Moments after news broke that Rolling Stone had made the decision to feature Boston Bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of their latest issue, the Internet went off.
Citizens and now-ex-subscribers were outraged that the magazine would glorify what Tsarnaev and his older brother carried out that April day. They couldn’t believe Rolling Stone would feature this 19-year-old killer on the same page once graced by the likes of legends like Jay-Z, Paul McCartney and Kurt Cobain.
The photo was the very same one flashed hundreds of thousands of times on the news – a photo Tsarnaev featured on social media platforms; not a glamour shot, not an overly airbrushed head shot or retouched portrait. Can we really blame Rolling Stone because – let’s face it – Dzokhar’s a decent looking kid? And he has a group of female supporters to prove it.
Tsarnaev isn’t the first person charged with committing an atrocious crime that also had people swooning. In fact, countless killers used their looks and charm to lure in their victims.
We compiled a list of the most attractive killers in history – and no, we’re not condoning any murderous behavior. Just pointing it out.
Check it out.
Amanda Knox
Amanda Knox, aka “Foxy Knoxy,” was convicted of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in Umbria, Italy. The two girls were studying abroad at the time.
Megan Martzen
Megan is a 22-year-old who admitted to playing a role in the death of 17-month-old Ella VanLeeuwen in 2009. Uh…is it just us or does Megan bare a striking resemblance to a young Kim Kardashian?
Andrea Yates
Yates was charged with murdering her five children in 2001. After a long battle with postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, Andrea drowned her children in a bathtub.
Casey Anthony
Casey Anthony was accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony. Caylee was reported missing by Cindy Anthony, her maternal grandmother. Cindy claimed she had not seen Caylee for 31 days and that Casey’s car smelled like a dead body had been in it. Casey was found not guilty.
Charles Manson
Charles Manson led a group of people that came to be known as the Manson Family, a cult following. Charles was later found guilty of conspiracy to commit murders after he instructed members of his “family” to kill.
John List
List killed his wife, mother and three children in their New Jersey home after being fired from his job. He then disappeared.
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy assaulted and murdered countless women in the early ’70s. He was convicted and sent to jail, but denied the crimes for years. Finally, just before his scheduled execution, Bundy confessed to more than 30 murders. Bundy was known to revisit crime scenes and perform sex acts on his dead victims.
Lee Malvo
Lee Malvo was charged in connection with the Beltway Sniper Attacks that occurred in Washington in October of 2002. He and John Allen Muhammad had reportedly planned to kill people everyday for a month in order to terrorize a nation. Malvo, just 28-years-old, claims he was sexually abused by Muhammad.
Jeffery Dahmer
Dahmer raped, murdered and dismembered 17 men and young boys between 1978 and 1991. His crimes evolved and eventually involved necrophilia and cannibalism. In 1994, Dahmer was beaten to death by a fellow inmate.
Scott Peterson
Ben Affleck, is that you? Scott Peterson was convicted of the murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son who they had planned to name Conner. Scott reported Laci missing on Christmas Eve, attracting nationwide attention. Police initially counted Scott out as a witness, until his story became inconsistent. Months later, a fetus washed ashore in California. The following day pieces of a woman, later identified as Laci, appeared. Scott had been boating the day before Laci disappeared.
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather went on a killing spree in 1957, which lasted two months. Starkweather killed eleven people, all while his then 14-year-old girlfriend looked on.
Boston Strangler
Albert DeSalvo, known as the Boston Strangler, was found guilty of murdering 13 women in the Boston area. DeSalvo confessed to the murders, admitting that he strangled the women with silk stockings. DNA later revealed DeSalvo was not alone.
OJ Simpson
Between 1994 and 1995, actor and football player OJ Simpson was charged with the murder of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Lyle Goldman. OJ was acquitted of both counts of murder in an infamous and highly televised trial.
Aaron Hernandez
Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots tight end, has been charged with the murder of his friend Odin Lloyd; Lloyd was found shot to death near Hernandez’s house. Hernandez has also been linked to other murders. A trial is currently underway.
Javaris Crittenton
Javaris Crittenton turned himself in in April 2013, after being brought up on murder and gang activity charges. He is accused of shooting a young mother of four, though it is not believed she was his intended target.
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