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Ottis Toole

1947 - 1996

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Ottis Elwood Toole (March 5, 1947 – September 15, 1996) was an American serial killer who was convicted of six counts of murder. Like his companion Henry Lee Lucas, Toole made confessions which resulted in murder convictions, and which he later recanted. The discrediting of the case against Lucas for crimes for which Toole had offered corroborating statements created doubts as to whether either was a genuine serial killer or, as Hugh Aynesworth suggested, both were merely compliant interviewees whom police used to clear unsolved murders from the books. Toole received two death sentences, but on appeal, they were commuted to life imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ottis Toole is the 230th most popular extremist (down from 216th in 2019), the 7,581st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,179th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Extremist.

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Among extremists, Ottis Toole ranks 230 out of 283. Before him are Abdullah Çatlı, Alexander Pichushkin, Frank James, Donato Bilancia, Christopher Scarver, and Tommy Robinson. After him are Robert Pickton, John Bodkin Adams, Édouard Vaillant, Dawood Ibrahim, Abubakar Shekau, and Nguyễn Văn Trỗi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ottis Toole ranks 547. Before him are Bill Smitrovich, Mark Dvoretsky, Job Cohen, Terje Rypdal, Svetlana Bojković, and Nikolai Volkoff. After him are Peter Osgood, Tracey Walter, Érik Orsenna, Þorsteinn Pálsson, John Ratzenberger, and Gordon Neufeld. Among people deceased in 1996, Ottis Toole ranks 235. Before him are Wolfgang Koeppen, Morton Gould, Trần Văn Trà, Ludovico Avio, Rene Bond, and Hermann Kesten. After him are Antonio Creus, Marin Sorescu, Károly Kárpáti, Emilio Zapico, N. T. Rama Rao, and Maati Bouabid.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ottis Toole ranks 7,583 out of 20,380. Before him are Harriet Bland (1915), Jessica Jaymes (1979), Robert B. Parker (1932), William Dean Howells (1837), Emma Smith (1804), and Kristen Cloke (1968). After him are Jon McBride (1943), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), Henry Carr (1941), Loren Acton (1936), Paul Whiteman (1890), and Clifton Williams (1932).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Ottis Toole ranks 80. Before him are Richard Speck (1941), Robert Berdella (1949), William Bonin (1947), Mildred Gillars (1900), Frank James (1843), and Christopher Scarver (1969). After him are Marshall Applewhite (1931), Warren Jeffs (1955), Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), Francis Parker Yockey (1917), Richard B. Spencer (1978), and Eric Rudolph (1966).

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