The killer appeared in London’s Whitechapel district in 1888 and murdered five women. Despite taunting the police, the murderer was never identified.
Jack the Ripper
April 15, 1865
Andrew Johnson
Northern Lights
Aurora borealis
Christopher Reeve, Tom Welling, and Henry Cavill
Superman
Very smart or intelligent / filled with light
Bright
He started killing in 1978 at just 18, all in all killing 17 people, mostly young men of color, and disposed of his victims in vats of acid.
Jeffery Dahmer
January 20, 1977
Jimmy Carter
Referring to something that has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome
Ad nauseam
Lynda Carter, Gal Gadot, and Hasley
Wonder Woman
A part of a plant / to follow or harass someone
Stalk
Killing mostly college-aged women in the mid-western US, this killer acted as his own lawyer in one of the first televised public murder trials.
Ted Bundy
November 22, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson
A conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement
Non sequitur
Ezra Miller, Grant Gustin, and Neil Patrick Harris
The Flash
In good health / a source for water in the ground
Well
This serial killer, rapist, cannibal, and necrophile murdered ten people, including his paternal grandparents and mother. He is noted for his large size, at 6 feet 9 inches, and for his high intellect, possessing an IQ of 145.
Edmund (Ed) Kemper
April 4, 1841
John Tyler
Into the middle of a narrative; without preamble
In medias res
Drake Bell, Andrew Garfield, and Jake Johnson
Spider-man
Gentle / offer of money
Tender
Despite being convicted for only one murder, she worked at a 'baby farm' in New York for 20 years in the late 1800s, and it is suspected she murdered over 400 infants, making her among history's most prolific serial killers
Amelia Dyer
July 10, 1850
Millard Fillmore
Remember that you must die
Memento mori
Chris Evans, Michael B Jordan, and Brian Austin Green
The Human Torch
A pile of paper / to juice a citrus fruit
Ream