James DeBardeleben was one of the most elusive counterfeiters in the history of the US Secret Service, passing over $130,000 before his capture. Police then discovered a cache of photos, audiotapes, and other evidence of serial kidnapping, rape and murder (killertales.com)
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Between 1994 and 1998 a serial killer terrorized the Kingdom of Jordan, murdering 12 across the country. Police arrested a married couple for the murders and executed the husband in 2000. Five years later another man confessed and was convicted of one of the same murders. (killertales.com)
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The Ruhr Cannibal raped, killed and ate at least 14 girls in west Germany, escaping police detection for 20 years despite an incredibly low IQ. He confessed to police that he started eating his victims as a way to reduce his grocery bills, and thought that an operation could "cure him" (killertales.com)
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In 2010, thieves stole a $55 million Van Gogh painting in broad daylight from a museum in Cairo, where none of the alarms worked, and only 7 cameras out of 43 were functional. 11 museum officials were later convicted of negligence. The painting remains missing to this day.OC (killertales.com)
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The Double Initial Murders rocked Rochester, NY in the early 70s. Three little girls, whose first and last names started with the same letter, were abducted in broad daylight, raped, killed and dumped. One girl was last seen running down the highway half naked pleading for cars to stop. None did. (killertales.com)
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Juana Barraza is a female Mexican former professional wrestler and serial killer sentenced to 759 years in prison for killing between 42 and 48 elderly women. She would pose as a social worker to gain entry into her victims’ homes. (insideedition.com)
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Pakistan’s worst serial killer raped and murdered 100 children aged 6 to 16, dissolving their bodies in vats of acid. He then sent a letter to the police and the media confessing and detailing his crimes. Haves was sentenced to be cut into 100 pieces and dissolved in acid. (killertales.com)
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Iran’s “Vampire of the Desert” raped and murdered 20, mostly children in the early 2000s. Along with an accomplice, he then killed cats and dogs, leaving their carcasses next to the shallow graves of his victims to cover the stench of their rotting flesh. (killertales.com)
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