10 Terrifying Unsolved Serial Murders

[The Creeper]

Im glad the writer of this list didn't include the Zodiac Killer or Jack the Ripper. While both of these maniacs have gruesome stories we all know them. Its nice to read a list that includes fresh, new material.

[Dale Starling]

No kidding. I heard the story of the Zodiac Killer near Lake Berryessa. Freakin' creepy. It was late at night and I heard the story and nearly wetted myself.

[Dale Starling]

Well maybe some of these killers have someone on the inside providing this stuff for him. and I highly doubt it that the "inside man" will ever call the police.

Dexter?

[the Green Goblin]

I liked this list. Bible John was most likely to be Peter Tobin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tobin

[Behold, I am Death, Destroyer of Worlds]

That highway runs the whole length of North America. Giant killing ground. I've read stats where law enforcement postulates at least 2 or 3 serial killers work that highway at any one time. They may end up in Canada, but they don't all start out here. Scary.
Excellent list.

[Copperhead]

I was reading the article about  unsolved serial murders and I was intrigued when a part of Phantom Killer description says "some in law enforcement and the press have speculated that the murders may have been the early work of the Zodiac Killer, this has never been proven in any way." Although Zodiac Killer confess that bates was not the first he killed why would they link this to phantom killer?

The sketch of the man seen at Lake Berryessa before the attack on September 27, 1969, depicted a Caucasian male adult with a round face and dark hair. The girls who helped to produce this sketch described this man to investigators as a white male, between 28-30 years of age

The witnesses at the lake thought that this man was 28-30 years old while the Stine witnesses thought he was at least ten years older.
http://www.zodiackillerfacts.com/Descriptions.htm

Between February and May, 1946,
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/unsolved/texarkana/index_1.html


Lets say he the zodiac killer was 40, minus 23 years = 17......6ft, thats possible, but if he was 30, that would have made him 7 at the time of the phantom killer.. 6ft?

This is a long shot and unlikely.

[Back to Earth]

That's also what I'm thinking. I got really confused when I read about the article stating that there's a connection between these two Monsters. Maybe there are some facts that the police are hiding if not with their conclusion. Well what else could it be.

[freetoroam]

but , say there are two killers ( most logical right) zodiac could have been inspired by the phantom killer, they could have known of each other ?

[Monument of Monsters]

Many killers are inspired by other previous killers, there are also copycat killers. So nothing new or unusual there.
As for know each other, there is nothing to support this and is a heck of a long shot.

Please read this:

The Phantom killer was a serial killer of the early 1940′s in Texarkana, Texas. He killed at least 5 young people usually in “lover’s lane” settings and despite 40 years of active investigation and a feature film about the case, the Phantom has never been identified. His total victim count remains as mysterious as he is, mostly because some killing were attributed to him which didn’t fit his usual MO, and other killings in nearby areas which may have been “The Phantom” were not thought until years later to be his victims. He was sometimes called the “Moonlight Murderer”, because he seemed to surface at three-week intervals to murder when the moon was full.
The killings and the journalistic frenzy they engendered brought hysteria and rampant fear to the area, causing the residents to fortify their homes with boards and bars, flee the town entirely, and to arm themselves with rifles and handguns, sparking incidents of violence when innocent deliverymen and neighbors came upon homes.
http://thedarwinexception.wordpress.com/2007/11/26/unsolved-the-phantom-killer-of-texarkana/

it was a much publicized case. The moonlight murderer could well have influenced the Zodiac killer as to when he killed, but it also may have nothing to do with it and he was yet another lunatic who took to murder......there have been a few full moon killers, one reason (apart from the obvious "I think i am a werewolf" bit, is because they go to kill at night when the streets are not full of people and the moon acts as a light.
The reasons are many, and so are the killers over time.

[DecoNoir]

I very much doubt they were the same person.The Phantom killer sexually assaulted a couple of his female victims,the zodiac just shot or stabbed them.I just read the Michael Newton book called The Texarkana Moonlight Murders,I wouldn't recommend it as it seemed like there wasn't enough material to justify a whole book

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=moonlight+murders+michael+newton&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3Am

[Astra]

I suppose its logical to believe that the zodiac paid close attention to crime in general, as many killers often do. It could have inspired him.

[Netherworld]

Both cases are interesting but not linked.  As people pointed out, age is off, but the crimes are not the same really.  Zodiac never raped and he directed most of his anger at the women and the men were collateral damage.  My guess is he was even younger than he appeared and lived with his mother.