10 of the world’s stomach-churning cannibal Serial Killers

Ottis Toole

Ottis Toole was a serial killer who operated for an undetermined length of time from the 1960s to the 1980s and who was also a brief companion to, and partner-in-crime of, the more infamous serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. The two stalked and terrorized Florida, leading to Toole being dubbed “the Jacksonville Cannibal.” Though Ottis told many wild tales of homicide, which made it difficult to determine which murders were authentic and which were not, it’s believed that he committed his first murder at the age of 14. He claims to have killed over 100 people.

Toole was raised in a turbulent, abusive household, making later claims of incest and rape by a neighbor and his sister. The most intriguing part of Toole’s childhood stemmed from his grandmother, who he claimed was a Satanist. Apparently, Toole’s grandmother gave him the moniker “the Devil’s Child” as she showed him allegedly Satanic practices such as grave-robbing and self-mutilation. He would later drop hints of Satanic inspiration for his killings, confessing to at least 108 total murders. Toole had a very low IQ and needed the aid of Lucas to continue undetected.