10 Mistakes That Got Serial Killers Caught
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- These mistakes brought down some of history's most despicable criminals. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down the errors and miscalculations that led to serial killers getting captured. Our countdown of serial killers who got caught after making a mistake includes David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, Dennis Rader, and more! Which serial killer mistake was the most surprising? Let us know in the comments.
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BTK “so you can’t track me on this right”
Cops “promise”
BTK “ok seems legit”
Stupid how the hell coulden’t he figure out that the police would say anything to get people he was smart but not that smart in the end
And then he had the nerve to ask the detectives "why did you lie to me?"
@@heatheroneil4450 also he had the audacity to be upset that they lied to him. imagine that coming from a murderous pervert. he had some nerve. smhz.
Mr. Rader was a "Compliance Officer" A government employee in a motor pool car with City uniform & two-way radio. His job was to enforce "City Codes" Not Laws -- animal regulation, trash regulations, property rules. I heard these facts immediately after his 2005 arrest, never since, no mention of this blatant fact on this video.
My brother has owned 2 acres for 40 years, 4,000 feet elevation, an "open land" preserve on three sides (no neighbors) built in 1830's,1940's and 1970's and suddenly has been trespassed three times in the last year with a dozen "Code Enforcement Officers" some with sidearms. His Crime? He is Allowed ONLY horse facilities and a licensed dog kennel, nothing else on the property. Interestingly, the County never said a thing when I parked my Federally registered aircraft at his house for 15 years, the Fed respects the Fourth Amendment
@heatheroneil4450 and the detective replied with "becuz I was trying to catch you"
Getting released from jail after killing two children is fucking insane
Too bad we won't see the ending of BTK story in Mindhunter..
why didn't netflix make more seasons of that show? it was so popular that i thought sure it would continue.
@lisabradford8180, the actors and producers claimed it was too expensive
@@fyourfeelings2741 oh i didn't know that. thanks for the info.
You can read it in the book by John Douglas (the prototype of Holden in Netflix show) "Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer".
See that piece of shii at work almost everyday
Rose West almost got away with the killings she committed with her husband Fred, banking on his suicide in prison to shift the blame entirely on him, claiming he was abusive. However, when the police discovered that one of the victims was Fred's daughter from his first marriage (his ex-wife was also one of their victims), investigatiors confirmed that said girl disappeared and was likely murdered when Fred had a cast-iron alibi of being in prison at the time. By trying to blame Fred for that killing, Rose had perjured herself and her testimony was discarded and she was charged as a willing participant to the killings.
That's right Rose murdered Charmaine in 1971 when Fred was in prison!
That Shipman guy was a damn idiot! You try to steal money by forging the will, and didn’t even do it right?! So greedy you had take EVERYTHING which would of course make people suspicious?
BTK was actually really offended that the police lied to him. 😂
LOL 😂
I talked to a cop once who sat in a 7/11 parking lot watching a guy pull pantyhose over his head and fumble with his gun. Wonder what these morons do in prison, play checkers and read old TV Guides?
BTK: how come you lied to me?
Detective: becuz I was trying to catch you.
They had been trying to catch him for years did he really think they would pass on that opportunity what an idiot.
Charles Ng the serial killer from California was arrested after shoplifting in Calgary, Canada.
Turns out not all serial killers are smart and cunning
The vast majority aren't.
their worst mistake is being too cocky and thinking they'll never be caught
They get away with it for so long cause they're white.
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We don’t know about the ones that don’t get caught.
Karol Kot - Murdered nuns and children in Poland while still in school, when hanging out with a girl he had a crush on at his gun enthusiasts club, he told her about his killing spree, hoping to impress her, she went right to the police.
Joachim Kroll - A serial killer from Germany that murdered women when he took walks in the countryside, got caught when a knee injury meant he couldn't walk for a while and he decided to murder his neighbours daughter. Typically he left his victims bodies where he killed them for the police to find, but Kroll couldn't do that with the girl, so he instead cut her up and tried to cook her to eat, the foul smell that was given off caused people to contact the police. Kroll initially said the smell was due to a wrongly prepared rabbit, but was caught when he threw the remains in the bin.
Stephen Griffiths - Got caught on a CCTV camera holding his signature murder weapon, a crossbow
We dont call him btk anymore he is the floppy disk failure 😂😂😂
This channel is still running? Great to see. Been a sub for so long.
and yet it sounds like you hardly come on here
😂😂Fr they be dropping weekly
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It’s crazy Randy Kraft is A.not more known and B. STILL hasn’t been executed yet. The guys one of the most sadistic prolific killers ever, yet he’s relatively unknown today. Some of the things he did to those guys were horrific.
I'll admit I'm not really familiar with him compared to other infamous Killers like Bundy and BTK. Now I'm interested in googling what he did.
I lived in Grand Rapids, MI when Kraft killed those two farm kids. I remember it was so bizarre because the victims didn't live a risky life at all. Turns out he drugged them then was so stupid that he wrote the initials/details of his victims. He wrote GR2 which led detectives to him. Then they found one of the victim's jacket and other odds and ends. He was too arrogant for his own good. I'm surprised nobody has offed him in prison.
Can you imagine how badly his ego was crushed when btk was caught thinking he was going to get away with it
He would have gotten away if he wasn't such a dumbass and started resending letters and evidence years after he had already disappeared.
Thank you. I will make sure not to make the same mistakes.
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Still waiting on Top 10/20 controversies of 2023
That Trump won lol
@@marcusberglund3479won what?
@@marcusberglund3479 won what? A one way ticket to federal prison
@@jonah.donohuewon space rent free in your feeble mind. Prepare that cry closet, honey. You're gonna need it
I would love that!
I like how a serial killer gets away wit their killings for years and then your own vehicle gets you caught
I miss Robert Stack, but those shows were frustrating.
Now to rewatch “Summer of Sam.”
Great movie!
And BTK was honestly suprised that the police lied to him
Kemper didn't make any mistakes..he surrender himself... 😮
These are great tips. Thanks.
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Tim McVeigh-The Oklahoma City Bomber rented the Ryder truck with a credit card. (At the time, he could've left a cash deposit instead.) That gave the cops a name.
A few days after the bombing, he was busted for driving a car without a license plate.
They also got a serial number off the remains of the truck. Said he wouldn't have done it if he'd known there was a daycare in the building. A stupid criminal and a bad liar.
@@dicksonfranssen Yes...he called the children "collateral damage". He meant it as a strictly military term. Fine, AH...then how about the strictly military concept of "bad recon"?
@@racheldavin7763 McVeigh got an honorable discharge but was already a nut case at his armored truck job.
The Canadian military is full of right wing kooks, the Soldiers of Odin. Our White House is a joke, literally an old wooden house guarded by a dozen guys eating donuts and one of those kooks just walked into the house last year. It's a myth we don't have guns, handguns are everywhere and I could buy an AR with some simple paperwork. One thing we don't have are school shootings, 6 dead in 1975, 14 in 89, 1 in 99, 4 in 92, 2 in 2006 and 5 dead in 2016. Also no beauty pageants for kids.
Tim McVeigh used the name Robert Kling to rent the Ryder truck. He did not use a credit card. He used his real name to rent a nearby hotel room. When investigators surveyed locals with the police sketch of "Bob Kling," the hotel owner recognized him as McVeigh and that's how they got his real name.
When he was pulled over for driving without a license plate, it was less than 2 hours after the bomb had exploded. He was subsequently arrested during that traffic stop because he was illegally carrying a concealed firearm. The patrolman who arrested him had no idea he was the perpetrator of the bombing. In fact, the officer didn't even know the bombing was a terrorist attack yet at that time. He thought it was a natural gas explosion or something to that effect. It wasn't for another two days, just before McVeigh was set to see a judge and likely be released, that they found out he was the main suspect in the bombing.
@@okielady73 that's all true, but the fact that he was already in custody saved the cops the trouble of going through a manhunt
The saddest part of this for me is that some of these creatures who did all that stuff are still alive. Truly sad
I feel sad to break your bubble but they aren't creatures, they aren't monsters, they are normal people like you, like me, like Bob barker, etc. If you don't want to believe that you aren't the same thing that they are then you are delusional
@@Saddonghusseinsomebody need to tell the FBI about yo ass
@@Saddonghussein i'm not claiming that. speak for yourself.
@@lisabradford8180 you aren't claiming that they are creatures? That's weird I probably read wrong the part where you said creatures?
@@Saddonghussein
people? yes
normal? fuck no
if you ever do a followup on this try adding charles ng who was caught shoplifting and then eventually sent to california to be tried for murders he committed with leanord lake.
Who would that thought a parking ticket brought down the Son Of Sam? Happy to see a parking ticket being useful for once.
So Hyde was a rapist and RED was a killer?! What's going on with That 70's Show?
Btk might be the stupidest criminal caught by a floppy disc
Thank you for showing me what not to do.
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The 1st entry, David Berkowitz, has photos of the wrong person highlighted.
I LOVE Ed Kemper!!! He seems like the type of guy that would be cool to kick it with a drink and just chat for several hours!
I sat in Ted Bundy's seat in law school.
You want a movie deal or something? 😂
I sat on a sharp stick on accident...or did I??
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The Bike Path Killer in Clarence, NY should absolutely be on this list!
South Korean 2001-2002 serial killlller Yoo Yeong Chul (21 victims) was stopped for a traffic violation.
Raider - plans and gets away with horrible murders for decades. Caught when he trusts police for tech support.
How about Chandler Hadlerson who killed his parents? There are many mistakes to choose from. Leaving the murder weapon in his girlfriend's barn, leaving pieces of his parents bones in the chimney after he burned their corpses (you could see on youtube the recording from a neighbour's house how the lights in his living room were going wild because of the fire). His mother's body was found because he used Snapchat, not knowing that the app gives up his location. Oh and using his mother's phone to message to himself how they arrived at the cabin and enjoying the parade at july 4th, not knowing that the parade happened at july 3rd. Oh and they also found his google search history which was "Wisconsin body found", "dismembered body found", "dismember body found in Wisconsin river".😂
Well I think this isn’t about criminals that made too many mistakes. It’s about criminals that gets away with their crimes for so many years until 1 mishap brought them down.
Chandler was a real shit. Even in a list full of prolific killers, he stands out.
Well this was a list on serial Killers only so he doesn't fit that category but yeah he was a real piece of shit and not a intelligent one either.
Well that’s not surprising. After all, not all serial killers can get away of their crimes because of their stupidity that eventually leads to evidence which proves that they’re guilty.
Smart serial killers like zodiac killer encoded their confessions with complex cryptogram and Jack the Ripper only cloaked his bc of 19th century lack of technology and only mounted policemen
If they can get Al Capone for tax evasion, they can get any criminal for anything
It's strange how most of these cases happened in the 70s/80s
Well, back then, technology and science weren't as advanced as they are today. Now a days literally every place you go to has cameras, and science is more advanced then ever before. I'm sure there's some killers out there that haven't been caught, as we speak, but i feel like back then it was more easier to do these types of heinous acts these guys used to do.
Plus, they cannot let us know how much monitoring and control is going on. Would be stupid, cuz then we just become more intelligent, and find better ways to circumvent…… wait…… did I just say “WE”???
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Jack the Ripper , hide and seek winner.
He is tied with the Zodiac Killer
Jack The Ripper would probably have been caught had he done it today lucky foe him police techniques were less advanced back then.
Down by a floppy disk? That’s a good one
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Those Mistakes made by Notorious Serial Killers are Pretty to see in this Video.
Not a serial killer but Krystian Bala wrote a book from the point of view of a killer. He wrote it in such details that only the killer should know. The author was the killer and the book is titled Amok.
Vlado Taneski was a journalist who was covering the killings of older women. However he included a detail that wasn’t publicly known in fact not every police officer knew. He was the killer and him writing that detail lead him to being arrested. Though there’s some issues with his arrest (haven’t looked into the case in a bit)
MrBallen recently covered the Taneski case. That was the first I'd ever heard about it.
Serial killers taking notes 📝 😂
You guys need to credit absolute crimes for using so much of their documentaries
I saw the title and my first thought was: how to not get caught guide 😅
Dennis Nilson stayed in my home village when he was with twinkle!!
Golden State killer left something out food i think like lisk did also
kind of a stretch to say that not burning your food waste because you're familiar with California v. Greenwood is a "mistake."
Might as well say committing crimes in the first place is a mistake. Which is true, I guess, but is reductive.
Learning from their mistakes💪
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When a killer dies, can we not use the phrase "passed away". It feels tacky and unfair to those who weren't total pieces of crap when they died
Radar seems too smart to make such a dumb mistake....makes me think he wanted to get caught so people would know that he was BTK.
Um, that was not David Berkowitz you pictured. In the second picture at @1:03 David Berkowitz is the blurred out guy in the center of the photo, the guy you focused in on standing behind him is someone else.
Son of Sam and Joel Rifkin, I only know about them through their mentions on Seinfeld.
Lol... you highlighted the wrong dude as Son of Sam.
And I bet they thought they were SO clever, ha!
Newsflash, mistakes are inevitable, we're all human, we make mistakes!
Moral of the story: don't make traffic violation
The lack of research on some of these is ridiculous 🙄 they did not find Peter sutcliffs weapons hidden in the bathroom at the police station. When he was arrested he’d asked the PC if he could have a piss before they took him in, and he dumped the hammer and knife behind a wall. Harold shipman only included himself in one will. That’s what got h caught and makes his case more curious. Until then he seemingly only killed for the sake of it.
So many of these are from the 70s and 80s. What was happening during those times or before to create such monsters?
they grew up exposed to higher levels of environmental lead (which is strongly linked to violence) than any generation before or since, and additionally in many cases were subject to early childhood abuse from dads with undiagonosed PTSD or even had their own traumatic/dehumanizing experiences in Vietnam.
Note that all of those things were true to an extent before an after that era, but not so widespread or overlapping as then.
It was much easier to get away with these crimes nd sort of blend in. Not many cameras, internet, nd lack of communication between police departments.They got caught more likely as technology advanced, or stupid/cocky mistakes. Although it still happens today, more people are likely to think twice about fulfilling their fantasies nd or continuing a spree with almost cameras everywhere
It was much easier to get away with these crimes nd sort of blend in. Not many cameras, internet, nd lack of communication between police departments.They got caught more likely as technology advanced, or stupid/cocky mistakes. Although it still happens today, more people are likely to think twice about fulfilling their fantasies nd or continuing a spree with almost cameras everywhere
Even other serial killer are smart but this serial killers caught in handing a
No honorable mentions? 😄
Most people didn’t know in the early 2000s a floppy disk could track you. Especially with Bush’s patriot act we all learned about and accepted
nothing in the Patriot Act had any bearing on either the technical or legal ability of the police to capture BTK
@@dkroll92 the point I was making is everything is tracking us even more and the boomers didn’t care enough to fight back what the Patriot act was passed.
I am a police record specialist and I’ll never understand why people kill.
Fun or profit, usually.
Great video for would be serial killers... Lol
That’s why I’m taking notes
trying to learn from past killers' mistakes and plan not to get caught didn't do any good for Leopold & Loeb, or for Bryan Kohberger
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STOP I used to write stories where I named a character Earl Nelson, I had NO idea there was a serial killer with the same name!!!! And the character I wrote was very creepy
Prison not jail
Floppy Disk… smh & lmao
The Yorkshire Ripper was caught literally by chance by a neighbouring Police force, and he had been interviewed by the Police around 9 times!
gacy should be on this list because of his final victim.
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dude got caught taking a piss, and decided to snitch on himself. based.
Rest in peace to those that passed away.
Maury Travis; done in by Mapquest. Thank God
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When Dahmer decided to start keeping EVERYONE!
1:14 Damn so hes getting out soon!!!
4:00 Released from jail?! 🤔
Guess you never heard of Pedro Lopez aka as the monster of the Andes or Luis Garavito aka the beast. Good luck to you if you look it up....
after killing two children 😮wtf
I've heard son of Sam comes up for parole every few yrs but doesn't want it.
*why do they give people 2-300 years in prision woudnt life work* life doesnt mean *life* it is *50 years* so if they got life there is a *chance for them to get out* sure they might be in there *70s or 80s* if they lived but *spent 50 years in jail with praboly little to no work experance and they might have tomexplain the 50 year gap for work*
They’re charged and sentenced for each individual crime they’ve committed, which can sometimes add up to hundreds of years.
The BTK one is hilarious.
They may mistake that got them arrested.
Rifkin should have gotten a beret and changed his name to Remy Rifkin.
Why oh why do you guys *always* put the #1 on your lists at the thumbnail? I get it, you want people to watch to the end. But at the same time, it removes any suspense or guesswork from the audience.
*”karma’s gonna come collect your debt”*
He worked in a church and believed the cops couldn't trace him.
You guys not only left out information on several of these cases but some you just straight up got the facts wrong.
What’s with the blurry bad picture of Berkowitz?
Take notes people
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Interesting how these killers are of a particular persuasion .
@darrylcatay2295 The majority of serial killers are white males. The majority of their victims are white females.
The murdering kind?
Why are you zooming in / showing images of someone who is not David Berkowitz? He was the blurry one in front of the guy you were focusing on???
Peter Sutcliffe killed and hurt over ten women and the best the justice system could do is 30 year's what a fucking joke
What about Ted Kaczynski and mailing the manifesto? It should have been obvious someone (his brother) would recognize the writing.
in and of itself, that isn't very compelling evidence
*taking notes*
I've never made a mistake!
Wait a minute... THAT'S A FLOPPY DISK ON THE THUMBNAIL!
What this says is that criminals are only caught by accident and everyone else gets away with it.