History's Biggest Villains

On July 9, 1967 near the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, the body of a nude woman was found by two boys. The corpse was badly decomposed, but the coroners found 30 stab wounds in the chest and abdomen, the feet severed above the ankle, several fingers on one hand missing and the other arm dismembered below the elbow. In the next 2 years, 5 more women were found, as each of them...

In October 2007, authorities in Mexico City showed up to the residence of writer Jose Luis Calva, as they had reason to believe he was responsible for the disappearance of his girlfriend, who had been missing for three days. When officers entered his home, they found Jose at the table having dinner, which was a piece of a human forearm seasoned with lemon. Once he was caught, Jose quickly got up a...

Juan Covington seemed to be a normal kid until his father died. Afterwards, he began to go through several depressive mood swings, but after a few years of medication, he declared himself cured. However, this clearly wasn’t the case, as he started exhibiting really strange behaviors, as one family member said he would stare at the Christmas tree for hours because he thought it was moving. Even wit...

Denis Kazunga had rented a property in Kigali, Rwanda, but he hadn’t paid rent for seven months. There was already an odd suspicion around him, as several women had escaped from his house with their lives. They had reported these incidents to the village leader, but they were ignored. Denis wouldn’t allow the landlord to come into his house to start the eviction process, so he called the police. O...

On October 4, 2009 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Harnek Mahal came home from his job as a long haul tracker to find his girlfriend, Simmi Khalon, lying face down on the floor of her bedroom, motionless. The coroner ruled her death not to be suspicious, as it was due to complications from childbirth, which confused Harnek because Simmi told him that she had a abortion several months ago. The next da...

John Balaban was a man with obvious mental health issues, but they would fatally go undiagnosed. After his father’s suicide, John began to study philosphy, claiming to be an atheist, while also claiming God had appeared to him in a dream. He fled to France to escape the Soviet takeover of his native Romania, where he met a woman and they went back to her apartment. For no reason, John strangled he...

On June 8, 1961, police in Portland, Oregon received a phone call from a local housewife, as her dog brought home a paper bag containing a severed human foot. While detectives were investigating, the dog returned again, this time with a severed hand. The area was then searched more thoroughly, which uncovered several more body parts, all in fairly fresh condition and all drained of blood. The kill...

Damaso Rodriguez Martin grew up poor in the Canary Islands, but his parents tried to steer him in the right direction. He got into some trouble with the law as a teenager, but after joining and graduating from the Spanish Legion, he settled down in Tenerife, getting married and fathering two children. At face value, this seemed like a story of a normal guy, but outside of his daily life, Damaso wo...

Damaso Rodriguez Martin grew up poor in the Canary Islands, but his parents tried to steer him in the right direction. He got into some trouble with the law as a teenager, but after joining and graduating from the Spanish Legion, he settled down in Tenerife, getting married and fathering two children. At face value, this seemed like a story of a normal guy, but outside of his daily life, Damaso wo...

Kevin Foster was a high school dropout that really had nothing going for himself, but he knew how to manipulate impressionable teenagers, so he essentially started his own militia, calling himself God. He was able to gather a group of teenage outcasts from Riverdale High School, and this group would be called the Lords of Chaos. They would be dedicated to terrorizing the community, so they resorte...

The solution to crime has always been highly debated in our society, as appropriate sentencing lengths, parole restrictions and the death penalty are topics that always start intense conversations. In some countries, like Finland for example, they believe in rehabilitation, as their justice system has been criticized by multiple countries for its rather gentle approach to criminals. One of the wor...

Joey Fischer was a kid with a lot of potential, as he was an honors student at a Catholic private school in Brownsville, Texas. He was pretty popular amongst the students, so it came as a surprise when he started dating Christina Cisneros, a quiet girl who wasn’t known by many people. But like most high school relationships, they didn’t last. Even as the two seemed fine separate and were even seei...

Mark Hopkinson had been released from a marijuana possession charge in 1975. He came back to find his father in a dispute over water and land rights with the neighboring Roitz family. Mark and his father even beat up Frank Roitz and his pregnant daughter, but after a prosecutor that was chummy with Mark declined to press charges, the father and daughter turned to Vincent Vehar, an attorney that wo...

Unless you actually live there, most Americans couldn’t tell you five things about the state of Wyoming. With its wide open plains and sparsely populated areas, crime isn’t much of a worry for its citizens. In fact, the state has only executed one person since 1976 and his name was Mark Hopkinson. As a kid, he seemed to have it all, being a star athlete in multiple sports while also having his way...

On March 2, 1989, Ramon Laso’s car fell off a 60 foot cliff while he was driving with his 6 year old son. The car burst into flames and the boy didn’t make it, but Ramon was unharmed, despite claims that he was passed out for 15 minutes. He received a large insurance settlement, which he used to open a video rental store. His wife was mysteriously found decapitated by a train 9 months earlier, but...

Earl Bradley was a pediatrician that worked in Northeast Philadelphia in the 80’s, as he was successful enough to open his own practice. But his career choice wasn’t because of a genuine desire to help, it was to gain access to victims for his pedophilic urges. In the mid 90s, he was accused twice of sexual misconduct towards his young patients, so he abruptly closed his practice and moved to Lewe...

Africa is a continent rich with wildlife, culture and a history of perseverance. But unfortunately, their abundance of natural resources made them a target for European colonists looking to claim this land, but there were no arranged sales, the land was just taken simply because they felt they were entitled to it. Since many of these African countries were already under European control, these ins...

As you probably know, child protective service agencies always do a great job of making sure that children are safe. That’s why when LaShawn Ragland reported that his friend Banita Jacks was starving her children, along with another report from a social worker that she was holding them hostage, CPS did absolutely nothing about it. After the death of her boyfriend in 2007, Banita went completely of...

Gary Evans grew up in a horrible situation, as his father frequently abused him and his siblings. At the age of eight, he became interested in expensive things. So in turn, he started stealing things and pawning them off.. This habit continued all through his early 20s, as a combination of the deaths of both of his parents and his mental health issues, he went on a spree of robbery and murder, as...

Joseph Taborsky seemed to be on a path of negativity from the beginning, as at only 5 years old, he was stealing jewelry from a neighbor’s house to give to his mother. At 7 years old, he was stealing bikes and committing several burglaries. By the time he was an adult, he met Arthur Culombe, a mentally challenged man who collected guns, and Joseph saw an opportunity and a gullible accomplice. But...

Lam Kor-Wan was someone who always struggled socially. He didn’t have a great relationship with his father, plus he could barely make friends at school, let alone talk to women. So when his dad kicked him out after an argument, he had nothing but time to himself, so his perverted sexual urges only increased. It started with him hoarding porn magazines, then it progressed to peeping at his younger...

Alexander Pearce was a petty thief from Ireland that had used all of his chances with the legal system. For his continued crimes, he was sent thousands of miles away to work at a penal colony in what is now Tasmania. In 1822, he and 7 other inmates escaped and set off for the wilderness, but the land was extremely treacherous, barren of anything but vegetation for hundreds of miles. This getaway w...

Bruce Lindahl was a sexual predator who seemed to have friends in law enforcement, so he seemed to avoid any serious jail time despite his increasingly questionable behavior. On the most egregious occasion, he was stopped by police with an unconscious woman in the passenger, bleeding from a knife wound to her head. He told them he was taking her to the hospital, even though he was going in the wro...

John Martin Scripps got his love of traveling from his father, as the pair went everywhere together. But after his father committed suicide when he was 9, John never really got over it, with his grades slipping to the point where he dropped out of school at just 15 years old. He then resorted to a life of crime, resorting to theft and drug possession to earn money. When he was caught, he would go...

Jaime Osuna came from an extremely abusive household, as his stepfather frequently beat him, even pushing him out of a moving car while he was strapped to his car seat. This constant state of torment caused him to lash out as by 15, he was sentenced to 4 years in prison for stabbing someone at school. When he was released, he covered his face in numerous tattoos, also getting involved with gangs,...