1. What was the nickname of Albert Desalvo?

2. Who was the central figure in the hatchet murders of Fall river, Massachusetts in 1892?

3. Who was the last woman in Britain to be hanged for murder?

4. Who did the woman (in the previous question ) murder?

5. Which murderous duo terrorised Edinburgh in the mid 19th century and often sold their victims to medical science?

6. Jack the Ripper plied his trade in which area of London?

7. Which murderer was associated with 'helter skelter'?

8. Who carried out the infamous 'Moors Murders'?

9. Who's story is told in the novel 'The Executioner's Song'?

10. Who killed 15 young men between 1978 and 1983 and disposed of their dismembered bodies practically in front of his neighbours?

 

 

 

 

 

Answers

 

1. The Boston Strangler

2. Lizzie Bordon

3. Ruth Ellis

4. David Blakely

5. Burke and Hare

6. Whitechapel

7. Charles Manson

8. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley

9. Gary Gilmore

10. Dennis Nielson