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A serial killer is a person who may kill galore people one after the other. Though one may never be capable to judge who the next target will be, but if one observes closely, then there may be a definitive pattern that the serial killer follows and the people that are being aimed would be having something in common.

Below is the list of a heap of famous serial killers that includes both men and women.

Jack the Ripper: His killings date back to 1888 when he was responsible for the killings of prostitutes in London’s Whitechapel area and took the city by storm.

Ed Gein: He was a famous serial killer who used to skin his victims and exhume corpses. Further he applied to decorate his home with those body elements and he also would use the skin to make clothes and furniture. He passed away on July 26, 1984.

Charles Manson: He had a cult in San Fransisco which was called “The Family” which primarily consisted of men and women who had left their family and were in deep aroused trouble. With the help of drugs, he would convince the members to go on a killing spree of the wealthy and after the killings, the members would write messages on the walls of the house with the blood of the victims.

Dorothea Punte: She applied to run a boarding house for elderly disabled persons and she would rob them of their money, kill them and carry on taking the government gains by forging the checks. This 60-year old lady was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988.

Ship Killer History American Torpedo

There have been galore books published with regards to submarine and aircraft attacks on ships. While the torpedo was the important weapon of most of those submarine attacks and a great deal of of the aerial attacks, there are only a few books on this weapon. In this book, Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar provide a definitive work on the development and use of the torpedo by the U.S. Navy. Their book begins with an overview of the early undersea weapons produced by Bushnell and Fulton, the spar torpedo of the Civil War and attempts to imitate the Whitehead torpedo, and then focuses on American torpedo development for use from submarines, surface warships and little combatants, and aircraft.

About the AuthorThomas Wildenberg is a historian specializing in the development of naval aviation and logistics at sea. He is the author of assorted books on naval history and the co-author of Howard Hughes: An Airman, His Aircraft and His Great Flight. He lives in Burtonsville, MD. Norman Polmar is a defense analyst and author specializing in naval, aviation, and intelligence subjects. A resident of Alexandria, VA, he has written or co-authored more than forty books, including the eight editions of Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet.

Ship Killer History American Torpedo Picture

Ship Killer History American Torpedo Picture

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