History’s most twisted and dangerous murderers reveal how it felt to take someone’s life
A series of quotes about murder reveals just how twisted the minds of these killers were
HISTORY'S most notorious and terrifying killers are sickening enough as it is, but you'll be even more repulsed when you hear what they have to say about their chilling crimes.
A series of quotes about murder, collated by , reveals just how twisted the minds of these American serial killers and sex offenders were.
A quote from David Berkowitz, an American serial killer convicted of eight separate shooting attacks, paints killing as an irresistible urge.
The vile murderer, who was also known as the Son of Sam, was once quoted as saying: "I was literally singing to myself on my way home, after the killing.
"The tension, the desire to kill a woman had built up in such explosive proportions that when I finally pulled the trigger, all the pressures, all the tensions, all the hatred, had just vanished, dissipated, but only for a short time."
Meanwhile, Richard Ramirez, a serial killer and rapist who was sentenced to death for his crimes, revealed a callous attitude to his own upcoming death.
After his conviction, the devil-worshipping torturer told journalists: "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland."
Described by his attorney as "the definition of heartless evil", serial killer Ted Bundy had a uniquely sinister take on his crimes.
The necrophile, who was executed in 1989 for 30 counts of murder, was quoted as saying: "Murder is not about lust and it’s not about violence. It’s about possession. At that point, it’s being God."
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And Edmund Kemper, a twisted serial killer who butchered his own mother, once revealed the mental conflict with which he viewed his victims.
The 6"9 monster, who is alive in prison today, was quoted as saying: "One side of me says, I'd like to talk to her, date her. The other side says, I wonder how her head would look on a stick.
"And then another side of me wonders what her hands would look like if they were lobsters."
Finally, David Parker Ray, also known as the Toy Box Killer, was a known torturer and suspected serial killer who was died of a heart attack not long after his sentencing in 2001.
The twisted criminal, who tortured victims in a sound-proofed trailer, reportedly shared the other killers' casual attitude to murder.
In a taped recording for his victims, he allegedly said: "I don't like killing the girls that we bring here, but occasionally things happen. What can I say?"
Earlier this year, we shared the story of a death row executioner who revealed what it felt like to end someone's life in the name of the law.