“The Actions Of Some Of The Most Notorious Serial Killers” What is a serial killer and what makes them kill? There are many answers to this question. Although only a hand full of serial killers make the national news every year. The FBI reports that there are as many as 35 to 50 serial killers in the United States at any given time. Since the year 1800 there have been at least 150-documented cases of serial killers in …showed first 75 words of 2204 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2204 total…the house and the authorities found more bodies. Finally, the house was lifted from its foundation; beneath the house the investigators found bodies in long trenches and in shallow graves. He had used quick lime speed up the decomposition process. In all they found 33 victims including five that he reportedly threw into a river. Gacy was convicted and sentenced to die in 1980. Over ten years later he was finally put to death by lethal injection.