Carl Panzram 1920-1929, killings 5-22. At the age of 12 he was sent to the Minnesota State Training School by his parents where he was beaten numerous times. He was released from the school in 1905 to go back home where he saw no purpose for staying so he left via the railroad. This would be the start of a nightmare for Panzram which he then turned on his fellow travelers. Once he began to hop train cars and stay in hobo camps as a teenager (and already an alcoholic) he was gang raped by a group of hobos. This event was perhaps the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back", before he was just a petty thief and transient, but afterwards he became a serial rapist and serial killer. It is rumored that Panzram raped over 1,000 males...not because he was a homosexual but because he considered that act a form of domination. He would lure drunken sailors away from bars, sodomize them and then shoot them, he also did this to several young hobos. His autobiography was obtained by a prison guard who was not so much friendly or empathetic but just curious. Pages were written front and back and smuggled out. Panzram was caught for attempted burglary in 1928 at which time he voluntarily confessed to the murder of 2 boys. He was held at Leavenworth Prison where he told the Warden "I'll kill the first man that bothers me". June 20th, 1929 Panzram bludgeoned laundry foreman Robert Warnke to death with an iron bar. This action lead to an increase of his sentence from 25 years to death. Panzram was hanged from the neck until dead September 5th, 1930. Before his death he spat at his executioner and declared "I wish the entire human race had one neck, and I had my hands around it!". His final words (when asked) were "Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around!"
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