Serial Killers from the 1960s and 70s Quiz

Answer: Henley shot Corll and killed him.

For Henley it was the end of a nightmare, or so he claimed, to have shot Corll no less than six times. Henley, being the tender age of 17 when these crimes were committed, blamed all of the atrocities on the older Corll. The morning before Henley killed Corll, he had brought a female acquaintance to the house where all of the atrocities had occurred. They went on a glue sniffing spree, when Henely awoke from and found HIMSELF tied to the torture board.

Corll was evidently upset that Henley had brought a female to his residence. Henley begged for his life by saying that he would kill her and he would procure another male for Corll to "enjoy." As soon as he was free, Henley responded by shooting six shots into Corll and then calling the police saying, "I have just shot a man." The bodies of the 32 men that were killed were found underneath a boathouse that Henley had rented. All of this took place in the little town of Pasadena, Texas.

Answer: Murder Mac

These guys were sick and disgusting beyond anything that could be imagined. They frequently recorded their victims' screams from the torture inflicted upon them while they were trussed up in the van. For some reason, one victim that they had attacked was released and went straight to the police.

At the same time Norris' big mouth was drawing some attention from boasting about his crimes. He was arrested and whined that he was under the control of Bittaker and tried to ingratiate himself to the police by leading them to the skeletal remains. Whining Norris escaped the death chamber for testifying against his buddy and received 45 years to life, while Bittaker received the death sentence that they both should have received.

Answer: Rudy Bladel

Rudy Bladel was convicted of three murders, but it is believed that he is responsible for at least four more that were in and around the freight yards of Michigan and Indiana. The first people were killed on August 3, 1963. No one could solve what happened to them.

Then, on August 8, 1968, an engineer was shot dead as he boarded his train. Eight years passed and then James McCrory was shot as he sat in his cab. Then on New Year's Eve, 1978 two more people were killed at the train depot. It was luck that stopped the sporadic spree, when some hikers came upon a buried shotgun.

After that, and then having to deal with a spate of mistrials and technicalities, finally Rudy Badel was sentenced to three concurrent life terms in prison.

Answer: Richard Chase

Richard Chase was always a little unstable, and with addition of drug use, as well as being a hypochondriac, he was a sitting powder keg. He was twice admitted into psychiatric facilities. Once for claiming that he was having a cardiac arrest because someone had stole his pulmonary artery. On admission the second time, he started to deteriorate, because he said that he needed the blood of rabbits that he would kill, and that that was the only way that he could stay alive. Doctors thought he was weird, but let him go.

His first human kill was in 1977-a man shot for no other reason than to see if he was capable. On January 23, 1978, he broke in and killed Theresa Wallin. Four days later, he killed Evelyn Miroth with a shot through the head and then turned the gun on the rest of the family. He was interrupted when a visitor came to the front door. Sicko panicked and ran, with one of the bodies which was found some time later. Finally neighbors had had enough of Chase's weirdness and called police. When police arrived, they found evidence and arrested him. He was convicted and sentenced to death.

Answer: Lucian Staniak

The Red Spider earned his moniker from letters that he wrote to police in red ink with thin, spidery handwriting. His letters always bragged that the police could never stop him and then proceed to explain where the next body could be found. He also wrote to newspapers; a typical missive would read, "There is no happiness without tears; no life without death; Beware, I will give you cause to weep." The Red Spider killed 20 women between 1964 and 1967. He was compared to Jack The Ripper due to the nature of the killings. He was "caught" by his art teacher who called police after his student painted a picture depicting a dead with flowers growing out of her abdomen. It was also deduced that the red paint was what The Red Spider used to write his letters.

His excuse for the killings was that his mother, father and sister were killed by a hit and run driver that each of these girls resembled. In total it is believed that he killed as many a 20 young women, but was only charged with six. He was charged and sentenced to death, but later he was found to be insane and committed to an asylum for the rest of his natural life.

Answer: forensic ondontology

Wayne Clifford Boden's crime spree against young women started in July 1968. All of his victims, seven in all, were found with bite marks on their bodies. He was eventually caught due to eyewitnesses who said the ladies were seen in the company of a young man named "Bill." A crumpled up picture was recovered at one of the scenes that was identified to be "Bill." He also drove a blue Mercedes Benz and people had seen some of his victims getting into his car.

He claimed to be innocent, until a forensic ondontologist got up on the stand and was able to demonstrate an incredible 29 points of match that the teeth that had left the bite marks could not be any other than those of Wayne Boden. He was sent to life in prison for each of the charges brought against him.

Answer: William Bonin

William Bonin claimed the lives of at least 42 men and boys. From the pattern it was obvious that someone had helped Mr. Bonin commit the heinous atrocities. In 1974, his first known victim was allowed to live because he was acquainted with the 14 year old. However, the brave lad told authorities, resulting in a prison sentence of 1-15 years.

Bonin was out and prowling by 1978 and the "Freeway" attacks began again. Ten young men would die, before police would capture him again. In some of the murders, he did have an active accomplice; a man named Vernon Butts, who ironically had hung around another sadistic monster, Henry Lee Lucas. Butts, saving the people the cost of a trial, hung himself in his cell, whereas Bonin went on trial and was sentenced to death. Upon sentencing he said to newspapers, that if he hadn't been caught, "I'd still be killing. I couldn't stop killing."

Answer: Gary Addison Taylor

Mr. Taylor actually started attacking women in his teens. He was arrested and placed in a juvenile facility where he received therapy. He was considered sane and no threat to society and released. In 1957 he became known as The Royal Oak Sniper. Over 11 years and going in and out of psychiatric facilities he still hadn't managed to kill anyone. So doctors released him over and over saying that he was no threat to people, as long as he took his medicine.

Tiring of the games, he finally just quit going to the hospitals and started on a vicious nation wide rampage killing five women in four states. He was picked up for questioning in Washington on November 27, 1974, but authorities did not know that he was a fugitive and let him go, when he headed towards Texas. On May 20, 1975, police finally caught up with him and he was convicted of four homicides. He was sentenced to four consecutive life terms in prison. Authorities believe however, that this creature was responsible for as many as 20 unsolved homicides.

Answer: Richard Tobias Delage

Richard Delage committed his first murder two weeks before his 15 birthday. His victim, a 29 year old schoolteacher, had been shot at close range with a .32 caliber pistol while she sat in her car. The most unusual thing about the crime scene was that the casing from the spent cartridges came from a very unusual Swedish ammunition. The case was still open 9 years later when a student sitting in her car was shot on November 15, 1969. She had been shot 3 times in the chest with the same weapon and ammo. Though the cases were connected, there were no suspects or strong evidence. Six years later, it happened again, but the victim managed to get away.

Delange took himself to a mental hospital where very interested policeman came to talk to him. He was arrested and charged and convicted of manslaughter in only two of the deaths and was sentenced to 14-15 years in prison and 10 to 20 years in prison to be served consecutively.

Answer: Janie Gibbs

Janie Gibbs was a highly respected member of the community and avid church goer. Even though there seemed to be a lot of deaths in her family all around the same time, nothing much was said, because she donated most of any insurance money that she received to the church. The first to die was her 13 year old son. Quickly to follow was Melvin, 16. Docs attributed it to kidney disease. Janie's oldest son Roger and his wife lived with her and had just had a new baby. When the baby died 2 weeks later, it was attributed to SIDS. Then 2 weeks after the infant's death Roger died too. This time autopsy showed poisoning.

An exhumation order was followed through and out of those that died, all had been heavily poisoned by arsenic. Even though a psychiatrist called her schizophrenic, she was considered sane enough to stand trial and in 1976 was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences in prison.