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The following is a look at a handful of the most infamous murder cases in recent American history. Some of the killers have been caught, tried, and punished. Other cases remain open and may never be solved.
Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ted Bundy are some of the most famous serial killers in history who continue to generate horror and morbid curiosity.
From the assassination of Gianni Versace in front of his Miami mansion to JonBenét Ramsey's unsolved killing, explore some of the most famous murder cases in history. Some deaths stick with us. Some lives are extinguished in such strange and horrifying ways that they haunt us for years.
Results: 25 Items. Alcatraz Escape. The fate of three men—Frank Morris, John Anglin, and his brother Clarence Anglin—who made a daring escape from an isolated island prison in 1962 remains a...
1. John Wayne Gacy: The Killer Clown. Image: Pixabay. A performer who played “Pogo the Clown” at adolescent gatherings, John Wayne Gacy was one of the most scandalous chronic executioners in America. Starting in 1972, Gacy tortured, attacked, and killed 33 youths, the majority of whom were essentially Teenagers.
Here’s a look at the 15 biggest criminal cases in American history. O.J. Simpson. In what’s still probably considered the most-watched criminal case ever, Pro Football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the brutal murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, a waiter at a local restaurant.
Dahmer committed his first murder in Bath township, Ohio, in 1978. A second murder followed in 1987, and during the next five years he killed—mostly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—another 15 boys and young men, who were for the most part poor and African American, Asian, or Latino.