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Ottis Toole

1947 - 1996

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Ottis Elwood Toole (March 5, 1947 – September 15, 1996) was an American serial killer who was convicted of six counts of murder. Like his companion Henry Lee Lucas, Toole made confessions which resulted in murder convictions, and which he later recanted. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ottis Toole has received more than 5,599,276 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ottis Toole is the 216th most popular extremist, the 6,180th most popular biography from United States and the 72nd most popular American Extremist.

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  • 2.93

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Ottis Toole ranks 216 out of 283Before him are Christopher Scarver, William Bonin, Dawood Ibrahim, Jonathan Wild, Dick Turpin, and Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi. After him are Marshall Applewhite, Alexander Pichushkin, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Gary Gilmore, Robert Berdella, and John List.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ottis Toole ranks 471Before him are David Mamet, Warren Clarke, Liu Yunshan, Dave Davies, Hülya Koçyiğit, and Heide Rosendahl. After him are Job Cohen, Ladislav Kuna, Geydar Dzhemal, Renata Sorrah, Camille Paglia, and Pia Kjærsgaard. Among people deceased in 1996, Ottis Toole ranks 209Before him are William Bonin, Claude Mauriac, Rene Bond, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Raaj Kumar, and Ennio de Giorgi. After him are Jon Pertwee, Lola Beltrán, Pasqualino De Santis, Hermann Kesten, Morton Gould, and Gabriel Alonso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ottis Toole ranks 6,180 out of 20,380Before him are Chris Mulkey (1948), Jack Nitzsche (1937), Paul W. Merrill (1887), Matthew Settle (1969), Robert Greene (1959), and Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820). After him are Robert Richardson (1955), David Miller (1909), Leo Kadanoff (1937), Franchot Tone (1905), John Flynn (1932), and Bobby Helms (1933).

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Ottis Toole ranks 72Before him are Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), Frank James (1843), Herbert Mullin (1947), Axeman of New Orleans (null), Christopher Scarver (1969), and William Bonin (1947). After him are Marshall Applewhite (1931), Gary Gilmore (1940), Robert Berdella (1949), John List (1925), Mildred Gillars (1900), and Marvin Heemeyer (1951).