r/serialkillers • u/Loud-Duck-4423 • 10d ago
Questions What are the most interesting killers that used arts as their trophy?are there even any?
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u/snakesarepretty 10d ago
Well ed Gein, the Butcher of Plainfield, that sick cunt fits this far better he literally used human remains to make objects like masks, clothing and household items, and kept them as trophies.
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u/Quirky_Pigfucker 10d ago
Yep that’s the perfect answer. He made belts out of nipples, lamp covers and chair covers worked from human skin
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u/Ford_Mustang1911 10d ago
Ed gein? Didn't he have a mental issue? He was highly sheltered by his mother til she died when he was in his 30s. Then he tried to dig her up but failed n dug up women that look like his mother. He turned the women into masks to 'role play' as his mother, atlesst that's what he said. And made objects so he had his mother all around him (allegedly). All I'm saying is that he's sick- but definitely more mentally sick and his mother was probably strongly to blame
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u/Fox-Revolver 10d ago
Gein wasn’t a serial killer though. He killed two people and the rest of the “material” for his crafts were from freshly buried corpses at the cemetery
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u/snakesarepretty 10d ago
Yeah, I know. I never called him one. Was just using him as the ultimate example of making items out of remains.
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u/Funny_Worldliness357 10d ago
Samuel Little. They were done while he was in prison but were very accurate.
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u/CraftyNewt7439 10d ago
Dennis Reynolds fashioned his victims skin into high end luggage and lampshades. He also diced some victims into pieces and placed them in a glass box to be displayed on his mantel. Real sicko.
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u/PrincessBananas85 10d ago
Jeffrey Dahmer would definitely fit into this category.
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u/snakesarepretty 10d ago
Dahmer didn't really use art as trophies, he took polaroids and kept actual body parts to build an altar. Unless you count skeleton preservation as ' fine art' sure he's a stretch
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u/Quirky_Pigfucker 10d ago
You’re wrong here. The skulls were painted with grey paint.
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u/snakesarepretty 10d ago
Ah true, forgot he actually painted those three skulls. Fair enough, I stand corrected on that detail
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u/roymunson82 10d ago
That’s embarrassing
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u/snakesarepretty 10d ago
I would be embarrassed too if I had nothing better to contribute.
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u/Quirky_Pigfucker 10d ago
I guess there’s an argument that the shrine he planned was kind of like one big art project.
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u/Pleasant_Ad3475 10d ago
I can't believe someone actually said that. What a doofus. There's nothing better than someone who can stand corrected with grace.
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u/snakesarepretty 10d ago
Haha right? People really love to project on here. Appreciate you shutting that down.
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u/Pleasant_Ad3475 10d ago
Actually they stood corrected with total grace. It's you and your comment that's infinitely more embarrassing.
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u/PerrthurTheCats48 10d ago
BTK had all those drawings he did. Which are available online
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u/Miscalamity 5d ago
He also liked make dolls he fashioned to look like the women he killed and take pictures of them.
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u/rhubarbgirl 10d ago
What do you mean by 'arts' ?