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Aaron Hernandez

This former football player decided that, even though being a murderer wasn't a smart idea, and being sentenced to life afterwards was terrible idea, committing suicide by hanging in his cell by a bed sheet and attempting to block the door by jamming the door with various items to the cell so no one could come in to help was a smart idea. Go »

Abe Reles

This canary could sing but couldn't fly. Go »

Adam Lanza

This Connecticuter decided to go on a killing spree first the mother and then 28 people in a grade school. Go »

Adrian Lamo

This late hacker had some fun, like embarrassing NBC during an interview, but he fell out hard with the hacking community when he outed a very famous Army whistleblower. Go »

Aileen Wuornos

She ran to Florida to escape the monster she had become, but it wasn't far enough. Go »

Al Capone

This gangster ordered executions, ran rackets and bootlegged liquor during the Prohibition, but it was income tax evasion that finally put him behind bars. Go »

Aldrich Ames

A few years after the Cold War ended, so did the treasonous espionage campaign by this CIA agent, whose lavish lifestyle eventually became too conspicuous to ignore. Go »

Alex Murdaugh

In March, a jury convicted this former lawyer of the crime that his name sounds like in an exaggerated accent from his native South Carolina. Go »

Amber Guyger

For this Dallas cop, getting off on the wrong floor was the first deadly mistake. Go »

Amon Goeth

As many as twelve thousand prisoners died in his concentration camp at Plaszów, many shot by him personally from his balcony. Go »

Amy Lee Giorgio

Being in the Sunshine State is a drag. She tried to evanesce after injuring a traffic cop. This gulf-based goo should be a breeze to solve. Go »

Andrea Yates

This Texan went from motherhood to a mental hospital by way of the bathtub. Go »

Anna Ayala

After collecting tips from the public, police evidence now points to her being an attempted con artist who bit off more than she could chew. Go »

Ashley Hunter

This St. Louisan didn't get away with mariticide, but she did bump into a quick way to get to the hospital. Go »

Ashraf Sekkaki

you'd think that escaping from prison via helicopter would be so rare that there wouldn't be multiple Moroccans famous for it Go »

Augusto Pinochet

I once tried chili in August. Go »

Bernard Madoff

He was the top of the biggest pyramid in history until it all came crashing down. Go »

Bernhard Goetz

If you meet this guy in a darkened subway, whatever you do, don't try to rob him. Go »

Bernhard Goetz

Subway won't hire him for any promotional appearances, but the NRA might. Go »

Beverley Allitt

She once worked a children's ward, and is now a ward of the state. Go »

Bob Menendez

To judge from his first-of-its-kind conviction, this senator is less D-NJ than F-EG (Felon representing Egypt). Go »

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

These two lovebirds were harder to stop than a speeding bullet, but they were eventually killed by 130 of them in 1934. Go »

Boston Corbett

Mercury poisoning perhaps made this Union soldier and avenger mad as a hatter. Go »

Bruce Jeffrey Pardo

California has some very bad Santas Go »

Bugsy Siegel

The murder business would never be as profitable as the tourist mecca he established. Go »

Butch Cassidy

This butcher and a bunch of wild criminals became some of the most famous train robbers in history. Go »

Carl Tanzler

Grave robbing is illegal even if you're in love with the corpse. Living with the body for several years afterwards is just sick. Go »

Caroline Westlake

Meerkat experts, monkey handlers, llama keepers... Oh, my! Look out! She's got a wine glass! Go »

Casey Anthony

In the shadow of Florida's theme parks, a mother partied while a toddler lay buried for 31 days and no one said anything. Go »

Casey Nocket

Redditors made the case against this creepy artist that eventually got her banned from national parks. Go »

Cesar Sayoc

He went from body-building by Miami to bomb-building by mail. Go »

Charles Manson

This lunatic killer almost belongs in the Family category. Go »

Charles Ponzi

Italians weren't known for pyramids, until this con artist came along. Go »

Charles Whitman

Campus life was never completely safe again after this deranged killer took aim from higher education. Go »

Claus von Bülow

This lawyer's luck turned around when he married a diabetic. Go »

Colton Harris-Moore

most teenagers just go to the Bahamas because of spring break Go »

Daniel Taylor

You better give this person a straw so there is no assault and battery at the Golden Arches. Go »

Danilo Cavalcante

Now that he's back in custody, it's safe to talk about this Brazilian fugitive. Can you name him? Go »

David Berkowitz

He terrorized New York in the mid-70s with a handgun, supposedly on orders from a dog named Sam, but he was also a Pyro believed to be behind numerous arsons. Go »

David Davis

Being arrested in a barbershop mid-haircut made his full moon afro look like a lunar eclipse. Go »

David Koresh

He called himself the Messiah, but he couldn't save his followers from a fiery FBI raid in 1993. Go »

Denise Williams

This Florida woman was given a life sentence when it became clear that the gators did not get her husband, but in fact her boyfriend did. Go »

Dutch Schultz

This American mob boss may not be so lucky or finding the gates to heaven, but at the rate he was going, he would have to pay for his own expenses. Go »

Ed Gein

This Wisconsin farmer hunted prey that was already dead. Go »

Erik Ayala

Do you think he would be in the zone to hit moving targets? Go »

Frank Lucas

If you bought heroin in New York around 1970, you bought it from this gangster. Go »

Frank Nash

How do you free a Federal prisoner? Machine gun him to death. Go »

Frank Rosenthal

Casino sports books exist thanks to this organized crime visionary. Go »

Gary Gilmore

This convicted killer was so insistent that he be executed that he attempted suicide twice when there was a stay of execution ordered. Go »

George R. Kelly

Despite his associations with a deadly kind of gun (not to mention an R&B star charged with child pornography), this Federal prisoner died of natural causes. Go »

George Spahn

Although this rancher did not commit the crime, his home was where the infamously squeaky plot was hatched. Go »

George Zimmerman

A Florida jury made a Free Bird out of this neighborhood watch volunteer who stood his ground. Go »

Ghislaine Maxwell

The Internet is fond of saying that Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself, but his assistant and friend will do time for him: She's been sentenced to decades in prison for helping him with child sex trafficking. Go »

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

She committed murder by proxy after years of suffering Munchausen by proxy. Go »

H.H. Holmes

It's not Fair that we'll never know how much blood this Devil left all over Chicago. Go »

H.H. Holmes

Guests were happy to check into this con-man's Chicago hotel, but the check-out process was murder. Go »

Haley Wilson

Being a security guard wouldn't be a good job. This St. Louis woman thought bringing a gun into the store would be a stunning way to take the guard down. Go »

Henry Hill

Whether he was a Wiseguy or a Goodfella, this half-Irish Mafioso probably didn't deserve to enter a Blue Heaven after he died. Go »

Henry Rathbone

He and his fiancée were the last of a long list of invitees to the theater where his host was assassinated. Go »

Howard Unruh

These days, innocent people just taking a stroll around the block can become the victims of mass shooters. Back in 1949, America's first mass shooter was the one taking a walk around his neighborhood. Go »

Ira Einhorn

Earth Day is about saving the planet for billions of people, not killing one. Go »

Jack Ruby

He may have broken an Assassin's Creed by killing a fellow killer in Texas. Go »

Jack the Ripper

Scotland Yard never identified London's bloodiest serial killer. Can you? Go »

Jake Angeli

After he messed with the bull (both -shit and -horn), a federal judge gave him the horns. Go »

James Holmes

With bright orange hair like a Batman villain, Colorado's movie-theater murderer will never live down his infamy. Go »

Jean-Pierre Bemba

Lost in the fog of the world's greatest war since WWII, this man and his erasers tried to exterminate the little people. Go »

Jeffrey Dahmer

Necrophiliac, cannibal, child murderer, and Milwaukee native. Go »

Jeffrey Epstein

Karma came swiftly, and justice came far too slowly, for this billionaire financier, sex trafficker, international playboy, and child molester. Go »

Jesse James

This infamous outlaw did a lot of bad things before he was assassinated by his own gang, but he didn't marry Sandra Bullock. Go »

Jessica Albitz

Some people would need to put a wall between this Texan and themselves. How much is headbutting going to cost in bits and pieces on taxes? Go »

Jimmy Hoffa

Under his leadership, the Teamsters Union had connections to organized crime. But how "organized" could they be if nobody could remember what happened to his body? Go »

Joaquín Guzmán

Despite him being the most powerful drug trafficker in the world, his stays in prison have been shorty. Go »

Jodi Arias

This Mormon from Mesa who mixed at Margaritaville was maligned as a murderess by Maricopa prosecutor Martinez and made guilty in May despite motions for mistrial. Go »

Joe Halderman

This jilted ex-boyfriend's mistake was choosing one of the top ten famous people you don't try to extort for money. Go »

Joe Zhou

He had a reason to cross the bridge in New York: To go stay at the Golden Arches instead. Go »

John Duval Gluck

Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is an embezzler. Go »

John Gotti

The Teflon Don, the Clenched Fist... So many nicknames for one Gambino. Go »

John Hinckley, Jr.

Craziness became an act for this stalker. Go »

John Wayne Gacy

This killer gave Chicago's children plenty of reason to be afraid of Bozo. Go »

John Wayne Gacy

You think clowns hiding in the woods are scary? This one was a real danger to teenaged boys in Chicago in the 1970s. Go »

John Wilkes Booth

Four days after the war, one more life remained to be taken. Go »

John William King

racist murderers in Michigan resort to stabbing and fleeing, but in Texas they have a more down-to-earth approach (who's the king?) Go »

Jordan Belfort

His taxonomical classification is Wallstis lupus. Go »

Josef Fritzl

If you don't recognize this incestuous Austrian, what, have you been locked in a dungeon somewhere? Go »

Joseph Lewis

One minute you're famished; the next minute you find a sucker to appease your appetite. Go »

Joseph Lombardo

Oh no! Did anyone see this clown around the neighborhood? If you had, you could have been given 20,000 dollars for his capture. Go »

Joseph Oberhansley

This Jeffrey Dahmer of Indiana just couldn't get enough of his ex-girlfriend. Go »

Justin Schneider

This 34-year-old from Alaska thought that admitting guilt for assault and strangling the victim unconscious would help. What I would like to know is, how in the hell would someone get off free? Go »

Karla Faye Tucker

In a state known for its prolific executions, she was the first woman executed in thirteen and a half decades. Go »

Katie Quackenbush

This criminal from Tennessee ain't no sitting duck and can be seen stopped by a man who has no home to move a vehicle and instead of singing music boom shoots him. Go »

Larry Hoover

The streets of Chicago became safer after this messy criminal was cleaned up. Go »

Larry Nassar

The prolific medal-winning of his team was overshadowed by his prolific sexual abuse of them. Go »

Lawrence Phillips

Don't get so choked up that you can't find the answer. If you don't solve this goo, you will get the horns by this former Ram. Go »

Lee Israel

It takes a writer to impersonate a writer. Go »

Lizzie Borden

You didn't have to be crazy to hatchet your parents in 1892... But history says you were. Go »

Lizzie Borden

She is both Massachusetts's most famous ax murderer and most famous orphan. Go »

M. M.

This goo loves to deal with animals. Go »

M. M.

"Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched." –Miguel de Cervantes Go »

Margaret Cirko

You should give me 35,000 reasons why this prankster should not be charged with poisoning tomatoes, carrots, bananas, and blueberries. Go »

Marilyn Hartman

Fly the fraudulent skies. Go »

Marilyn Hartman

Her expertise in exposing weaknesses in airport security, from San Francisco to Chicago, eventually led to expertise exposing weaknesses in electronic monitoring. Go »

Mark Adams

After killing Mike Ridenour, he escaped San Quentin for a time and was arrested in Puerto Rico. Go »

Mark David Chapman

With four bullets, this J.D. Salinger enthusiast broke a lot of hearts in December 1980. Go »

Martin Bryant

Australians surrendered their right to bear arms thanks to this Tasmanian devil. Go »

Mary Surratt

It's usually good to be first except when it comes to executions. Go »

Micah Johnson

This sniper decided to gun down cops in Dallas before being blown up by a robot. Go »

Michael Fagan

Entering a royal residence is a piece of cake, or a half bottle of wine or cheese and crackers as this decorator discovered. Go »

Nathan Leuthold

How to silence a weapon? Check. How to strike someone and render them unconscious? Check. According to this missionary on Valentine's Day, "Manau, mes pasiruose." Go »

Ned Kelly

If you really want to be a famous outlaw in a nation founded by criminals, you had better be bulletproof. Go »

Nidal Malik Hasan

He shot his own people to get out of shooting his own people. Go »

Nordine Ben Allal

this jailbird flies Go »

O.J. Simpson

Here's the juice: While running back home, he may or may not have murdered Nicole and Ron. Go »

O.J. Simpson

This USC running back got a job with Hertz running through airports until the day he tried running away in a white Bronco. Go »

O.J. Simpson

The controversy over this former running back getting away with murder has yet to run out of juice. Go »

Oscar Pistorius

He's better known now for running out of legal options in his homicide trial than for his running without legs in the Olympics. Go »

Pablo Escobar

crime pays Go »

Pamela Smart

conspiracy to commit murder, Helen Hunt, teenaged lover Go »

Philip Markoff

This goo made a mark on this list. Go »

Phoolan Devi

Lots of government officials go to jail. This royal robber committed crimes first and then was elected. Go »

Prince Raymond King

This twice-royal Angeleno evaded justice almost to the very end after terrorizing his neighbors for nearly a decade with a simple slingshot. Who's the king? Go »

Reality Winner

If you saw this former government employee's name in print, she would sound like the last person left on Big Brother or Survivor. Go »

Robert Durst

None of his victims—not his wife, not a friend, not even a neighbor—could get justice until HBO obtained evidence that he killed them all. Go »

Robert Hanssen

Selling FBI secrets to the Russians is unacceptable, unless you're Chris Cooper starring in a movie. Go »

Robert Stroud

He couldn't leave his island, so he befriended creatures who could. Go »

Samuel Little

Becoming this prolific of a killer was no small task. Go »

Seung-Hui Cho

On April 16, we were all Hokies. Go »

Sirhan Sirhan

This anti-Zionist kept a younger brother from moving into his older brother's house. Go »

Stephen Paddock

His bullets painted the Las Vegas Strip red with blood. Go »

Steven Avery

Wisconsin made him a rapist. Netflix made him famous. It's unclear who made him a murderer. Go »

Sydney Biddle Barrows

Her ancestors fled Europe aboard the most famous ship to settle the New World, but she was in the very illegal business of bringing people together, not apart. Go »

Ted Bundy

A list of victims across Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, and Florida makes this Psycho one of America's most prolific killers. Go »

Thomas Arakaki

This Hawaiian should have never told the cops that he had to kill his uncle. But was he able to stand trial for his crime? Go »

Tom Dudley

Let's look at the menu. Ah! Cabin boys are in season. Go »

Tomohiro Katō

No amount of mechs, maids, or sera fuku (sailor suited) clad girls in the world could have saved you from this knife wielding truck driver. Oddly enough, checking out a popular cell phone BBS could have. Go »

Travis Reinking

Waffle House's harshest critic. Who's the king? Go »

Vincent Palermo

In real life, this Jersey mobster moved to Texas in the witness protection program, but not before inspiring a famous TV character. Go »

Vladimir Arutyunian

Throw a live grenade at two world presidents and walk from the scene. Unbelievable. Go »

Wanda Holloway

She was hauled away for bringing it on. Go »

Whitey Bulger

This Boston mob boss and murderer couldn't outrun justice forever, any more than he could outrun the many ghosts he made, all of them as pale as he is. Go »

William Cottrell

Some people just don't like SUVs. Go »

William Cottrell

Upon his prison release, no one dared to pick him up in a Hummer. Go »

William King Hale

He spilled Osage blood for the rights to their land, as portrayed by Robert De Niro. Who's the king? Go »

Willie Horton

Giving prisoners like him the weekend off may have cost Michael Dukakis the presidency. Go »

Willie Lloyd

Chicago's king of sin dodges bullets (unsuccessfully) while he tries to repent as a free man. Go »

Yolanda Saldívar

There wasn't a bigger fan than her -- she was literally the president of the fan club -- but a confrontation over embezzlement turned violent, and now she'll always be associated with her beloved Tejano singer in the worst way. Go »

Yujing Zhang

Ever since the membership rates at Mar-a-Lago went up, people have been doing anything to get in. Go »

Yusuke Taniguchi

警官がこの日本のレジ係に写真を見せたら、それを思い出すのは難しいだろう。しかし、クレジットカード番号を盗むのは簡単です。 Go »

Zodiac

This killer did it for the thrilling experience, but it's been no fun trying to decode his cryptograms ever since. Go »