The Weirdest Trophies Killers Took From Victims
By Anna Collins
10 months ago
1. Ed Gein made masks made from human skin
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One of the weirdest and most disturbing trophies that a serial killer has ever taken, is those of Ed Gein. The notorious American serial killer of the 1960s would create masks and human clothes from the skin of his victims. He is suspected to have murdered 7 people and mutilated the bodies of 9 bodies that he stole from graves.2. Jeffrey Dahmer preserved human skulls and organs
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Jeffrey Dahmer became better known as the Milwaukee Cannibal who terrorized America in the 90s. He brutally murdered 17 people in disturbing ways and kept body parts, internal organs, and skulls which he preserved as trophies. He even ate some of his victim's bodies.3. Andrei Chikatilo kept the nipples of his female victims
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Andrei Chikatilo is another disturbing serial killer who kept some of the worst 'trophies'. He would actually bite some of his female victims and keep their nipples as sick souvenirs of his victims. He claimed to have killed as many as 56 people, and he was convicted of 52 murders.4. The Toolbox Killers made audiotapes
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The Toolbox killers were monsters Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris who became notorious for their macabre murders. They abducted teenage girls, and then tortured and murdered them. They would film their victims and create tapes that became a sick 'trophy;5. David Parker kept the torture devices he used on each victim
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David Parker was a serial killer born in New Mexico, USA in 1939. He was suspected to have killed over 60 people. He was guilty of torture, sexual assault, kidnapping, and murder. He would keep the torture devices that he had used on each of his victims.6. Charles Albright kept his victim's eyeballs
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Charlies Albright (also known as The Eyeball Killer) was a serial killer from Texas. He is known to have killed one woman in 1991, but he is suspected to have actually murdered three. He kept some of the weirdest trophies of all. He would remove and keep the eyeballs of his victims!7. Dennis Rader did disturbing drawings of his victims
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Dennis Rader is an American serial killer who gave himself the name of 'BTK', to stand for bind, torture, kill. He would keep a variety of trophies from his victims including their personal items and clothing, AND he would also make drawings of each of his victims.8. Ted Bundy kept his victim's clothing
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Ted Bundy has become one lot the most notorious serial killers ever. He kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and murdered women in the 1970s. He confessed to murdering 30 women, yet it is believed that in reality, he took the life of at least 36 women.9. Robert Pickton kept his victim's body parts
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Robert Pickton is one of the worst Canadian serial killers in history. He was formerly a pig farmer. In 2002 he was charged with the murder of 6 women, yet he had confessed to the murder of 49 women. He would take their bodies and bury them around his farm after dismembering them.10. Richard Ramirez keeps the jewelry as trophies
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Richard Ramirez has also become known as The Night Stalker as he terrorized the people of California between the years of 1984-1985. He was found guilty of murdering 14 women, for 11 counts of sexual assault and 14 counts of first-degree burglary.11. Kenneth Bianchi kept his victim's underwear
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Kenneth Bianchi committed two murders alone, as well as multiple murders alongside his cousin Angelo Buono Jr in Los Angeles. Bianchi sought out women as his victims, and he would kidnap, sexually assault, and murder them. He then kept the underwear of his victims.12. Gary Ridgway kept identity cards from his victims
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Gary Ridgway also became known as the Green River Killer. He targeted young women between the 1980/90s in Seattle. After killing his victims he would keep identity cards such as driving licenses, as well as personal items such as the underwear of his victims.13. John Wayne Gacy created paintings of his victims
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John Wayne Gacy has been dubbed the Killer Clown as he became known for his alter ego. Gacy targeted young men and boys throughout the 70s in America. He sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 victims. He would photograph his victims and keep them.14. Dennis Nilson kept photographs of bodies he had dressed up
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Dennis Nilson was a disturbing British serial killer who stalked London in the 1970/80s. His victims were 12 young men/boys. Nilson would keep the bodies of his victims sometimes for weeks, he would dress them up, position them in chairs, etc, and then photograph them.15. Robert Berdella made a polaroid collection
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Robert Berdella gained the name of the Kansas City Buther for his ruthless and terrible crimes. He was charged with the assault, torture, and murder of 6 young men. The real amount of victims remains unknown. Berdella too would take photographs of his victims and compile a disturbing Polaroid collection.16. Anatoly Slivko made films and kept them
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Anatoly Slivko was a Soviet serial killer known as the 'Lubgreg Maniac' who went uncaught during the 1960s and 70s. He murdered seven young boys and he would make film recordings of the horrific incidents that took place under his monstrous murdering spree.17. Harvey Glatman positioned his victims before photographing them
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Infamous serial killer Harvey Glatman became known as the 'Lonely Hearts Killer' due to finding women through lonely hearts ads, pretending to pose as a professional photographer. He would convince or force women into photoshoots before he murdered them.18. Arthur Shawcross kept the bodies
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Arthur Shawcross was an American serial killer known as the 'Genesee River Killer' who was charged with the murder of killing at least 11 victims, the majority of whom were women. Shawcross chose specific areas along the river to hide the bodies. Each place served as a kind of macabre trophy.19. Aileen Wuornos kept the wallets of her victims
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Aileen Wuornos is a notorious female serial killer who set out on a murder spree in Florida during the 1980s. She murdered several men, and she would then keep some of their personal items such as wallets, ID cards, or money. She claimed that she acted in defense against men who had assaulted her during her time as a sex worker.20. Charles Manson kept objects from his followers
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Charles Manson never actually physically killed anyone, however, he encouraged his followers to perform these brutal acts on behalf of him and the cult. Manson would keep trophies from each of his followers to remember what they had done to show their loyalty.21. Albert Fish wrote letters to his victim's families
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Albert Fish was a twisted serial killer and a cannibal known as the Gray Man or the Werewolf of Wysateria. He is notorious for committing evil acts against children. Fish didn't collect trophies in the physical sense, yet he wrote letters to the families of his victims to cause torment and anguish to them.22. Charles Cullen kept the syringes with which he had murdered victims
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Charles Vullen, known as the Angel of Death was an American nurse who used his position to become a serial killer, administering lethal doses of injections to his victims to kill them. He confessed to 40 murders, yet it is believed that the real number reaches hundreds. He then kept the syringes with which he had killed his victims.23. Rodney Alcala took photographs of his victims
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Rodney Alcala became known as 'The Dating Game Killer' for posing to be a photographer to lure women in and then commit sexual assault and murder them. Many of Alcala's cases were unsolved, however, he was convicted of murdering seven women and suspected of many more. He kept the photographs he had initially taken as trophies.24. David Berkowitz wrote letters claiming responsibility for each murder
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David Berkowitz terrorized the city of New York throughout the 1970s, murdering 6 people and causing severe injuries to many more. He then write letters to the police that claimed responsibility for the murder and described it in detail. These were used to capture him.25. Carroll Cole kept the jewelry of his victims
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Carroll Cole was convicted of murdering 14 people in the 1980s in the USA. Amongst his victims were family, friends, and strangers. Carroll Cole kept jewelry from each of the victims that he had murderers, as well as a personal journal where he wrote down his violent thoughts and disturbing fantasies.26. Gary Heidnik kept chains that he used to torture
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Gary Heidnick became known as the House of Horrors killer, he was a serial killer who would kidnap his victims, torture them and imprison them in his basement. He also murdered two women. He used to keep the chains that he has used to keep his prisoners there against his will.27. Robert Hansen kept each aviation map that he'd used to hide the bodies
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Robert Hansen was an American serial killer who became known as the Butcher Baker. Hansen targeted women, particularly sex workers. He would kidnap them and take them to the middle of nowhere to release them and capture them before he murdered them. He would hide the bodies and then keep the map where he had located the body.28. Joseph Vacher would keep clothes
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Joseph Vacher, aka the French Ripper, committed over 20 (whilst only being convicted of 11) brutal murders in the late 19th century. He sometimes dismembered his victims and kept parts of their bodies. He would also keep clothes from the individuals that he had killed.29. Joel Rifkin kept a detailed list of his victims
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Joel Rifkin was a serial killer who operated in the 1980s/90s and murdered, people's victims. He was convicted of killing 9 women but he actually confessed to murdering 17 people, however, he disposed of the bodies in rivers and woody areas. He made a detailed list of each of his victims and kept them.30. Harvey Miguel kept jewelry and clothing as trophies
