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List of songs about or referencing serial killers
2026-11-15 08:37:44 · The Daily Ledger
This is a list of songs about or referencing killers. The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions.
A–B
Axeman of New Orleans
"The Mysterious Axman's Jazz (Don't Scare Me Papa)" – Joseph John Davilla
Joe Ball
"Joe Ball was his name" – Macabre
Elizabeth Báthory
"An Execution" – Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Bathe in Blood" – Evile
"Báthory Erzsébet" - Sunn O))) "Beauty Through Order" – Slayer "The Bleeding Baroness" – Candlemass "Countess Bathory" - Venom "Countess Erszebeth Nadasdy" – Barathrum Cruelty and the Beast album by Cradle of Filth Die Blutgräfin album by Untoten "Elizabeth" – Aiden "Elizabeth" – Ghost Elizabeth album – Kamelot "Elizabeth Bathory" – Tormentor "Rose of Pain" – X Japan "To the Memory of the Dark Countess" – Mütiilation "Torquemada 71" – Electric Wizard "Woman of Dark Desires" – Bathory "The Wrath of Satan's Whore" – Countess
Robert Berdella
"Diary of Torture" – Macabre
David Berkowitz
".44 Magnum Opus" - Exodus
"Bay of Pigs" – The Acacia Strain
"Cereal Killer" – Green Jellÿ
"Death 2" – Flatbush Zombies
"Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices)" – Hall & Oates
"Ditty" – Barkmarket
"I Hear Black" – Overkill
"Hello From the Gutter" – Overkill
"Hot Damn" – Ivy Levan
"Insane in the Brain" – Cypress Hill
"Jumping at Shadows" – Benediction
"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" – Beastie Boys
"Mr. 44" – Electric Hellfire Club
"Reign In Blood" – Necro
"(Sam), Son of Man" – Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids
"Stay Wide Awake" – Eminem
"Son of A Gun (David Berkowitz)" – Church of Misery
"Son of Sam" - Chain Gang
"Son of Sam" – Dead Boys
"Son of Sam" – Elliott Smith
"Son of Sam" – Macabre
"Son of Sam" – Shinedown
"Son of Sam" – Violent Soho
"Summer Of Sam" – Lana Del Rey
"Unseen Darkness" – Sinister
Paul Bernardo
"Choking Games" − Nicole Dollanganger
Kenneth Bianchi & Angelo Buono
"Hillside Strangler" – The Destructors
"Hillside Strangler" – The Hollywood Squares
"The Hillside Stranglers" – Macabre
"I Wanna Make You Scream" – Battalion of Saints
"Notown Blues" – The Black Lips
Ian Brady & Myra Hindley
"Archives of Pain" – Manic Street Preachers
"Lambs to the Slaughter" – Church of Misery
"Mother Earth" – Crass
"No One Is Innocent" – The Sex Pistols
"Suffer Little Children" – The Smiths
"Very Friendly" – Throbbing Gristle
Jerry Brudos
"Fatal Foot Fetish" – Macabre
"Truest Shade of Crimson – Through the Eyes of the Dead
Ted Bundy
"Anne" – Bloodbath
"Black Friday" – Lil' Kim
"Blackest Eyes" – Porcupine Tree
"Blow" – Tyler, the Creator
"Bundy" – Animal Alpha
"Bundy's DNA" – Acid Drinkers
"Crack" – Slowthai
"Death 2" – Flatbush Zombies
"The Drifter" – Green on Red
"epaR" – Earl Sweatshirt
"I, Motherfucker (Ted Bundy)" – Church of Misery
“Just another psycho” - Motley Crüe
”Lotta True Crime”- Penelope Scott
"Meticulous Invagination" – Aborted
"Mr. Gore" – Blitzkid
"Murder Dividead" – Edge Of Sanity
"Reign In Blood" - Necro
"Serial Killer" – Vio-lence
"Stay Wide Awake" – Eminem
"Stripped, Raped and Strangled" – Cannibal Corpse
"Ted Bundy" - Theory of a Deadman
"The Ted Bundy Song" – Macabre
"Ted, Just Admit It" – Jane's Addiction
"Till Death" – Lord Infamous
"Torch Song Trilogy" - Handsome Boy Modeling School
"Video Crimes" - Tin Machine
"Warrior" - Swollen Members
"We Want Cunt" – Jeffree Star
"What Turns You on?" – The Cassandra Complex
"The Wheels on the Bug" – Macabre
C–F
Richard Chase
"Blood Sucking Freaks (Richard Chase)" – Church of Misery
"House Sparrow" – Xiu Xiu
"Refuse 2 Lose" - Brotha Lynch Hung
Andrei Chikatilo
"How Are You, Kid?" - Macabre
"Psychopathy Red" – Slayer
"Red Ripper Blues (Andrei Chikatilo)" – Church of Misery
"Ripper von Rostow" – Eisregen
"Rostov Ripper" – Impious
"The Butcher of Rostov" – Blood Tsunami
Adolfo Constanzo
"El Padrino (Adolfo Constanzo)" – Church of Misery
"Sacrifical Shack" – Pain Teens
Dean Corll
"Candyman" – Monte Cazazza
"Candyman (Dean Corll)" – Church of Misery
Jeffrey Dahmer
