11 Most Bizarre Burial Practices on Earth

1. Towers of Silence

 
Zoroastrians believe that the body is impure and shouldn’t pollute the earth after death through burial or cremation. Because of this belief, they have a communal Tower of Silence erected on the edge of town where they perch the dead on top of these towers and allow vultures and weather elements to destroy the body. After the sun has bleached and dried up the bones, they collect the bones and dissolve them in lime. This goes with the Zoroastrian belief that the body should be useful, even in and after death.
Zoroastrianism was the ancient source of Islam. It is also considered the oldest religion by many scholars. It is believed that it was this religion that begot Judaism, Christianity and eventually, Islam.

2. Tree Burials

The indigenous people of Australia place their dead up in trees. Like with the Zoroastrians, they allow the weather and animals to devour their relatives' dead bodies.

3. Viking Ship Burials

Since Vikings lived and died at sea, it was fitting to place the dearly departed Viking out to sea in his boat full of riches. Do you think they required "shipping and handling"? I have a feeling that scavengers of the two-legged kind would ascend upon these sea-worthy coffins!

4. Tibetan Sky Burial

The Tibetans were like the Zoroastrians in many ways. But, these people catered to the vultures and scavengers that would eat their relatives' dead flesh. They left milk and food beside the bodies to attract the animals, and would hope the scavengers would fly away with the body into the heavens.

5. Buried in a Bog

 
Do you hate traveling to foreign countries, spending all your savings for a well planned trip, only to come across a well-preserved body hundreds of years old? Then, you would be in a bog in Europe somewhere. This was the way Europeans buried their relatives in the middle Ages - dump grandma in a bog. They should rename this era the "Bog Ages."
As plagues and death swept Europe, tombs and other more sanitary means of burying people became more common during the later part of the middle Ages. However, funerals were still only for the most elite.

6. Burning the Widow 

Hindus believe that when a man dies, a woman should light herself on fire and go to eternity with her husband as the ultimate marital sacrifice. Though currently outlawed, Sati is still practiced in small numbers today.

7. Bury Me Once, Bury Me Twice 

In Melanesia, inhabitants of the Trobriand Islands buried their dead twice. First, they would bury them, then dig up the bones and carve them into spoons and other utensils. They believed this was an act of piety. Eventually, these utensils were placed in caves facing the sea. So, when your kid asks where Uncle Fred is, just tell him that he's a spoon, looking out into the sea. There's nothing creepy about that.

8. Paper Wrap, Burnt Dog, Pus and Gout

The Aztecs did funerals in style. First, they wrapped their dead beloved in a paper costume and if they believed that the person was bad or didn't die an honorable death, they were cremated alongside a random dog. The dog was necessary where the dead would eventually spend eternity because the bad or corrupt would end up in Mictlan, an underworld fraught with pus, gout, sores, bad weather and fierce beasts. However, if the person died in childbirth, in a war through bravery, in a lightening strike, or drowned, ironically they would be rewarded with an eternity in water, called paradise of Tlaloc. There, they would be greeted by a woman who died in childbirth. It was important to bury the good as a whole person, not cremated like the bad persons. They would also have pictures of mountain gods beside their bodies.

9. "Hanging Out" With Grandpa
The ancient Chinese hung coffins of their dead in tall trees or off cliffs. The coffins were designed to look like a macabre chandelier on a moon of Saturn. The Bo people, as they were known, hung hundreds of coffins like this. They would carefully place them in the best, most public view, proud of their rotting creations.
The coffins were hung, according to this site, at least 10 meters up from the ground. Some coffins were as high off the ground as 130 meters. Hundreds of these coffins have fallen to their peril over the centuries. Many of these coffins are being renovated and reattached the cliffs. The higher these coffins were hung, the more important the deceased was considered when alive. Subsequently, the coffins that did fall were a sign of fortune.
Word to the wise, if you plan to go to Southwest China, don't look up, especially with your mouth open!

10. What's For Dinner Tonight? 

The age-old question likely didn't originate from the Wari of the Amazon and Korowai of Papua; however, these tribes do have a very gruesome burial ritual. They eat their dead relatives. They believed that this was the ultimate portrayal of love for the deceased. They would also gain the wisdom and talents of the dead person that was eaten.

11. Dancing With Grandma

 
What is more romantic and affectionate than dancing with your loved and cherished family member? Those in Madagascar believe, in a somewhat new tradition, that the soul does not fully leave the body until it’s decomposed - a process that may take a few years. Thus, once her body was fully decomposed, she would be dug up, re-wrapped in silk shrouds, and relatives would dance around the burial plot. It was like grandma had another birthday.
Many of the people in this region are conservative Catholics. However, with all of the joyous celebrations during the mind-blowing Famadihana (’turning of the bones’) ceremony, one would never guess it. These same people are so superstitious that they won't leave their house after dark, fearful of witches and ghosts who will possess their bodies.
The Famadihana ceremony only happens every seven years or so in any given family. The gleeful family members are excited to see their completely decomposed family member and try to squeeze into the cramped tombs. There is a lot of happiness and laughter and drinking of expensive liquor.
Do you know why most people in the world wear black during a funeral? Most people don't know the answer. It turns out that our ancestors believed that ghosts could possess their bodies during a funeral. Ghosts were extremely feared, before Hollywood made them famous, revered, and even sought after. The only way our ancestors believed that they could protect themselves from having a ghost snatch their body was to hide under black paint that they would cover their bodies with. Tombstones were placed on the grave not only to mark the spot but also to deter the living from walking on the grave for fear of possession. Eventually, black paint would translate over the generations as black clothing. That was a good thing, considering all the people in the world with skin allergies.

10 Most Poisonous Animals in the World

10 Puffer Fish

 

Puffer Fish are the second most poisonous vertebrate on earth (the first one is golden dart Frog). The meat of some species is a delicacy in both Japan (as fugu) and Korea (as bok-uh) but the problem is that the skin and certain organs of many puffer fish are very poisonous to humans. This puffy fish produce rapid and violent death. Puffer’s poisoning causes deadening of the tongue and lips, dizziness, vomiting, rapid heart rate, difficulty breathing, and muscle paralysis. Victims die from suffocation as diaphragm muscles are paralyzed. Most of the victims die after four to 24 hours. There is no known antidote, most deaths from fugu happen when untrained people catch and prepare the fish. Statistics show that there were 20 to 44 incidents of fugu poisoning per year between 1996 and 2006 in all of Japan and up to six incidents per year led to death. Since Fugu’s poison can cause near instantaneous death, only licensed chefs are allowed to prepare it.

9 Poison Dart Frog

 

If you ever happen to be running through the rain forests somewhere in Central or South America, do not ever pick up beautiful and colorful frogs – it can be the Poison Dart Frog. This frog is probably the most poisonous animal on earth. The 2 inch long (5cm) golden poison dart frog has enough venom to kill 10 adult humans or 20,000 mice. Only 2 micrograms of this lethal toxin (the amount that fits on the head of a pin) is capable of killing a human or other large mammal. They are called “dart frogs” because indigenous Amerindians’ use of their toxic secretions to poison the tips of their blow-darts. Poison dart frogs keep their poison in their skins and will sicken or kill anybody who touches or eats it.

8 Inland Taipan

 

The prize for “The World’s Most Venomous Snake” goes to the Inland Taipan of Australia. Just a single bite from this snake contains enough venom to kill 100 human adults or an army of 250,000 mice. Its venom is at least 200 – 400 times more toxic than a common cobra. The Inland Taiwan’s extremely neurotoxin venom can kill an adult human in as little as 45 minutes. Fortunately this snake is very shy and there have been no documented human fatalities (all known bites were treated with antivenin).

7 The Brazilian wandering spider

 

The Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria) or banana spider appears in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous spider and is the spider responsible for most human deaths. This spider is believed to have the most potent neurotoxin venom of any living spider. Only 0.006mg (0.00000021oz) is sufficient to kill a mouse. They are also so dangerous because of their wandering nature. They often hide during daytime in highly populated areas inside houses, clothes, boots, and cars. Its venomous bite causes not only intense pain, the venom of the spider can also cause priapism – uncomfortable erections lasting for many hours that lead to impotence.

6 Stonefish

 

Maybe Stonefish would never win a beauty contest, but it would definitely win the top prize for being “The World Most Venomous Fish”. Its venom causes such a severe pain that the victims of its sting want the affected limb to be amputated. It is described as the worst pain known to man. It is accompanied with possible shock, paralysis, and tissue death. If not given medical attention within a couple of hours it can be fatal to humans. Stonefish stores its toxins in gruesome-looking spines that are designed to hurt would-be predators. Stonefish mostly live above the tropic of Capricorn, often found in the shallow tropical marine waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans, ranging from the Red Sea to the Queensland Great Barrier Reef.

5 Death Stalker Scorpion

 

Contrarily to the popular belief most of the scorpions are relatively harmless to humans as stings produce only local effects (pain, numbness or swelling). However, the Death Starker Scorpion is highly dangerous species because its venom is a powerful cocktail of neurotoxins which causes an intense and unbearable pain, then fever, followed by coma, convulsions, paralysis and death. Fortunately, while a sting from this scorpion is extremely painful, it would be unlikely to kill a healthy, adult human. Young children, the old, or infirm (with a heart condition) are at the biggest risk. Death stalker scorpions are spread in North Africa and Middle East.

4 Blue-Ringed Octopus

 

The Blue-Ringed Octopus is very small, only the size of a golf ball, but its venom is so powerful that can kill a human. Actually it carries enough poison to kill 26 adult humans within minutes, and there is no antidote. They are currently recognized as one of the world’s most venomous animals. Its painless bite may seem harmless, but the deadly neurotoxins begin working immediately resulting in muscular weakness, numbness, followed by a cessation and breathing and ultimately death. They can be found in tide pools in the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Australia.

3 Marbled Cone Snail

 

This little beautiful looking Marbled Cone snail can be as deadly as any other animal on this list. One drop of its venom is so powerful that it can kill more than 20 humans. If you ever happen to be in warm salt water environment (where these snails are often found) and see it, don’t even think of picking it up. Of course, the true purpose of its venom is to catch its prey. Symptoms of a cone snail sting can start immediately or can be delayed in onset for days. It results in intense pain, swelling, numbness and tingling. Severe cases involve muscle paralysis, vision changes and breathing failure. There is no antivenom. However, only about 30 human deaths have been recorded from cone snail envenomation.

2 King Cobra

 

The King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the world’s longest venomous snake – growing up to 5.6 m (18.5 ft) in length. Ophiophagus literally means “snake-eater” as it eats other snakes. One single bite of this deadly snake can easily kill a human. This snake is even capable of killing a full-grown Asian Elephant within 3 hours if the larger animal is bitten in a vulnerable area such as the trunk. Its venom is not as toxic as other venomous snakes, but King Cobra is capable of injecting 5 times more venom than black mamba and can result in mortality up to 5 times faster than that of the black mamba. It is quite widespread, ranging across South and South-east Asia, living in dense highland forests.

1 Box Jellyfish

 

The top prize for “The World Most Venomous Animal,” would go to the Box Jellyfish. It has caused at least 5,567 recorded deaths since 1954. Their venom is among the most deadly in the world. Its toxins attack the heart, nervous system, and skin cells. And the worst part of it is that jelly box venom is so overpoweringly painful, that human victims go in shock, drown or die of heart failure before even reaching shore. Survivors experience pain weeks after the contact with box jellies. You have virtually no chance to survive the venomous sting, unless treated immediately. After a sting, vinegar should be applied for a minimum of 30 seconds. Vinegar has acetic acid, which disables the box jelly’s nematocysts that have not yet discharged into the bloodstream (though it will not alleviate the pain). Wearing panty hose while swimming is also a good prevention measure since it can prevent jellies from being able to harm your legs. Jelly box can be found in the waters around Asia and Australia.

8 Festivals Celebrating Nature

1. Hanami

 

Hanami is Japanese traditional festival that celebrates the beauty of flowers (Hanami means flower viewing). Flower, in this case, always means cherry blossom or Ume blossoms. The Hanami planners approach very carefully to the organization of the parties all over Japan. They wait for the weather bureau blossom forecast and make the plans according to that, which result with parties wherever cherry blossoms can be found.

2. National Cherry Blossoms Festival

 

Washington DC celebrates the American version of Hanami festival, commemorating the gift Japanese cherry trees from Tokyo’s mayor in 1912. The gift was an effort for enhancing of the friendship between the tow nations. Although USA and Japan were in war in the meantime, the beautiful tradition of celebrating the nature continued. Among the events of the two weeks festival are the Cherry Blossom 10 miles Run, cherry blossom classes, sushi/sake celebrations an so on.

3. Momijigari

 

Japanese people obviously enjoy watching the nature in its best light. In autumn they traditionally visit the breathtaking scenes when leaves turn into red. The name of the tradition, Momijigari, derives from words “momiji” which means maple tree or red leaves, and “kari” – hunting. Despite “hunting red leaves,” people on the Oze plain use to visit areas where grasses changes color as well.

4. Bristol Festival of Nature

 

The Bristol Natural History Consortium organize annual two days long event in June, in Bristol, England, in which people could learn a lot about nature. The real nature lovers can attend lectures, film screenings and tours related to natural history and environment. This festival is organized on a little bit higher level than the rest on the list, due to the traditional conference of scientists, journalists and environmentalists who discuss about the recent environmental issues.

5. Olympic Peninsula Bird Fest

 

Sequim, Washington is the right place to be in April for every bird lover. The festival lasts three days in which, despite the enjoying of watching birds, participants can take some boat trip, visit the Endangered Waterfowl Breeding Sanctuary or attend nature photography workshop. However, there’s a lot to be seen and a lot to be learnt.

6. Tsukimi

 

Japanese are quite original in celebrating nature. They have Tsukimi, a festival honoring the autumn moon. The usual activities are enjoying the beauty of the full moon, eating rice dumplings and displaying decorations made of Japanese pampas grass, and, the strangest – offering sweet potatoes, beans and chestnuts to the moon. It’s held on the 15th day of the eighth month and the 13^th day of ninth month of the traditional Japanese calendar.

7. Wild Amelia Nature Festival

 

The traditional annual event is held in May in Amelia Island, Georgia. The three days nature festival started only five years ago, but it already offers the visitors a lot of activities that are great opportunity to become familiar with the biodiversity of the island through nature tours and workshops thought by local professionals. The participants can take in the photo contest, while there is also a kid’s niche

8. Shetland Nature Festival

 

The picturesque British island hosts the nature lovers every year in July. Visitors stay there for a week to enjoy the seabird colonies, sit amongst funny Puffins, and watch the Killer Whales while hunting near the coast or lay down amongst British rarest flowers. During the festival week participants can take family days, guided walks and hang out with others on the evening talks.

Secret Places Banned to the Public

Secretive Russian town of Mezhgorye

There is a town in Russia, called Mezhgorye, which is barred to anyone, except for those believed to work at the highly secretive Mount Yamantaw site, thought by many to be either an ultra-secret research facility, or be nuclear. Founded in 1979. The town is at the foot of the mountain, the highest in the Urals, at 5,381ft, where US satellites have recorded excavation projects, on a huge scale, though repeated enquiries about the nature of operations, at this maddeningly closely watched community, have been met by bland responses, such as it being a mine of some kind, or a repository for Russian treasures, and even as somewhere for government, in case of disaster, but nobody knows.

The mysterious Moscow metro2

Moscow, capital city of Russia, supposedly has a secondary, secret underground metro system, known as Metro-2, running parallel to the public Metro. Built, it is thought, during Stalin’s time, KGB codename for the project being D-6. The existence of this phantom system has never been confirmed, nor denied, by the FSB -Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, or indeed the Moscow Metro administration themselves. Rumored to be much longer, in length, than the public Metro.  And to consist of four lines, running between 50 and 200m below ground it connects the Kremlin with the FSB headquarters, Vnukovo-2 government airport, plus underground town Ramenki, as well as other, undisclosed locations.

The super secret Area 51 Groom Lake facility

Area 51, a phrase well known around the world, is a military base, Groom Lake, in the southern portion of Nevada, USA, 83 miles from Las Vegas. Found along the southern shore of Groom Lake, the large, secretive, military airfield appears to be involved in the development, and testing of experimental aircraft, as well as advanced weapons systems research.  So closely guarded is this place, and so well monitored, that it has been the subject of conspiracy theory for decades. Even the U.S. government only reluctantly admits to the existence of this place, and the fact that deadly force can, and has been used against people trying to get into the Area 51 zone, really does make you wonder

The ultra secretive Room 39 of North Korea

North Korea, that most oppressive of states, is infamous for Room 39, sometimes called Bureau 39, one of the most secretive of their organizations, dedicated to seeking methods of obtaining foreign currency for North Korea’s leader. Established in the late 1970s and described, by some in the west, as the lynchpin of the dynastic Kim family dealings. Room 39 is such a secretive institution that none are sure exactly what goes on there, though it is widely believed that ten to twenty bank accounts, in Switzerland and China, are used in illegalities such as counterfeiting, money laundering, drug smuggling and illicit weapon sales. The organization has, reportedly, 120 foreign trade companies that it operates, under the direct control of the ruling family, who obviously deny any illegal activities. Room 39 is believed to be l inside a ruling Workers’ Party building in Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea, but nobody knows for sure

The Inaccessible Ise Grand Shrine of Japan

Japan has an amazing series of over 100 shrines, known as the Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred shrine in the country. Dedicated to Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, this wondrous place has existed since 4BC, and it is thought that the main shrine contains the single, most important item in Japanese imperial history, the Naikū. This is the mirror, from Japanese mythology, which graced the hands of the first emperors of Japan. Demolished, purely to enable rebuilding, every 20 years, honoring Shinto ideas of death and rebirth, the shrine is barred to anyone but the priest or priestess, who has to a member of the Japanese imperial family everyone else is kept away by very alert guards.

The terrifying Mount Weather Emergency operations center.

Mount Weather is not somewhere that that the US publics ever really want to goes to. This is the genuine article, as in the disaster films, where some highly classified area has been prepared, to accept the lucky few destined to survive. Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center truly is the real thing, set up in the 1950s, during the cold war; it still operates today, as a “last hope” area, though naturally highly classified. Federal Emergency Management Agency staffs, FEMA, are in charge of it, and already, when required much of US telecommunications traffic can be routed through it, so that emergency services operate well

The incredibly intrusive RAF Menwith Hill

The global ECHELON spy network, much employed by US and British governments, is the reason why Royal Air Force station Menwith Hill exists. Containing extensive satellite tracking ground systems, this communications intercept, and missile warning site, has been called the largest electronic monitoring station on earth. Ground station for satellites, of the US National Reconnaissance Office, serving the US National Security Agency, the station is famous for having antennae contained in highly distinctive white radomes. Believed by some to be part of the ECHELON system, reportedly created for the purpose of monitoring military and diplomatic communications, from Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc allies, during the Cold War, and these days I believed to search also for terrorist plots, drug dealing information, as well as political and diplomatic intelligence. Also believed to be involved filtering all telephone and radio communications in the western world, though not proven, this is an incredibly secretive and well guarded place that the public can never get into.

15 Most Disturbing, Vicious and Evil Serial Killers

15. Bloody Benders – America

 

Bloody Benders is a family of serial killers who owned a small general store and inn in Labette County, Kansas. They are known to have killed 11 rich travelers who stayed at their inn. The Bender family home had a large room that was divided by a curtain. They used to give a seat of honor to their rich guests, with his back to the curtain. Kate, the daughter of John Bender, would distract the guest, while John Bender or his son would come from behind the curtain and strike the guest on the skull with a hammer. The throat of all the victims was then cut to ensure their death. They used to strip the body in their secret cellar and bury it. They are the subject of many novels, books and plays, including Hell Benders (1999) by Ken Hodgson, Lyle Brandt’s novel Massacre Trail (2009), Cottonwood (2004) by Scott Phillips, Candle of the Wicked (1960) by Manly Wade Wellman and They Bite (1943) by Anthony Boucher. They could never be caught.

14. Shen Changyin and Shen Changping/Cannibal Brothers – China

 

These Chinese serial killers also known as Cannibal brothers, targeted prostitutes. They killed 11 prostitutes in 1 year from June 2003 to August 2004 along with 3 female accomplices. They ate their livers, burned the bodies with Sulphuric acid and flushed them down the toilet. They had plotted the murders after they lost money when their Lanzhou auto parts business failed. The Shens and Li were sentenced to death in September 2005. Three other female accomplices were sentenced to 3 to 20 years in prison.

13. Dennis Nilsen/Muswell Hill Murderer/The Kindly Killer – England

 

This vicious and psycho serial killer killed at least fifteen men and boys between 1978 and 1983 and retained their corpses. He was eventually caught when someone complained of drain blockage. The drain cleaning company found that the drains were congested with human flesh and contacted the police. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was initially given a 25 years sentence which was later extended to whole life tariff.

12. David and Catherine Birnie/Moorhouse murders – Australia

 

This vicious and soulless Australian couple kidnapped and abducted 5 women ranging in age from 15 to 35 in their home in the 1980s. They repeatedly raped them and brutally killed 4 of them. The way they raped and killed these women was extremely inhuman, vicious and brutal. They buried them in a forest. Their final and the only victim to survive their attacks was seventeen-year-old Kate Moir. She managed to escape and contacted the police. He pleaded guilty. When asked why he pleaded guilty, he pointed toward the victims’ families and said, “It’s the least I could do.” He was sentenced to four consecutive sentences of life imprisonment along with Catherine. He committed suicide by hanging in his cell in 2005. Catherine is still in the prison under the orders ‘never to be released’.

11. Ted Bundy – America

 

This prolific and vicious American serial killer murdered over 30 white middle-class females between the ages of 15 and 25. Bundy’s victims were beaten then strangled. He was also guilty of rape and necrophilia. He collected the heads of the victims as souvenirs. He was executed by electric chair by the state of Florida in 1989. He killed women who resembled his fiancée Stephanie Brooks and had similar hair styles.

10. Dean Arnold Corll/Houstan Mass Murder/The Candy Man – America

 

He lured and killed 27 young boys with two younger accomplices David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. He raped them and then shot or strangled them to death. His accomplices found his victims for him for $200 each. This case is known as ‘Houston Mass Murders’ and is one of the worst case of serial killing in American history. He was killed by one of his accomplices.

9. Ahmad Suradji – Indonesian

 

He was a witch doctor and a ritualistic serial killer. He killed 42 young or middle aged girls and women in 11 years. He buried his victims up to their waists and then strangled them. In his confession he told that he had done so to become a mystic healer. He put the blame on the ghost of his father who came in his dream and directed him to kill these women and drink their saliva if he wants to become a mystic healer. He was executed by firing squad on July 10, 2008.

8. Alexander Pichushkin/Chessboard Killer/The Bitsa Park Maniac – Russia

 

This vicious and cruel evil minded killer killed 48 people, most of which were elderly homeless men in Southwest Moscow’s Bitsa Park. He found pleasure in killing and killed in competition with Russia’s most notorious serial killer, Andrei Chikatilo, who was convicted in 1992 of killing 52 children and young women in 12 years. He killed them by smashing their heads with a hammer from the back to avoid splashing of blood on his face. He asked the Russian court to add an additional 11 victims to his body count, bringing his claimed death toll to 60 and 3 surviving victims. He is in life imprisonment, the first 15 years of which he will spend in solitary confinement.

7. Gary Leon Ridgway/The Green River Killer – America

 

This brutal murder had 48 charges of aggravated first degree murder. He is also known as the Green River Killer because his first 5 victims were found by the Green River. He in a statement said that killing young women was his career, most of which were prostitutes. In 2005 he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

6. Andrei Chikatilo/The Red Ripper/The Rostov Ripper – Russia

 

The vicious evil beast killed 53 women and children (of both genders) for sexual satisfaction. They were killed in different ways but all were mutilated. Andrei Chikatilo was shot and executed on February 14, 1994.

5. Yang Xinhai/Monster Killer – China

 

This cruel and soulless serial killer committed 65 murders and 23 rapes between 1999 and 2003. His DNA got him caught. Yang was executed on February 14, 2004, by a gunshot to the back of the head

4. Carl Eugene Watts/Coral – America

 

Watts was an African American and killed more than 100 white females between the ages of 14 and 44. He did the first murder at the age of 20 in 1974. He kidnapped his victims from their homes, torturing them, and then murdering them. Watts initially confessed the murder of 12 women. Later he claimed to have killed 40 women and has also implied that there were more than 80 victims in total. Police considers Watts a suspect in 90 unsolved murders. He was given a 60 years life sentence and died of cancer.

3. Luis Garavito/ The Beast – America

 

 

This Colombian rapist and serial killer brutally killed at least 140 young boys. He drew a map in prison indicating the locations of the skeletons of the victims. According to that the count exceeds 300. He raped his victims and then had their throats slit.  He was initially imprisoned for 30 years which was later reduced to 22 years.

2. Countess Erzsébet Báthory/Blood Countess/Blood Queen – Hungry

 

 

This evil soul Hungarian countess slaughtered six hundred or more innocent young virgin women in order to improve her complexion and also to maintain her failing grasp on her youth. She bathed in their blood. Her accomplices were executed. She, on the other hand, was bricked into rooms of her castle for house arrest till death. Her character has appeared in many dramas, plays and film.

1. Thug Behram – India

 

Thug Behram was one of the most lethal and prolific serial killers of all times. He was a member of Indian Thuggee cult. He may have murdered up to 931 victims by strangulation between 1790–1840. He used his ceremonial cloth for all the murders. Today Behram’s ‘confession’ is available in a manuscript on Thuggee written by James Paton, an East India Company officer working for the Thuggee and Dacoity Office in the 1830s. According to that he probably killed 125 men or 50 more and was present on the site at the time of the killing of 931 men. The evil was brought to an end in 1840 by hanging.