For those interested in the dark side of human nature, serial killers hold an understandable fascination. Seemingly ordinary people who turned out to be capable of acts too monstrous to comprehend, many serial killers have shown not one shred of remorse for anyone but themselves once finally apprehended.
“For all these things I am not in the least bit sorry,” said serial killer Carl Panzram in reference to the 20-plus people he claimed to have murdered and the 1,000 he claimed to have sodomized. Later, when asked for his last words just before his execution, he said, “Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill a dozen men while you’re screwing around!”
And when it comes to chilling serial killer quotes, that’s just Carl Panzram. From John Wayne Gacy to Ted Bundy to Richard Ramirez, modern history’s most terrifying serial killers have uttered plenty of words that will creep under your skin just as much as any descriptions of their vicious crimes.
As Ted Bundy once said, “You learn what you need to kill and take care of the details. It’s like changing a tire. The first time you’re careful. By the thirtieth time, you can’t remember where you left the lug wrench.”
For more words that demonstrate a total lack of human compassion that may well give you nightmares, have a look at the serial killer quotes below.
responsible for the deaths of ten people, including his own mother and grandparents.
13 people during the summer of 1976, killing six.
for which he received the death penalty and was eventually executed in 2014.
Authorities believe he committed a total of 22 murders.
people and is serving a life sentence in prison
prison inmate in 1994 following his conviction for the murder of
15 people. His crimes involved rape, necrophilia and cannibalism.
the attempted murder of a further seven. He was arrested in 1981 and is still in prison.
Totmacher (“The Deadmaker”). He was convicted of killing a
salesman and nine women, but claimed to have killed 25 people.
complications related to his B-cell lymphoma after 23 years on death row.
and orderly who claimed to have murdered 87 people,
though official estimates are between 37 and 57 victims.
and over a thousand rapes. He was executed in 1930.
She was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
raped and eaten about 100 children. He was executed in the electric chair in 1936.
eastern Ohio, US, beginning April 1, 1989 and continuing until April 1992
He murdered 10 people between 1974 and 1991.
responsible for the deaths of ten people, including his own mother and grandparents.
executed in 2012 after nearly 30 years on death row
himself, but was convicted through the joint-responsibility rule
after his followers, the Manson Family, killed several people.
spat in the executioner’s face and said, “Hurry it up, you Hoosier
bastard! I could kill a dozen men while you’re screwing around!”
children’s parties), murdered at least 33 people. He was executed in 1994.
so-called Moors Murders that took place between 1963 and 1965 in
England. They killed five children and were sentenced to life in prison.
murders, although it’s thought the figure could be as high as 200. He was
hanged in 1896—as his neck did not break, it took him over 15 minutes to die.
people and attacked many others. He admitted to drinking the
blood of at least one victim and was executed by guillotine in 1931.
least six people in Britain. He was executed in 1949.
Original article and pictures from All That’s
Interesting, but edited and added to by me.
