History's Biggest Villains

Clayton Fountain was born a military kid, as he and his siblings moved around every couple years. While his father was in the military and his mother was at work, Clayton, the oldest child, would be a surrogate for his younger siblings. When he got of age, he joined the US Marines like his father, but things didn’t go as smoothly. At 19 years old, he shot and killed his staff sergeant for writing...

James Clifford Carson was just a lowly weed dealer when he began a relationship with Susan Barnes, a divorcee with two sons. He quickly fell underneath her spell, as he was known as a follower. Using her trust fund, Susan and James went on drug-fueled voyages around the world, practicing radical Islam, although James was born a Jew. Susan had fully embraced the hippie culture, but her frequent dru...

According to his coworkers in the Miami-Dade police department, David Middleton was a nice guy who took pride in his job. However, he used the power of the badge to fulfill his sexual desires. In 1990, he pulled up to a 16 year old girl on the street, giving her the false excuse that she was out past curfew. He then handcuffed her and told her he was taking her to a juvenile institution. But inste...

To say that Ken Williams had a rough childhood would be an extreme understatement. Both of his parents were mentally challenged, and his mother smoked crack while she was pregnant with him. His father frequently abused the family as well. Often left on his own, he joined the Gangster Disciples at 8 years old and after he was molested, he started to rape other children in retaliation. After being m...

Myra Hindley and Ian Brady were a match made in hell. When the two met at Millwards Merchandising in 1961, they both learned that they shared a love of Nazi memorabilia. They would watch films of Nazi atrocities and read library books from German scholars during the time. Myra even bleached her hair blonde to emulate the ideal of Aryan perfection. Two years after they met, they began to plan the “...

Sharon Carr was the nice girl in school, initially described as polite and helpful by teachers. But something changed in her. Sharon began to show more aggression, also becoming more disruptive and attention-seeking. It had gotten so bad that one of her teachers called social services, resulting in Sharon being put in foster care for a short time. She would often fantasize about death and violence...

Charles Bronson was never far away from trouble. Even as a teenager, he had a lengthy rap sheet for robbery, assault and vandalism. He was once fired from Tesco for attacking his manager. He even stole a truck before crashing it into someone's car. The driver wasn’t seriously injured, so he narrowly avoided serious jail time. In 1974, at the age of 22, he was arrested for armed robbery and giv...

Lizzie Halliday was known for her extremely violent temper, leading to her being at odds with her own family. Her adult life was very tumultuous, as she married six times. Two of her husbands suddenly died and two had mysteriously disappeared. She left a trail of murder and chaos everywhere she went. Lizzie wreaked havoc in the eastern United States in the late 19th century, as the New York Times...

In 1986, London police had a strange case on their hands. Several elderly people were found dead in their homes over a four month period, and several of them were sodomized and sexually abused, along with their belongings missing. The police were on high alert as a psychopath was breaking into elderly people’s homes, killing them, then robbing the place afterwards.

Armin Miewes had been obsessed with cannibalism from a young age. After his father left the family when he was young, he became fascinated with the story of Hansel and Gretel and had thoughts of eating his classmates at 12 years old. He continued to have this obsession into adulthood, but when his mother died in 1999, he was completely free to dive into these desires. Being a computer technician,...

Even as a child, Albert Fish was a very strange individual. After his father died in 1875, his mom sent him to an orphanage, where he was frequently beaten, but he actually began to derive sexual pleasure from these beatings. At the age of 12, he engaged in a homosexual relationship with another boy, in which he was introduced to drinking urine and eating feces. This odd behavior escalated to watc...

Jeen and Sunny Han were two peas in a pod. When they went to school, teachers couldn’t tell them apart so Jeen had bangs while Sunny wore her hair long. After growing up in an abusive household as children, the two sisters would often argue and fight with each other. Despite all of their internal issues, the two sisters became co-valedictorians in high school. However, after Jeen got kicked out of...

Clifton Bloomfield was always known as a bully. His parents forced him to undergo treatment for a schizophrenia diagnosis, but this didn’t stop his violent behavior. He stole a motorcycle and robbed a church, and in 1989, he and his sister went on a robbery spree in Phoenix. Clifton got 13 years in prison and his sister got 10. After being released in 2002, he was arrested again for armed robbery...

Marcus Wesson was someone who was extremely hungry for power. Since he was extremely inadequate in his outside life, he decided to create his own cult. However, the members of his “family” came from incestuous relationships with his daughters and nieces, fathering seven children, bringing the number of children in Wesson’s to 18 . He sheltered them in the house and brainwashed them into believing...

George Hassell was an alcoholic womanizer who had met, married and divorced several women. He also had a lengthy criminal record that included embezzlement and desertion from military service. In 1924, his brother died after being kicked in the head by a mule while working a field. George then married his brother’s widow, adopting her eight children as well. On December 5 1926, George and his wife...

What do you usually imagine when you think of the Bahamas? Probably loads of sun, beaches, resorts and overall relaxation. Well in the early 1970’s, this mostly peaceful nation was rocked by the gruesome murders of three American tourists. Ironically, the killer wasn’t from the Bahamas, either.

On February 24, 2020 in Oak Park, Michigan, career criminal Kenyel Brown shot himself in the head in a backyard after being surrounded by police. He would die four days later, ending a two month long murder spree that left six people dead. After his death, the city as well as the entire state of Michigan was shocked to find out that this habitual offender was actually a police informant.

The Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in Lincolnshire was a respected medical facility in the local community. But in 1991, very strange things started happening in Children’s Ward 4, as several code blues happened over a 60-day period. Four children had died during this time, and the hospital staff were flustered as to what the cause was. But, nobody would’ve guessed that one of the nurses might’ve...

William Wickline had everything going for him. He had a loving family, good grades and he was on the school wrestling team. But suddenly his school performance suffered and he turned to a life of crime. From 1971-1984, he was arrested at least nine times for charges of burglary, drug dealing and running a prostitution ring. During this time, he developed an obsession with knives and was allegedly...

It was an extremely hot and humid day on August 9, 1987 in Philadelphia. 1631 North 19th Street was an area with numerous drug busts and several abandoned buildings, most with the doors and windows boarded up. The apartment complex at 1631 also looked abandoned, as several windows were broken and the front door was missing. Harrison Graham or “Marty” as he was known was evicted from his apartment...

James Edward Pough’s life was falling apart at the seams. His new 1988 Pontiac Grand Am got repossessed less than 15 months later. His mother also died this year as well, causing him to spiral further into depression. He would often say that he had nothing to live for, and that he “would take someone with him when he leaves this world”. He was subject to frequent violent outbursts, often aimed at...

Velma Barfield was a sweet, loving, God-fearing grandmother that was cherished by her community. But unbeknownst to most, her and her husband, Thomas Burke, were at odds again. Velma had recently gotten a hysterectomy and became addicted to her painkillers. Thomas started drinking heavily and the two constantly argued. On April 4, 1969, Thomas was passed out on the couch after another disagreement...

In 1974, Jack Unterweger was in prison for murder. However, during his prison stint, he became somewhat famous for writing poems, short stories and an autobiography, titled Purgatory or The Trip to Prison – Report of a Guilty Man. His autobiography would even become required reading in some schools. By 1985, several prominent figures in Austrian journalism and writing industries saw this as an exa...

On September 23, 1988 in Louisville, Kentucky, Melvin Ignatow recruited his ex-girlfriend, Mary Ann Shore, to help him kill his current girlfriend, Brenda Schafer. He had been carefully planning her murder for a while and now was the time to act. Melvin held Brenda at gunpoint before taking her to Shore’s house. He raped and tortured her for several hours while Shore stood by, taking several pictu...

Colin Ireland was a pretty unremarkable guy. Often a victim of bullying as a child, Colin Ireland turned to petty theft, burglary and blackmail. After a stint in juvenile detention, he became obsessed with survivalism, often wearing military gear and camping out in the woods. After getting divorced twice and losing his job at a homeless shelter due to explosive temper, Colin was at a crossroads in...