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  H. H. Holmes, whose real name was Herman Webster Mudgett, was a notorious American serial killer who confessed to the murders of 27 people during the late 19th century. He is often referred to as America's first serial killer. Holmes was born in New Hampshire in 1861 and had a troubled childhood. He was reportedly fascinated with death and had a habit of torturing animals. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Michigan's Department of Medicine and Surgery but dropped out before completing his degree. Holmes moved to Chicago in the late 1880s and began working at a drugstore owned by a man named Dr. E. S. Holton. When Holton died, Holmes bought the drugstore from his widow and turned it into a hotel that he called the "World's Fair Hotel." The hotel was a labyrinthine structure that contained secret rooms, soundproofed bedrooms, and a gas chamber. Holmes used these features to lure guests into his hotel and then murder them. Holme

  John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 33 young men and boys between 1972 and 1978. Gacy was born in Chicago in 1942 and had a troubled childhood, with an abusive father and a difficult relationship with his mother. He was convicted of sodomy in 1968 and served time in prison but was released on parole in 1970. Gacy's killing spree began in 1972 when he lured a teenage boy to his home and killed him. He went on to lure many more young men and boys to his home, where he would sexually assault them and then strangle them to death. He buried most of his victims in the crawl space beneath his house, but some he dumped in nearby rivers. Gacy was eventually caught in 1978 when a 15-year-old boy named Robert Piest disappeared after telling his family he was going to meet with Gacy about a job. Police searched Gacy's home and found evidence of his crimes, including human remains in the crawl space. Gacy was convicted of 33 murders and sente

Welcome back, dearest readers of the Criminally Intrigued. Today's person of interest is known as Countess Bathory or the Blood Countess and her timeline dates back to as early as 1602. Elizabeth Bathory Elizabeth Bathory was a Hungarian noblewoman who lived from 1560 to 1614. She is known for being one of the most notorious serial killers in history. Bathory was accused of torturing and killing numerous young girls, with some estimates suggesting that the number could be as high as 650 victims. The murders are said to have taken place between 1602 and 1610, and the victims were often servants or peasant girls who were lured to Bathory's castle under false pretenses. The exact details of Bathory's crimes are disputed, but it is generally believed that she would torture and kill her victims in a variety of gruesome ways, including burning, biting, and cutting them. Some accounts suggest that she would also drink her victims' blood or bathe in it, believing that it

  Welcome back to yet another crime blog post, my morbidly curious readers! Today we'll be looking at one of the uncaught serial killers, who went ahead to become one of the most unsolved famous mysteries in the field of serial killing. The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in Northern California during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The killer is believed to have killed at least five people, and possibly more, and was known for taunting the police and media with cryptic messages and ciphers. The Zodiac Killer's first confirmed murder occurred in December 1968, when two high school students were shot and killed in Benicia, California. Over the next few years, the killer claimed responsibility for several other murders, including the shooting of a cab driver in San Francisco and the killing of a young couple in Napa County. The killer communicated with the police and media through a series of letters, some of which contained coded messages that have yet to be f

Welcome back to another post for the Criminally curious. Today's Subject of Interest has been named 'The beast' because of the heinous nature of his crimes, which included torture and sexual assault  along with his target group (Victimology). Luis Alfredo Garavito is a Colombian serial killer who is believed to have killed over 138 young boys between 1992 and 1999.   Garavito preyed on impoverished and vulnerable children, often luring them away from their homes with promises of money or gifts. He would then torture, rape, and kill them, sometimes dismembering their bodies and scattering their remains in remote areas. After years of eluding the authorities, Garavito was finally arrested in 1999 and confessed to the murders of 138 boys and assault of 147. He was convicted of killing 138 children and sentenced to 1,853 years in prison, the longest sentence in Colombian history. However, under Colombian law, he can only serve a maximum of 60 years in prison. Childhood Luis A

 Welcome back to another blog post for curiously morbid minds! Today we look at another Indian serial killer and her weapon of choice, as statistics state, was poison. Agony Aunt of Death, also known as Cyanide Mallika, or KD Kempamma according to official documents, is the first Indian convicted female serial killer. She commenced her first murder in 1999, then proceed with killing six women over the next eight years and then allegedly five more between October and December of 2007. MO (Modus Operandi) Kempamma was alleged to have frequented temples near Bangalore  and to have preyed on women who appeared to be in distress. After spotting a woman, she would try to get them to trust her by listening to their problems and advising them to perform mandal pooja , which she told them would help them overcome their problems.  She pretended to be a religious woman that was well-versed in  rituals. She would then offer to arrange for the pooja at a temple on city outskirts.  She would invite