Crazy Facts About Famous Serial Killers You Probably Never Heard Of

Hollywood makes serial killers seem entertaining and extremely smart in movies like “Hannibal” or TV shows like “Dexter,” unlike their chillingly creepy real-life counterparts.

As if torturing, murdering (and sometimes eating) their victims wasn’t terrifying enough, it should come as no surprise that there are other creepy facts about most serial killers. Here are some of the worst of the bunch.

H.H. Holmes

H.H. Holmes was America’s first serial killer, but he was also sort of a poet. If you can call him that.

In one of his interviews, he said he couldn’t help being “a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.”

The Polygamist Killer

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H.H. Holmes may have murdered anywhere from 20 to 200 people between 1891 and 1894 in Chicago, Illinois; Irvington, Indiana; and Toronto, Canada. But he was also a different type of lady killer.

He was married to three women – Clara, Myrta, and Georgiana – all at the same time.

Richard Chase

Between 1977 and 1978, Richard Chase, aka The Vampire Killer, shot and killed six people. He also believed that if he placed oranges on his head to absorb vitamin C and injected himself with rabbit and human blood he would counteract the effects of his unbeating heart.

Come On In

In addition to believing that he could absorb vitamin C through his head, Richard Chase only broke into houses that were unlocked. He took that as a “hint” that he was welcome inside, and he skipped the houses that were locked.