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Jerry Brudos

1939 - 2006

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Jerome Henry "Jerry" Brudos (January 31, 1939 – March 28, 2006) was an American serial killer and necrophile known as the Lust Killer and the Shoe Fetish Slayer who committed the kidnap, rape, and murder of four young women between 1968 and 1969 in Salem, Oregon. He is also known to have attempted to abduct two other young women. All of Brudos's murders were committed inside either his car or the basement or garage workshop of the two homes in which he resided during the period he committed his murders. Each victim was killed by strangulation; several victims were photographed before and/or after death, and three of his victims underwent post-mortem dismemberment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Brudos is the 170th most popular extremist (down from 158th in 2019), the 4,301st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,493rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Jerry Brudos ranks 170 out of 283. Before him are Richard Chase, Nancy Spungen, Cleveland Torso Murderer, Mary Bell, Eugène Terre'Blanche, and Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov. After him are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ross Ulbricht, Baby Face Nelson, Ziad Jarrah, Stefano Delle Chiaie, and Jonathan Wild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Jerry Brudos ranks 219. Before him are Leonid Kanevsky, Patrick Wayne, Jane Alexander, Ralph Boston, Jason Miller, and Samantha Eggar. After him are Russell Means, Betty Everett, Yuri Bezmenov, Zeng Qinghong, A. R. Penck, and Eugenio Dal Corso. Among people deceased in 2006, Jerry Brudos ranks 157. Before him are Carlo Acutis, Paul Halmos, Alexander Zinoviev, Maureen Stapleton, Mickey Spillane, and Anthony Franciosa. After him are Shoshana Damari, Gerard Reve, Rudi Carrell, Mariam Aslamazian, Vera Aceva, and Bruno Kirby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Brudos ranks 4,301 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Muller (1862), Stephen Bishop (1951), Dan O'Bannon (1946), Lee Morgan (1938), Hal Ashby (1929), and Bob Iger (1951). After him are Bud Cort (1948), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Andrew Yang (1975), Noah Beery (1882), Charles Wilkes (1798), and Arlene Dahl (1925).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Jerry Brudos ranks 58. Before him are Samuel Little (1940), Charles Whitman (1941), Sam Giancana (1908), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Richard Chase (1950), and Nancy Spungen (1958). After him are Ross Ulbricht (1984), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Louis Farrakhan (1933), Dean Corll (1939), Herbert Mullin (1947), and Bugs Moran (1893).

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