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Henry Lee Lucas

1936 - 2001

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Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 – March 12, 2001), also known as The Confession Killer, was an American convicted murderer. Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and two others in 1983. He rose to infamy as a claimed serial killer while incarcerated for these crimes when he falsely confessed to approximately 600 other murders to Texas Rangers and other law enforcement officials. Many unsolved cases were closed based on the confessions and the murders officially attributed to Lucas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Lee Lucas is the 111th most popular extremist (down from 91st in 2019), the 2,625th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,869th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Extremist.

Henry Lee Lucas is most famous for being a serial killer. He was convicted of 11 murders in the U.S. and confessed to hundreds more.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 111 out of 283. Before him are Bobby Joe Long, Ma Barker, Hermine Braunsteiner, Oskar Gröning, Therese Brandl, and Joachim Kroll. After him are Leonarda Cianciulli, Wadie Haddad, Sirhan Sirhan, Robert Stroud, Matteo Messina Denaro, and Horst Mahler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 134. Before him are Jannis Kounellis, Han Seung-soo, Ivan Stambolić, Wolf Biermann, Floyd Westerman, and Christiane Martel. After him are Jim Henson, Jo Siffert, Raimonds Pauls, Masako Nozawa, Frances Shand Kydd, and Nino Castelnuovo. Among people deceased in 2001, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 75. Before him are Jaroslav Drobný, Luis Carniglia, Francisco Varela, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Marvin Harris, and Vittorio Brambilla. After him are Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Perry Como, Nikos Sampson, and Renato Carosone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 2,625 out of 20,380. Before him are Danny Elfman (1953), Cardi B (1992), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), Edward Kasner (1878), John de Lancie (1948), and Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869). After him are Kirsten Dunst (1982), Joan Rivers (1933), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Jim Henson (1936), Anthony Kiedis (1962), and Robert Trujillo (1964).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 39. Before him are Susan Atkins (1948), John List (1925), James Earl Ray (1928), Gary Ridgway (1949), Bobby Joe Long (1953), and Ma Barker (1873). After him are Robert Stroud (1890), Richard Ramirez (1960), Anwar al-Awlaki (1971), David Berkowitz (1953), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), and Robert Hansen (1939).

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