From serial killers to dictators, history has had its fair share of people who do horrible things to others.
We view these people as monsters because of the horrible acts they are known for. Which makes it very hard to understand how they were not caught for so long or how they had families that loved them.
It’s unnerving to see them in photographs doing seemingly “normal” things after knowing the violent and awful things they have done. Trying to make sense of how they could act so normal around friends and family, all the while hiding or suppressing their awful sides.
Let’s take a look at some family photographs and other candid pictures of some of the worst and most violent people in history.
Ted Bundy doing dishes after a birthday partyTed Bundy playing with his ex-girlfriend’s daughter
Ted Bundy and his daughter, Rose BundySerial killer, BTK, at his daughter’s college graduationBTK doing the hokey pokey at a weddingBTK at his daughter’s weddingBenito Mussolini with his wife and family in the 1930sColumbine High School’s class photo. Top left shows the two killers making finger guns and pointing at the camera.Fidel Castro with his 9 year old sonFidel Castro poses with family at a weddingJohn Lennon pictured with Mark David Chapman, the man who took his life.Cult leader, Jim JonesJohn Wayne Gacy wears his Pogo the Clown outfit.First Lady Rosalynn Carter and John Wayne Gacy in 1978.Members of the Manson family hanging out at Spahn Ranch.Stalin holding and hugging his young daughter, SvetlanaCandid photo of Hitler and Mussolini laughingHitler hugging a 7 year old Rosa Bernile Nienau Saddam Hussein helping his daughter fix her dressSaddam Hussein, his daughters Ragad and Rana, and first wife Sajida.Photo of Jeffrey Dahmer at high school with a fellow student.Jeffrey Dahmer with his father and younger brother.Mark Jackson basketball card with the Menendez Brothers, the brothers who murdered their parentsJosef Mengele laughing with other officers
