31. A Prostitute Addict
Not that many people have ever been as obsessed with prostitutes as was Gary Ridgway (1949 – ). Sadly for the prostitutes, he came in contact with, his obsession was of the worst possible kind: that of a prolific serial killer with his target population. Ridgway, also known as “The Green River Killer”, was convicted of killing 48 women, and pled guilty to killing another one. Most of them were prostitutes. He eventually confessed to having killed 71 women in total.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ridgway grew up in a poor neighborhood, raised by parents who often argued violently. He wet his bed until he was thirteen, and whenever he did so, Ridgway’s mother would wash his genitals. He informed psychologists that in his teens, he had been attracted to his mother, while simultaneously fantasizing about killing her.