Serial Killers and their Birthdays / Date of Birth - UPDATED

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In the second part of Murder Mile's three part blog on whether a star-sign, birthday or lunar cycle could be a factor in whether anyone is predisposed to being a serial killer, we present... Serial Killers and their Birthdays. Which is not to say that the day a serial killer was born on is the sole determining factor on whether someone becomes a serial killer, that's just stupid - but that (as seen in my blog on serial killer's star-signs in which three times as many killers were born under Gemini than any other star sign), what I'm asking is could this be a contributing factor? 

So, what can you tell about a person's personality by the day they were born? Is Wednesday's child full of woe, Friday's child loving and giving, or are they both a bubbling pot of rage and hatred waiting to explode? And - compared with my other studies on murderer's names, jobs, music, foods and favourite drinks, etc - do you also share similarities with a serial killer? Let's find out. As before, the following is taken from a sample of 100 of the world's most infamous serial killers, mass-murders, killer couples and spree-killers, with a few exceptions where I was unable to track their date of birth (listed in the footnotes**). 

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What Date Were Serial Killers Born On?

Aileen Wuornos – 29th February 1956 
Albert DeSalvo – 3rd September 1931 
Albert Fish – 19th May 1870
Alexander Pichushkin – 9th April 1974
Anatoly Onoprienko – 25th July 1959
Andrei Chikatilo – 16th October 1936
Anthony Hardy – 31st May 1951
Arthur Shawcross – 6th June 1945
Beverley Allitt – 4th October 1968
Carol M. Bundy - 26th August 1942
Catherine Birnie – 23rd May 1951
Colin Ireland – 16th March 1954
Cynthia Coffman – 19th January 1962
David Berkowitz – 1st June 1953
David Birnie - 16th February 1951
David Copeland – 15th May 1976
David Ray Parker – 6th November 1939
Dean Arnold Corll – 24th December 1939
Dennis Nilsen – 23rd November 1945
Dennis Rader – 9th March 1945
Derrick Bird – 27th November 1957
Donald Henry Gaskins – 13th March 1933
Donald Neilson – 1st August 1936
Dorothea Puente – 9th January 1929
Doug Clark – 10th March 1948
Ed Gein – 27th August 1906
Edmund Kemper – 18th December 1948
Faye Copeland – 4th August 1921
Fred West – 29th September 1941
Fritz Haarmann – 25th October 1879
Gary Ridgway – 18th February 1949
George Joseph Smith – 11th January 1872
Glen Edward Rogers – 15th July 1962
Graham Young – 7th September 1947
H H Holmes – 16th May 1861
Harold Shipman – 14th January 1946
Henri Desire Landru – 12th April 1869
Henry Lee Lucas – 23rd August 1936
Herbert Mullin – 18th April 1947
Ian Brady – 2nd January 1938
Janie Lou Gibbs – 25th December 1932
Javed Iqbal Mughal – 8th October 1956
Jeffrey Dahmer – 21st May 1960 
Jeremy Bamber – 13th January 1961
Joel Rifkin – 20th January 1959
John Allen Muhammad 31st December 1960
John Bodkin Adams – 21st January 1899

John George Haigh – 24th July 1909
John Reginald Christie – 8th April 1899
John Straffen – 27th February 1930
John Wayne Gacy – 17th March 1942
Judy Buenoano – 4th April 1943
Karla Homolka - 4th May 1970
Kenneth Bianchi – 22nd May 1951
Kristen Gilbert – 13th November 1967
Larry Eyler – 21st December 1952
Lee Boyd Malvo – 18th February 1985
Levi Bellfield – 17th May 1968
Luis Alfredo Garavito – 25th January 1957
Martha Beck – 6th May 1920
Michael Ryan – 18th May 1960
Moses Sithole – 17th November 1964
Myra Hindley – 23rd July 1942
Orville Lynn Majors – 24th April 1961
Patrick MacKay – 25th September 1952
Paul Bernardo – 24th August 1964
Peter Bryan – 4th October 1969
Peter Kurten – 26th May 1883
Peter Manuel – 13th March 1927
Peter Sutcliffe – 2nd June 1946
Peter Tobin – 27th August 1946
Randall Woodfield – 26th December 1950
Ray Copeland – 30th December 1914
Ray Fernandez – 17th December 1914
Raymond Morris – 13th August 1929
Richard Chase – 23rd May 1950
Richard Ramirez – 29th February 1960
Robert Pickton – 24th October 1949
Robert Black – 21st April 1947
Robert Maudsley – 26th June 1953
Robert Napper – 25th February 1966
Rodney Alcala – 23rd August 1943
Ronald Dominique – 9th January 1964
Rose West – 29th November 1953
Stephen Griffiths – 24th December 1969
Stephen Port – 22nd February 1975
Steve Wright – 24th April 1958
Steven Grieveson – 14th December 1970
Ted Bundy – 24th November 1946
Ted Kaczynski – 22nd May 1942
Trevor Hardy – 11th June 1945
Velma Barfield – 29th October 1932

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Which Serial Killer Shares My Birth Month? 

• JANUARY: Cynthia Coffman, Dorothea Puente, George Joseph Smith, Harold Shipman, John Bodkin Adams, Jeremy Bamber, Ian Brady, Joel Rifkin, Luis Alfredo Garavito and Ronald Dominique. (a total of 10 )
• FEBRUARY: Aileen Wuornos, Gary Ridgway, David Birnie, John Straffen, Richard Ramirez, Lee Boyd Malvo, Robert Napper and Stephen Port (9, oddly both Wuornos & Ramirez were born on a the 29th of the month, a leap year). 
• MARCH: Colin Ireland, Dennis Rader, Donald Henry Gaskins, Doug Clark, John Wayne Gacy and Peter Manuel (6). 
• APRIL: Alexander Pichushkin, Henri Desire Landru, Orville Lynn Majors, John Reginald Christie, Judy Buenoano, Robert Black, Herbert Mullin and Steven Wright. (8) 
• MAY: Albert Fish, Anthony Hardy, Catherine Birnie, David Copeland, H H Holmes, Karla Homolka, Michael Ryan, Ted Kaczynski, Richard Chase, Peter Kurten, Kenneth Bianchi, Jeffrey Dahmer and Levi Bellfield. (13) 
• JUNE: Arthur Shawcross, David Berkowitz, Peter Sutcliffe, Robert Maudsley and Trevor Hardy. (4)
• JULY: Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko, Myra Hindley, Glen Edward Rogers and John George Haigh (4)
• AUGUST: Carol M. Bundy, Donald Neilson, Ed Gein, Henry Lee Lucas, Faye Copeland, Paul Bernardo, Peter Tobin, Raymond Morris and Rodney Alcala (9)
• SEPTEMBER: Albert DeSalvo, Graham Young, Fred West and Patrick MacKay (4)
• OCTOBER: Andrei Chikatilo, Beverley Allitt, Peter Bryan, Robert “Willie” Pickton, Velma Barfield, Javed Iqbal Mughal and Fritz Haarmann. (7) 
• NOVEMBER: David Ray Parker, Dennis Nilsen, Derrick Bird, Kristen Gilbert, Martha Beck, Moses Sithole, Ted Bundy and Rose West. (8)
• DECEMBER: Dean Arnold Corll, Edmund Kemper, Stephen Griffiths, Steven Grieveson, Janie Lou Gibbs, John Allen Muhammad, Larry Eyler, Randall Woodfield, Ray Copeland and Ray Fernandez (10)

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Which Serial Killer Shares My Day Of Birth?

MONDAY: David Berkowitz, David Ray Parker, Richard Ramirez, Donald Henry Gaskins, Fred West, Harold Shipman, Javed Iqbal Mughal, Orville Lynn Majors, Ed Gein, Kristen Gilbert, Lee Boyd Malvo, Karla Homolka, Henri Desire Landru, Robert “Willie” Pickton, Robert Black, Rodney Alcala, Steven Grieveson, Trevor Hardy and Paul Bernardo. (20)
TUESDAY: Alexander Pichushkin, Colin Ireland, Joel Rifkin, John Wayne Gacy, Moses Sithole, Randall Woodfield, Peter Tobin, Raymond Morris, Richard Chase, Kenneth Bianchi and Ronald Dominique (11)
WEDNESDAY: Aileen Wuornos, Arthur Shawcross, Carol M. Bundy, Derrick Bird, Catherine Birnie, Dorothea Puente, Doug Clark, Ray Copeland, Michael Ryan and Stephen Griffiths (10). 
THURSDAY: Albert DeSalvo, Albert Fish, Anthony Hardy, H H Holmes, Faye Copeland, Myra Hindley, Patrick MacKay, Steven Wright, Ray Fernandez, Martha Beck, George Joseph Smith and John Straffen. (12) 
FRIDAY: Beverley Allitt, Dennis Nilsen, Dennis Rader, Andrei Chikatilo, Cynthia Coffman, David Birnie, Gary Ridgway, Levi Bellfield, Luis Alfredo Garavito, Robert Maudsley, Ted Kaczynski, Robert Napper, Jeremy Bamber and Herbert Mullin. (14) 
SATURDAY: David Copeland, Anatoly Onoprienko, Donald Neilson, Edmund Kemper, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Allen Muhammad, John Bodkin Adams, John George Haigh, Peter Bryan, Peter Kurten, Stephen Port, Velma Barfield, John Reginald Christie and Fritz Haarmann (14)
SUNDAY: Dean Arnold Corll, Glen Edward Rogers, Graham Young, Henry Lee Lucas, Ian Brady, Janie Lou Gibbs, Judy Buenoano, Larry Eyler, Peter Manuel, Rose West, Ted Bundy and Peter Sutcliffe (12). 

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Here, let's delve a little deeper into whether the day you were born affects your personality, with the following details kindly purloined from the numerology website dayofbirth.com. You can find out what day you were born on there. ​

​MONDAY: you are blessed with a good memory, softly spoken, often whimsical, sensitive, emotional and prone to get nervous easily. You love to spend time with family and friends, and are always the pacifier of quarrels. Men born on Mondays lead a disciplined life and are immensely successful in their jobs. Women born on Mondays grow up to be very good wives and mothers, who are loving and caring of their families.

​Serial killers who were born on a Monday include Fred West (who brutally tortured and murdered his own daughter, together with his wife), Harold Shipman (who euthenised 287+ elderly patients) and Ed Gein (who slept every night snuggled-up with the decomposing corpse of his dead mother)

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​TUESDAY: you are very active, lively and vivacious, with warrior-like qualities, brave and serious in your work, and yet always willing to help others out. A great worrier who attracts problems, finds it difficult to let go, or simplify their life. You are overtly materialistic, tend to overindulge and are bad with money. Although you ask your mother’s opinion a lot, you tend to go your own way, and because you often don’t think before you speak others often misunderstand you. You are hardworking, sensitive but often difficult to deal with.

​Serial killers who were born on a Tuesday include John Wayne Gacy (the killer clown who kept the dismembered corpse's of his 33 victims underneath his floorboards) and "Joel the Ripper" Rifkin (who scattered his victim's limbs far and wide, whether in the East River or dumped on the New Jersey golf course). 

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​WEDNESDAY: you are witty, creative, disorganised, not concerned about looks, but are hugely curious in nature and eager to learn and develop as a person. You are satisfied with life, efficient at work, but often short-tempered when it comes to maintaining good relationships. You are materialistic, highly intelligent, often sly, and always do things which warrant something in return. Wednesday’s woman (especially after 6pm) often exhibit very different characteristics to those listed above.

​Serial killers who were born on a Wednesday include Michael Ryan (spree killer of the "Hungerford Massacre) and Aileen Wuornos (prostitute who murdered seven of her punters). 

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​THURSDAY: you are wise, optimistic, understanding, respected and attract a lot of attention wherever you go. You’re a good leader, who carves their own path, and is very independent, yet you are stubborn, difficult, unable to accept criticism and easily bored. Although you are well behaved and treat others with respect, you often hold a grudge and take revenge. You are intelligent, conscientious, irritable and “an unusual character”, which makes you difficult for others to cope with.

​Serial killers who were born on a Thursday include Albert DeSalvo (aka the boston strangler who lured his way into his victim's apartments by measuring them for the latest fashions, hence he was dubbed "The Measuring Man") and Myra Hindley (who coerced young children into her car - for her and her boyfriend Ian Brady to kill - with the promise of sweets if they'd help her with a little task)

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​FRIDAY: you are a creative and artistic spirit, you are the harbinger of peace, love, beauty and pleasure. You are happy-go-lucky, sensitive, but do not take heartbreak well at all. Friday’s woman is highly emotional, very possessive, yet quick witted and business minded. Friday’s male loves being a ladies man, but terrible with family affairs. You are intuitive, spiritual, worldly wise and strong in constitution (but when you get ill, it takes you longer than normal to recover).

​Serial killers who were born on a Friday include Cynthia Coffman, Beverly "The Angel of Death" Allitt and Britain's most notorious serial-killer Dennis Nilsen, whose murderous killing spree of 15+ victims and 9+ attempted murders was sparked when "Twinkle" his boyfriend left him. read more about this in my blog on London's Deadliest Pubs. 

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​SATURDAY: you are serious, responsible, trusted, but a real worrier who lives in the past. You are very intelligent, a perfectionist, who maintains a high standard in everything you do, but is prone to rebellion (without good reason), hard to control, stubborn and unlikely to trust others, even close friends, colleagues or family.

Serial killers who were born on a Saturday include Peter "The Vampire of Dusseldorf" Kurten, Jeffrey "The Killer Cannibal" Dahmer, John "The Acid Bath Murderer" George Haigh, John Reginald Christie (the friendly neighbourhood abortionist, strangler and necrophile) and Velma Barfield (who murdered six residents in the old people's home that she ran). 

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​SUNDAY: you have a positive attitude to life, generous, trustworthy, and yet are introverted, with very few friends, owing to a deeply suspicious nature and an inability to trust others. You are too sensitive, an over-thinker, a procrastinator, who loses focus from reality. Although helpful and caring, your stubborn independent streak (combined with a short-fuse) means you find it hard to work with others, making it difficult for you to compromise or conform.

Serial killers who were born on a Sunday include such notorious loners Peter "Yorkshire Ripper" Sutcliffe, Ian "Moors Murderer" Brady, Rose West and Ted Bundy (serial killer, burglar, rapist of 30+ young women, who once described himself as "the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you'll ever meet".

Whether you believe in Numerology or not, I think it's safe to say, by the personality traits alone, steer clear of anyone who is was born on a Sunday or a Monday, as - even without comparing them to serial killers - there's very little about them to like. 

Join me for next week's blog which asks: "does the lunar cycle, on the day you were born, mean you could be a serial killer?"​ 

** Those I couldn't find the exact birth dates of were Linda Hazzard 1867, Catherine Flannagan, “Black Widows of Liverpool” 1829, Margaret Higgins “Black Widows of Liverpool” 1829, Mary Elizabeth Wilson 1893, Rhonda Belle Martin 1907, Tillie Klimek 1876, Jane Toppan 1857, Amy Archer-Gilligan 1868, Amelia Dyer 1837, Gordon Frederick Cummins 1913/14, William Burke “The body snatchers” 1792, William Hare “The body snatchers” 1792, and Michael Lupo 1953. Oddly, excluding those born overseas, the majority were working-class females. 

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If you "enjoyed" this blog post, take a peek at other intreguing topics such as; Killer Couples Part 1 & Part 2, Life, Death & Whole Life Sentences, Famous British Serial Killers - Where Are They Now? Serial Killers & Murderers Who Were Never Caught, London's Deadliest & Often Forgotten Disasters, KIllers Born During a Full Moon, Killer's Birthdays / Star Signs, Serial Killers Who Were On TV, Celebrities Who Have Killed, London's Railway of Death, Serial Killers as Kids and the World's Weirdest Death Rituals

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