Edward Theodore Gein - The Butcher of Plainfield"

Edward Theodore Gein
Born August 27, 1906 in LaCrosse, WI.
Father- George Gein (Alcoholic)
Mother- Augusta Gein (Frantically religious mother who preached against lust & carnal desire. She lived only in her room upstairs and kept her bedroom door locked)
Siblings- Brother Henry G Gein (Firefighter died in 1940)
Ed Gein was born in a small farming community.
He lived a solitary life
His mother taught him that sex was a sin
-Gein was a grave robber who cut off body parts and kept them as trophies. 
-Gein was a sadist grave robber who practiced  necrophilia and human taxidermy. He had death fetishes and used his victim's skin to make lampshades and sew his couch.
  -Accused of 10 murders/charged with 2
-Declared unfit for trial
-Sentenced to life w/out parole
-Lived all his days in a mental institution (during his incarceration he was a model patiant, he never bothered anyone)
-Died July 26, 1984 (age 78) (of cancer or heart attack or respiratory failure) while a patient of the Mendota Mental Health 
                                Institute
-Buried in a family plot in Plainsfield.

TIME LINE

-1876- Gein's Father George Gein was born
-1900 Gein's parents George and Augistine Married
-Jan 17, 1902 Gein's Brother Henry was born
-Aug 27, 1906  Ed Gein was born in Lacross WI
-1913 Gein witnessed his parents slaughter a pig, the event caused Gein to ejaculate
-1914- Gein's family moved to a 195 acre farm in Plainsfield because Augistine viewed citylife as a sin (The closest neighbors were about 1-mile away.

-Gein Attended Roche-A-Cri Grade School- The school had a total of 12 students.
- Gein was an excellent reader but was socially shunned/bullied by the other students because he 
    had a lazy eye and a speech impediment.  
-When Gein came home crying from being bullied, his father would beat him until his ears rang.
-1918- Gein's mother caught him masterbating in the bath. She grabbed his genitals and called them the "curse of man."
-1920- Gein became a 8th grade drop-out.
-1937- At age 66, Gein's father died of Pneumonia. His mother told the children that their father 
          was in Hell.
-April 1, 1940- Gein became the breadwinner of the family. He did odd jobs as a handyman and baby sitter.
-1942- Gein was rejected by the military due to a growth on his eye & impaired vision.
-May 16, 1944- Gein's brother Henry died mysteriously while fighting a fire with Gein.
-1945- Gein became obsessed with reading, head shrinking, grave robbery, and books about the human anatomy.
-Dec 29, 1945- Gein's mother died of a 2nd stroke. Gein immortalized her by boarding up her bedroom & Sitting room. He then turned them into a museum.
-May 1, 1947- Gein begins visiting graves, & robbing them. He even dug up his mother, twisted her head off w/ his hands, and shrunk it; just like he had read in his books.
-1947- Gein visited over 40 cemeteries.
-1951- began digging up the coffins of women he had seen in obituaries. He would practice 
            necrophilia and canibilistic acts, take parts of    
            their bodies as souvenirs, masturbate, and recover the graves.
-Aug, 26,1951- Gein dug up Eleanor Adama (age 51)
-Dec 8, 1954 Ed killed Mary Hogan w/ a .22 caliber gun
-Nov. 16, 1957 - Bernice Worden, The mother of Frank Worden, disappears from her shop. Her
                          gun was out of place,  and there was a receipt to Gein for antifreeze. Gein had
                          shot Worden with a gun from her shop & amo from his own pocket, kidnapped her, 
                          and drove her back to his house.
-Nov. 17, 1957 - Police raid Gein's home they find:

• 1. Bernice Warden hanging like a headless deer in the shed.
• 2. Human skulls on his bed posts
• 3. A box of organs ; including  vulvas (his mothers painted silver)
  
• 4. Furniture made of bones and skin, 
• 5. Masks of human skin
• 6. A Belt w/ breasts attached
• 7. A suit of female skin made complete w/ breasts.
• 8. Human skin jewelry
• 9.lips hanging
• 10. The body parts of 15 different women 
• Warden's heart in a pan in the oven
• 11. & well preserved faces.

 -Nov. 18, 1957 - Gein confesses to killing Mary Hogan & Bernice Worden.
-Nov 19, 1957 - The police searched the farm for a week.
-Nov. 21, 1957 -Gein's polygraph test was released to the press (News)
-Nov. 22, 1957 -Gein was taken to court over the robbery charges. Murder charges were held 
                           until the court could determine his level of sanity
Nov. 23, 1957 - Psychologists/psychiatrists determine Gein was a sexual psychopath who suffered
                          from schizophrenia
Nov. 24, 1957 - The graves he supposedly robbed were opened. Mrs. Adam's grave was empty.
Nov. 29, 1957 Police found more bones on Gein's property.
Dec. 17, 1957 The hospital reports that Gein is insane & should be permanently committed.
Jan. 6, 1958 - Gein was declared legally sane & remained institutionalized in the Central State  
                       Hospital indefinitely.
March 20, 1958 -Gein's farm & property was scheduled to be auctioned, but all was lost in an 
                             early morning fire. 
Jan. 22, 1968 - Gein was taken to court and found to be restored to competency. After ten years 
                          the proceedings to prosecute him began. It took 9 months to pass the preliminary 
                          matters (appointment of counsel, suppressing evidence, and filing briefs)
Nov. 7, 1968 - At age 62, Gein's trial began. It lasted one week.
Nov 14, 1968 - Gein was found guilty of 1st degree murder for the shooting of Bernice  
                         Worden, but not guilty by reason of insanity because he was insain at the 
                          time of the crime. He was returned to Central State Hospital.
Feb. 1974 - Gein petitions the Waushara County Clerk of Courts for release on the grounds that 
                    he was fully recovered.
June 27, 1974 - A judge reviewed Gein's petition & ordered a re-exam, but ultimately rejected the
                          petition and returned Gein to the Hospital. 
1978 - Gein was moved to the Mendota Mental Institute in Madison.
July 26, 1984 - At age 78, Gein died. He was senile, had cancer and died of respitory failure in the Geriatric ward of the Mendota Mental Institute
July 27, 1984 - Gein was laid to rest in a family plot, beside his mother in the Plainfield cemetery
                       (w/ 6 people attending)
 


 

Inspired the following movies

1. Psycho
2. Silence of The Lambs
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. Deranged

Resources

2006 Film. "Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield. Directed by Michael Feifer.  North American Entertainment Inc.

Biography.com "Ed Gein" http://www.biography.com/people/ed-gein-1129138

Charles Montaldo. About.com website. "Ed Gein". http://www.crime.about.com/od/murder/p/gein.htm 

 Allserialkiller.com "Ed Gein Profile; The Butcher of Plainfield

Department of Psychology Radford University  "Edward Theodore Gein"  Website. Viewed on Dec 29, 2011.  http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc405/serialkillers/Gein,Ed.pdf

 

Jeffery Lionel Dahmer

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Jeffery Lionel Dahmer

Born: May 21, 1960 in Milwaukee Wisconsin

Parents: Lionel & Joyce Dahmer

Crime: Killed 17 Males / Molested many of them between 1978 and 1991

Feb. 15, 1992 - Milwaukee WI. Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive life sentences (957 Years)

Victim 1- Stephen Hicks (June 1978)

Dahmer states that Hicks was hitch-hiking. Dahmer took him to his parent's house. They drank beer, had sex, and when Steven tried to leave, Dahmer hit him on the head with a barbell. Then Dahmer dismembered Hick's body and placed the parts in plastic bags. He buried the parts in the woods behind his house.

Victim 2 - Steven Toumi (September 1987)

Dahmer claimed he met Toumi in a gay bar. He states that they left the bar together, and went to a motel. He said they got drunk, passed out, and he found Toumi dead in the morning. After finding Toumi dead, he transported the corpse to his grandmother's basement, where he engaged in sexual acts with the corpse before dismembering it and disposing of it in the rubbish.

Victim 5- Anthony Sears (May 26, 1991)

Dahmer states that he lured Sears, drugged, strangled, sodomized, photographed, and dismembered Sear's body, before disposing of it.

Victim 13- The 14 Laotian Boy (May 26, 1991)

Police received a report that there was a boy running naked in the street. Police arrived on the scene, but Dahmer told them the boy was his 19 year old lover. Police believed Dahmer, and escorted the two home, where Dahmer strangled the boy and followed up the murder in his usual way. This teen was the younger brother of the boy Dahmer molested in 1988. And if the police had done a basic investigation, they would have victim 12 & enough pornographic material to secure Dahmer's arrest.

Life Story

-1960- Born to a loving family

-Had a happy childhood until age 6

-Age 6- Had minor surgery

           - Younger brother was born

           - Moved from Iowa to Ohio

-Teen Years- Disengaged, tense, and friendless

                  - Became interested in Murder & necrophilia

-1978- Killed 1st Victim

-1979- Dahmer became an alcoholic and dropped out of college at Ohio State University

          - Joined the Army and was sent to Germany

1981- Dahmer was discharged from the Army (Alcoholism)

         -Returned home

         -Dahmer dug up Stephen Hick's remains, crushed them with a hammer, and scattered them in the                    woods.

October 1981- Arrested for Disorderly conduct.

                      - His father sent him to live with his grandmother.

September 1986- Dahmer was arrested for masturbating in front of two young boys. (Received 1 yr                                         probation)

September 1987- Dahmer killed his 2nd victim

September 1988- Dahmer's grandmother forced him to move out. At that time she did not know about                                     actions or his 4 victims.

1988 (ish) - Dahmer had an encounter with a 13-year-old Laotian boy. He lured the boy from a store after

                  buying the boy new shoes. In return, the boy agreed to pose and allow Dahmer to take  

                  photos. Once at Dahmer's residence, Dahmer gave the boy a glass of some type of drugged 

                  beverage. The boy passed out, and Dahmer instantly began taking advantage of him. He 

                  unclothed the boy, snuggled up to him, and then used a drill to enter the boy's brain. Once the

                  boy was dead, he took his lifeless body to his room. With this event, Dahmer found     

                  himself charged with sexual exploitation & 2nd degree sexual assault. Dahmer plead guilty.                            While awaiting sentencing, he moved back in with his grandmother.

May 1989- Dahmer Received 1-yr Day Release Prison sentence along with 5-years probation for the                             1988 charges. He was released from the Day Prison after only 10 months. (His own                                      father lobbied against his release)

                 -Dahmer moved back in with his grandmother where he lived for 3 months.

May 1990 - Dahmer moved into his own apartment

July 22, 1991 - Dahmer was arrested after two officers found Tracy Edwards wandering the street                                         with a pair of handcuffs dangling from his wrists. Edwards lead the officers to Dahmer's                          home where they found:

1. Photo's of dismembered bodies laying around in plain sight. (Including a photo of a head in a freezer)
2. The head from the photo along with 3 other skulls in the freezer
3. Preserved skulls
4. Jars of genitalia
5. And an excessive gallery of Macabre photos.

Jan 13, 1992 - Due to racial tensions, Dahmer's trial began under the strictest conditions. The court system                           even had a 8 foot tall bullet-proof glass constructed to separate Dahmer from the the gallery.
                     - Dahmer (against counsels advice) plead not guilty by virtue of insanity (even though he                       confessed during investigations)
                     - This caused his defense team to offer gruesome details to support his plea.
Jan 17, 1992 - After only 5 hours deliberations, the jury found him guilty but sane.

PRISON LIFE

1992- Dahmer was sent to prison

         - At first he was kept out of general population

         - His father sent him books and photos

         - Dahmer found religion and a local preacher preformed a baptism.

Nov. 28, 1994 - Dahmer (Age 34) was assigned to do work detail w/ two other inmates 1) Jesse Anderson (A white 

                          Supremacist) & 2) Christopher Scarver (A delusional Schizophrenic African American 

                          murderer)

                        - The guards left the three men unattended for 20 minuets, and upon their return they found

                           Dahmer lifeless. Scarver had beaten Anderson & crushed Dahmer's skull w/ blunt force of

                           an object. The stories conflict on weather it was a broom or a weight bar.

1996 - After Dahmer's death, the city of Milwaukee raised $400,000 and purchased Dahmer's  

           refrigerator, photos, & killing equipment. They then ordered the items destroyed. It was their hope 

           that by incinerating the items they would once and for all detach their town from Dahmer and his 

           gruesome crimes.

MISC DETAILS

-During his 13 year Killing spree, Dahmer frequented gay meeting places and sought out mostly gay American males.-

He often lured these men to his grandmother's basement, and gave them drugs and alcohol. He would then strangle the men and dismember them, before disposing of the corpse. Each time taking photos of the process and keeping a part of their body as a souvenir. Dahmer often created a skull audience to masturbate in front of.

- After May 1990- Dahmer took 12 lives using modus Operandi (A single method)

- he progressed to using chemicals as a way to dispose of the bodies.

- He consumed the flesh (Ate it)

-He also performed cruel lobotomies (Drilled the victims skulls while they were still alive)

-He also injected muratic acid into victims to see if he could extend their lives/his control (Most died instantly)

-Some people believed his actions were racially motivated, but Dahmer claimed he selected his victims from his own neighborhood, which was full of poor and border-lined criminals. Which in reality would lesson his chances of being caught, because they would be less likely missed.

-Dahmer once stole a mannequin from a store piece by piece. When his grandmother found the mannequin, she reported the finding to his father. The father confronted him. In the process of confronting him, The father found Dahmer's old chemistry box. He wanted to open it, but Dahmer blew up. He "didn't want his father violating his privacy". The grandmother agreed with the father, causing Dahmer to storm out. Dahmer returns, and tells his father it's just pornographic material. The father leaves the box undisturbed and leaves. After the father is gone, Dahmer opens the box and removes a plastic coated head. When the father returns, all he finds is an old ring in a hidden compartment. 

-Dahmer believed crosses were "Torcher divices". 

-Dahmer believed homosexual sex was a sign of a rebel because it is open minded and does not follow the normal "program"which he describes as getting married, having a job, being pop-bellied, wife hating, depressed and finally without sexual desire.

RESOURCES

Biography.com "Jeffery Dahmer" http://www.biography.com/people/jeffery-dahmer-9264755?page=1

Film- DAHMER- PA Film Distributors

John Wayne Gacy Jr

• Male 
• Caucasian
• Born March 17, 1942
• Middle Class Parents Marion Elaine & John Wayne Gacy Sr.
• Two sisters Joanne and Karen
• John Gacy Jr had a bond with his mother
• Gacy did not share the same bond with his father. The man was a Polish immigrate who worked as a factory worker and purchased the family home with his earnings, but he did little else to contribute to the family. Instead he consumed alcohol which caused continious arguements between Gazcy's parents. 
• Sources say that Gacy's father was an avid fisherman. He wanted his son to be a "man" and was quite disappointed because he felt his son was a wimp ("one of the girls".)
• Gacy's father was unsympathetic couldn't accept his son's heart condition which took John out of school and limited his ability to play like other kids
• Gacy's father often spanked him with a razor strap.
• Raised Catholic
• Attended Catholic Schools (Attended 4 high schools in his Senior year, dropped out, (he thought he was dumb and considered himself a disappointment to his father & would never amount to anything) but eventually acquired a degree from a business college in Chicago Illinois.
• Was a boy scout (Earned many badges)
• Gacy was not popular but was well liked by his peers & adults.
• Gacy dated women in high school but confined a secret to a peer named Barry Bosch. He told him he wondered what he'd look like if he dressed as a women.
• People say he got along with everyone; except his own father.

• As a teen - He was employed as a paper route and a bagboy/stock cleark at a local grocery
•  Mid 60's sexual compulsion (including swopping spouses with others)
• Feb 64 Started dating Marilyn Meyers. They married in September. She became pregnante. They were happy. When it was time for his wife to give birth Gacy was no where around. He had been out at a bar w/ a co-worker who fell asleep on a bed. Gacy preformed oral sex on the coworker and then raced to the hospital to meet his son and wife.
• 1964-shoes salesman 
• 1966 - Moved to Waterloo to manage KFC and continue to be an active member of the Jaycees
• became Jaycees President
• 1967 Had a daughter 
• 1967 - Victimized 15 year Donald Vorhiez (Threatened him, oral sex) During the investigation other boys came forth. Gacy plead guilty, but insisted the act was consensual.
• During his incarceration, Gacy's father died of cerosis of the liver, but gacy believed his father died due to shame over his son's sodomy conviction.
• Grief turned to rage and that rage was taken out on other prisoners. 
• June 18, 1970 Gacy was released and returned home to rebuild his life.
• He moved in with his mother, worked hard and horded money.
• He started PDM Contracting Biz and bought a ranch house.
• He began dating Carol Hoff (Carol knew he was bisexual x-con and her children called him Daddy)
•  Jan 2, 1972 1st victim Timothy McCoy- Gacy met Timothy on a grayhound. They went sightseeing together, then he took Timothy to his house where he had knife sex with him, killed him and buried him in the crawl space.
• Aug 1972 - Married Carol Hoff
• July 31, 1975 - Victim John Butkovitch - Gacy showed John a magic trick. He handcuffed John then told him the trick was that he needed a key. He then gagged John with underwear and killed him. This was Gacy's 2nd kill and his motive was that he wanted to see how a person would react. 
• 1975 - Gacy entertained children as Pogo the clown.
• During this time he stopped having sex with his wife.
• 1975- Divorced
• After he was single - he hired  contracter David Cram to dig for a pipeline, in designated spots, under Gacy's house. It was during his employment that Gacy tried to rape Cram. Luckily Cram managed to get loose from the handcuffs and excaped.
• By 1977 - Gacy had killed 19 young men.
• By 1978 he was killing every 2-3 weeks (Until an investigation lead to his front door)
• December 11, 1978 Gacy met with a potential client where he abducted 15 year old Rob Priest (his 33 victim). He lured Priest with promises of better employment.
• With Priest missing, the police retained a warrant. , they found nothing to do with Priest but did uncover items belonging to other missing teens.
• During the first day of the investigation he purchased dinner for the officers.
• After that he invited the officers over for a fish-fry. It was this event that lead to a second warrant (During the fish fry officers smelled fowl odors coming from the heat ducts.) That evening Gacy spent the night w/ his attorney Sam Amirante.
• Dec 1, 1978 Gacy was arrested.- He joked with the police saying He was "Born in a state of confusion". He was more worried about his bar & dirty floors than the crime details.
• He also claimed he suffered from MPD
• 1980 Gacy entered a not guilty plea for the murders of 33 young men. He was less worried about being prosecuted for the murders and more concerned with the public opinion of his sexuality (Being gay). He stated that he was not against homos but he is bisexual. 
• Killed 33 people between 1972-1978 (victim information includes)
  1. -16 year-old Timothy McCoy     Jan 1972    
  1. -Unknown               Jan 1974      (?)
  2. -John Butkovich      July 1975      (17 years old)
  3. -Darly Samson         April 1976   (18 years old)   
  4. -Samuel Stapleton   May 1976     (14 years old)
  5. -Randell Reffett        May 1976    (15 years old)
  6. -Michael Bonnin       June 1976    (17 years old)
  7. -William Corroll Jr.   June 1976    (17 years old)
  8. -Rich Johnson          Aug 1976     (18 years old)
  9. -Mike marino           Oct 1976      (14 years old)
  10. -Kenneth Parker       Oct 1976      (16 years old)
  11. -Gregory Godzik      Dec 1976      (17 years old)
  12. -John Szyc                Jan 1977       (19 years old)
  13. -John Prestige           March 1977  (20 years old)
  14. -Matthew Bowman   July 1977       (19 years old)
  15. -Robert Gilroy          Sept 1977      (18 years old)
  16. -John Mowery          Sept 1977      (19 years old)
  17. -Russell Nelson         Oct 1977       (20 years old)
  18. -Robert Winch         Nov 1977        (16 years old)
  19. -Tommy Boling        Nov 1977        (20 years old)
  20. -David Talsma         Dec 1977         (19 years old)
  21. -William Kindred       Feb 1978        (19 years old)
  22. -Timothy O'Rourke  June 1978        (21 years old)
  23. - Frank Laudingan    Nov 1978        (19 years old)
  24. - James Mazzara      Nov 1978        (20 years old) 
  25. -Robert Piest            Dec 1978        (15 years old)
•  (Along with 7 other unidentified males who's death dates are unknown)
• Due to the fact that Gacy was not a text-book criminal, his story baffled professionals. (According to Helen Morrison the defense psychiatristm, he fit nowhere) She said "We don't know what these serial killers are; we know what they do, but not what they are."
• March 13, 1980 Gacy was found guilty and sentenced to death. He consoled his defense team and asked to speak to the prosecutors. During that meeting he congratulated them for getting the death penalty and told them he respected them.
• Gacy was sent to Manard Correctional where he cashed in by becoming an artist and writing "A Question of Doubt".
• 1989- Gacy's mother died after a series of strokes (By then she had lost all memory of Gary & his crimes)
• May 10, 1994 @ 12:40am - John Wayne Gacy died of lethal injection in a Crest Hill Illinois Prison. (A lady by the name of Karen was present. He told her he had made his place with God and that loved her)
• Once dead, Gacy was secretly transported to a near by hospital where for research purposes, forensic psychiatrists extracted his brain. (Helen Morrison thought Gacy's brain might show abnormalities that could explain his actions, but her examination came up empty handed. There was no evidence to support her theory)
• At best Gacy was motivated, successful and driven.... At worst he was an evil murderer/rapist. He was uncontrolable and capable of anything!

 

• Further information reveled that Gacy had Medical Problems 

1. age 11 - hit by a swing, causing a blood clot, which caused black out spells. These spells ended when he was diagnosed and medication was used to disolve the clot.
2. Age 17- diagnosed with a heart condition. He was hospitalized, but the exact cause was never found. (Never actually suffered a heart attack)
3. Childhood -Suffered physical and emotional abuse by his alcoholic father.
4. Adult - spinal injury
5. Adult- weight problems
6. Adult heart problems
7. Adult Back problems

Resource: 
2009 Serial Killer Database   www.serialkillerdatabase.net/johngacy.html  
2000 A&E Biography John Wayne Gacy "A Monster In Disguise"

• Movies about John Wayne Gacy 

1. 1999 Serial Killers Profiling the Criminal Mind Volume 3 John Wayne Gacy 1999 
2. 2000 A&E Biography John Wayne Gacy "A Monster In Disguise"
3. 2000 A&E American Justice "John Wayne Gacy Buried Secrets" 
4. 2000 Court TV Crime Stories The trial of John Wayne Gacy
5. (Unknown date) Court TV - Mug Shots - John Wayne Gacy
6. 1996 The History Channel "Great Crimes & Trials" John Wayne Gacy- Killer Clown
7. 2006 Investigation Discovery- Most evil cold blooded killers 2006
8. 2002 Unlicense Cemetary "The John Wayne Gacy Murders" (Directer Keith Rateliff)
9. 2003 Gacy (Directer Clive Sounders)
10.  1992 To Catch a serial Killer (Directer Eric Till)

• Books about John Wayne Gacy Jr.

1.  1993 The man Who Killed Boys By Clifford L. Linedecker
2. 1995 A Question of Doubt; The John Wayne Gacy story By John Wayne Gacy
3. 1996 Fall of The House Of Gacy By: Harlan H Mendenhall
4. 2000 Killer Clown; John Wayne Gacy Murders by Terry Sullivan & peter T Maiken
5. 2003 The Killer Clown By Joseph R Kozenczak & Karen M. Henrikson
6.  The The Last Victim By Jason Moss

The Green River Killer - Gary Ridgeway

• Feb. 18, 1949 Gary Ridgeway was Born in Salt Lake City
• He was the 2nd of three sons
• As a child Ridgeway was a avid bed-wetter. He recalls his mother "washing him" which he found embarrassing.
• 1960's he moved to the Seattle Washington area
• His father drove for the local transit system (bus # 174)
• In Ridgeway's late teens, he stabbed a boy. The boy lived and Ridgeway never paid for his crime.
• Ridgeway also once urinated on a boy
• Ridgeway was a poor student w/ a low 80's IQ.
• 1969 Ridgeway graduated High School and enlisted in the US Military.
• Ridgeway also married after High School.
• Despite being married, he often had relationships with prostitutes, and caught a variety of STD's
• Upon his discharge from the military, he divorced his wife for cheating and went to work for Kenworth
• He married Marcia and she gave birth to a child.
• After the birth of the child their relationship changed. He started choking her.
  Marcia left Ridgeway and filed for divorce.
• Ridgeway liked having sex outdoors, it was these locations that became his "dumping ground" for the garbage (prostitutes) he chose to kill.
• Ridgeway often took his son along on his hunts. He would use his son to draw the women in to his world.
• Ridgeway would squeeze the last breath from these women, and enjoyed when they would beg. Matter a fact, the more they begged; the better.
• After killing a woman, Ridgeway often returned to the scene where he ingaged in sexual relations over and over again with the corpse (Necrophilia) .
• Ridgeway viewed these activities as "free dates"
• During the investigation, police even talked to Ted Bundy who stated that a man who committed these murders would probably be addicted to porn, and probably engaged in sex with the corpse. They utilized this information to create a profile of Ridgeway. Bundy
• Police interviewed 12-1500 suspects. During this time Ridgeway was questioned several times, but displayed no signs. They checked his credit cards, gas mileage and he even passed a polygraph test.
• Everything they had against him was circumstancial.
• 1988 - Ridgeway married Judith. In public he appeared to be a good husband father and employee, but he lead a double life and through secretive adventures he had caused 40 women in the area to vanish. (His wife was clueless)
• Employers called him "Green River Gary"
• Ridgeway often played tricks on co-workers by hiding his victims belongings around them. He also used the victims belongings as Yard sale merchandise.
• By 1992, police was accumulating alot of evidence including DNA, but there was only one investigator in charge of keeping the investigation alive. 
• Finally DNA advanced enough to track Ridgeway. Not only was Ridgeway's DNA linked to the crimes, but paint belonging to him was as well.
• Ridgeway was arrested November 30, 2001 and labeled as "The most prolific serial killer" of all time. His friends, family, and associates were shocked. His wife assumed they had the wrong person, and his family stood by his side.
• Once they realized the truth, they distanced themselves and dropped all contact.
• Ridgeway avoided the trial, and the death penelty by pleading guilty. He showed no remorse.
• December 18, 2003 - Ridgeway was sentanced to life without parole. During this hearing one of the victim's (Linda Rule) father's testified. He was forgiving, and this testimony finially broke Ridgeway . He began to cry.

Albert Fish

• 1870 - Albert Fish was born into a family w/ mental illness and alcoholism
• 1875 -Albert's father died and his mother sent him to live in a orphanage where the children were often beat. Albert believes this is where his desires began.
• Albert Fish worked at the local YMCA and other institutions where children were known to be.
• Albert Fish was married for 20 years. His wife chose to walk away and leave him to raise their 6 children.
• Albert began induldging in religion and canableism
• He was so infatuated w/ pain that he his children and their friends beat him w/ a studded paddle.
• Fish appeared to be a genital grandfather figure but in reality he was a strange, deranged, demented child murderer.
• 1st Victim- Grace Budd- He met grace Budd when he went to hire her brother Edward Budd. He made arrangements to take her to a party. Instead he kidnapped the child and she became his first victim.
•  Fish confessed to over 100 murders
• Authorities say that Fish strangled, torchered, and killed his victims with his "Implements of Hell". This kit included a knife, a handsaw, and a meat cleaver.
• During an evaluation, he was found competent (not insane).
• Fish's body was x-rayed and  the technician found 27 needles that he had purposely shoved into his pelvic region.
• Fish was sentenced to death in the electric chair, which he looked forward to because it was the only thing he hadn't tried.
• During his electrocution the metal in his body caused a malfunction, so it took two jolts to kill him.

Resources:
A&E Biography. Albert Fish. Can be seen on Youtube.com