5 most famous murder cases

 John Wayne Gacy: The Killer Clown.

He was an entertainer who played “Pogo the Clown” at children’ s parties, John was
one of the most infamous serial killers in America. Beginning in 1972, John tortured,
raped and murdered 33 young men, most of whom were just teenagers. He first moved
states and his first victim was his friend that helped him meet new people that he had
raped at his party when everyone left.
While investigating the disappearance of 15-year-old Robert Piest in 1978, police were
able to track John down. Authorities discovered 26 bodies of young men in the
crawlspace under John’s home. He was charged with 33 murders. He went to trial on
February 6, 1980. John was convicted on all 33 count of murder and was executed by
an injection in 1994.

• Ted Bundy.

Bundy graduated from the University of Washington in 1972. He studied on human

behavior and mental processes, including the mind and social interactions) His
classmates described him as a master manipulator. Bundy lured his female victims by
faking injuries, then overpowering them. Though he admitted to killing 36 women, it’s
speculated that the actual number of victims is much higher.

Bundy’s murder spree spread across many states. He escaped custody on more than
one occasion. It all ended for him in Florida with his 1979 murder conviction. Bundy was
executed in the electric chair in 1989.

• David Berkowitz: Son of Sam.

David terrorized the New York City area in the 1970s with a string of brutal, seemingly
random homicides. Als known as “Son of Sam” he wrote confession letters to police
after his crimes. David’s rampage began on Christmas Eve in 1975 when he stabbed
two women to death with a knife, but he was better known for walking up to parked cars
and shooting his victims. He had killed six people and wounded seven more and in
1977 he got arrested.
In 1978 David confessed to the six murders and received a sentence of 25 years to life
for each. During his confession, he claimed that a demon came to him in the form of the
dog belonging to a neighbor named Sam and had commanded to kill.

• The Zodiac Killer: Unsolved

The identity of the zodiac killer is unknown. He or she has been haunting Northern
California from 1960s to the early 70s leaving behind a trail of lifeless bodies. This case
involved a series of letters sent to three California newspapers. In many of the missives,
an anonymous person confessed to the murders. Were the threats he made saying that
if his letters were not published, he would go on a murderous rampage. The letters,
which continued through 1974, are not all believed to have been written by the same
man. Police suspect that there may have been several copycats in the high-profile case.
The man who came to be known as the Zodiac Killer confessed to 37 murders.
However, police can only verify seven attacks, five of them resulting in death.

• Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer

Rodney Alcala received the nickname "The Dating Game Killer" thanks to his
appearance as a contestant on the popular TV show of the same name. Alcala's first
known victim was an 8-year-old girl whom he attacked in 1968. Police found the raped
and strangled girl holding onto life along with photos of other children. Alcala had
already gone on the run, though he was later captured and sentenced to prison.

After being released from his first prison sentence, Alcala killed four more women, the
youngest just 12 years old. He was later convicted of one murder and sentenced to
death in California. However, given the number of photos recovered from a rented
storage locker, it's believed that he's responsible for many more brutalities. He got
executed.