KILLER & MASS MURDERER BIOS
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JACK THE RIPPER
Jack the Ripper is a pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London, England in the latter half of 1888. The name is taken from a letter to the Central News Agency by someone claiming to be the murderer, published at the time of the killings.
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VLAD TEPES (VLAD THE IMPALER)
Vlad III the Impaler was Prince of Wallachia, a former polity which is now part of Romania. His three reigns were in 1448, 1456-1462, and 1476. In the English-speaking world, Vlad is best known for the legends of the exceedingly cruel punishments he imposed during his reign, and consequently serving as the inspiration for the vampire main character in Bram Stoker's popular Dracula novel.
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KITTY GENOVESE (CATHERINE GENOVESE)
Catherine Genovese (July 7, 1935 — March 13, 1964), commonly known as Kitty Genovese, was a New York City woman who was stabbed to death near her home in the Kew Gardens section of Queens, New York. The circumstances of her murder and the apparent reaction (or lack thereof) of her neighbors were reported by a newspaper article published two weeks later and prompted investigation into the psychological phenomenon that became known as the bystander effect, the "Bad Samaritan Complex" or "Genovese syndrome".
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ROBERT HANSEN
Robert P. Hanssen (born February 15, 1939, in Estherville, Iowa) is an American serial killer who flew his victims into the Alaskan wilderness and hunted them down like wild game.
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JOACHIM KROLL
Joachim Kroll (April 17, 1933 - July 1, 1991) was a German serial killer and cannibal. He was known as the Ruhr Cannibal (Ruhrkannibale), and the Duisburg Man-Eater (Duisburger Menschenfresser). He was convicted of eight murders but confessed to a total of 13.
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JOSEPH EDWARD DUNCAN III
Joseph Edward Duncan III (born February 25, 1963) is an alleged American serial killer, and convicted sex offender and murderer who received national attention after being arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Shasta Groene, age eight, and her brother Dylan, age nine.
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GANGSTER & OUTLAW BIOS
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AL CAPONE
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), popularly known as Al "Scarface" Capone, was an American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcoholic beverages during the time of their prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s.
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BILLY THE KID
Henry McCarty (November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881) was better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William Harrison Bonney. He was a 19th century American frontier outlaw and gunman who was a participant in the Lincoln County War. He was reputed to have killed 21 men, one for each year of his life.
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JOHN DILLINGER
John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber, considered by some to be a dangerous criminal, while others idealized him as a latter-day Robin Hood
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WAR CRIMINAL BIOS
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ADOLF HITLER
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889-April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933, and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party.
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HORROR ICON BIOS
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CANDYMAN
Candyman is a 1992 horror movie starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd and Xander Berkeley. It was directed by Bernard Rose and is based on the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker, though the film's scenario is switched from England to the United States (specifically Chicago).
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DR HANNIBAL LECTER
Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character appearing in four novels by author Thomas Harris and their film adaptations. The American Film Institute calls Lecter (as portrayed by Sir Anthony Hopkins) the most memorable villain in film history.Lecter is a brilliant and cultured psychiatrist turned cannibalistic serial murderer, nicknamed "Hannibal the Cannibal".
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HERBERT WEST
Herbert West is a fictional character created by H.P. Lovecraft for his short story "Herbert West—Reanimator", first published in 1922. West was played by Jeffrey Combs in the 1985 Re-Animator movie and its two sequels, Bride of Re-Animator and Beyond Re-Animator.
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THE TALL MAN
The Tall Man is a villain from the Phantasm series of films written, directed, photographed, co-produced and edited by Don Coscarelli. The Tall Man was portrayed in the film and its sequels by Angus Scrimm.
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SUPER VILLAIN BIOS
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KINGPIN (WILSON FISK)
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics villain who has battled many Marvel crime-fighters, most often The Punisher, Spider-Man, and Daredevil.
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LEX LUTHOR
Lex Luthor is a fictional DC Comics supervillain. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as a Superman villain, Luthor first appeared in Action Comics #23 (1940). Luthor has been Superman's archenemy for most of the superhero's existence, having been envisioned as his dual opposite, devoid of morals and relying on intellect rather than strength.
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THE JOKER
The Joker is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain widely considered to be Batman's archenemy. He first appeared in Batman #1 (Spring 1940). His creation is the subject of debate, with some sources saying he was initially conceived by art assistant Jerry Robinson and redesigned by Batman creators Bob Kane and Bill Finger, which Kane consistently denied until his death in 1998.
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THE RED SKULL
Red Skull is a Marvel Comics supervillain who is the archenemy of Captain America. The character's first modern appearance was in Tales of Suspense #66, although the Red Skull was impersonated by a Nazi agent, George John Maxon in Tales of Suspense #65 (via retcon).
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