has a disturbing and unusually high murder tally, even for a serial killer. What's his estimated total body count?

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300+ from poisoning the water supply of a neighboring village.
71 victims that he got convicted for murdering, plus 47 additional victims while in prison.
120 total over the course of 3 years.
Over 100 during his extensive life-long career as a killer. He was only caught as an old man.
He was falsely accused of murder, but became a serial killer of prisoners, murdering 50 fellow inmates while in jail.

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In Italy, Leonarda Cianciulli went on a killing spree, occasionally turning her victims into tea cakes and soap. She believed they were human sacrifices for what purpose?

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Serving Jesus – she believed she was carrying out direct orders from God.
Maintaining her youth.
Making her immortal.
To keep her son safe during World War II.
To help her daughter get pregnant.

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David Berkowitz was a serial killer that also went by the self-appointed nickname "Son of Sam." Who's Sam?

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His neighbor's dog
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His young nephew
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His high school English teacher
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His imaginary friend from childhood

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Once upon a time, there was a serial killer. They called him "The Chessboard Killer." How did he get this nickname?

Which one of these famous serial killers had the unusual vocation of "party clown"?

An unfortunate fact about female serial killers is that a lot of them are known for murdering babies and newborns. Which killer actually victimized the elderly?

Jean-Claude Romand killed his whole family for what reason?

Which of the following statements is horrifyingly true about Jeffrey Dahmer?

Maria Swanenburg was a serial killer in the early 1880's in the Netherlands. See if you can figure out how she preferred to kill her victims.

This serial killer inspired the villains in American Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre thanks to his um, repurposing of victims' remains and intensely troubled past. What's his name?

Who has the distinction of being known as America's first known serial killer?

Why so serious? Probably because murder is a serious crime. But, speaking of jokers, how did the Happy Face Killer get his name?

Brazil's Pedro Rodriguez Filho has a disturbing and unusually high murder tally, even for a serial killer. What's his estimated total body count?

In Italy, Leonarda Cianciulli went on a killing spree, occasionally turning her victims into tea cakes and soap. She believed they were human sacrifices for what purpose?

David Berkowitz was a serial killer that also went by the self-appointed nickname "Son of Sam." Who's Sam?

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Once upon a time, there was a serial killer. They called him "The Chessboard Killer." How did he get this nickname?

Which one of these famous serial killers had the unusual vocation of "party clown"?

An unfortunate fact about female serial killers is that a lot of them are known for murdering babies and newborns. Which killer actually victimized the elderly?

Jean-Claude Romand killed his whole family for what reason?

Which of the following statements is horrifyingly true about Jeffrey Dahmer?

Maria Swanenburg was a serial killer in the early 1880's in the Netherlands. See if you can figure out how she preferred to kill her victims.

This serial killer inspired the villains in American Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre thanks to his um, repurposing of victims' remains and intensely troubled past. What's his name?

Who has the distinction of being known as America's first known serial killer?

Why so serious? Probably because murder is a serious crime. But, speaking of jokers, how did the Happy Face Killer get his name?

Brazil's Pedro Rodriguez Filho has a disturbing and unusually high murder tally, even for a serial killer. What's his estimated total body count?

In Italy, Leonarda Cianciulli went on a killing spree, occasionally turning her victims into tea cakes and soap. She believed they were human sacrifices for what purpose?

David Berkowitz was a serial killer that also went by the self-appointed nickname "Son of Sam." Who's Sam?

Last question - how would you rate this quiz?

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