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Killer Destinations

Check out infamous locations made famous by some of the most heinous serial killers in history.

Charles Manson was responsible for the Tate/LaBianca 'Helter Skelter' murders in Los Angeles.

Serial killer Albert Disavow, The Boston Strangler, murdered 13 women in Beacon Hill and other areas of Boston.

Shooter Charles Whitman killed 16 people and wounded 32 from atop the University of Texas Clock Tower in Austin.

David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, claimed his neighbor's dog ordered him to shoot people on the streets of Queens, NY.

Serial killer Jack the Ripper hacked prostitutes to death in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.

Alcatraz, aka The Rock, in the San Francisco Bay housed some notorious killers like Machine Gun Kelly and the Birdman.

Ted Bundy's car and the set of America's Most Wanted can both be seen in the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in DC.

Snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the people in and around Washington, DC's I-495 Beltway.

Gary Leon Ridgway strangled 70+ women and dumped their bodies along the Green River around Seattle and Tacoma, WA.

Serial killer Randall Woodfield murdered 18 women along the I-5 Highway running from Washington state to California.

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