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Topic |
Wikipedia views |
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| 1 |
Ted Bundy |
13,097 |
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| 2 |
John Wayne Gacy |
9,524 |
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| 3 |
Albert Fish |
5,101 |
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| 4 |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg |
2,343 |
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| 5 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
1,533 |
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| 6 |
Charles Starkweather |
1,358 |
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| 7 |
Barbara Graham |
1,353 |
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| 8 |
Karla Faye Tucker |
1,062 |
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| 9 |
Louis Buchalter |
1,002 |
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| 10 |
Leon Czolgosz |
994 |
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| 11 |
Gary Gilmore |
895 |
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| 12 |
Gary M. Heidnik |
844 |
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| 13 |
Perry Smith (murderer) |
718 |
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| 14 |
Ricky Ray Rector |
685 |
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| 15 |
Tomoyuki Yamashita |
680 |
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| 16 |
Donald Henry Gaskins |
672 |
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| 17 |
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck |
613 |
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| 18 |
Joe Hill |
611 |
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| 19 |
Carl Panzram |
590 |
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| 20 |
Ruth Snyder |
589 |
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| 21 |
William Bonin |
584 |
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| 22 |
Bruno Hauptmann |
575 |
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| 23 |
Eddie Slovik |
500 |
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| 24 |
Giuseppe Zangara |
463 |
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| 25 |
Richard Hickock |
457 |
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| 26 |
Caryl Chessman |
426 |
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| 27 |
Westley Allan Dodd |
416 |
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| 28 |
Elmo Patrick Sonnier |
382 |
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| 29 |
Lena Baker |
375 |
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| 30 |
Allen Lee Davis |
374 |
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| 31 |
Jimmy Lee Gray |
365 |
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| 32 |
Velma Barfield |
342 |
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| 33 |
Tom Ketchum |
338 |
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| 34 |
Tom Horn |
328 |
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| 35 |
Judy Buenoano |
328 |
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| 36 |
Robert Alton Harris |
322 |
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| 37 |
John Albert Taylor |
317 |
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| 38 |
Timothy Spencer |
310 |
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| 39 |
Harvey Glatman |
306 |
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| 40 |
Gerald Stano |
306 |
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| 41 |
Willie Francis |
292 |
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| 42 |
Pedro Medina |
290 |
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| 43 |
Peter Kudzinowski |
284 |
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| 44 |
Christina Marie Riggs |
239 |
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| 45 |
Ronald Gene Simmons |
235 |
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| 46 |
William Edward Hickman |
232 |
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| 47 |
Betty Lou Beets |
228 |
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| 48 |
Kenneth McDuff |
209 |
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| 49 |
Victor Feguer |
201 |
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| 50 |
Briley Brothers |
201 |
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| 51 |
Harry Pierpont |
193 |
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| 52 |
Charles Brooks, Jr. |
191 |
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| 53 |
Sean Sellers |
182 |
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| 54 |
Jesse Tafero |
179 |
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| 55 |
George Stinney |
179 |
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| 56 |
Arthur Gary Bishop |
170 |
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| 57 |
Rainey Bethea |
167 |
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| 58 |
Billy Bailey |
161 |
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| 59 |
Anna Marie Hahn |
158 |
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| 60 |
Robert Lee Willie |
157 |
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| 61 |
John A. Bennett |
155 |
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| 62 |
Francis Crowley |
151 |
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| 63 |
Macario Sakay |
150 |
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| 64 |
Billy Cook (criminal) |
150 |
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| 65 |
John Spenkelink |
147 |
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| 66 |
John Joubert (criminal) |
143 |
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| 67 |
Shaka Sankofa |
142 |
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| 68 |
Ronald Clark O'Bryan |
140 |
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| 69 |
Johnny Garrett |
140 |
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| 70 |
Emanuel Weiss |
136 |
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| 71 |
Rhonda Belle Martin |
130 |
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| 72 |
Roger Keith Coleman |
129 |
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| 73 |
Burton Abbott |
128 |
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| 74 |
James Autry |
127 |
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| 75 |
Dalton Prejean |
125 |
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| 76 |
James Terry Roach |
125 |
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| 77 |
Louis Till |
114 |
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| 78 |
Donald Harding (murderer) |
111 |
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| 79 |
Harry Strauss |
110 |
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| 80 |
Eva Coo |
106 |
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| 81 |
Lowell Lee Andrews |
105 |
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| 82 |
Jack Gilbert Graham |
102 |
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| 83 |
David Mason (murderer) |
100 |
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| 84 |
Charles Becker |
98 |
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| 85 |
Louise Peete |
97 |
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| 86 |
Odell Barnes |
97 |
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| 87 |
Charles Rodman Campbell |
96 |
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| 88 |
Ruben Cantu |
95 |
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| 89 |
Louis Capone |
94 |
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| 90 |
Edward Earl Johnson |
94 |
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| 91 |
George York and James Latham |
91 |
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| 92 |
Dobie Gillis Williams |
90 |
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| 93 |
Hans B. Schmidt |
88 |
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| 94 |
Larry Gene Bell |
86 |
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| 95 |
Gee Jon |
82 |
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| 96 |
Harry Maione |
80 |
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| 97 |
Raymond Hamilton |
80 |
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| 98 |
Herbert Hans Haupt |
78 |
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| 99 |
Steven Timothy Judy |
78 |
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| 100 |
Ellis Wayne Felker |
77 |
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| 101 |
William Henry Hance |
76 |
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| 102 |
Willie McGee (convict) |
75 |
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| 103 |
James French (murderer) |
73 |
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| 104 |
Manny Babbitt |
72 |
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| 105 |
Thomas Harrison Provenzano |
71 |
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| 106 |
Martin Goldstein |
69 |
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| 107 |
Toni Jo Henry |
69 |
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| 108 |
Sam Shockley |
68 |
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| 109 |
John Louis Evans |
67 |
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| 110 |
Frank James Coppola |
67 |
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| 111 |
Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky |
67 |
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| 112 |
Andrew Pixley |
63 |
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| 113 |
Floyd Allen |
60 |
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| 114 |
Leonard Shockley |
58 |
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| 115 |
Antonio James |
55 |
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| 116 |
Harry Horowitz |
55 |
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| 117 |
Joseph Paul Jernigan |
55 |
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| 118 |
Steven Brian Pennell |
54 |
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| 119 |
James Coburn (criminal) |
52 |
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| 120 |
Wilford Berry, Jr. |
51 |
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| 121 |
Richard Snell (criminal) |
50 |
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| 122 |
Miran Edgar Thompson |
49 |
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| 123 |
Eddie Mays |
47 |
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| 124 |
Mary Rogers (murderer) |
46 |
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| 125 |
Gary Lee Davis |
45 |
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| 126 |
Richard Quirin |
41 |
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| 127 |
John Eldon Smith |
40 |
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| 128 |
Nicola Sacco |
39 |
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| 129 |
Aaron Mitchell (murderer) |
39 |
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| 130 |
Andrew Lee Jones |
38 |
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| 131 |
Joseph Carl Shaw |
38 |
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| 132 |
Robert Glen Coe |
38 |
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| 133 |
Paul Jaworski |
35 |
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| 134 |
Bartolomeo Vanzetti |
34 |
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| 135 |
Harold McQueen, Jr. |
34 |
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| 136 |
George Mercer |
34 |
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| 137 |
Jerry White (criminal) |
33 |
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| 138 |
Barry Lee Fairchild |
33 |
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| 139 |
Jesse Bishop |
33 |
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| 140 |
Ronald Wolfe (rapist) |
33 |
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| 141 |
William Williams (murderer) |
33 |
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| 142 |
Mark Gardner (murderer) |
32 |
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| 143 |
John Thanos |
32 |
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| 144 |
Nathan Lee |
32 |
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| 145 |
Mark Hopkinson |
31 |
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| 146 |
Dawud M. Mu'Min |
31 |
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| 147 |
Marion Albert Pruett |
31 |
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| 148 |
Keith Wells |
31 |
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| 149 |
Luis Monge |
30 |
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| 150 |
Johann Otto Hoch |
29 |
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| 151 |
Tony Chebatoris |
28 |
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| 152 |
Rosario Borgio |
28 |
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| 153 |
Rattlesnake James |
28 |
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| 154 |
John M. Dunn |
28 |
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| 155 |
Harry Charles Moore |
28 |
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| 156 |
David Dewayne Johnson |
28 |
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| 157 |
Keith Zettlemoyer |
27 |
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| 158 |
Jeremy Vargas Sagastegui |
26 |
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| 159 |
John Edward Swindler |
26 |
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| 160 |
Harold Lamont Otey |
26 |
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| 161 |
James H. Snook |
26 |
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| 162 |
Arthur Frederick Goode III |
26 |
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| 163 |
Mary Frances Creighton |
26 |
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| 164 |
Sam Cardinelli |
25 |
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| 165 |
Ralph Hudson |
25 |
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| 166 |
Genaro Ruiz Camacho |
25 |
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| 167 |
Horace DeVauhan |
24 |
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| 168 |
Nicholas Ingram |
24 |
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| 169 |
Charles Walker (murderer) |
24 |
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| 170 |
Duncan McKenzie (murderer) |
24 |
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| 171 |
David Joseph Watson |
24 |
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| 172 |
George Sitts |
23 |
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| 173 |
Gary Lee Roll |
23 |
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| 174 |
Stanley Faulder |
23 |
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| 175 |
Thomas Griffin (farmer) |
23 |
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| 176 |
Lawrence O'Connor (rapist) |
23 |
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| 177 |
Larry Griffin |
22 |
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| 178 |
Ponchai Wilkerson |
22 |
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| 179 |
Alan Willett |
22 |
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| 180 |
James W. Hutchins |
21 |
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| 181 |
Morris Mason |
20 |
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| 182 |
Robert W. Williams |
20 |
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| 183 |
Jimmy L. Glass |
20 |
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| 184 |
John A. Brown, Jr. |
19 |
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| 185 |
Robert Sawyer (murderer) |
19 |
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| 186 |
John Rooney (murderer) |
19 |
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| 187 |
Harry Wise |
18 |
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| 188 |
Roy Michael Roberts |
17 |
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| 189 |
David Rocheville |
17 |
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| 190 |
Darryl Richley |
17 |
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| 191 |
James William Holmes |
17 |
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| 192 |
Ed Davis (criminal) |
17 |
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| 193 |
Joseph Johnson (murderer) |
17 |
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| 194 |
Stephen Morin |
16 |
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| 195 |
Kermit Smith, Jr. |
16 |
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| 196 |
Charles Coleman (murderer) |
16 |
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| 197 |
Terry Langford |
16 |
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| 198 |
Elmer "Trigger" Burke |
16 |
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| 199 |
Joseph Filkowski |
15 |
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| 200 |
Hoyt Franklin Clines |
15 |
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| 201 |
Hernando Williams |
14 |
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| 202 |
John Deering |
14 |
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| 203 |
Flint Gregory Hunt |
14 |
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| 204 |
Jerry Walter McFadden |
14 |
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| 205 |
Donald DeMag |
14 |
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| 206 |
George W. Barrett |
14 |
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| 207 |
Philip Bellino and Edward Gertson |
14 |
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| 208 |
Arthur Hodges |
13 |
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| 209 |
Henry Colin Campbell |
12 |
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| 210 |
Albert Wise |
12 |
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| 211 |
Scott Carpenter (murderer) |
12 |
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| 212 |
Thomas Lee Ward |
11 |
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| 213 |
Carl Wanderer |
11 |
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| 214 |
Douglas Wright (murderer) |
10 |
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| 215 |
George Dale |
10 |
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| 216 |
Joseph Ernst |
9 |
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| 217 |
Henry Ruhl |
9 |
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| 218 |
Johnny Taylor, Jr. |
9 |
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| 219 |
Frederick Small |
9 |
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| 220 |
Charles A. Kelly |
9 |
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| 221 |
Feltus Taylor |
8 |
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| 222 |
Oscar Comery |
8 |
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| 223 |
Alfred Stokes |
7 |
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