3. Michael Hernandez: The Actual American Psycho
Via MiamiHerald & VillageVoice
14-year-old Michael Hernandez believed in God. Somehow, he also believed that God had given him special powers and wanted to use those special powers to become a serial killer since he related to the characters in the movies The American Psycho and The Silence of The Lambs. In 2004, Michael realized dream and stabbed his classmate, a boy he described at his re-sentencing as “a good friend” with meticulous detail.
Jamie Gough, himself 14 when he was killed, was carefully lured to the school bathroom by Hernandez. Hernandez had already obtained his “serial killer” supplies – knife, rubber gloves and tape. Despite pleading for his life, Jamie died, bleeding to his death in a gory crime committed by a boy who idolized serial killers.
Hernandez got his five minutes of fame as a grotesque killer, and at his resentencing, was yet again denounced by the judge for having the same macabre interests in jail too – conversations of him joking about skin suits (Ed Gein) came to fore, as did his movie and music likes. He was not paroled.
2. Derek Brown: The Latest Jack the Ripper Franchisee
Via TwistedMinds & TopyAps
The original Jack the Ripper is an unsolved legend and arguably one of the greatest serial killer mysteries ever. He was never identified, found or punished and his legend only grew with time. Notably titled as one of the worst serial killers of all time, Jack the Ripper has a creepy fan following nonetheless.
120 years after his perpetrated murders, another Ripper wannabe gained the media spotlight. Derek Brown, a father of two, was convicted in 2008 of murdering two women Ripper-style, even though the bodies of his victims were never found.
The victims were chosen from the Ripper’s killing ground – East London’s rather infamous Whitechapel area; and just like the Ripper, both Derek Brown’s victims were women of easy virtue. Xiao Mei Guo, a 29-year-old street vendor and 26-year-old prostitute Bonnie Barrett were picked up separately by Brown and then murdered and dismembered at the bathroom in Derek Brown’s apartment.
The authorities believed him to be a budding serial killer and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison – giving Whitechapel another respite from its recurrent, ghostly slasher.
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