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Rank |
Topic |
Wikipedia views |
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1 |
Ted Bundy |
13,097 |
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2 |
Jeffrey Dahmer |
12,084 |
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3 |
John Wayne Gacy |
9,524 |
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4 |
Ed Gein |
7,384 |
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5 |
Zodiac Killer |
6,863 |
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6 |
Albert Fish |
5,101 |
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7 |
Gary Ridgway |
4,249 |
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8 |
Aileen Wuornos |
4,227 |
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9 |
David Berkowitz |
3,451 |
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10 |
Boston Strangler |
3,268 |
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11 |
Richard Ramirez |
3,246 |
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12 |
H. H. Holmes |
3,093 |
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13 |
Dennis Rader |
3,025 |
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14 |
Rodney Alcala |
2,140 |
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15 |
Ottis Toole |
1,780 |
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16 |
Henry Lee Lucas |
1,735 |
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17 |
Edmund Kemper |
1,422 |
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18 |
David Parker Ray |
1,314 |
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19 |
Charles Ng |
1,253 |
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20 |
Andrew Cunanan |
1,210 |
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21 |
Dean Corll |
1,081 |
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22 |
Richard Chase |
1,069 |
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23 |
Hillside Strangler |
974 |
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24 |
Delphine LaLaurie |
893 |
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25 |
Belle Gunness |
879 |
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26 |
Cleveland Torso Murderer |
846 |
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27 |
Gary M. Heidnik |
844 |
 |
28 |
Robert Hansen |
831 |
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29 |
Tillie Klimek |
800 |
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30 |
Wayne Williams |
786 |
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31 |
Leonard Lake |
768 |
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32 |
Dorothea Puente |
746 |
 |
33 |
Cary Stayner |
711 |
 |
34 |
Carl Eugene Watts |
684 |
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35 |
Donald Henry Gaskins |
672 |
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36 |
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck |
613 |
 |
37 |
Kenneth Bianchi |
607 |
 |
38 |
Carl Panzram |
590 |
 |
39 |
William Bonin |
584 |
 |
40 |
Original Night Stalker |
572 |
 |
41 |
Herbert Mullin |
571 |
 |
42 |
Danny Rolling |
554 |
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43 |
Arthur Shawcross |
531 |
 |
44 |
Jane Toppan |
509 |
 |
45 |
Joseph Paul Franklin |
506 |
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46 |
Jerry Brudos |
506 |
 |
47 |
Joel Rifkin |
478 |
 |
48 |
Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris |
477 |
 |
49 |
Randy Steven Kraft |
441 |
 |
50 |
Bloody Benders |
440 |
 |
51 |
Adolfo Constanzo |
438 |
 |
52 |
Servant Girl Annihilator |
422 |
 |
53 |
Westley Allan Dodd |
416 |
 |
54 |
Michael Swango |
399 |
 |
55 |
William Heirens |
386 |
 |
56 |
Robert Lee Yates |
379 |
 |
57 |
Robert Berdella |
366 |
 |
58 |
Kendall Francois |
365 |
 |
59 |
Zebra murders |
355 |
 |
60 |
Donald Harvey |
344 |
 |
61 |
Elmer Wayne Henley |
343 |
 |
62 |
Velma Barfield |
342 |
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63 |
Gerard John Schaefer |
342 |
 |
64 |
Tommy Lynn Sells |
342 |
 |
65 |
Patrick Kearney |
337 |
 |
66 |
Marybeth Tinning |
330 |
 |
67 |
Judy Buenoano |
328 |
 |
68 |
Charles Albright |
325 |
 |
69 |
Phantom Killer |
313 |
 |
70 |
Charles Cullen |
310 |
 |
71 |
Joseph E. Duncan III |
310 |
 |
72 |
Timothy Spencer |
310 |
 |
73 |
Baseline Killer |
307 |
 |
74 |
Harvey Glatman |
306 |
 |
75 |
Gerald Stano |
306 |
 |
76 |
Grim Sleeper |
301 |
 |
77 |
Herb Baumeister |
287 |
 |
78 |
Peter Kudzinowski |
284 |
 |
79 |
Nannie Doss |
280 |
 |
80 |
Amy Archer-Gilligan |
275 |
 |
81 |
Christopher Wilder |
275 |
 |
82 |
Angelo Buono, Jr. |
268 |
 |
83 |
Axeman of New Orleans |
267 |
 |
84 |
Blanche Taylor Moore |
265 |
 |
85 |
John Edward Robinson (serial killer) |
259 |
 |
86 |
Charles Schmid |
258 |
 |
87 |
Michael Bruce Ross |
254 |
 |
88 |
David Carpenter (serial killer) |
243 |
 |
89 |
Waneta Hoyt |
238 |
 |
90 |
Kristen Gilbert |
235 |
 |
91 |
Genene Jones |
233 |
 |
92 |
The Doodler |
230 |
 |
93 |
Carroll Cole |
223 |
 |
94 |
Joe Ball |
210 |
 |
95 |
Kenneth McDuff |
209 |
 |
96 |
Gerald and Charlene Gallego |
207 |
 |
97 |
Ervil LeBaron |
206 |
 |
98 |
Bobbie Joe Long |
204 |
 |
99 |
Doug Clark (criminal) |
204 |
 |
100 |
Briley Brothers |
201 |
 |
101 |
Carol M. Bundy |
200 |
 |
102 |
Glennon Engleman |
191 |
 |
103 |
Alton Coleman |
190 |
 |
104 |
Charlie Chop-off |
187 |
 |
105 |
Ray and Faye Copeland |
185 |
 |
106 |
Earle Nelson |
180 |
 |
107 |
Lavinia Fisher |
177 |
 |
108 |
Randall Woodfield |
176 |
 |
109 |
Freeway Phantom |
176 |
 |
110 |
Ripper Crew |
174 |
 |
111 |
Connecticut River Valley Killer |
173 |
 |
112 |
Arthur Gary Bishop |
170 |
 |
113 |
William Richard Bradford |
170 |
 |
114 |
Heriberto Seda |
168 |
 |
115 |
Anna Marie Hahn |
158 |
 |
116 |
Joseph Kallinger |
154 |
 |
117 |
Terry Blair |
154 |
 |
118 |
Richard Cottingham |
153 |
 |
119 |
Howard Allen |
147 |
 |
120 |
John Joubert (criminal) |
143 |
 |
121 |
Dana Sue Gray |
143 |
 |
122 |
Martha Ann Johnson |
142 |
 |
123 |
Ronald Dominique |
141 |
 |
124 |
Gary Evans (serial killer) |
140 |
 |
125 |
Benjamin Atkins |
140 |
 |
126 |
Craig Price |
138 |
 |
127 |
Janie Lou Gibbs |
136 |
 |
128 |
Derrick Todd Lee |
132 |
 |
129 |
Gary Ray Bowles |
132 |
 |
130 |
Marie Noe |
131 |
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131 |
Freeway Killer |
130 |
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132 |
Honolulu Strangler |
130 |
 |
133 |
Charles Ray Hatcher |
128 |
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134 |
Thor Nis Christiansen |
127 |
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135 |
Daytona Beach killer |
127 |
 |
136 |
William Suff |
126 |
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137 |
Serial Shooter |
122 |
 |
138 |
Altemio Sanchez |
116 |
 |
139 |
New Bedford Highway Killer |
115 |
 |
140 |
Scott Erskine |
114 |
 |
141 |
Chester Turner |
110 |
 |
142 |
Frankford Slasher |
106 |
 |
143 |
Maury Travis |
105 |
 |
144 |
Efren Saldivar |
104 |
 |
145 |
Mack Ray Edwards |
104 |
 |
146 |
Michael Bear Carson and Suzan Carson |
103 |
 |
147 |
Shirley Winters |
101 |
 |
148 |
Richard Biegenwald |
96 |
 |
149 |
Morris Solomon, Jr. |
94 |
 |
150 |
David Edward Maust |
92 |
 |
151 |
Scott Williams (serial killer) |
89 |
 |
152 |
Paul Dennis Reid |
85 |
 |
153 |
Phillip Carl Jablonski |
83 |
 |
154 |
Orville Lynn Majors |
81 |
 |
155 |
Vincent Johnson |
79 |
 |
156 |
Wayne Adam Ford |
79 |
 |
157 |
Leslie Irvin (serial killer) |
78 |
 |
158 |
Nathaniel White |
78 |
 |
159 |
William Henry Hance |
76 |
 |
160 |
Paul Durousseau |
73 |
 |
161 |
Lemuel Smith |
73 |
 |
162 |
Henry Louis Wallace |
73 |
 |
163 |
Brian Dugan |
73 |
 |
164 |
Cleophus Prince Jr. |
73 |
 |
165 |
Christopher Peterson (serial killer) |
73 |
 |
166 |
Eddie Leonski |
72 |
 |
167 |
Joseph Christopher |
71 |
 |
168 |
Lorenzo Gilyard |
70 |
 |
169 |
Bertha Gifford |
70 |
 |
170 |
Harvey Miguel Robinson |
69 |
 |
171 |
John Smith (murderer) |
69 |
 |
172 |
Andre Crawford |
69 |
 |
173 |
Michael Hughes (serial killer) |
68 |
 |
174 |
Scott Lee Kimball |
67 |
 |
175 |
Robert Rozier |
66 |
 |
176 |
Gerald Parker |
64 |
 |
177 |
David Meirhofer |
63 |
 |
178 |
Robert Joseph Silveria, Jr. |
62 |
 |
179 |
Carlton Gary |
62 |
 |
180 |
Billy Gohl |
62 |
 |
181 |
Dayton Leroy Rogers |
60 |
 |
182 |
Cincinnati Strangler |
59 |
 |
183 |
Vaughn Greenwood |
59 |
 |
184 |
Richard Evonitz |
57 |
 |
185 |
Robert Shulman (serial killer) |
56 |
 |
186 |
Billy Glaze |
56 |
 |
187 |
Donald Leroy Evans |
55 |
 |
188 |
Bruce Mendenhall |
54 |
 |
189 |
Steven Brian Pennell |
54 |
 |
190 |
Jack Owen Spillman |
47 |
 |
191 |
James Swann |
47 |
 |
192 |
Timothy Krajcir |
41 |
 |
193 |
Dallen Bounds |
41 |
 |
194 |
Anthony Allen Shore |
37 |
 |
195 |
Larry Eyler |
37 |
 |
196 |
Samantha Wreschner |
35 |
 |
197 |
Juan Covington |
34 |
 |
198 |
Lee Roy Martin |
33 |
 |
199 |
Robert Zarinsky |
28 |
 |
200 |
Ronald E. Clark |
27 |
 |
201 |
Melvin Rees |
26 |
 |
202 |
Daniel Lee Siebert |
18 |
 |
203 |
Nicholas Wiley |
12 |
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