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1. Odd one out - three of the following killers defended themselves in court. Who didn't?
2. What crimes was Albert DeSalvo finally convicted of?
3. Odd one out - Three of the following killers were cannibals. Who was the Vampire?
4. All of the following members of the Manson family were convicted of murder. Which one of them wasn't present at the Tate murder site?
5. All of these killers were part of a deadly partnership. Three of them committed their crimes with female partners. Which of them had a male partner?
6. What was the name of the owner of the dog which David Berkowitz claimed was tormenting him?
7. Odd one out - Which one of the following killers was brought to justice?
8. When death row groupie Veronica Compton was thrown over by Kenneth Bianchi, because she bungled a killing which was intended to prove his innocence, who did she grace with her sick devotion?
9. Odd one out - All of the following killers are now dead but only one of them was killed by the State. Which was it?
10. Who was the killer of 8 young nurses who was identified by a tattoo which read 'Born to raise hell'?
11. Odd one out - Three of the following were serial killers. Which one was the spree killer?
12. John Christie's first conviction for a violent crime came about when he hit a prostitute around the head with a ...
13. Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen lived in this quiet London Street and buried the remains of his wife in the cellar there.
14. Which old time Gangster and Killer taught the young Charles Manson to play the Guitar?
15. Odd one out - Three of the following killers were rippers. Who was the Butcher?
16. Serial killer, Ted Bundy, was held down while what important evidence was forcibly taken from him?
17. Who was the person who fought alongside of Joan of Arc as Marshal of France but later went on to murder dozens of teenage boys for pleasure?
18. Cold hearted English Murderer George Smith was known as the ...
19. In 1935, Dr Buck Ruxton was convicted of the murder of his wife and their children's nurse. What important new scientific technique was used in a criminal case for the first time and helped send him to the gallows?
20. Which of the following occupations was NOT held by Dennis Nilsen before he became better known as a gay 'killer for company' and cannibal?
21. Derek Bentley was hanged for the murder of Police Constable Sidney Miles. Why did this hanging cause the controversy that it did?
22. In the mid-nineteenth century, the small Staffordshire town of Rugeley was rocked by the crimes of its most famous son, the 'Prince of Poisoners'. There was a move to change the town's name and name it after the incumbent Prime Minister. Why was this plan abandoned?
23. Edinburgh Body Snatchers, Burke and Hare, made their living from supplying cadavers to this doctor ...
24. It's well known that Charles Manson claimed a link with the Beatles and their music, but which band actually recorded a Manson song and released it as a B side to one of their singles?
25. The Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar who ruled Rome from AD37 to AD41 murdered most of his family and a great deal of the rest of the population of Rome. He was better know as Caligula. He got this name because of ...
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