Serial Killer | A person who commits a series of murders, often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic, predictable behavior patter. Must have three kills or more to be considered a serial killer.

“I had been very careful to burn all the bones till they would crumble in the hand, and then put them in my coat pocket and distributed them in the fields, or threw them in the creek. I supposed that I had, in this way, effectually disposed of every piece of bone large enough to attract any attention.”

Ohio’s first known serial killer.  His last murder took place in Sylvania, Ohio where he was caught, convicted then executed by hanging.

“She told me plainly that she did not intend to stay with me, but should return to Adrian. That declaration aroused all the vile passions of my nature. From the moment she uttered it, I was fully resolved that she should never leave my house alive.”