10 Creepiest Messages Found at Crime Scenes

10 Creepiest Messages Found at Crime Scenes

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Welcome to WatchMojo and today were taking a look at 10 times killers left behind creepy messages for investigators to find.

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The Son of Sam Letter

David Berkowitz, also known as the Son of Sam, terrorized New York City in the mid 70s, killing and wounding many with his .44 revolver. On April 17, 1977, Berkowitz committed the double murder of Valentina Suriani and Alexander Esau, bringing his body count to five. Up to this point, he was known as The .44 Caliber Killer. However, that changed when authorities found a handwritten note by Berkowitz, in which he not only taunted the police force, but also identified himself as The Son of Sam. The letter is incredibly eerie, not just for its taunting content but also its frequent misspellings, grammatical errors, and rambling, often incoherent nature. It provides a glimpse into the troubled mind of its author.

Message Machete

There was no questioning the intentions of one Prince Hepburn after the forensic report of this crime scene came back from the lab. This is because Hepburn actually left behind the murder weapon with a very specific pair of messages written about both the actual and intended victims. A bloody machete was found at the scene where Hepburn murdered his girlfriend with the phrase, this is what cheaters get scrawled on the blade. On the other side was a message for the other potential victim. Its the level of morbidity that only tends to be seen in horror movies, but in this case, the horror was very, very real.

Tarot Cards

The Beltway Snipers terrorized the Washington, D.C. area back in 2002, utilizing long-distance rifles to maximize the cold and detached distances between them and their victims. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo utilized different calling cards over the course of their terror spree, but one particularly chilling moment occurred after the October 7th shooting of Iran Brown. Malvo and Muhammad left the Death tarot card at the crime scene, inscribed with the words, Do not release to the press, For you mr. Police, and Call me God. It was creepy and deeply disturbing, to say the least.

Pentagrams

Richard Ramirez, better known as The Night Stalker, had a strange fascination with pentagrams. He famously drew one on his hand during his initial court appearance, but that wasnt the first time law enforcement encountered the symbol in this case. Back on May 29, 1985, Ramirez assaulted sisters Mabel Bell and Florence Lang in their home. Following the attack, he stole Bells lipstick and drew two pentagrams on the bedroom walls. He continued this MO when he attacked married couple Peter and Barbara Pan on the night of August 18. After shooting them both, Ramirez grabbed some lipstick and drew a pentagram on the bedroom wall along with the phrase Jack the Knife.

BTKs Polaroids

After at least ten victims and many long years, the BTK Killer - real name Dennis Rader - was finally caught on February 25, 2005. Virtually every place associated with Rader became an instant crime scene, including his church, house, and business. And in all three places, investigators found disturbing evidence of his crimes. Rader had personally taken Polaroids of his victims in various stages of distress and decomposition, and stored these photos throughout the aforementioned locations. The macabre images served as irrefutable proof of his guilt and helped secure a conviction and sentence of ten consecutive life terms.

Dead Drivers License

David Kalac was unapologetic after murdering his ex-girlfriend in 2014, so much so that he posted his grotesque handiwork to the Internet. It was known as the 4chan Murder in the press, after Kalac uploaded photos of the crime and text apparently lamenting the fact that its way harder to strangle someone to death than it looks on the movies, Additionally, Kalac wrote messages around the house, including bad news on blinds in the home and she killed me first on a framed photo. Finally, Kalac scrawled out a blunt statement on his exs drivers license, one that simply said, DEAD.

A Deadly Plea

The legal case of The Lipstick Killer, William Heirens was a mess, featuring inconsistent prosecution, shoddy police work and illegalities behind the scenes. There are some who feel that Heirens wasnt even the notorious serial killer who left a creepy, moniker-defining message at the scene of a crime. It was scrawled on a victims apartment wall, and it said, For heavens Sake catch me Before I kill more I cannot control myself. Heirens was ultimately sentenced to life in prison for three separate murders, although he died in prison maintaining that his confession was coerced.

A Promise to Return

She may currently live under an alias, but the woman born Mary Bell possesses the gruesome distinction of being Britains youngest female killer. Bell was still a preteen when she strangled the first of her two victims back in 1968. By all accounts, Bells home life was full of trauma and mistreatment at the hands of her mother, and she displayed troubling and dangerous behavior for some time before killing her first victim, Martin Brown. Later, Bell and an accomplice would not only harass Browns mother prior to her sons funeral, but they left taunting notes to police at a nearby nursery they vandalized. One of the notes read, I murder so that I may come back.

Bloody Writings

While the Manson Family is notorious for killing Sharon Tate, their true victim count is actually much higher. Throughout the summer of 1969, the Family killed nine individuals, although they are suspected of more. At three of these crime scenes, various messages were written in the victims blood. After murdering Gary Hinman, one member wrote the phrase political piggy on the wall. At the infamous Tate crime scene, Susan Atkins wrote pig on the front door. The last, and perhaps most famous message, was left at the LaBianca scene. Patricia Krenwinkel wrote the phrases rise, death to pigs, and helter skelter. The latter of these was misspelled and became the eventual title of Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentrys landmark book.

Ciphers

A cipher is a coded message thats deliberately disguised in order to convey a hidden message. There have been a number of killers over the years that have communicated in ciphers, most notably the Zodiac. The case of Ricky McCormick is another involving ciphers, and one that also remains unsolved. Here, the message was found on McCormicks body after his remains were found in a Missouri cornfield on June 30th, 1999. The FBI is still actively seeking public assistance in cracking the cipher at the time of this writing, since its believed that the clue to the identity of McCormicks murderer lies within the code.




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