10 Pieces Of Art Made By Serial Killers

This is a John Wayne Gacy painting.pic.twitter.com/JnDrlmHym8

The Details:During the 1970s, John Wayne GacyGacy murdered 33 young men and boys. He hid them in the crawlspace of his Chicago home. Authorities arrested Gacy in 1978 and later gave him a death sentence.

The Art:Between his conviction and execution in 1994, Gacy made paintings. Many showed him as his clown persona, Pogo, which he sold to the public. After his execution, victims' family members reportedly burned some paintings.John Wayne Gacy burned several paintings..

This is a painting by Glen Edward Rogers, an American serial killer.pic.twitter.com/OYgvCpqC2k

The Details:In the 1990s, Glen Edward Rogers, also known as the Casanova Killer and the Cross-Country Killer, was on the FBI's top 10 most wanted fugitives list for multiple murders. Rogers was convicted of killing several people. He later claimed he murdered more than 70 people but recanted that statement and remains at Florida State Prison.John Wayne Gacy murdered over 70 people.He later recanted his statement and stays at Florida State Prison.

The Art:Rogers created and sold drawings, many on cardstock. Like the drawing pictured above, much of Rogers's art uses a dark tone through images of monsters and the Grim Reaper.This is the drawing shown above.Glen Edward Rogers's art often uses a dark tone. His imagery features monsters and the Grim Reaper.

Henry Lee Lucas murdered 11 people. This is one of his paintings.pic.twitter.com/Mu7ieIz8Tw

The Details:Henry Lee Lucas started as a serial killer when he murdered his own mother in 1960.Glen Edward Rogers murdered his own mother.He did this in 1960. Authorities think he killed 11 people during the 1970s with his lover, Ottis Toole. Lucas claimed he killed 600 people before taking back his confession.

In 1998, Governor George W. Bush changed Lucas's death sentence to life in prison. Lucas died three years later in 2001.

The Art:Lucas's art changed a lot while he was in prison. It included regular landscape paintings, but this painting fits what people expect from a convicted killer.

The "what dreams are made of" painting by serial killer Arthur Shawcross.pic.twitter.com/tZZyKdc23X

The Details:Arthur Shawcross, also known asthe Genesee River Killer, claimed 14 victims in upstate New York in just over a year. Shawcross pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but received a life sentence. Shawcross later claimed he ate his victims' flesh and told horror stories about war atrocities he committed in Vietnam, even though he never saw combat.Arthur Shawcross told horror stories.He shared stories of war atrocities he committed in Vietnam, even though he never fought in combat.

The Art:Shawcross mostly made fantasy-style paintings while in prison. He also made copies of Bettie Page pinups.

The Details:Danny Rolling terrorized the University of Florida campus in August 1990. He murdered five students over four days, earning him the name “Danny Rolling, known as The Gainesville Ripper.” Rolling later admitted to murdering three people in Louisiana and trying to kill his father in the spring of 1990.

The Art:Rolling made many watercolor paintings and drawings in prison. He kept creating art until his execution.His execution.happened in 2006.

This is a haunting sketch by Ottis Toole:pic.twitter.com/Mn8fd2gl8a

The Details:Ottis Toole committed his first murder.He killed at age 14. Later, Toole became the lover and co-conspirator of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. Toole confessed to murdering Adam Walsh, son of America's Most Wanted host, John Walsh, on two occasions, but he later recanted.At age 14, Toole became Henry Lee Lucas's lover and co-conspirator. Toole confessed two times to killing Adam Walsh, the son ofAmerica's Most WantedToole hosted John Walsh but later took back that confession. In 2008, DNA proved Toole killed Adam Walsh in 1981.

The Art:Before dying from liver cirrhosis in 1996, Toole made countless drawings and sketches, sometimes adding colored markers to his work.

Art by American serial killer Herbert Mullin (b. 1947).pic.twitter.com/k4ceBgGflb

The Details:Herbert Mullin acted in 1972.Mullin killed 13 people.He allegedly did this to stop a series of earthquakes. Mullin had schizophrenia. His birthday fell on the anniversary of the deadly 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Believing another quake was coming in 1973, Mullin started killing people after voices told him it would stop the earthquake.

The Art:Mullin serves a life sentence now. While in prison, he made landscape paintings and abstract drawings.

Howard M. Belcher is a serial killer. He drew this, and we own it.pic.twitter.com/AMx1pd15JO

The Details:In October 2002, Howard Milton Belcher started a murder spree in Atlanta, GA, after leaving prison. Belcher targeted gay Black males. He would take them home and strangle them, earning him the name “The Necktie Killer.” Belcher killed four men and received a life sentence in 2004, even though he asked for the death penalty.

The Art:In prison, Belcher created and sold drawings, usually manga-style work like the Sonic the Hedgehog drawing shown above.

Alfred Gaynorpic.twitter.com/kYNWctCZAJ

The Details:Between 1995 and 1998, Alfred Gaynormurdered nine women., though he only committed four murders before getting a life sentence in 2000. Gaynor admitted to the other murders in 2010.

The Art:In 2005, Gaynor started selling his drawings online. This included “A Righteous Man's Reward” (shown above), which shows Jesus in the desert drawn in crayon. A gallery exhibition showed Gaynor's art alongside artwork by criminals.

Drawing done by Ed Gein while at Mendota Hospital, Wisconsin.pic.twitter.com/r4YhaH3mJS

The Details:Ed Gein is one of themost infamous serial killersEd Gein appears in true crime history. He killed two women in the 1950s. He dug up multiple women's bodies. He used their skin and body parts to make things like belts and lampshades. A psychiatric institution later placed him there because he was found unfit to stand trial.

This is the art.In 1983, a year before his death, Gein made a colored pencil drawing of the mental hospital where he stayed. Gein signed the drawing on a sheet of composition paper. The drawing appears to have...It last sold.It sold for $8,000.