About
Serial killer and rapist who went by multiple aliases and confessed to killing 22 people in the 1920s.
Before Fame
He was an alcoholic by his teen years and was imprisoned multiple times for burglary.
Trivia
He claimed to have killed ten sailors in New York City, luring them away from bars before raping and shooting them; he also raped and killed young boys.
Family Life
He was 7 years-old when his father abandoned the family.
Associated With
He shares the same home state as writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.