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Bonnie and Clyde

Possibly a classic case of a good girl falling for a bad boy, the story of Bonnie and Clyde involves honor roll student and literary contests winner Bonnie Parker and lifetime criminal Clyde Barrow who traveled the country robbing banks, small stores and gas stations.

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Myra Hindley and Ian Brady

Hindley and Brady were both raised in troubled homes: Hindley had an abusive father and Brady never knew his real parents. Brady’s inclination towards crime was more apparent at first with while Hindley was still a popular babysitter in their neighborhood. The two committed some of the worst, gruesome murders in British crime history known as the Moors murders.

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Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold

Loeb and Leopold were lovers and both extremely intelligent—Loeb was a grad student already at the age of 18 and his lover Leopold was already a published ornithologist at 19. But their thirst for knowledge became grotesque and they murdered Loeb’s cousin just for the thrill.

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Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck

Fernandez was a con artist who would reach out to lonely women who had posted ads seeking a mate in his local newspaper. He would win them over and then rob them. One day, one such woman—Martha Beck—showed up with her two children at Fernandez’ home, willing to abandon her children, to become Fernandez’ accomplice.

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Caril Fugate and Charles Starkweather

This couple inspired the movie “Natural Born Killers.” Starkweather suffered from physical and emotional ailments—he was born with disfigured legs—which many believe caused him to be nihilistic and experience feelings of doom. Starkweather found comfort in Caril Fugate. The pair murdered several of Fugate’s family members, local teenagers in their town of Lincoln, Nebraska, and eventually a total of 11 people across the country.

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Fred and Rosemary West

Mr. and Mrs. West were a couple tried for and accused of countless sexual crimes, with Rosemary West working as a prostitute under her husband’s knowledge, and even mothering two children with some of her clients. They were brought to court several times for sexual assaults on women the couple would bring home to satisfy Rosemary’s violent sexual appetite before actually being convicted.