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1. This Russian cannibal had his dentist fit him with metal teeth because, as he said, 'they look good'.
2. The 'Moors Murderers', who were fervent admirers of the Nazis, were convicted of three murders. What were their names?
3. 'For heaven's sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself'. Which very disturbed young killer wrote this on one of his victim's bedroom wall?
4. This 'Docteur Guillotine' offered to smuggle Jews to safety during the Second World War. Instead, he killed them and grew rich on their belongings.
5. This 'Vampire of Sacramento' spent most of his life going in and out of mental institutions. After his last release from the mental hospital he murdered six people because, in his twisted mind, he needed to drink human blood to survive.
6. This German killer shot his victims only when the bells of the Nuremberg Church were ringing, covering the sound of his gun. He was therefore nicknamed the 'Midday Murderer'.
7. There was Jack the Ripper and then there was Jack the Stripper... What was the common link between their victims?
8. What Hungarian village was the site of a widespread murder epidemic following the First World War?
9. Known as the 'Red Spider', this killer stalked Poland during the late 60s, killing more than twenty young woman. He earned his nickname from letters he sent to the police, each written in red ink.
10. This German gave himself the nickname 'Der Best Totmacher' (the best death-maker) and is recorded as saying: 'Every man has his passion; some like whist, I prefer killing people'.
11. These two body-snatchers resorted to murder to provide corpses to be sold to a renowned anatomist during the 1820s. They were both named William, but what were their last names?
12. One of the very few female serial killers, this prostitute claimed she killed all of her male victims in self defense. The judge did not believe her, and she was sentenced to death on January 27th 1990.
13. Better known as the 'Black Panther', this killer always dressed in an army camouflage suit, white gloves and a black hood.
14. What kind of enterprise did the Gonzales sisters run, using it to kill more than eighty young girls in the 1920s in Mexico?
15. Which alias was used by Hermann Webster Mudgett?
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