One of the most popular serial killers in post-war history was Jeffrey Dahmer. Born the eldest son of Joyce Annett and Lionel Herbert Dahmer, he started his first murder at the age of 18. In the summer of 1978, his parents' house was available to him alone. One day he brought hitchhiker Stephen Hicks home for a beer.
The French serial killer Joseph Vacher lived from 1868 to 1898. The police assume that he had at least 11 people on his conscience. Vacher's victims were mostly young agricultural workers. It didn't matter whether they were female or male.
Caravaggio's painting “Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence” was created in 1609. It measures 268 x 197 cm and was stolen in Palermo in 1969. Since then it has been considered lost.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting “Madonna of the Yarnwinder” was created between 1499 and 1510. It measures 50.2 x 36.4 cm and was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland in 2003.
Karl Großmann was born on December 13, 1863 in Neuruppin and died on July 5, 1922 in Berlin. The butcher of Berlin mostly invited young women to his house and killed them.
Camille Pissarro's painting “Bords de la Seine à Bougival” was created in 1871. It measures 40 x 27 cm and was stolen from the Noortman Gallery in Maastricht in 1987.
Alexander Pichushkin is a Russian serial killer from Moscow. In 1992 the then 18-year-old student began planning the so-called checkerboard murders together with his friend and classmate Mikhail Odiichuk.
Donald Henry Gaskins alias Pee Wee was often raped by men in his youth. When Gaskins was raped again by a fellow inmate at the age of 20, he cut his throat - his first victim.
Mexican-born Juan Corona employed seasonal workers on a California farm in the 1970s. He also gave them a place to sleep on the site where 25 bodies were later discovered. He was sentenced to 25 life sentences with no prospect of pardon.
Luis Garavito is a rapist and serial killer from Colombia. He was born on January 25, 1957. At the age of 35, he started talking to small children, luring them away, and then raping and killing them. He remained undetected for seven years.
Jan Vermeer's painting “Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid” was created in 1671. It measures 58.4 x 72.2 cm and was stolen from Russborough House in 1990 in Ireland.
American serial killer Gary Ridgway has been convicted of 48 murders. However, he stood twice as many. He murdered countless women and girls in Washington State. Most of the victims were prostitutes.
Claude Monet's painting “Claude Monet: Impression, Sunrise” was created in 1872. It measures 63 x 48 cm and was stolen in 1985 from the Marmottan Monet Museum in Paris.
The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) is probably the most famous work of art in the world. The oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci has the dimensions 77cm x 53cm and was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911.
"Kiss my ass.": Those were the last words of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. He was sentenced to death twelve times for 33 murders of young men and children - world record. The actual number of murder victims was taken to his grave by one of the most notorious serial killers of all time. He died from a lethal injection on May 10, 1994 at the Stateville Correction Center.
Peter Paul Rubens oil painting “The Three Graces” was created in 1635. It measures 182 x 220.5 cm and was stolen from the London Dulwich Picture Gallery in 1966.
Thomas Gainsborough's painting “Portrait of Lady Georgiana Cavendish” was created in 1787. It measures 127 x 101.5 cm and was stolen from the Agnew`s Gallery in London in 1876.
Rodney James Alcala is an American serial killer who started his murder in 1971. He has been waiting for his death sentence in a California prison since 2010.
Govaert Flinck's painting “Landscape with an Obelisk” was created in 1638. It measures 71 x 54.5 cm and was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Gallery Museum in Boston in 1990.
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