American Serial Killers Crime Scene Photos
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The girl in this photo is believed to be kidnapping victim Tara Calico, though the boy is as yet unidentified. What's most chilling about this Polaroid is that it was discovered in a parking space minutes after a plain white van left the spot in September 1988.
Investigators theorize the photograph was taken that very moment, with the boy and girl inside the van, tantalizingly close but so far away from rescue. Whether the victim is indeed Calico or not, the fate of these two is unknown.
Many of the photos are extremely graphic and may be considered by some to be disturbing or offensive.
I have come to believe that we should see these photos. Seeing the bodies makes the crime more real, rather than something of a campfire horror story. It is easy in our own safe little worlds to see violent crime as something distant, something that happens to 'other' people. We cannot, myself included, always wrap our minds around the gravity of these crimes. The fact of the matter is that murder does not discriminate. It can happen to anyone. These killers are hidden from us until they choose to make themselves visible. To paraphrase H.P. Lovecraft, evil dwells 'not in the spaces we know, but between them. They walk serene and primal, undimensioned and to us unseen.'
I hope that when you view the photos below, you come away with a better sense of what actually occured. These are not nightly news sound bites over footage filmed half a world away. If fairy tales were once used to frighten and forewarn us, then these are the new fairy tales. This is the work of the witch fattening us for the kill, the troll waiting beneath the bridge.
This is real. The witch won, the troll emerged. We must listen closely to the tales the bodies tell.
'Mortui vivos docent - The dead teach the living.'
A cross-country serial killer, Bundy was executed in Florida in 1989.
Margaret Bowman/Chi Omega Sorority House, Florida
The back of Bundy's head following his execution by electrocution.
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John Wayne Gacy
Chicago serial killer of 33 young men and boys.
Skull of a victim found in the crawlspace of Gacy's home.
John List
List shot his entire family in their home.
He was captured in 1989 after nearly two decades on the loose.
List died in prison in 2008.
Victim's Body.
Victim's Body.
Victim's Body.
Victim's Body.
Ronald DeFeo
DeFeo gunned down his entire family.
The home in which the killing occured became famous as the 'Amityville Horror' house.
Body of Marc DeFeo.
Marc DeFeo's bed.
Body of Dawn DeFeo.
Bodies of Ronald Defeo, Sr. and Louise DeFeo.
Body of John DeFeo.
John DeFeo's bed.
Body of Allison DeFeo. Friends tv show full episodes.
Brian Deneke
Murdered in Amarillo, TX during a fight. His killer was initially given probation.
IHOP Parking lot across the street from Deneke's murder site.
Mall parking lot where Deneke was murdered.
Richard Ramirez
Richard Ramirez was referred to as the Night Stalker.
He is currently on death row at California's San Quention prison.
Victim's Body
Victim's Body
Victim's Body
Thumb cuffs used on a victim
Victim's Body
Victim's bedroom
Jerome Brudos
Brudos was a foot fetishist and serial killer.
He died in 2006 of cancer.
Photo of Victim's Feet/Trophy of Brudos
Victim's Body
Victim's Body
Photo of Victim's Feet/Trophy of Brudos
Hillside Stranglers
Cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi were California serial killers.
Buono died in prison. Bianchi is still incarcerated.
Victim's Bodies
Victim's Bodies
Victim's Bodies
Victim's Body
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Coroner's photo showing ligature marks
Coroner's photo showing ligature marks
Victim's Body
Andrei Chikatilo
Chikatilo was a Russian serial killer who murdered over fifty people.
He has since been executed.
Victim's Body
Victim's Severed Head As Evidence
Chikatilo Reenacting One of the Murders
Elizabeth Short
Short's 1947 murder in Los Angeles, CA has never been solved.
Crime Scene
Coroner's Photo
Coroner's Photo
Coroner's Photo
Crime Scene Photo
Crime Scene Photo
Crime Scene Photo
Coroner's Photo
Elizabeth Short
Manson Family Murders
These cult killings were carried out by Charles Manson's 'family' members, at his direction.
Abigail Folger
Abigail Folger/Coroner's PhotoAbigail Folger/Crime Scene
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Abigail Folger/Crime Scene Abigail Folger/Crime Scene
Abigail Folger/Death Certificate Abigail Folger
Voytek Frykowski
Voytek Frykowski/Crime SceneVoytek Frykowski/Coroner's Photo
Voytek Frykowski/Coroner's PhotoVoytek Frykowski/Crime Scene
Voytek Frykowski/Coroner's PhotoVoytek Frykowski/Coroner's Photo
Abigail Folger and Voytek FrykowskiVoytek Frykowski/Death Certificate
Jay Sebring
Jay Sebring/Coroner's PhotoJay Sebring/Crime Scene
Jay Sebring/Coroner's PhotoJay Sebring/Crime Scene
Jay Sebring/Crime SceneJay Sebring/Death Certificate
Sharon Tate
Sharon Tate & Jay Sebring/Crime SceneSharon Tate/Coroner's Photo
Sharon Tate/Crime Scene Sharon Tate/Coroner's Photo
Sharon Tate/Coroner's PhotoSharon Tate/Coroner's Photo
Sharon Tate/Coroner's PhotoSharon Tate
Sharon Tate & Jay Sebring Sharon Tate
Sharon Tate/Death CertificateSharon Tate/Autopsy Form
Sharon Tate Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski
Steven Parent
Steven Parent/Coroner's Photo Steven Parent/Crime Scene
Steven Parent/Crime SceneSteven Parent/Death Certificate
Rosemary LaBianca
Rosemary LaBianca/Coroner's Photo Rosemary LaBianca/Crime Scene
Rosemary LaBianca/Coroner's PhotoRosemary LaBianca/Coroner's Photo
Rosemary LaBianca/Crime Scene PhotoRosemary LaBianca/Death Certificate
Leno LaBianca
Leno LaBianca/Coroner's Photo Leno LaBianca/Coroner's Photo
Leno LaBianca/Crime Scene Leno LaBianca/Crime Scene
Leno LaBianca/Crime Scene Leno LaBianca/Coroner's Photo
Leno LaBianca/Coroner's Photo Leno LaBianca/Coroner's Photo
Leno LaBianca/Coroner's Photo Leno LaBianca/Death Certificate Leno LaBianca
The Crime Scenes
Susan Atkins' footprints/Tate House Doorstep/Tate House Bodies on the lawn/Tate House A body on the lawn/Tate House
Bloody doorstep/Tate HousePorch/Tate House Bedroom closet door/Tate House 'Pig'/Tate House
'Pig'/Tate HouseRoman Polanski outside the home/Tate House
The Tate/Polanski home 'Helter Skelter'/LaBianca House
Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman
Simpson and Goldman were stabbed to death outside Simpson's home in 1994.
Her ex-husband, former football great O.J. Simpson, was acquitted of the killings,
only to later be found culpable in civil court.
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
Gregg Smart
Smart was shot to death by his wife's teenage boyfriend and friend,
who were also her students.
Crime Scene
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
Harris and Klebold were the Columbine (Colorado) High School gunmen.
The two committed simultaneous suicide in the school's library followings the killings.
Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold/Crime Scene
Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold/Crime Scene
Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold/Crime Scene (Higher Resolution)
Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold/Crime Scene (Higher Resolution)
Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold/Crime Scene (Higher Resolution)
Daniel Rohrbough/Crime Scene
Bloody Sneakers Outside a Hospital Emergency Room
Cafeteria Security Camera Still
Richard Chase
Chase was a severely mentally disturbed serial killer who drank the blood of his victims.
He committed suicide while incarcerated.
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
Doug Clark and Carol Bundy
Dubbed the 'Sunset Strip Killers', Clark and Bundy were lovers who committed crimes together and apart.
They are currently incarcerated.
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
Coroner's Photo
Coroner's Photo
Jeffrey Dahmer
Dahmer was a Milwaukee, WI serial killer, cannibal, and necrophiliac who confessed to seventeen horrific killings.
He was murdered in prison by another inmate.
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
Jack the Ripper
Jack is an unknown killer, infamous for his 1888 unsolved prostitute murders.
Coroner's Photo
Serial Killers Crime Scene Photographs
Coroner's Photo
Coroner's Photo
Coroner's Photo
Coroner's Photo
Ed Gein
Gein was convicted of two murders, although he may have killed more.
He robbed graves to feed grotesque fantasies.
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
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Mask Gein made from victim's face and scalp
Mask Gein made from victim's face and scalp
Mask Gein made from victim's face and scalp
A bowl Gein made from a human skull
Wonderland
Fueled by drugs, porn star John Holmes, along with others,
was allegedly involved in these brutal bludgeoning deaths.
Barbara Richardson/Crime Scene Photo
Barbara Richardson
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Barbara Richardson/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
Ron Launius/Autopsy Report
William DeVerell/Crime Scene Photo
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Billy Ray DeVerell/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
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Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Joy Miller/Autopsy Report
Bob Crane
Crane, star of television's Hogan's Heroes, was murdered by an unknown assailant.
Bob Crane/Crime Scene
Andrew Cunanan
Cunanan was a spree killer, who became infamous after murdering fashion designer Gianni Versace.
Andrew Cunanan/Crime Scene
Richard Cottingham
While operating in New York and New Jersey,
this serial killer tortured his victims for prolonged periods of time.
Crime Scene
Rasputin
Rasputin was the so-called 'Mad Monk', and spiritual advisor to Czar Nicholas of Russia.
He was shot, stabbed, drowned, beaten, and poisoned.
Rasputin/Crime Scene
Nancy Spungeon
The girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious ( ne Simon Ritchie).
She was fatally stabbed - by Vicious or an unknown assailant - at New York's Chelsea Hotel.
Vicious overdosed on heroin a short time later.
President John F. Kennedy
United States President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, during a parade in Dallas, TX.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was shot
and killed by Jack Ruby while in police custody.
His death was broadcast live on national television.
Lizzie Borden
A New England spinster, Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother.
The case remains unsolved.
Abby Borden/Crime Scene
Tupac Shakur
Shakur, a famous hip-hop artist, poet, and actor, was gunned down in Las Vegas, NV.
His murder has never been solved.
Coroner's Photo (Black and white)
Coroner's Photo (Color)
Thanks Tony!
Branch Davidians
The Branch Davidians were a religous cult in Waco, Texas.
In April of 1993, cult leader David Koresh and dozens of his followers died
in a fire following a gun battle and standoff with federal law enforcement.
The following photographs were taken at autopsy.
Autopsy Photo
This photo is allegedly the body of cult leader David Koresh.
Autopsy Photo
This photo is allegedly the body of cult member Scott Sonobe.
Autopsy Photo
This photo is allegedly the body of cult member Floyd Houtman.
Autopsy Photo
This photo is allegedly the body of cult member Malcom Livingston.
Serial Killers Crime Scene
Autopsy Photo
This photo is allegedly the body of cult member Mark Wendell.
Autopsy Photo
This photo is allegedly the body of cult member Raymond Friesen.
Charles Whitman
A University of Texas student and former Marine, Whitman climbed the university's clock tower and went on a shooting spree.
He was shot by police after killing fourteen people and wounding thirty-two others.
Crime Scene
Source: AR.2000.002, Austin History Center, Austin (TX) Public Library
Coroner's Photo
Coroner's Photo
Crime Scene/Charles Whitman's mother, Margaret
Crime Scene/Charles Whitman's wife, Kathy
Malcolm X (ne Little)
A minister, speaker, and human rights advocate, X was gunned down while giving a speech in New York.
Two days before his death, X said, 'I realized racism isn't just a black and white problem.
It's brought bloodbaths to about every nation on earth at one time or another.'
An estimated fourteen to thirty thousand people attended his public viewing.
Malcolm X/Autopsy Photo
Supplementary Complaint Report
Malcolm X
Dean Corll
Corll, along with accomplices Elmer Wayne Henley and David Brooks, murdered at least 27 boys in Houton, Texas.
In a bizarre twist of fate, Corll was shot to death by Henley.
Dean Corll/Crime Scene
BTK
Dennis Rader, Wichita, Kansas's 'BTK' killer, murdered ten people between
1974 and 1991. He is serving ten consecutive life sentences.
'BTK' stood for 'Bind, Torture, Kill.'
Self-portrait of a masked Dennis Rader lying in an open grave.
Joe Otero/Crime Scene
Josie Otero/Crime Scene
Josie Otero/Crime Scene
Julie Otero/Crime Scene
Otero Bedroom/Crime Scene
Nancy Fox/Crime Scene
Shirley Vian/Crime Scene
Vicki Wegerle/Crime Scene
Vicki Wegerle/Crime Scene
Vicki Wegerle/Autopsy
- Matthew 10:16
Special thanks to Serial Killer Central for the photos!