Stupid mistakes happen to us all. Generally, we walk away from them with a small life lesson, maybe some bumps and bruises, or wishing we would’ve just ordered the cheeseburger. We live low-stakes lives. But, with a high-stakes life, like if you happen to be a serial killer, a stupid blunder could destroy your entire career. Let’s look at the top 10 stupidest things that ended a serial killer’s career.




Driving Under the Influence While a Dead Body Rode Shotgun

Scorecard Killer” Randy Kraft, who was convicted of killing 16 people (investigators suspect as many as 67), was brought down in 1983 after being pulled over for erratic driving. When Kraft exited the car, he slung his beer bottle to the side and earned himself a ride downtown.

Stealing a car is a pretty stupid thing to do when you’re a serial killer, and it got one famous murderer more than grand theft auto. Ted Bundy was arrested in 1978 by officer David Lee of the Pensacola Police Department. The officer ran the plates because the car was acting suspiciously, and that car turned out to be stolen. Bundy was arrested. Of course, that was after he’d murdered at least 30 people. You’d think evading police for 30 years would’ve made Bundy smart enough to avoid this amateur blunder, he escaped two times ! Two times!

Getting A Parking Ticket

Of all the things that could lead to a serial killer’s arrest, a parking ticket should be low on the list. In the case of the Son of Sam, it was a minor citation tucked under a windshield wiper that provided the final clue to catching a murderer who’d terrorized NYC for a year, killing six people.


The parking ticket, along with eye witness testimony, placed David Berkowitz near the scene of Robert Violante’s murder in July of 1977, providing enough evidence for investigators to obtain the search warrant that led to his arrest. Berkowitz had a lot going on with the murder chargers, but I wonder if he ever paid that parking ticket

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Dennis Nilsen, who was convicted of six North London murders in 1983, moved to an upstairs apartment from his previous, ground-level flat. Without a yard in which to bury bodies, he had to come up with a new method of disposal. So, he did what any psychotic murderer would do, he flushed his victims’ decomposing flesh down to goldfish heaven. Just like “flushable” wipes, this quickly became a problem, clogging the drains for the entire building. Once it was discovered that human remains caused the blockage, investigators quickly flushed Nilsen out.

Trusting the police!



Radar, known as the “Bind, Torture, and Kill” or “BTK killer”, eluded the police for thirty years and killed ten people between 1974 and 1991, before disappearing until 2004. After his reemergence, he taunted investigators with packages and coded messages, even leaving a note asking the authorities if he would be safe to communicate via floppy disk. Investigators responded with an ad in the Witchita Eagle assuring him he’d be super-duper, perfectly safe to do so. Guess what? They lied. They were able to pull all the information they needed to track the killer down from that floppy disk. Like they say, “love all, trust few, and, maybe, don’t strangle people.

Dropping your ID at the crime scene






Peter Goebbels, whose serial killing was a product of his serial raping, must not have known rule #1. He had a short run, strangling four victims through 1984-85 in Berlin. Goebbels isn’t typically remembered for his killings. Instead, he’s known as “that one killer stupid enough to leave his ID at the crime scene.” Authorities don’t have to waste a whole lot of time investigating when you leave all your information at the murder. The only thing stupider than that would be releasing a victim because you thought they liked you

Releasing a victim because she pretended to like him

Lisa Noland was 17 years old when she was captured by Bobby Joe Long and raped over a 24-hour period. As a former victim of abuse, Noland had developed the know-how to survive an abuser. So, like a pro, she played her part, lying and appeasing the lunatic until he believed she had feelings for him. He even gave her a ride home. She was blindfolded for most of the encounter, but letting a victim go breaks the serial killer code, and releasing Noland ultimately led to his arrest.[7]

Bragging about latest kill..



The Lainz Angels of Death operated out of a hospital in Vienna, Austria. Under the direction of “Head Angel” Waltraud Wagner, the group poisoned, overdosed, and drowned at least 42 patients (possibly over 200). They were caught and convicted in 1989 after a doctor overheard them bragging and joking about their most recent kill. Due to Austria’s max sentence laws, all of the Angels of Death had been released by 2008.[8]

There's nothing like the perfect crime. The slip that ends the game always turns up!

TheSourcerer:
Stealing a car is a pretty stupid thing to do when you’re a serial killer, and it got one famous murderer more than grand theft auto. Ted Bundy was arrested in 1978 by officer David Lee of the Pensacola Police Department. The officer ran the plates because the car was acting suspiciously, and that car turned out to be stolen. Bundy was arrested. Of course, that was after he’d murdered at least 30 people. You’d think evading police for 30 years would’ve made Bundy smart enough to avoid this amateur blunder, he escaped two times ! Two times!

I hate this site for being so dumbly written why can't it be like reddit or even close?

Emmanuelcann:
There's nothing like the perfect crime. The slip that ends the game always turns up!

Exactly. That is why humans can't attain perfection because no human was created perfect.
There are clues, loopholes and DNA prints on everywhere a human stays, or anything they touch.

TheSourcerer:
Releasing a victim because she pretended to like him

Lisa Noland was 17 years old when she was captured by Bobby Joe Long and raped over a 24-hour period. As a former victim of abuse, Noland had developed the know-how to survive an abuser. So, like a pro, she played her part, lying and appeasing the lunatic until he believed she had feelings for him. He even gave her a ride home. She was blindfolded for most of the encounter, but letting a victim go breaks the serial killer code, and releasing Noland ultimately led to his arrest.[7]

I watched this movie on Netflix early this year...nice movie... the name of the movie is Believe me..the story of Lisa Noland

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Otalenu

TheSourcerer:
Bragging about latest kill..



The Lainz Angels of Death operated out of a hospital in Vienna, Austria. Under the direction of “Head Angel” Waltraud Wagner, the group poisoned, overdosed, and drowned at least 42 patients (possibly over 200). They were caught and convicted in 1989 after a doctor overheard them bragging and joking about their most recent kill. Due to Austria’s max sentence laws, all of the Angels of Death had been released by 2008.[8]

AUSTRIA MUST BE THE MOST STUPID COUNTRY

No Nigerians on the list

drmuchin:



AUSTRIA MUST BE THE MOST STUPID COUNTRY

i swear, after all the people they killed. they didnt even spend up to 15 years in prison

TheSourcerer:
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Clogged drains

Dennis Nilsen, who was convicted of six North London murders in 1983, moved to an upstairs apartment from his previous, ground-level flat. Without a yard in which to bury bodies, he had to come up with a new method of disposal. So, he did what any psychotic murderer would do, he flushed his victims’ decomposing flesh down to goldfish heaven. Just like “flushable” wipes, this quickly became a problem, clogging the drains for the entire building. Once it was discovered that human remains caused the blockage, investigators quickly flushed Nilsen out.

What tha Some people are just heartless.