Here are the most notorious cases that remain unsolved to this day. Preying on Italian immigrants , the Axeman of New Orleans terrorized the city for nearly two years between and Although some reports say the killer could have been active as early as The murderer worked in the dead of night and was said to be responsible for a dozen attacks and at least six deaths.
He got his name because he used an ax — usually the ax of the person he was attacking — to strike many of his victims. The perpetrator was then believed to have killed people in the neighboring town of Gretna, attacking Charlie and Rosie Cortimiglia and killing their daughter. Though their neighbors Iorlando Jordano and his son Frank were implicated in the murders, Rosie Cortimiglia later retracted her testimony and the pair walked free, according to the Smithsonian.
The Axeman reportedly sent a letter to a local newspaper that claimed any home that played jazz would be spared his wrath, though it's unclear if the letter actually came from him. Still, jazz clubs were filled the following Tuesday night, as per his instructions. Shortly after the letter was published, the Axeman seemingly disappeared and the cases went cold. One century later, the case remains unsolved. In the early s, six black girls and teens were murdered in the Washington, DC, area — believed to be the first serial killings in the area, according to The Washington Post.
Their killer was never found, but authorities did find a note in the pocket of one victim, year-old Brenda Woodard's pocket, dubbing himself the "Freeway Phantom. The killings stopped 17 months after they began and the murders were never solved. Much of the evidence that could now be DNA tested has been lost and the case seems to have run cold.
Some critics believe this is because the victims were black and law enforcement officials didn't give the case the care it deserved. With upwards of a dozen known-victims , the Cleveland Torso Murderer terrorized the Ohio city between and Authorities believed the killer would decapitate the victims , although some of the heads were never found — and many of the victims have gone unidentified.
Whoever the Cleveland Torso Murderer was, he seemed to delight in taunting Eliot Ness, the public safety director of Cleveland at the time. At one point, he placed the dead remains of two of his victims directly in the line of sight of Ness' office.
Once in custody, Lopez spewed out his colorful life story, including being captured by a native tribe and sentenced to execution for killing a young girl. Police were naturally skeptical of such a claim, but Lopez led police to a mass grave where they found the remains of 53 of his victims. The details then a little hazy after this, with different sources reporting different stories, but what is confirmed is that Pedro Lopez was set free from prison in , despite racking up one of the highest body counts in known history.
He was sent to a mental home for three years and was then set free. In , Lopez was suspected of being responsible for a new murder. However, no one has been able to find him since There are five million vending machines across the country, making an average of one vending machine per every 23 people. Between April and November in Hiroshima, 12 people were killed as a result of paraquat poisoning and a further 35 were seriously injured.
Around the same time, the company behind Oronamin C had launched a marketing campaign offering free bottles of the drink from vending machines whenever someone made a purchase. Police soon pieced things together and found that someone had been lacing these Oronamin C drinks with paraquat and placing them back on top of the vending machine.
It was almost impossible for the police to track down the person responsible since it was difficult to narrow down where a person had originally picked up the drink. Most of the vending machines responsible were in quiet back streets with no CCTV around. Also known as the Danilovsky Maniac, the Maniac with Dull Eyes was a Russian serial killer responsible for at least seven murders between and Over in Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast , Russia, various bodies were found around the city, dumped in construction sites and in abandoned buildings.
Perhaps most creepily, however, is that with each scene the killer left a calling card. Police found crude pornographic drawings on the walls near where every body was found.
After establishing that a serial killer was likely responsible for these seven murders, police also linked the Maniac with a series of murders dating back to He was also suspected in the murder of a young woman in His total assumed victim count is An ever-elusive bunch, serial killers are perhaps the most unsettling phenomenon of modern life.
Want to keep our site ad-free? Some of their comments….. Checking these comments…. You star your comment with whoever. So many opinions to labeling women who become victims, most ladies of the night are in some way addicts wether drugs or alcohol. Unfortunately the chase for there drug has put them in some tough situations but never blame victims, these opportunist are predators who watch, follow and strike at most opportune time.
We have to be mindful most of these victims have children, families, and they didnt want there life to turn out like this. Many serial killers kill gay men or prostitutes big all big a lot have.. Stop with the political nonsense already. It is not always making choices that make you more available to become a victim. When I was young I would walk most everywhere I wanted to go, such as the beach or store or to get a burger at the local burger joint. I also locked my doors and windows and worked for law enforcement as a communications and operater.
One night after getting off work I was showering, getting ready for bed when I heard this loud bang come from my apartment bedroom. I stepped out of the shower and observed a shadow move across the bedroom window which was now leaning up against the wall where the window had been.
I left the water running as I decided to face whoever was out there. Those thoughts were all the time it took me to make my decision to face my advisary. I stepped into my bedroom naked and wet. The man that was hiding in my closet stepped out and grabbed me. He got his arm around me from behind when I turned to run.
I started screaming and fighting him. The first thing I did when I stepped into my bedroom was look at his hands to see if he was armed. He had no weapon and because I was slippery from the shower water I got loose from him. All of a sudden my neighbor below me started yelling my name asking if I was all right.
This caused the intruder to push me out of the way and he ran out the front door jumping off my balcony. Put on a robe and waited for them. I might have not have fought him had he been armed, but I doubt it. As soon as the intruder was out my front door I yelled to my neighbor and chased him down the street with his shotgun, but he got away.
My intruder was in his mid to late 20s possibly early 30s, extremely good looking. In fact I told the cops that the only people new in my neighborhood were a group of roofers that had been working on a house across the street. They never caught the guy. I been in prison sorry people you have to many people opening there mouth that no nothing.
Regular inmates 35k death row k a year. I say go in cell with these people and live with them. There no saving them. You show mercy on them and they never showed mercy on victims. Prisoners think prison should be easy. If you know your going swing for your crime your going think about what your doing. Think about victims and actually think about them what they went threw. These Horrific crimes are starting be accepted in communities until happens to them.
It eye for eye found guilty you swing. They use hang horse theives!! Sing sing prison prisoners executed. These things are real and people need wake up. They always crying and say there sorry for crimes and would big them back. Son of sam is man of god now he says!!
Amazing always turn to god. Im sorry As soft and whining people are dont stand a chance with monsters like these people. Like people in California trying make child porn legal really people you agree with that!! Seems it might be that the smiley face killer is out for revenge, probably after being mickied with date rape drug and abused. It would seem straight, white, male professionals are relatively safe from serial killers. AShkan: Your ignorance is amazing!
Although I am sure we all agree that prostitutes and many drug addicts put their selves in very vulnerable situtations constantly which by no means makes it ok for them to be abused in any way by anyone!
They choose their victims for different reasons and some for no reason at all. A girl walking home from school like she has every day has no way of knowing if the car that just passed her has a serial killer in it that is stalking young school girls. Some serial killers break into peoples houses to get their victims. Regardless of who, what. Perhaps she was close emotionally to a male, and upon finding that the male was homosexual, she developed a hatred for homosexuals.
This might explain why all of the victims were male, not female. Just food for thought. Because as a women, we know that we are prayed upon day or night. Surveillance caught the act on tape and to my horror, I found out he was stalking me from The moment I entered the store an hour before. The serial killer suspected of killing three couples in the late s and presumably a fourth whose bodies were never found is still at large today.
Some theories attempt to explain why the cars were pulled over to begin with. Other, fresher cases have since taken detective priority. The identity behind the person who killed eight women in a Philadelphia suburb between and is still unknown. Dubbed the Frankford Slasher, police say the women were sexually assaulted, stabbed, and slashed up to 74 times.
The slasher posed as a counselor who befriended women in bars along Frankford Avenue before killing them in hiding. He even rented an office in a nearby church. Detectives got so far as to create a composite sketch of their suspect, but the killer managed to disappear before an arrest was made. In , police received word the prime suspect died.
The brutal homicides have since ceased, but the case remains unsolved. Next: Recent killings remain unsolved in this Midwestern state. Investigators are still searching for any clues that could help solve the cases of six women who disappeared or turned up dead in Chillicothe, Ohio. Four bodies were found in or near waterways in the town south of Columbus. Two other women remain missing. Due to the similarities and the time span, police are not discounting the possibility of a serial killer at large in Ohio.
Spike TV produced a docuseries about the events titled Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio after the homicides gained nationwide attention for remaining unsolved in Next: A state no stranger to unidentified serial killers 2. Florida Residents of Seminole Heights are terrified as the killer struck again recently. Next: A Long Island mystery 3.
New York There are absolutely no leads. Next: A law enforcement cover-up? Louisiana The book examines all the details of the case.
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