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Robert Berdella

1949 - 1992

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Robert Andrew Berdella Jr. (January 31, 1949 – October 8, 1992) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered at least six young men after having forced them to endure periods of up to six weeks of captivity. His crimes took place in Kansas City, Missouri, between 1984 and 1987.Describing his murders as being "some of my darkest fantasies becoming my reality",: 264  Berdella pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder of one of his victims, Larry Pearson, in August 1988, and would later plead guilty to one further charge of first-degree murder, and four charges of second-degree murder in December 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Berdella has received more than 1,995,104 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Robert Berdella is the 221st most popular extremist (down from 180th in 2019), the 6,570th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,037th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 2.0M

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  • 48.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert Berdellas by language

Over the past year Robert Berdella has had the most page views in the with 236,413 views, followed by Russian (15,454), and German (14,658). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (82.61%), French (13.34%), and Spanish (−16.44%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Robert Berdella ranks 221 out of 283. Before him are Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Ottis Toole, Marshall Applewhite, Alexander Pichushkin, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, and Gary Gilmore. After him are John List, Amparo Poch y Gascón, John Christie, Mildred Gillars, Mikhail Popkov, and Donato Bilancia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Robert Berdella ranks 425. Before him are Bob Backlund, Dennis Taylor, Philippe Djian, Daniel Pipes, Anna Lee Fisher, and Chrisye. After him are Danuta Wałęsa, Klaus Ludwig, Maury Chaykin, Jahn Teigen, Sam Rainsy, and Rick Springfield. Among people deceased in 1992, Robert Berdella ranks 193. Before him are Freddie Bartholomew, Sergey Obraztsov, Roberto Bonomi, István Balogh, Zellig Harris, and Brenda Marshall. After him are Gino Rossetti, Vladas Mikėnas, Silviu Bindea, Bo Lindman, Suzanne Lilar, and Ferenc Karinthy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Berdella ranks 6,570 out of 20,380. Before him are Candida Royalle (1950), Julie Bowen (1970), Susanna Thompson (1958), Phyllis Schlafly (1924), Rory Calhoun (1922), and Mimi Leder (1952). After him are Jack Dongarra (1950), Mary Ellen Trainor (1952), John Pope (1822), Shelley Hack (1947), Florence R. Sabin (1871), and Gene Haas (1952).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Robert Berdella ranks 75. Before him are Axeman of New Orleans (null), Christopher Scarver (1969), William Bonin (1947), Ottis Toole (1947), Marshall Applewhite (1931), and Gary Gilmore (1940). After him are John List (1925), Mildred Gillars (1900), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), Warren Jeffs (1955), Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), and Francis Parker Yockey (1917).

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