When a crime occurs, one of the first things that police do is take down any eye witness
reports.
If witnesses got a clear look at the perpetrator, the police will use an artist to try and create
a drawing of them based on the descriptions.
Sometimes they are very accurate but thats not what were discussing today, today were
looking at the police drawings that just disturbed people - the ones that they just couldn't
get out of their head - now you know what youre in for with this video, lets get into
it, my name is Danny Burke, this is the Top 10 Scary Police Drawings.
Starting off at number 10 we have The Zodiac Killer[a].
Im sure a lot of you guys have heard of this one - this unidentified killer is thought
to be responsible for around 30 murders in Northern California during the late 60s / early
70s.
This[b] was the famous sketch based on witness reports, sinister but not that scary.
However, not many people know about the hooded sketch.
Bryan Hartnell was the survivor of an attack thought to be done by the Zodiac Killer.
His description of the murderer was very different.
He said they were wearing a black executioners type hood with a bib like device on his chest
that had a white 3 by 3 inch cross symbol on it - he looked a bit like a templar knight
- this was the police sketch handed out to the public.
I found this one on Reddit where people described it as absolute -Nightmare Fuel- … I think
thats a fair assessment.
Moving on to number 9 now we have Mr Cruel.
This is where things get really serious.
Mr Cruel was the nickname for an Australian child rapist who attacked 3 girls in Melbourne
in the late 80s and early 90s.
He has never been found since, mainly because he was very careful and meticulous with his
attacks - he famously always wore a tailored balaclava.
Because of this, the police sketches are of just the balaclava, and they were terrifying.
In the years since then, nobody has identified Mr Cruel.
Police have searched 30,000 homes and interviewed 27,000 suspects over the attacks - there is
currently a 300,000 australian dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Mr
Cruel.
Next up at number 8 we have the Lake Bodom Murderer.
On the 5th of June 1960, 3 Finish teenagers were found dead on the shores of Lake Bodom.
There was one survivor with them - 18 year old Nils Gustafsson said the group was attacked
by a black faced figure with glowing red eyes who bludgeoned the others to death.
Nils was badly beaten but managed to survive.
These were the police sketches of the murderer.
His deep set brow made him rather unique looking, surely someone must have this man.
Perhaps even more creepy was this picture that was taken at one of the funerals for
the victim - some say this man in the middle looks remarkably like the police drawings
we took a look at earlier.
Next up at number 7 now we have The Peeper.[c] In March 2016, Police in Citrus Heights California
scared the community when they released this sketch of a suspect.
It was part of an investigation into a local window peeper.
For those innocent minds watching, a window peeper is someone who literally takes a peep
through a strangers window, hoping they catch them in, shall we say, in a compromising position.
Its no laughing matter as this man was thought to be connected to a sexual assault in the
area.
The picture went viral online, with many people creeped out by the mans alien like appearance
and those huge, yellow eyes.
Moving on to number 6 now we have Tristan Bruebechs Killer.
Tristan Brubech was a 14 year year old German kid murdered in 1998.
His body was found in Frankfurts Liederback Tunnel.
His throat had been cut from ear to ear, parts of his body had been removed, the details
get even more gruesome from there.
He had last been seen alive just 2 hours before.
Witnesses had reported seeing a man bending over something in the tunnel where Tristan
was found.
Based on their reports, Police released this sketch[d] of what the suspect looks like.
The picture is startling enough - but people also found it creepy that when they suspected
looked nothing like this police sketch.
Next up at number 5 we have the Connecticut River Killer[e].
In the mid 1930s, a suspected serial killer murdered at least 6 women along the New Hampshire
/ Vermont border.
All of the women were attacked in the Connecticut River valley, hence his nickname.
One woman, Jane Broski, survived the an attack.
The killer stabbed her 27 times, she was 7 months pregnant at the time - she was left
for dead in the woods but managed to crawl to her car.
She managed to struggle to her car and drive 2 miles down the road to her friends house.
To her absolute horror, she realised she was actually driving behind the killer for most
of the way.
Luckily, she and her baby survived.
Based on her description, Police released this sketch of the suspect.
In the years since then, there have been a number of leads but nothing solid and to this
day the murder remains officially unsolved …
Next up at number 4 we have The Night Stalker[f].
This was the nickname given to Richard Ramirez, an American serial killer who terrorized LA
and San Francisco in the mid 1980s by breaking into peoples houses to rape, abuse and kill
them.
This was the creepy picture[g] police released in their search for him, based on witness
accounts.
The creepy image was burned into the brains of Californians.
Ramirez noticed a group of elderly Mexican woman fearfully identifying him as The Killer.
He then saw his face on the covers on the newspaper rack and fled the store in panic.
He was eventually caught and sentenced to life in prison, dying of cancer in 2013.
Moving to number 3 now we have Derick Todd Lee.
He was also known as the Baton Rouge Serial Killer after murdering 7 women between 1992
and 2003.
The police investigation didnt go well at first.
Prior to his murder charges, Lee had been arrested for stalking women and watching them
in their homes.
Despite this, he was initially overlooked by police who believed the killer they were
looking for was white.
After DNA tests altered their suspect profile, police released this sketch[h] of their suspect
- its since gone down as one of the most striking police drawings around.
Lee was eventually caught thanks to DNA testing which linked him to the scene of two crimes.
Next up at number 2 we have the The Disappearance of Zebb Quinn[i].
He was an American teenager who went missing on January 2nd 2000 in Asheville North Carolina.
Quinn was 18 years old and was not seen after finishing his shift at Walmart.
His car was discovered several days later in a restaurant parking lot.
It was found with its headlights on, a live puppy inside and a drawing of a pair of lips
and an exclamation mark scrawled on the back window.
The case was a mystery.
One of the only things to go on was an eyewitness description of a person who was seen drawing
Quinns car - this was the sketch[j] that was released.
Its a pretty creepy looking face by any account.
In the end, Police finally arrested Robert Jason Owens, one of Quinns Co workers, in
2017 - a full 17 years after the murder took place.
And finally at number 1 we have The Skull.
This one is more of a reconstruction than a drawing, but Im gonna put it on the list
anyway.
In May 2007, a dog discovered a skull near Tulsa Oklahoma.
Investigators have been trying since then to determine the identity of the victim.
Police enlisted the help of Forensic Artist Harvey Pratt to reconstruct the face of the
victim based on the skull.
This was the result of that.
A number of people online questioned the disturbing expression on the persons face.
Some speculated it was just a poor reconstruction and not intentional.
The report indicated the victim could be Native American between the ages of 25 and 45 and
likely a male, although the skull exhibits some female characteristics.
Well that was quite a different video, don't you think?
Police drawings are an interesting part of fighting crime but I wonder if they might
become a thing of the past with technology improving?
Maybe police drawings are a thing of the past!
For now though, we can still do a part 2 if thats what youd like, thanks for watching
as always, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the
next video.