Saturday, January 24 marks 37 years since the execution of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy via the electric chair. However, he is not the only infamous murderer to have faced capital punishment. While the death penalty has been abolished in the UK since 1965, it remains legal in over 50 countries worldwide, including the United States, India, Japan, and Thailand.
Ted Bundy terrorised, raped, and killed young women in America during the 1970s, maintaining a facade of respectability. He was executed at Florida State Prison on January 24, 1989. Another prolific killer, John Wayne Gacy, known as the "Killer Clown" for dressing up at parties, raped and murdered at least 33 young men and boys. He died by lethal injection on May 10, 1994, at Stateville Correctional Centre in Illinois.
Donald Harvey, dubbed the "Glamour Girl Slayer," had sadomasochistic tendencies and would tie up, rape, and photograph his victims before killing them. He was executed in a Californian gas chamber on September 18, 1959. Aileen Wuornos, the "Damsel of Death," murdered at least six male clients, initially claiming self-defence before admitting she killed them for money. She died by lethal injection on October 9, 2002, at Florida State Prison.
William Bonin, known as the "Freeway Killer," picked up young boys and men in his truck, raped and murdered them, and dumped their bodies along freeways. He was executed by lethal injection on February 23, 1996, at San Quentin State Prison, California.
