heeh this thread ROCKS
Jack the Ripper is very interesting... but I would have to say that my favorite serial killer was Ed Gein. He was the craftiest of them all. He inspired many movies including Texas CHainsaw Massacre & Silence of The Lambs. He was obsessed with her FANTICALLY RELIGIOUS mother who was PSYCHO. She hated her husband and only used him to procreate. She would forbid her 2 sons from making friends and told them that all girls were whores. That is how Ed developed that weird obsession with his mother... The father died (the mother was praying for him to die) and the brother died in an accident (they suspect Ed to have really killed him after he insulted their mother)... and Ed was happy to be alone with his mother. Then she died and he starting to dig up and maybe bone freshly dead broads that reminded him of him dear crazy momma. Then that was not good enough so he started to kill. He did not kill as many as most serial killers do... I think it was plus/minus 5. He did all kinds of sick stuff with the corpses... belt made out of nipples, lamp shades & body suit made out of skin, use a skull as bowl, vaginas in shoeboxs and even one lady's torso was hanging from a meat hook. This dude was out of control. Anyhow he eventually was caught because he was a sloppy killer. After they put him in the loonie bin and gave him meds he was the best patient there. I almost feel bad for him... damn mother who deranged him... if he has some meds and a shrink... maybe he would had been ok?
Eh sorry for getting so off topic but I love discussing serial killers and I just had to summarize Ed Gein.
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