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unidentified 19th century serial killer

Edward Teach (or Thatch; – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateering ships during Queen Anne's War before he settled on the Bahamian island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined around 1716. Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop that he had captured, and the two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. Their numbers were boosted by the addition to

serial killer in California

Italian American mobster (1897–1962)

Venezuelan-born international terror operative

English pirate (1682-1720)

unidentified serial killer or killers, however convicted rapist Albert DeSalvo confessed to many of these murders, DNA evidence links him to the final victim

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Wade Steven Wilson is an American criminal convicted of the 2019 murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Cape Coral, Florida. Due to sharing the name of the Marvel character Wade "Deadpool" Wilson, Wilson has been referred to in the media as the "Deadpool Killer". Prior to becoming a convicted murderer, Wilson was a witness/informant for the Leon County Sheriff's Office in the 2016/2018 case against Brian Winchester. Wilson said he was offered $20,000 to "take care of" Winchester's wife. Wilson then informed the police, claiming he didn't feel right about it. Wilson appears briefly in "Mr. & Mrs. Murder," giving the police his statement against his former cellmate. Wilson was sentenced to death in 2024 after being found guilty of first-degree murder, among other charges. Prior to the murders, Wilson had a criminal history dating back to 2012, including convictions for burglary, grand theft, and firearms offenses.

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