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This is a list of songs about or referencing killers. The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions.
This is a list of songs about or referencing killers. The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions.
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*"Báthory Erzsébet" - [[Sunn O)))]]
*"Báthory Erzsébet" - [[Sunn O)))]]
*"Beauty Through Order" – [[Slayer]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goodman |first1=William |title=WATCH: Slayer Explain Female Serial Killer Song |url=https://www.spin.com/2009/10/watch-slayer-explain-female-serial-killer-song/ |website=Spin |accessdate=26 July 2018 |date=October 21, 2009}}</ref>
*"Beauty Through Order" – [[Slayer]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goodman |first1=William |title=WATCH: Slayer Explain Female Serial Killer Song |url=https://www.spin.com/2009/10/watch-slayer-explain-female-serial-killer-song/ |website=Spin |accessdate=26 July 2018 |date=October 21, 2009}}</ref>
*"The Bleeding Baroness" – [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]]<ref name=hype2/>
*"The Bleeding Baroness" – [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]]<ref name=hype2/>
*"[[Countess Bathory (song)|Countess Bathory]]" - [[Venom (band)|Venom]]<ref>{{cite web| work= Loudwire| title=11 Twisted Songs Inspired by Murderess Elizabeth Bathory| url=https://loudwire.com/songs-inspired-by-elizabeth-bathory/|author=Katy Irizarry}}</ref>
*"[[Countess Bathory (song)|Countess Bathory]]" - [[Venom (band)|Venom]]<ref>{{cite web| work= Loudwire| title=11 Twisted Songs Inspired by Murderess Elizabeth Bathory| url=https://loudwire.com/songs-inspired-by-elizabeth-bathory/|author=Katy Irizarry}}</ref>
*"Countess Erszebeth Nadasdy" – [[Barathrum]]<ref name=hype3>{{cite web |title=A Bloody Soundtrack to Countess Elizabeth Báthory |url=https://themusicalhype.com/bloody-soundtrack-countess-elizabeth-bathory-playlist/3/ |website=The Musical Hype |accessdate=26 July 2018 |date=August 14, 2017}}</ref>
*"Countess Erszebeth Nadasdy" – [[Barathrum]]<ref name=hype3>{{cite web |title=A Bloody Soundtrack to Countess Elizabeth Báthory |url=https://themusicalhype.com/bloody-soundtrack-countess-elizabeth-bathory-playlist/3/ |website=The Musical Hype |accessdate=26 July 2018 |date=August 14, 2017}}</ref>
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*”Lotta True Crime”- [[Penelope Scott]]
*”Lotta True Crime”- [[Penelope Scott]]
*"Meticulous Invagination" – [[Aborted]]
*"Meticulous Invagination" – [[Aborted]]
*"Mr. Gore" – [[Blitzkid]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqrZKaRFdJs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/nqrZKaRFdJs |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Blitzkid - Mr Gore (@ The Studio @ Webster Hall, Manhattan, NY, Sep 22, 2010) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2018-02-13}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*"Mr. Gore" – [[Blitzkid]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqrZKaRFdJs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/nqrZKaRFdJs |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Blitzkid - Mr Gore (@ The Studio @ Webster Hall, Manhattan, NY, Sep 22, 2010) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2018-02-13}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*"Murder Dividead" – [[Edge Of Sanity]]
*"Murder Dividead" – [[Edge Of Sanity]]
*"Reign In Blood" - [[Necro (rapper)|Necro]]
*"Reign In Blood" - [[Necro (rapper)|Necro]]
*"Serial Killer" – [[Vio-lence]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/violence/eternalnightmare.html |title=VIO-LENCE LYRICS - "Eternal Nightmare" (1988) album |publisher=Darklyrics.com |date= |accessdate=2018-09-16}}</ref>
*"Serial Killer" – [[Vio-lence]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/violence/eternalnightmare.html |title=VIO-LENCE LYRICS - "Eternal Nightmare" (1988) album |publisher=Darklyrics.com |date= |accessdate=2018-09-16}}</ref>
*"Stay Wide Awake" – [[Eminem]]
*"Stay Wide Awake" – [[Eminem]]
*"Stripped, Raped and Strangled" – [[Cannibal Corpse]]
*"Stripped, Raped and Strangled" – [[Cannibal Corpse]]
*"Ted Bundy" – [[Theory of a Deadman]]
*"Ted Bundy" – [[Theory of a Deadman]]
*"The Ted Bundy Song" – [[Macabre (band)|Macabre]]
*"The Ted Bundy Song" – [[Macabre (band)|Macabre]]
*"Ted Bundy's Thanksgiving Dinner" – [[A Lot Like Birds]]
*"Ted Bundy's Thanksgiving Dinner" – [[A Lot Like Birds]]
*"Ted, Just Admit It…" – [[Jane's Addiction]]<ref name=times/>
*"Ted, Just Admit It…" – [[Jane's Addiction]]<ref name=times/>
*"Till Death" – [[Lord Infamous]]
*"Till Death" – [[Lord Infamous]]
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* "Bandit" – [[Juice WRLD]] ft. [[NBA YoungBoy]]
* "Bandit" – [[Juice WRLD]] ft. [[NBA YoungBoy]]
* "Benz or Beamer" – [[Outkast]]
* "Benz or Beamer" – [[Outkast]]
*"Big Boy’s Neigborhood Freestyle "- [[Kendrick Lamar]]
*"Big Boy’s Neighborhood Freestyle" - [[Kendrick Lamar]]
*"Black Friday"- [[Lil Kim]]
*"Black Friday"- [[Lil Kim]]
*"Body Parts" – [[Three 6 Mafia]]
*"Body Parts" – [[Three 6 Mafia]]
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*"Lucas Toole" - [[Downthesun]]
*"Lucas Toole" - [[Downthesun]]
*"Murder Company" – [[Church of Misery]]
*"Murder Company" – [[Church of Misery]]
*"Serial Killer" – [[Macabre (band)|Macabre]]
*"Serial Killer" – [[Macabre (band)|Macabre]]
*"They Like Me, They Love Me" – [[Jason Hill (singer)|Jason Hill]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Hill - They Like Me, They Love Me |url=https://genius.com/Jason-hill-they-like-me-they-love-me-lyrics |website=genius.com |access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref>
*"They Like Me, They Love Me" – [[Jason Hill (singer)|Jason Hill]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Hill - They Like Me, They Love Me |url=https://genius.com/Jason-hill-they-like-me-they-love-me-lyrics |website=genius.com |access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref>
*”While You Sleep, I Destroy Your World”- [[Nailbomb (band)|Nailbomb]]<ref>{{cite book | author=Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman |title=Wanted Undead or Alive:: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil|year=2010 | publisher =Citadel Pr|isbn=9780806528212|page=337}}</ref>
*”While You Sleep, I Destroy Your World”- [[Nailbomb (band)|Nailbomb]]<ref>{{cite book | author=Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman |title=Wanted Undead or Alive:: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil|year=2010 | publisher =Citadel Pr|isbn=9780806528212|page=337}}</ref>
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===[[Dennis Nilsen]]===
===[[Dennis Nilsen]]===
*"Cranley Gardens" (Denis Nilsen) – [[Church of Misery]]
*"Cranley Gardens" (Denis Nilsen) – [[Church of Misery]]
*"Killing for Company" – [[Swans (band)|Swans]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqG9s1NUZsU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/cqG9s1NUZsU |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Swans 1995 - 97, interview with Michael Gira|publisher=YouTube.com |date=2007-02-15 |accessdate=2018-02-13}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*"Killing for Company" – [[Swans (band)|Swans]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqG9s1NUZsU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/cqG9s1NUZsU |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Swans 1995 - 97, interview with Michael Gira|publisher=YouTube.com |date=2007-02-15 |accessdate=2018-02-13}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*"Turnabout" — [[Moth Wranglers]]
*"Turnabout" — [[Moth Wranglers]]
*"When Lovers Die" – [[Children on Stun]]
*"When Lovers Die" – [[Children on Stun]]
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== Further listening (recorded compilations) ==
== Further listening (recorded compilations) ==
* ''Bloody Ballads: Classic British and American Murder Ballads'', Sung by Paul Clayton, Ed. by Kenneth S. Goldstein, Riverside Records, New York, 1956 (includes cover notes)
* ''Bloody Ballads: Classic British and American Murder Ballads'', Sung by Paul Clayton, Ed. by Kenneth S. Goldstein, Riverside Records, New York, 1956 (includes cover notes)
* ''Blood Booze 'n Bones'', Sung by Ed McCurdy, banjo accompaniment by Erik Darling, Elektra Records, 1956 (includes 12 page booklet)
* ''Blood Booze 'n Bones'', Sung by Ed McCurdy, banjo accompaniment by Erik Darling, Elektra Records, 1956 (includes 12 page booklet)
* ''[[Murder Ballads]]'', by [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], [[Mute Records]], 1996
* ''[[Murder Ballads]]'', by [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], [[Mute Records]], 1996

Revision as of 09:06, 23 June 2024

This is a list of songs about or referencing killers. The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions.

This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

A–B

Axeman of New Orleans

  • "The Mysterious Axman's Jazz (Don't Scare Me Papa)" – Joseph John Davilla[1]

Joe Ball

  • "Joe Ball was his name" – Macabre

Elizabeth Báthory

Robert Berdella

David Berkowitz

Paul Bernardo

Kenneth Bianchi & Angelo Buono

Ian Brady & Myra Hindley

Jerry Brudos

Ted Bundy

C–F

Richard Chase

Andrei Chikatilo

Adolfo Constanzo

Dean Corll

Jeffrey Dahmer

Albert DeSalvo

Dnepropetrovsk maniacs

Mark Essex

Albert Fish

Lavinia Fisher

Lonnie David Franklin Jr.

G–J

John Wayne Gacy

Harvey Murray Glatman

  • "Harvey Glatman (Your Soul Will Forever Rot)" – Macabre

Carl Großmann

  • "The Sweet Tender Meat Vendor" - Macabre

Belle Gunness

Fritz Haarmann

John George Haigh

Robert Hansen

Karla Homolka

Jack the Ripper

K–M

Theodore Kaczynski

Edmund Kemper

Randy Kraft

Joachim Kroll

Richard Kuklinski

Peter Kürten

Lawrence Bittaker & Roy Norris

Leonard Lake & Charles Ng

Leonarda Cianciulli

Henry Lee Lucas & Ottis Toole

Herman Mudgett (a.k.a. H. H. Holmes)

Herbert Mullin

N–R

Dennis Nilsen

Carl Panzram

Christopher Peterson

Alexander Pichushkin

Robert Pickton

Dorothea Puente

  • "Dorthea's Dead Folks Home" – Macabre

Dennis Rader

Gilles de Rais

Richard Ramirez

Gary Ridgway

Danny Rolling

Richard Speck

  • "Born to Raise Hell (Richard Speck)" - Church of Misery
  • "Richard Speck Grew Big Breasts" – Macabre
  • "What the Heck Richard Speck? (Eight Nurses You Wrecked)" – Macabre

S–Z

Shankill Butchers

Harold Shipman

Peter Stumpp

Peter Sutcliffe

Jack Unterweger

Joseph Vacher

  • "The Ripper Tramp from France" - Macabre

Dorángel Vargas

Fred West/Rose West

Aileen Wuornos

Graham Frederick Young

Zodiac Killer

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Mysterious Axman's Jazz (Don't Scare Me Papa)". The Historic New Orleans Collection. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Book, Ryan (October 5, 2014). "Bobby Darin, "Mack The Knife" and a Slew of Songs About Actual Murderers...from Slayer, Animal Collective, Phil Ochs and More". Music Times. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "A Bloody Soundtrack to Countess Elizabeth Báthory". The Musical Hype. August 14, 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ^ Goodman, William (October 21, 2009). "WATCH: Slayer Explain Female Serial Killer Song". Spin. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "A Bloody Soundtrack to Countess Elizabeth Báthory". The Musical Hype. August 14, 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ Katy Irizarry. "11 Twisted Songs Inspired by Murderess Elizabeth Bathory". Loudwire.
  7. ^ a b c d "A Bloody Soundtrack to Countess Elizabeth Báthory". The Musical Hype. August 14, 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  8. ^ Distefano, Alex (February 14, 2014). "The Top 10 Metal Love Songs". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Songs About or Inspired by the Son of Sam". The Musical Hype. January 23, 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  10. ^ Cotter, Jack (December 17, 2013). "Hall & Oates Appreciation Day: "Rich Girl"". Philly Mag. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Songs About or Inspired by the Son of Sam". The Musical Hype. January 23, 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  12. ^ Cavuoto, Robert. "Interview with Bobby Blitz Ellsworth of Overkill: This is Our Calling". Guitar International. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Songs About or Inspired by the Son of Sam". The Musical Hype. January 23, 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Songs About or Inspired by the Son of Sam". The Musical Hype. January 23, 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  15. ^ Berger, George (November 4, 2009). The Story of Crass. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857120120.
  16. ^ "Acid Drinkers - La Part Du Diable (2012)". Metal Archives. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  17. ^ "Blitzkid - Mr Gore (@ The Studio @ Webster Hall, Manhattan, NY, Sep 22, 2010)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  18. ^ "VIO-LENCE LYRICS - "Eternal Nightmare" (1988) album". Darklyrics.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  19. ^ "Torch Song Trilogy by Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Sensational". WhoSampled. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  20. ^ Perone, James E. (2007). The Words and Music of David Bowie. p. 102.
  21. ^ a b Schechter, Harold (30 December 2003). The serial killer files : the who, what, where, how, and why of the world's most terrifying murderers (1st ed.). Ballantine Books. p. 386. ISBN 0345472004.
  22. ^ Miller, Laurence (January 1, 2012). CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY: Nature, Nurture, Culture-A Textbook and Practical Reference Guide for Students and Working Professionals in the Fields of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Forensic Psychology. Charles C Thomas Publisher. p. 243. ISBN 978-0398087166.
  23. ^ "Untitled Document". December 14, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14.
  24. ^ a b c d e f Mason, Amanda (June 13, 2014). "Murder Metal: 13 Metal Songs About Serial Killers". Heavy Mag. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  25. ^ "Club Moral Stocklist 032 - Equinox Event". August 27, 1983 – via Internet Archive.
  26. ^ "Jason Hill - They Like Me, They Love Me". genius.com. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  27. ^ Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman (2010). Wanted Undead or Alive:: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil. Citadel Pr. p. 337. ISBN 9780806528212.
  28. ^ "Swans 1995 - 97, interview with Michael Gira". YouTube.com. 2007-02-15. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  29. ^ "50 Best Michael Jackson Songs". Rolling Stone. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  30. ^ "Lingua Ignota (aka Kristin Hayter) talked to us about sampling Aileen Wuornos, redefining "heavy" & the humans who inspire her art". Music & Riots. 7 September 2017.

Further reading

Further listening (recorded compilations)

  • Bloody Ballads: Classic British and American Murder Ballads, Sung by Paul Clayton, Ed. by Kenneth S. Goldstein, Riverside Records, New York, 1956 (includes cover notes)
  • Blood Booze 'n Bones, Sung by Ed McCurdy, banjo accompaniment by Erik Darling, Elektra Records, 1956 (includes 12 page booklet)
  • Murder Ballads, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Mute Records, 1996
  • Murder Metal, Macabre, 2003 (This band appears to have become known for a death metal variation of the murder ballad)
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