Famous Criminal Nicknames

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Famous Criminal Nicknames

"Killer Clown, The" – John Wayne Gacy, U.S. serial killer

"Jack the Ripper" – unknown British serial killer

"Scarface" – Al Capone, U.S. gangster

"The Zodiac Killer" – unknown U.S. serial killer

"Billy the Kid" - Henry McCarty, U.S. outlaw

"Blackbeard" – Edward Teach, English pirate

"Dasher" – Frank Abbandando, U.S. mobster and hitman

"Doctor Death" - Jack Kevorkian, U.S. right-to-die advocate and assister of suicide; convicted of second-degree murder

"Snorky" – Al Capone, U.S. mobster

"The Riverside Killer" – William Suff, U.S. Serial Killer

"Son of Sam" – David Berkowitz, U.S. serial killer

"Unabomber" - Theodore Kaczynski, U.S. serial killer

"Countess Dracula" and "Blood Countess, The" - Elizabeth Bathory, Hungarian mass murder

"The Butcher of Prague" - Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German war criminal

"Happy" – Harry Maione, U.S. hitman

"Angel of Death" - Josef Mengele, Nazi German war criminal

"Backpack-murderer, The" – Ivan Milat, Australian serial killer

"Beast of Bastille, The" – Guy Georges, French rapist and serial killer

"Beast of Montmartre, The" – Thierry Paulin, French serial killer

"Birdman of Alcatraz" – Robert Franklin Stroud, U.S. murderer

"Brownout Murderer, The" – Eddie Leonski, Australian serial killer

"Colonial Parkway Killer" – unknown U.S. serial killer

"D.C. sniper, The" - John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, US serial killers

"Hillside Strangler, The" – Kennerth Bianchi and AngeloBuono, U.S. serial killers

"Ken and Barbie Murderers, The" – Paul Bernardo, Canadian rapist and serial killer, with Karla Homolka, Canadian serial killer

"Kid Curry" or "The Kid" – Harvey Logan, U.S. outlaw

"Laser Man, The" (Lasermannen) - John Ausonius, Swedish racist killer who used a rifle with a laser sight to snipe his victims.

"Lust Killer, The"– Jerry Brudos, U.S. serial killer and necrophiliac

"Monster of Miramichi, The" – Allan Legere, Canadian serial killer

"Monster of the Andes, The" - Pedro Lopez, international serial killer

"Moors Murderess, The" - Myra Hindley, an English bank robber and serial killer

"North Shore Granny Killer, The" – John Wayne Glover, Australian serial killer

"Park Maniac, The" (Portuguese "Maniaco do parque") – Francisco de Assis Pereira, Brazilian serial killer

"Robin Hood of the West, The" – Butch Cassidy, U.S. outlaw

"Sawney" – Alexander Bean, Scottish serial killer and cannibal

"Scarborough Rapist" – Paul Bernardo, Canadian rapist and serial killer

"Southern California Strangler, The" – Randy Steven Kraft, U.S. serial killer; Patrick Kearney, U.S. serial killer

"Sundance Kid, The" – Harry Longabaugh, U.S. outlaw

"Tehran Desert Vampire, The" – Mohammed Bijeh, Iranian child-rapist and serial killer

"Terminator, The" - Anatoly Onoprienko, Ukrainian serial killer

"The Acid Killer" – John George Haigh, British serial killer

"The Boston Strangler" – unknown U.S. serial killer

"The BTK killer" - Dennis Rader, U.S. serial killer

"The Butcher of Rostov" - Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian serial killer

"The Mad Slasher" - Christopher Magee, serial rapist/killer

"The Vampire of London" – John George Haigh, British serial killer

"Truro murderers, The" – James Milller and Christopher Worrell, Australian serial killers

"Vampire Rapist, The" – Wayne Boden, Canadian serial killer

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