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Murderer

The Resume

    (May 27, 1850-November 15, 1892)
    Born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Doctor turned serial killer
    Killed four London prostitutes with strychnine
    Nicknamed 'the Lambeth Poisoner'

Why he might be annoying:

    He launched his criminal career in medical school with arson, blackmail and providing illegal abortions.
    He had a shotgun wedding with Flora Brooks after impregnating her, then almost killing her while performing an abortion (1876).
    After the suspicious deaths of his wife, his lover, and two patients, he was finally convicted of killing Daniel Stott, the husband of his mistress, and was sentenced to life in Joliet Prison in Illinois (1891).
    He was pardoned ten years later, allegedly as a result of his brother bribing the governor.
    After killing the prostitutes in London, he tried to blackmail several doctors, accusing them of the crimes.
    His last words at his execution were allegedly, 'I am Jack the....'

Why he might not be annoying:

    His blackmail letters included enough inside information that he made it easy for the police to identify him as the killer.
    He was hanged at Newgate Prison.
    Given that he was in prison at the time of the Ripper murders, he presumably was not Jack.
    Some investigators think that the story of his last words was a macabre joke by hangman James Billington.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 59 Votes: 49.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 80 Votes: 51.25% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 136 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 50 Votes: 54.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 109 Votes: 69.72% Annoying