Notorious Criminals
Notorious Criminals
Notorious criminals are individuals whose crimes captured national or global attention, shaping public fear, media coverage, and law enforcement practices. This section documents offenders who directly committed, ordered, or materially participated in acts of lethal violence, focusing on those whose actions had a lasting societal impact.
Peripheral associates, minor participants, and cooperating witnesses may be referenced within individual case histories but are not included as primary profiles in this archive.
- Susan Atkins
- Rebecca Auborn
- George “Machine Gun” Barnes
- Griselda Blanco
- James “Whitey” Bulger
- Alphonse Capone
- Veronica Lynn Compton
- Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
- John Dillinger
- Pablo Escobar
- Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd
- Caleb Flynn
- John Gotti
- Carl Gugasian
- Jesse James
- Ted Kaczynski
- Richard Kuklinski
- Bryan Kohberger
- Scott Peterson
- Frank Lucas
- Charles “Lucky” Luciano
- Bernard Madoff
- Philip Markoff
- Timothy McVeigh
- Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid)
- Stephen McDaniel
- Alex Murdaugh
- Semion Mogilevich
- Christa Pike
- Thomas Randolph
- Shane Schindler
- Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
- Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson
- Edward Teach (Blackbeard)
- Lori Vallow
- Leslie Van Houten
- Charles “Tex” Watson
- Wade Wilson
- Wayne Williams
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