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Dean Corll

1939 - 1973

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Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted, raped, tortured and murdered a minimum of twenty-nine teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. He was aided by two teenaged accomplices, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to light after Henley fatally shot Corll. Upon discovery, the case was considered the worst example of serial murder in United States history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dean Corll is the 185th most popular extremist (down from 173rd in 2019), the 4,762nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,995th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Dean Corll ranks 185 out of 283. Before him are Joaquin Murrieta, Ahmad Sa'adat, Perkin Warbeck, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Louis Farrakhan, and Tsutomu Miyazaki. After him are Radislav Krstić, Yigal Amir, Béla Kiss, Jan-Carl Raspe, Aslan Usoyan, and Guy Burgess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Dean Corll ranks 247. Before him are Ron Rifkin, Bulle Ogier, Louis Andriessen, James Mancham, Aleksandër Meksi, and Joe Clark. After him are R. Budd Dwyer, Sandro Salvadore, Lidiya Skoblikova, Pat Crerand, Valery Rozhdestvensky, and Bobby Hull. Among people deceased in 1973, Dean Corll ranks 142. Before him are Jim Croce, Oliver Macdonald, Théo Lefèvre, István Kertész, Henry Darger, and Carmine Gallone. After him are Eleazar López Contreras, Sergei Tumansky, Günther Pancke, Paul Kletzki, Louis St. Laurent, and Âşık Veysel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Corll ranks 4,762 out of 20,380. Before him are Allan Sandage (1926), Michael Winslow (1958), James Denton (1963), Deborah Birx (1956), Tommy Thayer (1960), and Chester Barnard (1886). After him are Edmund White (1940), Elizabeth Banks (1974), John Perkins (1945), Larry Evans (1932), Winnaretta Singer (1865), and Eddie Tolan (1908).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Dean Corll ranks 62. Before him are Richard Chase (1950), Nancy Spungen (1958), Jerry Brudos (1939), Ross Ulbricht (1984), Baby Face Nelson (1908), and Louis Farrakhan (1933). After him are Herbert Mullin (1947), Bugs Moran (1893), Carl Panzram (1892), Patty Hearst (1954), Mary Surratt (1823), and John Wesley Hardin (1853).

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