I’m not sure I’d call this a silver lining, but there is at least one important thing to have come out of the Pickton case: As The Independent pointed out in 2013, “the case continues to shed light on Canada’s most shameful secret: how its most ignored underclass - indigenous women - is preyed up by men with impunity, and with terrifying consequences.” According to The Independent, 67 women went missing during the time that Pickton was active, nearly two-thirds of whom were aboriginal what’s more, the Native Women’s Association of Canada told The Independent that 582 cases of indigenous women being murdered had been documented as of March 2010, 39 percent of which had occurred just between 20. 9, 2007, Pickton was found guilty of six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. 6, 2002, but a second court order sealed the deal: This order enabled the police to search the farm for the BC Missing Women Investigation, during which time they discovered personal items belonging to the missing women. He was caught after police obtained a warrant to search the farm for illegal fireworks on Feb. The women were typically in their 20s, although some were older additionally, many of them were indigenous. Between 19, Pickton, a pig farmer from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, killed at least six women who had all gone missing after visiting the farm - although he was charged with the murders of 20 more. If you are from Canada, though, you’re probably quite familiar with him. His head was subsequently dissected and mummified these days, it’s displayed as an exhibit at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! In Wisconsin Dells, Wis.Ī caveat concerning the “you’ve probably never heard of” bit for this one: You’ve probably never heard of Robert “Willy” Pickton if you’re not from Canada. He was executed by guillotine on July 2, 1931. Kurten was arrested, tried, and found guilty of nine murders and seven attempted murders. What's more, she was able to lead the police there. She said that the reason Kurten had let her go was that she told him she could not remember his address, where he had taken her before taking her to the woods… but she remembered it just fine. Because of the incorrect address, a clerk at the post office opened it, read it, and forwarded it to the police, who then interviewed Budlick. She didn’t report the assault to the police, but she wrote about it in a letter to a friend - a letter which she addressed incorrectly. 20-year-old Maria Budlick escaped Kurten’s attempt to strangle and assault her in the Grafenburg Woods on May 14, 1930. He was eventually caught due to - of all things - a mail mistake. For some time, police weren’t even sure the same person was behind all of the crimes. What made him so difficult to catch is that he kept changing up his MO - sometimes he’d use a knife other times, a sharpened pair of scissors and still others, a hammer. He’s believed to have attempted upwards of 31 murders throughout his lifetime, though, and honestly, the whole case is so weird, you can’t make it up. Known as the “Vampire of Dusseldorf” and the “Dusseldorf Monster,” Peter Kurten murdered at least nine people in 1929 in Dusseldorf, Germany. But their stories will all send a chill down your spine.
They are of many genders, and many different ages. The serial killers included below span many centuries and come from many countries. And that, I would argue, is why so many of us remain so fascinated by them. But it’s still probably larger than most of us expect, and although serial murders are considered to be relatively rare, they do still occur with some frequency. That may not seem like a huge number, comparatively speaking when held up against the 321.4 million people living in the United States as of 2015, it’s tiny. After all, in the United States, there are between 25 and 50 active serial killers at any given time, according to an estimate from former FBI Elite Serial Crime Unit chief John Douglas reported by People in 2014. However, the fact that there are so many serial killers most people haven’t heard of isn’t all that surprising. Their crimes may not be discussed as frequently as many others, but they’re equally horrifying - and, for the victims, equally sad. But beyond these infamous cases, an unsettling number of serial killers you’ve probably never heard of have existed throughout history. The Zodiac, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Aileen Wuornos, Richard Ramirez, Son of Sam - many serial killers have become (admittedly morbid) household names, notorious for the crimes they’ve committed.
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