serial killers

aristocrats such as Gilles de Rais (the original Blubeard) killed hundreds of victims.
             But for each decade, the world has seen it's fair share of serial killers. Beginning with Jack the Ripper, one of the most famous serial killers, namely because he was never caught and died a free man. Around the same time was H.H.Holmes.
             Holmes, after scamming his way into money built what he called 'The Castle'. Inside his castle were secret passageways, hidden staircases, fake walls, concealed shafts, and trap doors. Some rooms were sound proof, lined with asbestos, and equipped with gas pipes connected to large pipes in the cellar. And of them all was a pair of chutes from the second and third floors of the basement, where Holmes kept a fully equipped dissection lab.
             Next, around the 1910's was Fritz Haarman. Not only did Haarman kill boys, but also sold their left over flesh that he didn't consume to the black-market beef trade. Next, in the 1920's was Albert Fish. When examined by a psychiatrist, he declared that Fish had practice every sexual perversion known aswell as a few no one had ever heard of.
             Around the 1950's was Ed Gein. Some would call him the superstar of serial killers for being the inspiration behind 3 of the most terrifying films in the past thirty years: Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs.
             Overtime though, it would be hard to distinguish just how serial killers of our time have changed to say a century ago. Perhaps now, they are more imaginary and prefer to put thought to their killings rather than slaughtering numerous peop
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