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Serial killers' IQs ranked

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  Image: Shutterstock Notorious Figures Who is the most intelligent serial killer? Let’s consider human intelligence for a moment. Perhaps the best way to assess it comes in the form of the IQ test. While not quite a perfect barometer of intelligence, the test offers a pretty reliable and standardised way of testing and summarising how clever someone is. The average person has an IQ of around 95-105. The average serial killer, according to The Serial Killer Information Center, has an IQ of 94.5. Slightly below the lower side of average. The stats prove that repeat murderers are generally slightly less intelligent than the average member of society. How about that? That said, there are plenty of exceptions to the rule. In truth, serial killers appear across the scale of human intelligence. But what can we learn from that? Is there a connection between a killer’s IQ and their crimes? Let’s see if we can find out, shall we? High IQ Nathan Leopold - 210 When rich kids  Nathan Leop...

What happened to Ted Bundy's brain after his execution?

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  The brains of many infamous serial killers have been studied to see if they share a similar chemistry | Shutterstock Notorious Figures It’s well-known that Ted Bundy was different from the rest of us. The average member of society is not prone to killing multiple people without a shred of emotion. Thankfully, serial killers of Bundy’s ilk are an incredibly rare breed. Being such macabre outliers is what makes them so interesting and what makes true crime content so popular. There’s a reason why  the brutal actions of Bundy , John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are just so unthinkable to the rest of us - we literally don’t and can’t think like them. Serial killers’ brains are rare, but grimly fascinating things. As such, it should come as no shock to learn that Ted Bundy’s was highly sought after following  his execution in 1989 . Here is the unknown story of that very criminal cerebrum. Serial killers’ brains For some time now, scientists have pontificated, researched, ...