11 Creepy Tattoos Worn By Famous Killers

Charles Manson carved an "X" into his forehead during his 1970s trial. Later, he turned it into a full swastika tattoo, debuting it in an 1981 NBC interview.

Filmmaker Nikolas Schreck, who interviewed him then, stated Manson was not insane; he was only acting that way out of frustration.Charles Manson acted this way because of frustration."

When Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped prison in 2015, authorities showed photos of their tattoos. Matt had a Marine Corps logo and eagle on his right shoulder, a snake on his left, and two hearts intertwined on his chest.Richard Matt has two hearts intertwined on his chest.Sweat had "REBEL" inked on his left arm and the letters "I," "F," and "B" on his right fist.

Authorities eventually captured the escapees, but only Sweat survived the ordeal.

Los Angeles gang member Anthony Garcia was caught seven years after killing someone when officers saw his unique tattoo. The ink showed the act: a peanut-shaped rival being sprayed with bullets.Anthony Garcia had a peanut-shaped rival sprayed with bullets on his chest.At the entrance of a liquor store, the text above Garcia's chest, just above the grisly scene, read "RIVERA KILLS," clearly naming his street gang, Rivera 13.

Captain Mike Parker marveled, "Think about it. He tattooed his confession on his chest."

Mexican cartel assassin Gabriel Cardona still shows his ink from his jail cell. Cardona, once a Zetas member, sports a pair of open eyes.Gabriel Cardona has a pair of open eyes.He got these on his eyelids, giving him the look of sleeping with both eyes open.

His back shows an image of "Santa Muerte," the Saint of Death.

Carl Panzram has a tattoo on his left arm.Carl Panzram is a serial slayer.had a tattoo of a boat's anchor on his left arm. On his right was another anchor with an eagle and an Asian man's head.Carl Panzram has two eagles on his chest.The eagles have the words "Liberty & Justice" tattooed under their wings.

Panzram lost his freedom when he was arrested for brutal crimes; he was publicly hanged in 1930.

Police detained Pazuzu Illah Algarad in 2014 after they found he violently dispatched, mutilated, and cannibalized two men in Clemmons, North Carolina, with his wife's help. Algarad, a self-described devil-worshipper, claimed his name came from the demon in The Exorcist.Pazuzu Illah Algarad has The Exorcist tattooed.He showed his cannibalistic side on his face: Pazuzu Illah Algarad has the word "cannibal" tattooed on it..

He died in a correctional facility in 2015 by "apparent suicide."

Curtis Allgier, a white supremacist who ended a policeman and later a prison guard, is covered in ink.Swastikas and various angular patterns decorate his face and neck.Curtis Allgier has the text "SKIN HEAD." above his eyes.

In 2015, Curtis Allgier lost his right to an attorney after he threatened his lawyers and called them "clowns."

David Adam Pate, sentenced to life in 2015 for taking a man's life in South Carolina, has "Satan" tattooed on his face, gang numbers on his neck, and symbolic tears around his eyes.

Media called him "the devil" after releasing his mugshot because of his surgically forked tongue.David Adam Pate's Satanic Ink features a surgically forked tongue.

In 2014, serial killer William Clyde Gibson got a tattoo while in police custody. Police did not know how he got it, who gave it, or when they applied the tattoo to the back of his head. It read "Death Row X3," referencing Gibson's three separate convictions.three separate convictions..

Since Gibson only got two capital sentences, the tattoo misleads people and is inaccurate.

Many Russian serial killers have tattoos, and they have many. These tattoos show their crimes, connections, and plans.illustrate their crimes, associations, and plans.Arkady Bronnikov, a Russian expert on criminal tattoo iconography, documented many such killers at the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Bronnikov covers Russian prisoners.Bronnikov visits prisons to interview prisoners. He built a "massive photographic catalog" that helped solve many cases in the Motherland.

Frankie "State Raised" Owens, a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi, killed Michael "Skip" Hudson. Hudson left the group and failed to follow orders after a meth dispute. Owens and fellow Aryan leader Eric Parker joined the deed. They strangled and beat Hudson repeatedly with a baseball bat.

Prisoners getting Nazi-inspired tattoos often seek safety in hostile places or criminal business ties outside. For men like Owens, the markings show a firm devotion.The markings show firm devotion.These markings show devotion to the Aryan movement.