if i limit myself to a top two fave list, it would have to be #1 the Zodiac and #2 Ted Bundy. there are just soooo many unanswered queastions surrounding the zodiac. "who is he?", "how did he get away with it?", "why have they not found him yet?","why did he stop killing?", "did he stop killing?", etc. and ted bundy escaped from jail, need i say more.

Yeah, it's pretty weird to have a favourite but I like Charlie Manson and Jack the Ripper.

My favorites are: The Zodiac Killer, Sweeney Todd and Jack The Ripper.

Mine would be the Zodiac and Jeffery Dahmer. And xshockyx, you do realise that Sweeney Todd is a fictional character, right?

From The Annual Register of London in 1785, the entry read: “A most remarkable murder was perpetrated in the following manner by a journeyman barber that lived near Hyde Park Corner, who had been for a long time past jealous of his wife, but could no way bring it home to her. A young gentleman by chance coming into his master's shop to be shaved and dressed, and being in much liquor, mentioned his having seen a fine girl home, from whom he had certain favors the night before, and at the same time describing her person. The barber concluding it to be his wife, in the height of his frenzy, cut the young gentleman's throat from ear to ear and absconded” (Haining 34).

Thus began, according to one hypothesis, the infamous tale of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber whose homicidal activities at 186 Fleet Street have chilled and thrilled the hearts of Londoners for over 200 years. The historical Sweeney Todd, hanged for murder in 1801, may have been the most successful serial killer of all time, some accounts attributing 160 unfortunate customers to his victim list (Haining 96). Sweeney's saga has passed through so many retellings that what facts remain about this menace are enshrouded in layers of colorful exaggeration. One fact remains: the dark deeds of Sweeney Todd have crowned him the king of melodramatic villains.
Sondheim Notes by Larry A. Brown

H. H. Holmes :)

My favorite? Well, she lived several hundred years ago (and btw deedeeflower, she has the historical Sweeney beat by a long shot), but it's the Blood Countess, Erzsebet (Elizabeth) Bathory. It is believed that she tortured and killed more than 600 young women, before being caught after killing a few noble women.

Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, The Zodiac, & John Wayne Gacy...

Lol tarokdeh, where did you think I got my username?

Bundy, Dahmer, Jack the Ripper, Gein, Gacy, Wuornos......too many!!

Im facinated with Charlie Manson, but i wont list him as a serial killer, altho he may be the most infamous!
Confused??
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my favorite is dorothea puente

Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac killer

OOOO! Jack the Ripper is a good one!

Carl Panzram. One mean Bastard. Joel Rifkin, intelligent and funny, had an IQ of 128

Jeffrey Dahmer
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Has anyone noticed the percentage difference?

Bundy is at the top of my list. However, Aleksandr Pichushkin is a very close second.

Jack the Ripper,Elizabeth Bathory,and even though she's not a serial killer or even a proven killer i'm facinated by the Lizzie Borden case,...

all the best horror movies are roughly based on ed gein

I like Jeffery Dahmer too

H. H. Holmes for sure

but it's fictional and it's Buffalo Bill from "The Silence of the Lambs".

kaityp303 did you know that Buffalo Bill is actually a combination of 5 real-life serial killers? Jerry Brudos, dressed up in his victims clothes.
Ed Gein, made household objects from the bones and skin.
Ted Bundy, pretended to be injured, asked his victims for help, then incapacitated and killed them.
Gary M. Heidnik, kidnapped six women and held them hostage as sex slaves.
Edmund Kemper, killed his grandparents as a teenager "just to see what it felt like."

John Gacy.

I'd have to say Ted Bundy or Son of Sam or Kristen Gilbert or John Wayne Gacy.

A fictional serial killer from the book the killing game named Dom. I love the way he messes with Eves head about here dead daughter. Hes so intellegent and deadly. ;D

I like a few of them, Bundy of course is up there but my two favorites are lesser known ones, my 2nd favorite is Danny Rolling, the Gainsville Ripper, and my favorite by far is Carl Panzram, an older one from the 30's whose last words b4 being hanged (after spitting in the face of the Captain of the Guards) were "Hurry it up you Hoosier Bastard, I could hang a dzen men while you're fucking around!"

Nope no favorite. Just love to study them all.

I woulda loved to have know Aileen Wuornos, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Mary Bell. I would have liked to know who they were, like regular people. Sometimes you can't help but do what you gotta do, either to survive, or by an inner drive. I bet they were really neat people before the shit really hit the fan and things just go out of their control. :)

I love them all goodness. I have different favorites though, I like Dahmer in method and interesting-ness, I can somewhat relate to him and all from his childhood. I like Richard Ramirez because he is fucking hot as hell.

Ted Bundy.

My Favorite Is Jack The Ripper

wtf. people need to quit calling charlie manson a serial killer. he didnt kill anyone! but my fav is Ramirez <3 for sure.

Ted Bundy all the way

Yes I Do It's Jack The Ripper

Yes Its Jeffrey Dahmer

that would be a warning sign..........

Gary Ridgway, Richard Ramirez, the Zodiac Killer, the Original Night Stalker, H.H. Holmes, the Bloody Benders, the Axeman of New Orleans and the Servant Girl Annihilator. I like the classics.
Neither Ed Gein nor Charles Manson were serial killers, guys. Get your facts straight.

The Phantom Killer

Countess Elizabeth Bathory and Jack The Ripper

Andrei Chikatilo!

I like Jeffrey Dahmer because he is such a tragic figure. Carl Panzram because he took pleasure in sticking it back to society. I like Charles Manson because a lot of his philosophies hold true (ATWA). I like Richard Ramirez because he is hot. And I like Richard Kuklinski because he is so methodical and stoic. And I like Elizabeth Bathory because who wouldn't want to bathe in the blood of innocents? lol

Ed Gein would be my next favorite.

Jeffrey and richard