Romance, everlasting love, soul mates, violence, death, serial killers.
Err - okay, so true love doesn't always manifest the way it does in the movies.
Sometimes, love is downright imperfect - and humans are definitely the same.
Although every love story is beautiful and unique in its own way, these wild pairings
proved that even "true love" can be "truly horrifying".
From cooky, eccentric, dysfunctional couples to straight up crazy killers (of both each
other AND others) - let's take a look at seven of the craziest couples on Earth.
Jumping right into the insanity, let's take a look at Travis and Jodi - coming in at number
seven.
Jodi Arias, a waitress hailing from the West Coast, met Travis Alexander in 2006 - eventually
moving to Arizona to be closer to him, even converting to Mormonism because of his religious
background.
Becoming increasingly jealous as Alexander eventually grew apart from her, Arias began
snooping through his email - even sneaking through a pet door in his house to spy on
him.
According to prosecutors, after Travis wanted to break off their affair, Jodi stabbed him
almost 30 times, almost decapitating him and shot him - allegedly post-mortem - in the
forehead.
Chillingly, a digital camera was recovered at the crime scene showing sexually explicit,
morbidly detailed accounts of his mutilation.
Arias is serving life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Switching gears to a couple working... together - James and Susan are our number six.
James (aka Michael Bear) and Susan Carson are convicted serial killers - murdering at
least three individuals (and believed to be suspects in over a dozen other murders and
deaths) between 1982 and 1983 in the San Fransisco Bay and Northern Californian regions.
Known colloquially as the San Fransisco Witch Killers, this crazy couple killed as a means
to exterminate individuals they considered to be "witches" - describing themselves as
pacifist vegetarian Moslem warriors after moving to a marijuana farm and getting involved
with counterculture and the occult.
Upon their arrest, investigators discovered a list the Carson's had made of future targets
- including Johnny Carson and Ronald Reagan.
The two are both serving 75 years to life in separate Californian prisons.
To the day, neither James nor Susan express any remorse for their actions.
Coming in at number five, Alvin and Judith crazy their way to our number five slot.
Alvin and Judith Neelley may have killed less than some on our list, but the sheer added
horror of their crimes automatically earns them a spot.
After the couple met, they began a life of crime - committing multiple armed robberies
across America - even while Judith was pregnant with twins.The couple abducted a 13 year old
girl from a local shopping mall in 1982, sexually assaulting her, injecting her with cleaning
chemicals, shooting her - and later dumping the body into the Little River Canyon.
Committing another murder (and attempted third), their survivor third victim made it to the
police to turn them in.
Although initially sentenced to death, Judith received a reduced sentence and is currently
life in Alabama - while Alvin died after receiving surgery in 2005.
Their horrific torture-crimes are regarded as some of the grisliest ever.
Moving backward in time a bit - let's take a look at our number four - Raymond and Martha.
Known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers" in the media (due to their penchant for meeting unsuspecting
victims via lonely hearts ads in the newspaper) - Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck were formally
charged with the murder of four victims (but are believed to have killed upwards of twenty
women during their murderous streak between 1947 -1949.
Themselves meeting through a romantic newspaper ad - Martha moved to New York, posing as Raymond's
much younger sister - responding to classifieds so Raymond could seduce the women and, in
turn, rob or kill them - including a two year girl.
The two were both sentenced to death and executed by electric chair (on the same day) in 1951.
Proving love can sometimes last a little TOO long, Carl and Maria are our number three.
Carl Tanzier was a lonely man who made sweeping exaggerations about his own life - abandoning
his wife and children to work in a Marine hospital located in Key West, Florida.
After meeting a 21 year old patient named Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos with tuberculosis,
he became enamored with the terminal girl - paying out-of-pocket for extravagant treatments,
gifts - even a stone mausoleum to be built when she passed.
Tanzier unearthed her corpse two years later - taking her home and using wires, plaster,
wax and glass eyes to "bring her back to life".
Tanzier maintained and slept next to the decaying corpse for 7 years.
Although arrested and tried, all charges were eventually dropped as the statute of limitations
had passed on the case.
Racking up our highest body count of the list - the crazy Fred and Rosemary come in at number
two.
Fred and Rosemary West, an English couple, are responsible for the deaths of at least
12 young women and girls - including several of their own respective family members.
Sexually assaulting and torturing their victims, the couple continued a long and notorious
streak of horrific violence.
With majority of their murders occurring between 1973 - 1979, the two buried most of their
victims' bodies on or near their two different homes.
Making Rosemary work as a prostitute, Fred watched as Rosemary had several children - including
one allegedly from her own father.
The Wests weren't even discovered for almost another 15 years - finally coming under investigation
when Fred's daughter told friends that her father had been raping her (with video proof
to boot).
Fred hanged himself before trial - while Rosemary is serving Life imprisonment in Northam, Devon,
England, UK.
Finally, the number one craziest couple - Ian and Myra.
Although many others on our list have killed more - the "Moors Murders" committed by Ian
Brady and Myra Hindley take the top spot due to sheer horror.
Killing (and sexually assaulting all but one of) five confirmed young children aged between
10 and 17, burying them in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor in what is now Greater Manchester, England.
Aspiring to commit the "perfect murder", these two nut-jobs studied on crime, torture and
death at the library - luring youngsters in to practice and perfect their horrific, torturous
crimes for fun - reportedly favoring knives and thin string (to strangulate) in their
tools of the trade.