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How can some people be so cold-hearted and evil? That is the question that is often asked about serial killers. Serial killers both disgust the world as well as fascinate the world. The reason for the fascination is because it’s tough to believe anyone could be so disturbed and go to such measures to end innocent lives. The perversions of these killers have inspired numerous books, films, and music. Today, we’ll explore just a small sliver of songs about serial killers. Here are 15 MORE Chilling Songs About Serial Killers (Take 5).
1. Flotsam & Jetsam, “She Took an Axe”
Doomsday for the Deceiver • 1986
Killer Referenced: Lizzie Borden
Phoenix thrash metal band Flotsam & Jetsam definitely don’t have kind words to describe purported serial killer Lizzie Borden. In their 1986 song “She Took an Axe,” they characterize Borden as being twisted, deceptive, and in cahoots with the devil.
“A young maiden with a demon in her soul A twisted mind with secrets to unfold An innocent face, a deceiving smile Under no suspicion, servant to Belial.”
Obviously, the axe was indeed the weapon of choice for Borden, who was acquitted of murdering her parents in 1892.
“Lizzy Borden took an axe Gave her mother forty whacks When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one Now before the jury with a solemn face These legendary murders, she left not a trace Lizzy found it so simple to take their lives Today she walks free with her axe by her side.”
2. Macabre, “Acid Bath Vampire”
Murder Metal • 2003
Killer Referenced: John George Haigh
“John George Haigh was a vampire Who drank old ladies blood Then put them in a non-corrosive drum And with acid he'd dissolve them.”
Oh yes, how could we forget to mention that Haigh indeed dissolved the corpses in acid!
“Now that you're dead In a metal drum you'll stay I pump the acid in To melt your corpse away.”
3. Whitechapel, “The Somatic Defilement”
The Somatic Defilement • 2007
Killer Referenced: Jack the Ripper
“Captivating with sadistic intentions to exalt the carrion / Holding onto faith like it would help me anyway / Up on my feet. Vehemence takes over as I pave the way to anatomical feast / Severing the ties I once endured to understand why it is that I crave the dead…”
Jack the Ripper is known for the Whitechapel murders. Fittingly, Tennessee metal band Whitechapel fittingly tackle Jack the Ripper throughout the course of their debut album, The Somatic Defilement, which was released in 2007. Like we envision The Ripper to be himself, Whitechapel deliver a heaping dose of hellishness throughout the course of the title track.
“I find a sense in mal-practicing the common ways Wallowing in claret. I long for such salvation For when I’m through. I shall wear you pride upon my lips Songs of the dead will eternally be chanted...”
Like many metal bands, they get specific with the blackness. Here, that blackness is the abuse of The Ripper, and it’s gross to the nth degree.
“An injection of sodium thiopental applied Your eyes are getting heavy now. I smell your fear Delusions and paranoia are setting in Control in my hands. I now shall purge With the saw I maim. By the saw I live Inhaling fumes of the putrid festered funk As I drain the throbbing cysts from the gangrenous vagina The Mordant reek is overtaking every inhalation The nausea is overwhelming. I stop to heave...”
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4. Royce Da 5’9”, “Lyrical Hitman (Richard Kuklinsky)”
Ft. Marv Won
Bar Exam 3 (The Most Interesting Man) • 2010
Killer Referenced: Richard Kuklinsky
“‘He murdered sometimes months apart, years apart He used different methods He would go so far as to plan…the actual deceit of law enforcement He would murder someone Cut their body, wrap them in layer after layer of plastic bags and material Then deposit the body many, many miles from the murder scene.”
Hmm, Mr. Kuklinsky sounds like a horrible human being. Rapper Royce da 5’9” puts his stamp on “Lyrical Hitman,” proclaiming himself to be a “lyrical hitman.”
“This the homicide, sodomy of course Mobb Deep, like I got Havoc and Prodigy support I’ma be dope until they find me as a corpse You can roll your weed up in my Toxicology report You can call me Kuklinsky, Iceman for short And I got dead rapper’s pens in my icebox After they act hard I lyrically kill ‘em then I bury their notebooks in my backyard...”
The song concludes with an outro about the horrific serial killer.
5. Randy Newman, “In Germany Before the War”
Little Criminals • 1977
Killer Referenced: Peter Kürten
“In German before the war There was a man who owned a store In nineteen hundred thirty-four In Düsseldorf...”
However, part of the inspiration behind the film was a real-life German serial killer named Peter Kürten. Kürten has been nicknamed The Vampire of Düsseldorf as well as the Düsseldorf Monster.
“A little girl has lost her way With hair of gold and eyes of gray Reflected in his glasses As he watches her A little girl has lost her way With hair of gold and eyes of gray... We lie beneath the autumn sky My little golden girl and I And she lies very still.”
6. Overkill, “Hello from the Gutter”
Under the Influence • 1988
Killer Reference: David Berkowitz (Son of Sam)
But, this isn’t about the biography of Berkowitz but rather about a musical telling of his cruelty and compromised mental state. Overkill does a fine job of capturing Son of Sam, naming “Hello from the Gutter” after the title of an editorial about the serial killer written by journalist Jimmy Breslin. Overkill speak about the victims broken dreams at the hands of the demented, nonsensical murderer.
“Gutter child, sweet sixteen Broadway stars that have never been All those dreams and broken glass Swept down the sewer With the rest of the trash Here’s a little story that we live to tell Hello from the gutter Hello from our little Hell.”
7. Travis Scott, “The Ends”
Ft. André 3000
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight • 2016
Killer Referenced: Wayne Williams
While Travis Scott serves as the lead artist on “The Ends,” it is André 3000 who earns this song a spot on this playlist. He references the infamous Atlanta Child Murders on the second verse.
“I came up in the town, they were murderin’ kids And dumped them in the creek up from where I live Bodies, bodies, bodies sprinkled around We runnin’ through the sprinkler lookin’ around Killer would show up with boxes of pizza And said he had a label recruitin’ people Put that on my grandma and everythin’ My homie said he told ‘em his name was Wayne.”
8. The Rolling Stones, “Too Much Blood”
Undercover • 1983
Killer Referenced: Issei Sagawa
“A friend of mine was this Japanese He had a girlfriend in Paris He asked to date her in six months And eventually, she said yes You know? Took her to his apartment, cut off her head Put the rest of her body in the refrigerator, ate her piece by piece Put her in the refrigerator, put her in the freezer And when he ate her Took her bones to the Bois de Boulogne By chance, a taxi driver noticed him Burying the bones You don't believe me? Truth is stranger than fiction We drive through there every night!”
9. Benediction, “Down on Whores”
The Dreams You Dread • 1995
Killer Referenced: Jack the Ripper
“May comes and goes in the dark of the night He kisses the whores and gives them a fright And the Doctors will get all the blame But it's only May playing his dirty game.”
Ingram and Benediction accurately reference Jack writing about his crimes, even if his identity was never revealed.
“When I cut her Kissed for a while Shall I write and tell them Peace of mind.”
Unfortunately, there was no “peace of mind” during the span of the murders.
“Left her for dead There was thrill All whores feel the shining knife.”
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10. The Black Dahlia Murder, “The Window”
Ritual • 2011
Killer Referenced: Gilles de Rais
“I sodomize the young and dying Sick hunger is my vice— my lust To drip my rotten seed upon their cooling flesh, so fare Of their gurgled screams, I could never hear enough Bless their puny hearts and their sweet naiveties Praise those little lemmings, but rats unto the piper Bless those putrid beasts— their innocence, my blade's eager to meet May my song of hatred lead them forever downward.”
11. Church of Misery, “Where Evil Dwells (Richard Ramirez)”
Early Works Compilation • 2011
Killer Referenced: Richard Ramirez
“Hail Satan See my left palm Pentagram.”
Despite being a handsome dude, the stud wasn’t called “the night stalker” for nothing. There was NOTHING beautiful about Ramirez on the inside. He died in 2013, of natural causes, while on death row.
“Angry white male killer Beware, lock up your window Unlocked door I’m looking for I’ll take your life away.”
12. Prince, “Annie Christian”
Controversy • 1980
Killer Referenced: Wayne Williams
Prince doesn’t give Williams too much fame – just a couple of key lines:
“So, she moved to Atlanta and she bought a blue car She killed black children, and what’s fair is fair If you try and say you’re crazy, everybody say electric chair Electric chair.”
13. Kamelot, “The Zodiac”
Poetry for the Poisoned • 2010
Killer Referenced: The Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer has a certain mystique – we don’t know who he is/was. But, young couples were among the victims.
“You ask me Was it all I had to tell? Was it all I could recall? No...then I broke her neck A twisted china white façade I may seem unaffected But don’t we all want to be God?”
14. Morrissey, “Jack the Ripper”
World of Morrissey • 1995
Killer Referenced: Jack the Ripper
To his victim, The Ripper says:
“Crash into my arms I want you You don't agree But you don't refuse I know you.”
He continues on in darkness, asserting his intentions for his victim. He seems to play up the fact that she’s a prostitute, hence, she’s “low on the totem pole.” He notes her tiredness, but the sleep he has in mind is deadly.
“And I know a place Where no-one is likely to pass Oh, you don't care if it's late And you don't care if you're lost And oh, you look so tired But tonight you've presumed too much Too much, too much And if it's the last thing I ever do I'm gonna get you.”
Morrissey nails the stealth and invincibility of Jack the Ripper.
“And no one knows a thing about my life I can come and go as I please If I want to I can stay Or if I want to I can leave Nobody knows me, nobody knows me.”
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15. White Lung, “Sister”
Paradise • 2016
Killer Referenced: Karla Homolka (Paul Bernardo)
White Lung captures the murderous incidents from the perspective of Homolka on “Sister.” Why is the song titled sister? Well, Karla’s sister, Tammy, was one of the victims…
“You’ll burn a bit, my little sister He’ll drop and taste the best of you He will cement you into garbage I swear I miss all of you.”“Collapse your brain into rivers My heart is pure, vain surprise He swore he loved only the back of you I choked and bathed in the lie.”
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