List of songs about or referencing serial killers

This is a list of songs about or referencing to killers. The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions.

This is an incomplete list of songs, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

A–B

Axeman of New Orleans

"Axeman" – Amebix
"The Axeman's Jazz" – Beasts of Bourbon
"Deathjazz" – One Ton Project
"The Mysterious Axman's Jazz (Don't Scare Me Papa)" – Joseph John Davilla
"Axeman of New Orleans" - The Tombstones

Frankie Banker

"Frankie and Johnny" copyrighted by Hughie Cannon and covered by at least 256 artists, including Johnny Cash and Stevie Wonder. The original artist was Mississippi John Hurt.

Elizabeth Báthory

"An Execution" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Bathe in Blood" - Evile
"Bathory Erzsebet" – Sunn O)))
"Bathory's Sainthood" – Boy Sets Fire
"Beauty Through Order" – Slayer
The 1614 album by Opera Diabolicus
"Countess Bathory" – Venom
"Elisabeth Bathory" – Tormentor
"Elizabeth" – Aiden
"Elizabeth" – Kamelot
The whole Cruelty and the Beast album by Cradle of Filth
"Woman of Dark Desires" – Bathory
"Under the Twilight" – Aeon Dust
"Elizabeth" – Ghost B.C.
"Elizabeth" – XIII. Století
"Rose of Pain" - X-Japan
"Torquemada 71" - Electric Wizard
"The Wrath of Satan's Whore" - Countess
"The Bleeding Baroness" - Candlemass
"Countess Erszebeth Nadasdy" - Barathrum
"To the Memory of the Dark Countess" - Mütiilation
"Erszebet" - Paths of Possession
Forever Slave's Resurrection album
"The Sonology of Sex II (La Comtesse De Sang)" - Clock DVA
"Villa Vampiria" - God Dethroned
"Elizabeth Bathory" - Sadistik
The entire Die Blutgräfin album by Untoten
"Bathory" - Katarína Knechtová

Mary Bell

"Mary Bell" – Macabre
"Mary Bell" – Monte Cazazza
"Mary Bell" – Stina Nordenstam
"Mary Bell Reprise" – Macabre
"Look Out, Look Out" - Perfume Genius

Chris Benoit

"Chris Benoit" - Insane Clown Posse
"Chris Benoit (Remix)" - Insane Clown Posse, Scarface and Ice Cube

Robert Berdella

"Diary of Torture" – Macabre

David Berkowitz

"Cereal Killer" – Green Jellÿ
"Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices)" – Hall & Oates
"I Hear Black" – Overkill
"Insane in the Brain" – Cypress Hill
"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" – Beastie Boys
"Jumping at Shadows" – Benediction
"Mr. 44" – Electric Hellfire Club
"(Sam), Son of Man" – Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids
"Son of A Gun (David Berkowitz)" – Church of Misery
"Son of Sam" – Dead Boys
"Son of Sam" – Macabre
"Son of Sam" – Neither/Neither World
"Son of Sam" – Shinedown
"Son of Sam" – Violent Soho
"Death 2" - Meechy Darko
"Summer Of Sam" - Lana Del Rey
"Reign In Blood" - Necro
"Son of Sam" - Elliott Smith

Michael Bethke

"White Hen Decapitator" – Macabre

Kenneth Bianchi & Angelo Buono

"The Hillside Stranglers" – Macabre
"I Wanna Make You Scream" – Battalion of Saints
"Notown Blues" – The Black Lips
"I'm the Hillside Strangler" - The Child Molesters
"Hillside Strangler" - Demented Scumcats
"Hillside Strangler" - The Hollywood Squares
"Hillside Strangler" - The Destructors

Lizzie Borden

"Lizzie Borden" – Chad Mitchell Trio
"She Took An Axe" – Flotsam and Jetsam
"Lizzie Borden" – Macabre
"Ballad of Lizzie Borden"- Rasputina
"Lizzy Borden"-Bukkwheat Bill

Ian Brady & Myra Hindley

"Mother Earth" – Crass
"No One Is Innocent" – The Sex Pistols
"Love in a Faithless Country" – Richard Thompson
"Suffer Little Children" – The Smiths
"Very Friendly" – Throbbing Gristle
"Lambs to the Slaughter" - Church of Misery

David Brom

"David Brom Took An Axe" – Macabre

Jerry Brudos

"Fatal Foot Fetish" – Macabre
"Truest Shade of Crimson- Through the Eyes of the Dead

Ted Bundy

"Ball" - T.I.
"Blackest Eyes" - Porcupine Tree
"Anne" - Bloodbath
"Blow" - Tyler, the Creator
"Bundy" – Animal Alpha
"The Drifter" – Green on Red
"I, Motherfucker (Ted Bundy)" – Church of Misery
"Meticulous Invagination" – Aborted
"Murder Dividead" - Edge Of Sanity
"The Ted Bundy Song" – Macabre
"Ted, Just Admit It" – Jane's Addiction
"Stay Wide Awake" – Eminem
Black Friday - Lil Kim
"Anne" – Bloodbath
"Death 2" Meechy Darko
"what turns you on?" - cassandra complex
"Till Death" - Lord Infamous
"Reign In Blood" - Necro
"Ted, What's the Porn Like in Heaven?" - Allusondrugs

C–F

Robert Chambers

"Eliminator Jr." – Sonic Youth
"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" – The Killers
"Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf" – The Killers
"Midnight Show" – The Killers

Mark David Chapman

"I Just Shot John Lennon" – The Cranberries
"Mark David Chapman" – ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
"Mark David Chapman" – Mindless Self Indulgence
"Sign of a Madman" - Demon^[1]
"The Taste of Vinegar" - V Shape Mind
"Murder" - David Gilmour
"Mr. Superstar" - Marilyn Manson

Richard Chase

"Blood Sucking Freaks (Richard Chase)" – Church of Misery
"House Sparrow" – Xiu Xiu

Andrei Chikatilo

"Psychopathy Red" – Slayer
"Red Ripper Blues (Andrei Chikatilo)" – Church of Misery
"Ripper von Rostow" - Eisregen

Seung-Hui Cho

"Rise Up" - R. Kelly

Adolfo Constanzo

"El Padrino (Adolfo Constanzo)" – Church of Misery

Dean Corll

"Candyman" – Monte Cazazza
"Candyman (Dean Corll)" – Church of Misery

Jeffrey Dahmer

"213" – Slayer
"Apartment 213" – Macabre
"Arcarsenal" – At The Drive-In
"Cannibal" - Kesha
"Celebrity Cannibalism" – Creaming Jesus
"Choklit Factory" - Marilyn Manson
"Dahmer is Dead" – Violent Femmes
"Dark Horse" - Katy Perry ft. Juicy J
"Dirty Frank" – Pearl Jam
"Freeze Dried Man" – Macabre
"God Bless" – Combichrist
"Jeffrey Dahmer" – Soulfly
"Jeffrey Dahmer's Cookbook" - Fuck, I'm Dead
"Keep it Underground" - Lords of the Underground
"Lord Dahmer" - Final Solution
"Marlon JD" – Manic Street Preachers^{[dubious – discuss]}
"The Milwaukee Cannibal" – Evil Anger
"Must Be The Ganja" - Eminem
"Natural Born Killaz - Dr. Dre ft. Ice Cube
"Rap, Soda y Bohemia" – Molotov
"Room 213" – Dead Moon
"Room 213" – Church of Misery
"Said the Spider to the Fly" - the pAper chAse
"Sinthasomphone" – Venetian Snares
"Spooky Mormon Hell Dream" - Andrew Rannells
"Still Born/Still Life" – Christian Death
"The Ballad Of Jeffrey Dahmer" – Pinkard & Bowden
"Tom Dahmer Mixtape Freestyle" – Necro
"What's That Smell?" – Macabre
The entire album Dahmer – Macabre
"Control" - The Black Dahlia Murder (band)
Room 213 and Room 213(Frozen Heart Mix) by G.G.F.H.
"To Catch A Killer" - Gorerotted
"Dahmer and the Limbs" - Nicole Dollanganger
Pretty Boy Swag - Tyga
Lil Kim - Black Friday
You're Gonna Love This - 3OH!3
Dancin Dirty - Ludacris Ft. Chris Brown
"Things Get Worse" - Eminem Ft. B.o.B
"I'm On It" - J.Cole
"Brainless" - Eminem
"Death 2" Meechy Darko
"Jeffrey Says"-The World Famous Crawlspace Brothers
"Reign In Blood" - Necro
"Siccmade" - Brotha Lynch Hung
"KKKill the Fetus" - Esham

Laurie Dann

"Hey Laurie Dann" – Macabre

Albert DeSalvo

"Boston Strangler (Albert DeSalvo)" – Church of Misery
"Dedicated to Albert De Salvo" – Whitehouse
"Midnight Rambler" – The Rolling Stones
"The Boston Strangler" – Macabre
"Dirty Water" – The Standells

Melissa Drexler

"Throw Yourself Away" – Nickelback

Tom Dula

"Tom Dooly" – Doc Watson
"Tom Dooly" – Kingston Trio
"Tom Dooley" – Macabre Minstrels
"Tom Dooly" – The Brothers Four
"Tom Dula" – Neil Young with Crazy Horse
"Tom Dooly" - Frank Proffitt

Mark Essex

"Soul Discharge (Mark Essex)" – Church of Misery

Albert Fish

"27 Needles" – John 5
"Albert 'Cannibal' Fish" – Postmortem
"Albert Fish/Liverwurst" – Green Jellÿ^[2]
"Albert Was Worse Than Any Fish In The Sea" – Macabre
"Document: Grace Budd" – The Number Twelve Looks Like You
"Fishtales" – Macabre
"Instruments of Hell" – Exhumed^[3]
"Mr. Albert Fish (Was Children Your Favourite Dish?)" – Macabre
"The Gray Man (Albert Fish)" – Church of Misery
"The Werewolf of Westeria" – John 5
"Fish" - Tyler, the Creator
"Smell the Children" – Evil Anger
"Mr Fish" - Sparzanza
"Letter to Mother" - Divine Heresy
"Secrets of Wysteria" - Steampianist
"Human Consumption" - Necro

Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd

"Pretty Boy Floyd" – Woody Guthrie
"Pretty Boy Floyd/Stoney Point" – The Duhks
"Pretty Boy Floyd" - Bob Dylan

G–J

John Wayne Gacy

"33 Something" – Bathory
"Clownin' Around" - Deer Tick
"Gacy's Lot" – Macabre
"John Wayne Gacy, Jr." – Sufjan Stevens
"Master of Brutality (John Wayne Gacy)" – Church of Misery
"Pogo The Clown" – Dog Fashion Disco
"Pogo The Clown" – Hubert Kah
"Suffer Age" – Fear Factory
"Three for Flinching (Revenge of the Porno Clowns)" – The Dillinger Escape Plan
"Johnny's in love with you" - The Bang
"To Catch A Killer" - Gorerotted
"Finger Paintings of The Insane" - Acid Bath
"Gacy's Place" - The Mentally Ill
"Serial Killers" - Cleaning of Death
"John Wayne Gacy"-The World Famous Crawlspace Brothers
"Reign In Blood" - Necro

Ed Gein

"Ed Gein" - Southern Hustlers Inc.
"Ed Gein" - Angry Johnny & The Killbillies
"Ballad of Ed Gein" – Swamp Zombies
"Deadache" – Lordi
"Blood Red Sandman" - Lordi
"Dead Skin Mask" – Slayer
"Dead Art in Plainfield" – John 5
"Ed Gein" – Cornbugs
"Ed Gein" – Killdozer
"The Geins" – Macabre
"Edward Gein" – The Fibonaccis
"Gein With Envy" - John 5
"In Gein We Trust" - Manilla Road
"Nipple Belt" – Tad
"Nothing to Gein" – Mudvayne
"Old Mean Ed Gein" – Fibonaccis
"Plainfield" – Church of Misery
"Skin" – Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Skinned" – Blind Melon
"Sweetheart" - Died Pretty
"The Geins" – Macabre Minstrels
"Addicted to Vaginal Skin" – Cannibal Corpse
"Skinned" - Blind Melon
"Ed Gein" - Mr. Morbid
"Eddie's Got A Lot To Do"-The World Famous Crawlspace Brothers

Gary Gilmore

"Bring On The Night" – The Police
"Gary Gilmore's Eyes" – Die Toten Hosen
"Gary Gilmore's Eyes" – The Adverts

Harvey Murray Glatman

"Harvey Glatman (Your Soul Will Forever Rot)" – Macabre

Jack Gilbert Graham

"There Was A Young Man Who Blew Up A Plane" – Macabre

Belle Gunness

"Belle Gunness" – Cassius
"Bella The Butcher" – Macabre
"Black Widow of La Porte" – John 5
"The Ballad Of Belle Gunness" - TJ McFarland

Fritz Haarmann

"Fritz Haarman der Metzger" – Macabre
"Fritz Haarman the Butcher" – Macabre

John George Haigh

"Acid Bath Vampire" – Macabre

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

"Hero" – Superchick
"A New Hope" – Five Iron Frenzy
"Cassie" – Flyleaf
"Columind" – Filter
"Who shot the jock?" - GrimDaze Stoners (band)
"Disposable Teens" – Marilyn Manson
"Völkermord" - Apostasy
"Friend Of Mine" – Jonathan and Stephen Cohen (survivors of the columbine shooting)
"One by One" – The Calling
"The Anatomy of a School Shooting" – Ill Bill
"The Nobodies" – Marilyn Manson
"This is Your Time" – Michael W. Smith
"Hitmen for Hire" – Evil Anger
"The Kinslayer" - Nightwish
"We Hate You" - Electric Wizard
"Pigs" - Tyler, The Creator
"Witch Hunt" - MDFMK
"Rampage" - Nicole Dollenganger
"Rap God", "Remember Me", "I'm Back", "The Way I Am", "White America" - Eminem

Gary M. Heidnik

"Heidnik's House of Horrors" – Serial Killers
"Morbid Minister" – Macabre
"Shock Pit" - Intrinsic Action
"Brother Bishop" - Church of Misery

James Huberty

"McMassacre" – Macabre
"Shotgun Boogie (James Oliver Huberty)" – Church of Misery

Jack the Ripper

"Unsolved Mysteries" – Animal Collective
"Blood Red Sandman" – Lordi
"The Death of Jack the Ripper" – The Legendary Pink Dots
"Down on Whores" – Benediction
"In the Mind of a Lunatic" – Sigh
"Jack" – Iced Earth
"Jack Ripper" – Nationalteatern
"Jack the Ripper" - Screaming Lord Sutch
"Jack the Ripper" - Buckethead
"Jack the Ripper" - LL Cool J
"Jack the Ripper" – Morrissey
"Jack the Ripper" – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
"Maxwell Murder" – Rancid
"The Ripper" – Judas Priest
The entire album The Somatic Defilement – Whitechapel
"Jack The Ripper" – Macabre
"Saucy Jack" – Spinal Tap
"Reconstruction of the Female Anatomy"- Through the Eyes of the Dead
"Jack The Ripper" - The Horrors
"To Catch A Killer" - Gorerotted
"Jack The Ripper" - Motorhead
"Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" - Reunion

Jim Jones

"Ballad of Jim Jones" – Brian Jonestown Massacre
"Carnage in the Temple of the Damned" – Deicide
"Guyana (Cult of the Damned)" – Manowar
"Jim Jones Posse" – Dre Dog
"Jimmie Jones" – The Vapors
"Jonestown" – Concrete Blonde
"Reverend" – Church of Misery
"Cyanide Salvation" - Kugra
"The Riverflow" – The Levellers
"Jonestown Mind" – The Almighty
"Jesus Jones" – RKP
"Hypnotized" – Heathen (band)
"Jonestown" - The Acacia Strain
"Jonestown Suicide" - Nasty Nigel & The Teenage Hellcats
"Last Call In Jonestown" - Polkadot Cadaver

K–M

Theodore Kaczynski

"Free The Unabomber" – Code 13
"I Wanna Be a Unabomber" – Donnas
"Killer Kaczynski" – Mando Diao
"FC: The Freedom Club" – Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
"The Unabomber" – Macabre
"Unabomber" – Fragile
"Unabomber" – J. Cole
"Unabomber" – M.I.R.V.
"Unabomber" – The Acacia Strain
"Unabomber" – Underground Resistance

Ricky Kasso

"Psychedelic Sacrifice" – The Electric Hellfire Club

Edmund Kemper

"Edmund Kemper Had a Horrible Temper" – Macabre
"Fortress/Outer Space/Forever" – System of a Down
"Killifornia (Edmund Kemper III)" – Church of Misery
"Urge to Kill" – Throbbing Gristle
"Forever" – The Berzerker
"Severed Head" – Suicide Commando
"Temper Temper Mr. Kemper" - The Celibate Rifles
"Abomination Unseen" - Devourment

Joachim Kroll

"Evil Ole Soul" – Macabre

Richard Kuklinski

"Iceman: The Ballad of Richard Kuklinski" – Bryon White and the Damn Quails
"Lyrical Hitman (Richard Kuklinski)" – Royce Da 5'9" and Marvwon
"The Iceman" – Macabre

Peter Kürten

"In Germany Before the War" – Randy Newman
"Dedicated to Peter Kurten" (entire concept album) – Whitehouse
"Vampire of Düsseldorf" – Macabre
"Dusseldorf Monster" - Church of Misery

Leonard Lake & Charles Ng

"The Balled of Leonard and Charles" – Exodus

Henry Lee Lucas & Ottis Toole

"Murder Company" – Church of Misery
"Serial Killer" – Macabre
"Henry" - Os Catalepticos
"Henry Lee Lucas" - Bizarre Scums
"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" - Fantômas
"Henry Lee Lucas" - Dahmer
"Lucas Toole" - Downthesun

Marc Lépine

"Montreal" – The Tragically Hip
"Montreal Massacre" – Macabre
"This Memory" – Wyrd Sisters

Locusta

"Locusta" – Macabre

Long Island Ripper

"Ocean Parkway" - Brent City Mafia

Jeffrey R. MacDonald

"Killer" - Riot

Patrick Mahon

"Dead Eyes Opened" – Severed Heads

Charles Manson & The Family

"A Poem About An Old Prison Man" – Decapitated
"ATWA" – System of a Down
"Beausoleil" – Current 93
"Bloodbath in Paradise" – Ozzy Osbourne
"California Hippy Murders" Red River Dave McEnery
"Charlie Manson Blues" – The Flaming Lips
"Charlie Manson's eyes" – People Haters
"Creepy Crawl" – Necro
"Creepy Crawl" – Superjoint Ritual
"Devil's Hole Girls and the Big Revolution" – Rob Zombie
"Death Valley '69" – Sonic Youth and Lydia Lunch
"DI-1-9026" – J. G. Thirlwell
"Do The Charles Manson" – Necro
"Work of God" – Evil Anger
"Love and Terror" – Krookid Hooks
"Lunatic of God's Creation" – Deicide
"Mister Manson" – Klaatu
"My Monkey" - Marilyn Manson
"Manson" – Evil Anger
"Real Solution #9" – White Zombie
"Reflection of Children Coming Up in the Grave" – Necro
"Revolution Blues" – Neil Young
"Sadie" – Alkaline Trio
"Sharron's Fetus (The Pre-Kill)" – Necro
"Spahn Ranch (Charles Manson)" – Church of Misery
"Servants of Evol" – Electric Hellfire Club
"The Infected Age" – Evil Anger
"Reign In Blood" - Necro

Timothy McVeigh

"Chaos Aggressor" – Hexen
"Framed" – U.S. Bombs
"The Ballad of Timothy McVeigh" – Snog
"The Proud" – Talib Kweli
"Little Timmy Scumbag" - Cruachan

Lyle and Erik Menendez

"Hermanos Menendez" – Brujeria
"Death 2" Meechy Darko

Josef Mengele

"Angel of Death" - Slayer

Armin Meiwes

"Eaten" – Bloodbath
"Mein Teil" – Rammstein
"The Wüstenfeld Man Eater" – Macabre
"The Wüstenfeld Ripper" – Evil Anger

Tsutomu Miyazaki

"Tell the World I was a Gentleman" - The Phantom Sensation

Luke Mitchell

"Where Is She?" – The Killers

Herman Mudgett (a.k.a. H. H. Holmes)

"Dr. Holmes (He Stripped Their Bones)" – Macabre
"Infecting them with Falsehood" – Deeds of Flesh
"From the Cradle to the Grave" - Havok
"The Torture Doctor"- Alkaline Trio
"Killer Holmes"- Elbowdrop

Herbert Mullin

"Megalomania (Herbert Mullin)" – Church of Misery

N–R

Dennis Nilsen

"Cranley Gardens" (Denis Nilsen) – Church of Misery
"Killing for Company" – Swans^[4]
"You're Dying To Be With Me" – Macabre
"Turnabout" — Moth Wranglers

Alfred Packer

Death metal band Cannibal Corpse's 1990 debut, Eaten Back To Life is dedicated to Packer with the inscription "This Album is dedicated to the memory of Alfred Packer, The First American Cannibal (R.I.P.)"
"In the Mountains" - Macabre
"The Ballad of Alfred Packer" - Phil Ochs

Carl Panzram

Experimental pop band Flare Acoustic Arts League laud the career of Mr. Panzram in the song "Reminiscenses of a Minnesota State Training School Alumni, Class of 1905" on their 2009 album, Cut.
"Just Born Bad"-The World Famous Crawlspace Brothers

Bruce Jeffrey Pardo

"Black Christmas" – Poly Styrene

Robert Pickton

"Fed To The Pigs" – Devourment
"Hooker Fortified Pork Products"- The Accüsed
"Pigfarm" – Mad Sin
"Le Seigneur des Agneaux" – Exterio

Christopher Peterson

"Shotgun Peterson" – Macabre

James Edward Pough

"James Pough, What the Hell Did You Do?" – Macabre

Dorothea Puente

"Dorthea's Dead Folks Home" – Macabre

Dennis Rader

"Bind Torture Kill" – Suffocation
"Bind, Torture and Kill" – Suicide Commando
"Raider II" - Steven Wilson
"B.T.K." - Church of Misery
"BTK" - Exodus

Gilles de Rais

"Into the Crypts of Rays" – Celtic Frost
"Tritt Ein" – Saltatio Mortis
The whole Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder album by Cradle of Filth
"The Black Knight" – Macabre
"The Window" - The Black Dahlia Murder
"Barbazul versus el amor letal" - Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota

Daniel Rakowitz

"Is It Soup Yet?" – Macabre

Richard Ramirez

"Going Going Gone" – Exodus
"Killer" – King Diamond
"Night Stalker" – Macabre
"Night Stalker" – Super Heroines
"The Night Stalker" – Bewitched
"Richard Ramirez Died Today Of Natural Causes" - Sun Kil Moon
"Where Evil Dwells (Richard Ramirez)" – Church of Misery
"Nightstalker" - Impact Unit
"Noche Acosador" – John 5
"Rock Around The Clock, Richard Ramirez" - Adolf Sasquatch
"See You In Disneyland" - Adolf Sasquatch
"Jack the Knife" - The Electric Hellfire Club
"Ramirez" - The Acacia Strain
"Shut Up And Spoon Me"-The World Famous Crawlspace Brothers
"Knight Stalker" - Shadow Project

Elliot Rodger

"Supreme Gentleman" - The RoBBa

Gary Ridgway

"Deep Red Bells" – Neko Case
"Green River" – Church of Misery
"The Green River Murderer (He's Still Out There)" – Macabre

S

Issei Sagawa

"La Folie" - The Stranglers
"Too Much Blood" - The Rolling Stones

Shankill Butchers

"Shankill Butchers" – Sarah Jarosz
"Shankill Butchers" – The Decemberists

Lee Sheldon

"Folk Bloodbath" – Josh Ritter
"Stack Shot Billy" – The Black Keys
"Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee", "Stackerlee", "Stack O'Lee", and "Stack-a-Lee"
"Wrong 'Em Boyo" – The Clash

Patrick Sherrill

"Killing Spree (Postal Killer)" – Macabre

Ronald Gene Simmons

"Holidays of Horror" – Macabre

Richard Speck

"Born To Raise Hell" (Richard Speck) – Church of Misery
"Richard Speck" – Mojo Nixon
"Richard Speck" – The Viletones
"Richard Speck" – Wesley Willis
"The Ballad of T.V. Violence (I'm Not The Only Boy)" – Cheap Trick
"What The Heck Richard Speck (Eight Nurses Did You Wreck)" – Macabre
"Speck"-The World Famous Crawlspace Brothers

Brenda Spencer

"I Don't Like Mondays" – The Boomtown Rats
"Terrorist" – The Feederz

Charles Starkweather

"All I Want" – Kenny Brown
"Badlands (Charles Starkweather)" – Church of Misery
"Hate So Real" – J Church
"Nebraska" – Bruce Springsteen
"We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel

Peter Stumpp

"Werewolf of Beburg" – Macabre

Peter Sutcliffe

"Leeds Ripper" – Throbbing Gristle
"Leeds United" – Luke Haines
"Night Shift" – Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Ripping Into Pieces (Peter Sutcliffe)" – Church of Misery
"The Ripper" – Pallas
"Archives of Pain" - Manic Street Preachers

T–Z

Howard Unruh

"Howard Unrah (What Have You Done Now?)" – Macabre
"Retal" – Church of Misery

Fred West/Rose West

"Evil" – Interpol
"25 Cromwell St." - Apoptygma Berzerk

Charles Whitman

"Road To Ruin (Charles Whitman)" – Church of Misery
"Sniper" – Harry Chapin
"Sniper in the Sky" – Macabre
"The Ballad of Charles Whitman" – Kinky Friedman
"The Tower" – Insane Clown Posse
"Charles Joseph Whitman" - Deathday AKA Deathday Party

Stanley Williams

"Real Talk" – Snoop Dogg

Wayne Williams

"Annie Christian" – Prince
"Creeks" – Big Gipp and Witchdoctor
"Wrong Man" – Deep Purple

Aileen Wuornos

"Filth Bitch Boogie (Aileen Wuornos)" – Church of Misery
"Sixth Of June" – It Dies Today
"Slut" – Evil Anger

Graham Frederick Young

"Poison" – Macabre
"Taste the Pain (Graham Young)" – Church Of Misery

Zodiac Killer

"Gemini" – Slayer
"Sick of Living (Zodiac)" – Church of Misery
"Zodiac" – Macabre
"Zodiac" – Melvins
"Zodiac Shit" – Flying Lotus
"Soul Sacrifice" – Santana
"The Zodiac" – Kamelot
"Venus in Furs" - Electric Wizard
"Dear Editor" - Kamelot
"Summer of Sam" - Lana Del Rey
"Death 2" Meechy Darko
"Zodiac ( he is still out there... ) Christian Death

References

Further listening (recorded compilations)

Bloody Ballads: Classic British and American Murder Ballads, Sung by Paul Clayton, Ed. by Kenneth S. Goldstein, Riverside Records, New York, 1956 (includes cover notes)
Blood Booze 'n Bones, Sung by Ed McCurdy, banjo accompaniment by Erik Darling, Elektra Records, 1956 (includes 12 page booklet)
Murder Ballads, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Mute Records, 1996
Murder metal, Macabre, 2003 (This band appears to have become known for a death metal variation of the murder ballad)

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List of songs about or referencing serial killers

Contents

A–B

C–F

G–J

K–M

Leonard Lake & Charles Ng

Henry Lee Lucas & Ottis Toole

N–R

S

T–Z

Fred West/Rose West

See also

References

Further reading

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