Y'know how we refer to mass murderers by all three names?

[Oeditpus Rex]

I wanna know why so many of 'em have the middle name "The." :shrug:

[begin_within]

1. I want to know why so many criminals have the middle name "Wayne"

News of the Weird did an article about it, listing all the men convicted of crimes who have "Wayne" as their middle name. It seems to be a curse of sorts.

[LostinVA]

3. They do -- it's really weird

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. My ex's middle name is Wayne.

And he's nuts and mean. Emotionally abusive. No guns, though. Everybody else thinks he's a nice guy.

[Left Is Write]

2. Let's see...Jack THE Ripper, and....and....and....and....

I can't think of any more who have THE as a middle name. There are a few whose first names are THE:

THE Zodiac (he has no middle name, unless you consider "killer" his last name, so he'd be THE Zodiac Killer)
THE Night Stalker (who also went by his two-name name, Richard Ramirez, after he was caught)
THE Boston Strangler
THE Hillside Stranglers

There are also the famous two-named killers: Ed Gein, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Wayne Williams, and so forth.


Of course, I'm thinking of serial killers rather than mass murderers, so that could be why I am drawing a blank. Then again, serial killers used to be labeled mass murderers before the term "serial killer" was coined and came into common use.


:P

[rug]

5. George Walker Bush