Name The Killer! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Champ Ferguson

Ferguson was a killer of Union soldiers and supporters in the area. He was arrested and tried for murder in May 1865. He claimed that his acts were in self-defense. He was sentenced to hang on October 20, 1865.

Answer: Andrei Chikatilo

Chikatilo went to trial on April 14, 1992. During the trial he was kept in an iron cage in the center of the courtroom. He once said he had cleansed society of worthless people. On February 14, 1994 he was executed.

Answer: Dr. Harold Shipman

Shipman is the only British doctor found to be guilty of murdering his patients. Other doctors suspected of murder have been prosecuted for other crimes. Dr John Bodkin Adams, Dr Leonard Arthur, and Dr Thomas Lodwig were all suspected of murder but never convicted for murder. Shipman committed suicide on January 13, 2004.

Answer: Elizabeth Báthory

Some fabricated stories of her crimes have led to comparisons with Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia (fictional Count Dracula) and to modern nicknames of the "Blood Countess" and "Countess Dracula". Her date of death is unknown.

Answer: Alexander Pichushkin

This guy was sick. He asked a Russian court to add an additional 11 victims to his body count (supposedly wanting to surpass the murder total of Andrei Chikatilo, 52 murders) , bringing his claimed death toll to 60. During the trial, he, like others in Russia, was housed in a glass cage. It took the judge over an hour to read the verdict of life in prison with his first 15 years in solitary confinement.

Answer: Ted Bundy

"The Deliberate Stranger" is the name for both a book and television film about serial killer Ted Bundy. He escaped from prison twice. He confessed to 30 murders. At 7:06 a.m. EST on January 24, 1989 Ted Bundy was executed.

Answer: Pedro Filho

Pedro Rodrigues Filho was a serial killer from Brazil who was convicted of 70 murders and sentenced to 128 years in prison for his crimes. Filho's father was one of his victims.

Answer: The "Axeman of New Orleans"

The Axeman of New Orleans was a serial killer in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 1918 to October 1919. Not everyone was frightened of the murders committed by the Axeman. Citizens sent newspaper invitations (after the letter above was sent to the newspaper) for the Axeman to visit their houses to see who he would kill first. The murderer was never caught.

Answer: Ottis Toole

Adam Walsh was abducted from a mall across the street from the Hollywood (Florida) Police department. Ottis Toole actually confessed to the murder of Adam in 1983, however, the police did not consider him a suspect. 27 years passed before the Hollywood Police Department closed the case and named Ottis Toole as the killer. No new evidence or DNA was ever presented by the Hollywood Police Department.

Answer: John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy was convicted for the murders of 33 young boys. He buried his victims under his Chicago home. He entertained kids dressed as "Pogo the Clown" while throwing block parties for friends and neighbors. He was executed in 1994.