10 Free Trivia Questions about Serial Killers

He killed, and removed the genitals of 5 women in 1880s London. His identity is still unknown. JACK THE RIPPER.

2. For 13 months in the mid-1970s, New York City was terrorized by the killer called “The Son of Sam.” DAVID BERKOWITZ.

3. In the 1970s, this man murdered and raped at least 25 women, all over the Western United States. He’s one of the most famous serial killers of all time. TED BUNDY.



4. Between 1978 and 1991, this man murdered and ate 17 men and boys. JEFFREY DAHMER.

5. From 1962 to 1964, Albert DeSalvo strangled and sexually assaulted 12 women in the city that gave his his nickname. THE BOSTON STRANGLER.

6. Known as the “Blood Countess of Transylvania,” she kidnapped peasant girls and bathed in their blood to preserve her youth. ELIZABETH BATHORY.

7. This killer was a nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital on Long Island. He murdered 25 patients by injecting poison into their IV bottles. RICHARD ANGELO.

8. Everyone who knew this killer said he was a model citizen, who was devoted to the community and a hard-working businessman. That changed when police found the remains of 33 teenagers buried under his house. [Hint: shares his first two names with a popular star of movie westerns]. JOHN WAYNE GACY.

9. America’s most prolific serial killer, Gary Leon Ridgway confessed to 48 murders in Seattle. He got his nickname from the river where he dumped most of his victims. THE GREEN RIVER KILLER.

10. Suspected of at least 7 murders, and sentenced to death, she maintains her killings were performed in self-defense, while working as a prostitute. Charlize Theron won an oscar for playing her. AILEEN WOURNOS.