Aileen Wuornos

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Also Known As	Aileen Pittman • Aileen Carol Wuornos
Born	February 29, 1956 • Michigan
Died	October 9, 2002 (aged 46) • Florida

Dennis Rader

American serial killer

Richard Kuklinski

American criminal

H.H. Holmes

American serial killer

Boston Strangler

American serial killer

Richard Ramirez

American serial killer

Zodiac killer

American serial killer

Ed Gein

American serial killer

John Wayne Gacy

American serial killer

David Berkowitz

American serial killer

Ted Bundy

American serial killer

Jeffrey Dahmer

American serial killer

William Hare

Irish criminal

William Burke

Irish criminal

Mary Ann Cotton

British serial killer

Jack the Ripper

English murderer

Andrei Chikatilo

Soviet serial killer

Harold Shipman

British physician and serial killer

Marcel Petiot

French serial killer

Marc Dutroux

Belgian serial killer

Javed Iqbal

Pakistani serial killer

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