# Serial Killer Scenario **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 18, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386 "2016-03-18T13:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/1 "2016-03-18T13:00:53Z")
I was wondering – has a serial killer ever has his career (or life) ended by having his last victim outwit or overpower him? ---
**Author:** ![GiantRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@GiantRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GiantRat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/2 "2016-03-18T13:23:20Z")
Neal Falls seems to fit the bill. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/3 "2016-03-18T14:14:36Z")
Do you need this answer in a hurry? ---
**Author:** ![core](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@core](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/core)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/4 "2016-03-18T14:19:46Z")
If you are shopping for life insurance, I’d recommend not disclosing your occupation to the insurance agent. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/5 "2016-03-18T15:24:13Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Do you need this answer in a hurry? 🙂 Nope, just curious! ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/6 "2016-03-18T17:07:04Z")
> **[Dean Corll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Corll)** > > Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of 28 teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. He was aided by two teenaged accomplices, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. The crimes, which became known as the Houston Mass Murders, came to light after Henley fatally shot Corll. Upon discovery, it was considered the worst example of serial mur... This is your boy. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/7 "2016-03-18T17:28:39Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > [Dean Corll - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Corll) > > This is your boy. Yeah, that story fits the bill. Gruesome and fascinating! ---
**Author:** ![mmmiiikkkeee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/8 "2016-03-18T19:35:24Z")
Jeffery Dahmer’s last attempted victim Tracy Edwards sucker punched him and ran out the front door after spending a few hours partially handcuffed and knowing something very wrong was going on in Dahmer’s apartment that evening. It seems Dahmer got pretty careless when he let the cops come in an snoop around his apartment later that night. Oh yeah he was also a bit careless leaving random body parts all over the place. Not sure if he was out smarted or just got too complacent… [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey\_Dahmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dahmer) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/9 "2016-03-18T19:45:24Z")
> [@mmmiiikkkeee](#): > > Jeffery Dahmer’s last attempted victim Tracy Edwards sucker punched him and ran out the front door after spending a few hours partially handcuffed and knowing something very wrong was going on in Dahmer’s apartment that evening. > > It seems Dahmer got pretty careless when he let the cops come in an snoop around his apartment later that night. Oh yeah he was also a bit careless leaving random body parts all over the place. Not sure if he was out smarted or just got too complacent… Another good reason to listen what your mother always told you, and Clean Up Your Room. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-scenario/749386/10 "2016-03-19T18:17:19Z")
[Wayne Nathan Nance](http://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/nance-wayne-nathan.htm) fits the bill