Candid Photographs of Some of the Worst People in History

Last updated on December 10th, 2024 at 08:31 pm

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 party

Ted Bundy playing with his ex-girlfriend’s daughter
Ted Bundy and his daughter, Rose Bundy
Serial killer, BTK, at his daughter’s college graduation

BTK doing the hokey pokey at a wedding

BTK at his daughter’s wedding

Benito Mussolini with his wife and family in the 1930s
Columbine 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 son

Fidel Castro poses with family at a wedding

John Lennon pictured with Mark David Chapman, the man who took his life.

Cult leader, Jim Jones

John 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, Svetlana

Candid photo of Hitler and Mussolini laughing
Hitler hugging a 7 year old Rosa Bernile Nienau 

Saddam Hussein helping his daughter fix her dress

Saddam 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 parents

Josef Mengele laughing with other officers

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