Cross

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This article contains spoilers for Cross season 1.

This article contains mentions of murder, sexual assault, and violent real-life crimes of several serial killers.

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Owing to his obsession with serial killers, they call him the “Fanboy Killer.”

Before his criminal history came to light, Gracy made several public performances as a clown.

After being convicted of thirty-three murders, John Wayne Gracy was sentenced to death in March 1980.

Aileen Carol Wuornos, Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross, and Ted Bundy

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As shown in Amazon’sCross, Wuornos was ultimately executed on October 9, 2002, by lethal injection.

Wuornos' story has also been featured in 2003’sMonster, in which Charlize Theron portrays her.

Theron also won an Academy Award for her memorable portrayal of the serial killer.

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Once they accompanied him to his car, he would bludgeon and drive them to a remote location.

After getting away with his crimes for several years, Bundy was finally arrested in 1975.

Ted Bundy is one of the many killers Ed Ramsey looks up to inCross.

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As his scrapbook reveals, he even made one of his victims look like Bundy before murdering them.

Unlike most other serial killers mentioned inCross, Harry Powers is not featured in the Fanboy Killer’s scrapbook.

Instead,the central killer uses his name as an alias to carry out many criminal activities.

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After he was finally arrested for his crimes in 1958, he confessed to three murders.

Glatman is not one of the killers mentioned in Ed Ramsey’s scrapbook in Amazon’sCross.

However, Bradshaw later declined to go on a date with him because she felt uncomfortable around him.

The police issued a warrant against him after finding the remains of eleven men at his property.

However, before he could be arrested, Herb Baumeister died by suicide.

This scene establishes that Baumeister was likely one of the 12 killers mentioned in the Fanboy Killer’s scrapbook.

After receiving two death sentences in August 1997 and 1999, respectively, Bowles was executed by lethal injection.

Gary Ray Bowles is another real-life killer featured in Ed Ramsey’s scrapbook inCross.

Decades after his death, DNA evidence suggested his involvement in another unsolved murder from 1979.

McFadden is also one of the 12 serial killers featured in Ed Ramsey’s scrapbook inCross.