The world is full of crime and one of the worst crimes committed by an individual would be murder. Often serial killers will send out a letter to show there power, influence or to send out fear. Here are 10 of the most disturbing letters written by serial killers

1 H.H. Holmes

H.H Holmes was Americas first documented serial killer, he took his victims from the 1893 Chicago world fair to his worlds fair hotel known as the murder castle. It is believed he could have killed up to 200 victims, but he has only ever confessed to around 27 murders.

In 1896 Holmes published a confession, in this he confessed to killing 27. He outlined how he killed them in detail. He sent this confession to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the only problem with his confession was the fact that some of his victims were still alive and some had never existed in the first place.. This makes the letter even more disturbing because if those victims were alive or have not existed at all, was he planning on more? Or is it all in his sick mind? In October 1895, Holmes was put on trial for the murder of Benjamin Pitezel, and was found guilty and sentenced to death, he was hanged.

2 The zodiac killer

The Zodiac killer operated in northern California in the late 60s and early 70s. he earned the name zodiac from a series of letters sent to local bay area press. In this series of letters there were 4 cryptograms, only one has ever been definitively solved.

In one of these letters he wanted to prove that he is the killer responsible so he wrote this “to prove I killed them, I shall state some facts only I and the police know” what I find the most disturbing thing about this letter is that he wanted to show off his work and be famous. Through out his letters he says things like “Bates had to die” or “she was young and beautiful but now she is battered and dead”. He is taunting the police saying if you caught me these people would not of had to die”. This makes these letters even more creepy

3. Jack the ripper

Jack the ripper killed 5 prostitutes in Whitechapel in the east end of London in 1888. The first victim was Ann Nicholas on the 31st August and his last was Mary Jane Kelly on 9th of October. All except one of his victims were horribly mutilated.

The from hell letter or the Lusk letter was a letter posted on the 15th October 1888 by a person believed to be jack the ripper the letter was received by George Lusk (the head of the Whitechapel vigilance committee) the letter was accompanied with a preserved section of a human kidney. The letters writer claimed to have eaten the other half of the kidney which is very disturbing. There was thousands of letters sent from people claiming to be jack the ripper but this is thought to be genuine by most people. The end of the letter reads “signed catch me if you can muster Lusk”

4 Belle Gunness

Belles gunnees was a norweign american serial killer who killed most of her boyfriends,suitors and her two daughters.she has possibly killed over 40 people.she made loads of insurance claims over the time she was killing and this was thought to be the cause of the murdered. she has never been found and her death has never been confirmed she would exchange letters with lonely bachelors and after a while she would gt hem to go to her farm a hopefully with there savings.One of her ads said this “no replies would be considered unless the sender is willing to follow the answer with a personal visit” The reason she tells them to visit her was so she could kill them easily.

She wrote a letter to a man named Andrew halogen. In the letter she told the man”but my dear, do not say anything about coming here”this made it easy to kill him and as no one knows he was visiting guns there would be no trace leading her to his death to her.

5 Roy Norris the toolbox killer

Lawrence bittaker and Roy Norris are American serial killers who kidnapped, rapped,

Tortured and killed five teenage girls over five months in 1979 in southern California.They got the name toolbox killers because they used household tools on their victims. Bittaker was sentenced to death and Norris accepted a plea bargain where he testified against Bittaker and he was sentenced to life with possibility of parole after 30 years. thankfully he is still Incarsirated but could be out in 2019

In 2010 Norris sent a letter to his prison pen pal. The letter explained how they killed their victims and what they have done to their victims. He also wanted to know about what websites were selling his things without his permission. In the letter he wrote “Larry used coat hanger wire and pliers to strangle the first, Third and fourth victims. I also used both on the last victims.”this is generally disturbing how proud he is and how much detail he goes into.

6. John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy killed and raped at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 in cook county Illinois. All his murders happened in his house. his victims were ever taken or laidived into coming to his home and all but one of his victims were murdered either by asphyxiation or strangulation with a makeshift tourniquet. 26 of his victims were found in the crawl space of his home. he spent 14 years on death row before, he was executed by lethal injection on may 10,1994.

Jason moss a college student created relationships with serial killers such as Richard Ramirez, Henry Lee Lucas Jeffrey Dahmer, Charle manson and John Wayne Gacy. His strongest relationship was with Gacy. They exchanged letters which later led to regular Sunday morning calls, in these calls Gacy kept saying he was innocent. Moses believed he was the last victim of Gacy this was because they had a face to face meeting which he felt overpowered and manipulated by Gacy. in one of gracious letter it said “too many careers and money have been made off my name, and for political reasons it is better to kill me”in the letter he is still maintaining his innocence.

7. Alexander pichusckin

Alexander pichusckin also known as the chessboard killer is a Russian serial killer. He has killed up to 60 people in southwest Moscow’s Bitsa park where some of his victims’ bodies were found. pichushkin aimed to kill 64 people, which is the number of squares on a chess board, he later said he would have definitely killed more if he hadn’t been stopped his main target was elderly homeless men. He would lure them with free vodka after drinking with them he would kill them with a hammer, then he would push a vodka bottle into the hole in their head. He claimed to feel like a God when he killed.

Pitchushkin sent an eight page letter to his mother when he was incarcerated. the letter in the letter there is nothing too dark but it contained a list of what she should include in her prison packages to him. The worst part of this letter is the sign off. It says “I love you mother! We have the flesh and blood of relatives,”

8. Myra Hindley

The Moors murders were committed by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, who are two of Englands most sadistic killers. in the early 60’s they murdered 5 children. the murders occurred between 1963 and 1965 in and around Greater Manchester the victims were aged between 10 and 17, at least 4 where sexually assaulted, the crimes were so big at the time as it is rarely heard of a woman serial killer.

After 52 years a letter, sent to the Ian Brady’s mother from Myra, was uncovered in a long lost home office file. in this letter it shows no remorse of the murders. In the letter it talks about how she and Ian haven’t got married yet and how her dog was put down.”its just one rotten thing after another still not to worry, we are not dead yet”. this quote is chilling because of it proves she didn’t care about the deaths she caused. even though she appealed many times saying she has changed.

9. Jane Toppan

Jane Toppan, also known as jolly Jane, was an American serial killer. She admitted to killing 33 in 1901.she has said her ambition was “to have killed more people-helpless people-than any other man or woman who ever lived..”. She was a nurse who used her patients as guinea pigs in experiments with morphine and atropine. she derived a sexual thrill from patients being near death coming back to life and then dying again. She killed 33 plus victims.

She sent an open statement to the press after being found guilty 1902.she was found guilty by reasons of insanity then she was put in a mental institute. in this statement she tells the press 31 names of people she has killed, she then goes on to say that she has killed many more but doesn’t remember the names.”I think it would be safe to say that I killed at least 100 from when I became a nurse at a Boston hospital. where I killed the first one, until I ended the lives of the davis family.”in this letter it proves that someone who you are meant to be able to trust is untrustworthy.

10. Richard Ramirez

Richard Ramirez was an American serial killer rapist and burglar. He had a spree of home invasions in the greater Los Angeles area and later in San fransico. This occurred from June 1984 until august 1985.he was a Satanist. he was called the “night stalker” by the news media. He used a variety of weapons including handguns, knives and a hammer. He never had any remorse. Ramirez died of complications from B-cell lymphoma while awaiting execution.

A writer and humorist named bill geerhart wrote to celebrities, politicians and criminals in the 1990s. He pretended he was young child called Billy. in this letter geerhart, pretending to be billy, saying one of his friends suggested him to ask rumours about whether he should stay at school or should he leave. In Ramirez response he tells him “got your letter. what school do you go? who’s your friend? you should stay in school. send pictures.”this quote shows how Ramirez gets pleasure from children and how little he cares.