Worst serial killer ever?!

[Neil]

And what about the worst one in the world? Harold Shipman - murdered over 250 people and the true number is still not known! But as per my OP, he sedated them, which in the realms of being murdered is surely one of the better ways to go... See the write up of the guy I suggested for the 'title'...

[DawnGirl27]

How about Ted Bundy? Granted, he didn't kill the most, but he was the "All-American guy next door" who was able to lure girls away right in front of a crowd (in a couple instances), brazenly go into a sorority house and kill, and take two girls within hours of each other on the same day. He was slick, smart, and he said himself that if he talked to a female more than 10 minutes he could never kill her because he would see her as an actual human being. Looked so normal, but underneath.....

[SymphonicX]

But as per my OP, he sedated them, which in the realms of being murdered is surely one of the better ways to go... See the write up of the guy I suggested for the 'title'... murder is still murder no? hehe

[Neil]

murder is still murder no? hehe Ummm.. Shipman = Injection, slip away into a gentle slip... Rais = "Rais then raped the child as it was hanged from a hook by the neck. Before the victim died, Gilles took the child down, comforted it, repeated the act and either killed the child himself or had it slain. At times they were dealt mortal wounds before de Rais sodomized them. He would then take his pleasure as the child died. Occasionally, he would perform a sex act with a dead child." Ummm... Hmmm....

[capncnut]

"Rais then raped the child as it was hanged from a hook by the neck. Before the victim died, Gilles took the child down, comforted it, repeated the act and either killed the child himself or had it slain. At times they were dealt mortal wounds before de Rais sodomized them. He would then take his pleasure as the child died. Occasionally, he would perform a sex act with a dead child." Ummm... Hmmm.... Ed Kemper beheaded his mother, slept with the head for days, f**ked it (and the body), then put it up on the mantlepiece and threw darts at it. Ummm...

[SRP76]

All those serial killers were good, not bad. They got the job done. The worst of all time was Bobby Buford from Hoboken, New Jersey. In the spring of 1998, he attempted to stab 13 separate women - and failed each time.

[DjfunkmasterG]

One afternoon in 1978 he killed two more fellow prisoners. Maudsley's first victim of the day was sex offender Salney Darwood. Maudsley had invited Darwood to his cell, where he garroted and stabbed him before hiding his body under his bed. He then attempted to lure fellow prisoners into his cell, but all refused. Maudsley then went on the prowl around the wing hunting for a second victim, eventually cornering and stabbing prisoner Bill Roberts to death. He hacked at his skull with a makeshift dagger and smashed his head against the wall. Maudsley then calmly walked into the prison officer's room, placed the dagger on the table and told him next roll call would be two short. You know you're all 52 cards short of a full deck when you do something like that. However, I had to LOL when he went to the office about Roll Call.

[DeadJonas190]

My entry would be Albert Fish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_fish The Wiki article doesn't go into a lot of detail, but I read about him in the past on another site (maybe court tv's website, I don't recall" and this guy was bad, they don't really know how many people he killed because he cannibalized them and on top of that he was a compulsive liar. I remember reading that children were told that the "Grey Man" would get them if they didn't behave, the grey man being one of his names. He was basically a serial killer who was also an urban legend while alive.

[Mike70]

i think it comes down to who do you find the spookier: a killer who tortures, mutilates, dismembers and degrades his victims or a killer who calmly takes it upon themselves to rid the world of people who are already vulnerable in a relatively clean way without rage and grisly violence. i find the latter creepier. folks like donald harvey, michael swango and shipman who worked in the medical profession, who take it upon themselves to decide that someone else would be better off dead. people who kill without rage, calmly and without torment, who simply look at an already suffering patient (a patient who is looking to them for comfort and treatment in fact) and decide to end that person's life for their own personal thrill or gain. people like that put the creeping blue wolf willies on me for sure. they usually kill far more people than their violent counterparts - over 200 for shipman, maybe as many as 87 for donald harvey, between 30 and 60 for swango, and they usually get away with what they are doing for far, far longer than their rage filled, dismembering serial killer colleagues.

[capncnut]

One afternoon in 1978 he killed two more fellow prisoners. Maudsley's first victim of the day was sex offender Salney Darwood. Maudsley had invited Darwood to his cell, where he garroted and stabbed him before hiding his body under his bed. He then attempted to lure fellow prisoners into his cell, but all refused. Maudsley then went on the prowl around the wing hunting for a second victim, eventually cornering and stabbing prisoner Bill Roberts to death. He hacked at his skull with a makeshift dagger and smashed his head against the wall. Maudsley then calmly walked into the prison officer's room, placed the dagger on the table and told him next roll call would be two short. You know you're all 52 cards short of a full deck when you do something like that. However, I had to LOL when he went to the office about Roll Call. It's very hard to dislike Maudsley because he has so many cool stories attached to him. So what does he look like? There's hardly any pics of Maudsley but this tiny image should be enough to put the willies up anyone.

[Mike70]

yeah, maudsley is a decidedly messed up dude. In 1977, Maudsley and another inmate took a third patient (a convicted paedophile) hostage and locked themselves in a cell with their captive, before torturing him to death. When guards eventually smashed their way into the cell, the hostage's skull was found cracked open a spoon wedged in his brain and pieces missing. It is believed that Maudsley ate part of his victim's brain. A new guard at Wakefield, who was unaware of Maudsley's personality, attempted to enter his cell one day in 1978, and Maudsley started laughing. The guard stopped before opening the door and asked him why he was laughing. Maudsley shrugged and replied, "I just can't help myself. If you come in here, I'm going to have to kill you." The guard became so frightened that he began crying, to which Maudsley responded, "It's nothing personal. I don't mean anything by it, but if you come within reach, it's what I'll have to do."

[DeadJonas190]

It's very hard to dislike Maudsley because he has so many cool stories attached to him. So what does he look like? There's hardly any pics of Maudsley but this tiny image should be enough to put the willies up anyone. Holy crap, he looks like an old boss of mine... who was a female. Come to think of it, she could be pretty mean at times, but I don't think she has killed anybody... yet.