Comments on: The Monster of the Andes, The Meanest Man in America, and 7 other Prolific Serial Killers

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:27:00 +0000

The body counts are greatly exagerated i’m sure, these people are definatly monsters i don’t see the need to build up the hype with grossly over-estimated body counts. i’ll bet that between the three of them that greco, lopez and shipman didn’t kill 300 people let alone 300 apiece. regardless,they are still sacks of sh–. it’s hard to believe that lopez is out, i really hope that one of the victim’s family got ahold of him and that’s why he’s missing.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:50:00 +0000

“Lopez’s cooperation with police helped to reduce his sentence to a mere sixteen years. Good behavior moved his release date up two years. He was released from prison in 1998, and his current whereabouts are unknown.”

Yay! These people don’t keep track of a guy randomly going to different countries to rape and kill innocent people. I think i will plan my next trip to go kill that sorry son of a bit$#!

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:13:00 +0000

There is a great book, The Devil in the WHite City (I think) taht tells all about HH Holmes. It’s a good read about such a crazy guy.

By: Nhi

Nhi — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:10:00 +0000

They forgot to mention that Elizabeth Bathory bathed in the girls’ blood because she believed it would keep her young.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:02:26 +0000

Holmes and Bathory would make excellent horror movies if they haven’t already been made. The scariest horror movies are the ones with truth behind them and to think people actually put so much effort into torturing and killing others boggles the mind. Great article

By: El Tigre

El Tigre — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:53:33 +0000

In reference to H.H. Holmes, It wasn’t that he would “fire employees after two weeks to avoid paying them”, but that those employees were contractors doing piecemeal work on his house of horrors, and he didn’t want any of them to catch on to his master plan. After all, you don’t want the guy building your windowless brick room to find out that said room will be fitted with a human-size furnace, do you?

By: allye

allye — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:42:08 +0000

I was shocked when I saw how short the prison terms were as well — but i’m betting the conditions in those prisons weren’t posh by any means… which is somewhat satisfying of a thought after reading all those horrors.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:51:36 +0000

I lied, I’ve got more corrections.

De Rais was investigated after he attacked a priest over a land dispute, not an attempted kidnapping. His body count is estimated between 140 and 800, and he was hanged, then burned, but per request (which was unbelievably still granted even after his admission to the murders) he was taken down and buried in a church in Nantes.

He sodomized his victims before, during and after their murders, and kept their severed heads to admire, and would often kiss the one he found most “beautiful.”

I promise this time that I am done, however, in the interest of giving credit where credit is due, the info I just spewed forth came from “Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters,” by Peter Vronsky.

Good read for those of you who are interested in the subject matter.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:29:42 +0000

Alright, I’m jumping on the myth de-bunking bandwagon. This is my bread and butter you see, (not murder, just the study of it) so I thought I’d put my two cent in.

Bathory’s “bathing in blood” story is in fact, just a legend. It will not and cannot ever be proved. It is said that she was so covered in blood after the murder and torture of the girls that it appeared as though she bathed in it. Although it was proven that she often bit her victims, it has never been proven that she drank their blood. However, the bodies were found drained of all their blood, and the rumors have taken flight from that.

Also, the villagers were the ones who tipped off an investigation after she disposed of some of the bodies by having them thrown out of the castle window in plain view. There had been earlier suspicions raised, but because of her status, any investigation into the disappearences of the girls was quashed by members of the royal family.

One last thing: she died in 1615, not 1614.

Sorry, I’m done.

By: Historian

Historian — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:47:13 +0000

The portrait you show as Elizabeth Bathory is actually a painting by Bronzino, done in 1540 (before Elizabeth was even born). Her name is Lucrezia Panciatichi. There are only two portraits known to be Elizabeth, and one miniature, which all may be found via google.