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Jerry Brudos

1939 - 2006

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Jerome Henry "Jerry" Brudos (January 31, 1939 – March 28, 2006) was an American serial killer and necrophile known as the Lust Killer and the Shoe Fetish Slayer who committed the kidnap, rape, and murder of four young women between 1968 and 1969 in Salem, Oregon. He is also known to have attempted to abduct two other young women.All of Brudos's murders were committed inside either his car or the basement or garage workshop of the two homes in which he resided during the period he committed his murders. Each victim was killed by strangulation; several victims were photographed before and/or after death, and three of his victims endured post-mortem dismemberment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Brudos has received more than 3,579,400 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jerry Brudos is the 158th most popular extremist (down from 132nd in 2019), the 3,493rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,925th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jerry Brudos by language

Over the past year Jerry Brudos has had the most page views in the with 341,678 views, followed by German (25,941), and Spanish (21,767). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bengali (25.58%), Swedish (19.98%), and English (9.36%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Jerry Brudos ranks 158 out of 283. Before him are Béla Kiss, Stefano Delle Chiaie, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, John Adams, Cleveland Torso Murderer, and Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov. After him are Louis Farrakhan, Luciano Moggi, Robert Ford, Jan-Carl Raspe, Saif al-Adel, and Golden State Killer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Jerry Brudos ranks 202. Before him are Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Flavio Cotti, Brenda Vaccaro, John Tong Hon, Branko Kostić, and Dick Scobee. After him are Nông Đức Mạnh, Brigitte Fontaine, Paul Gleason, James Fox, Ole Ellefsæter, and Carmen Salinas. Among people deceased in 2006, Jerry Brudos ranks 140. Before him are Shoshana Damari, Yuval Ne'eman, Red Buttons, Seymour Martin Lipset, Rocío Jurado, and Ahmet Ertegun. After him are Shigeru Kayano, John Profumo, Mickey Hargitay, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Paul Gleason, and Rudi Carrell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Brudos ranks 3,493 out of 20,380. Before him are Dick Scobee (1939), Del Shannon (1934), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Clarence Zener (1905), Lead Belly (1888), and Michelle Monaghan (1976). After him are Catherine Keener (1959), Walter Koenig (1936), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1964), Scotty Moore (1931), Howard Keel (1919), and Marc Jacobs (1963).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Jerry Brudos ranks 45. Before him are Richard Chase (1950), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Sam Giancana (1908), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Joseph Valachi (1904), and Patty Hearst (1954). After him are Louis Farrakhan (1933), Robert Ford (1862), Golden State Killer (1945), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Baby Face Nelson (1908), and Nancy Spungen (1958).

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