Active for 2 years
(1926-1927) in United States

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13. 20 Books Written About Earle Leonard Nelson
14. 9 External References
15. Internal References

Earle Leonard Nelson (born Earle Leonard Ferral) an American serial killer rapist and necrophile known as the Gorilla Killer and the Dark Strangler and at least once used the alias Virgil Wilson. He targeted and strangled landladies throughout the West Coast during 1926. Nelson often carried a bible to gain trust with his victims. Nelson's defense at his six-day trial was insanity. Records were presented to show that Nelson had been confined in an insane asylum in Napa, California, during various periods between 1921 and 1925. In 1928, Earle Leonard Nelson was executed by hanging at the Vaughan Street Jail in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Profile Completeness: 99%

Books that Mention Earle Leonard Nelson

Kevin Smith

Serial Killer Stranglers

Kevin Smith

Serial Killer Rapists

Peter Vronsky

Serial Killers

Harold Schechter

Bestial

Robert K. Ressler

I Have Lived in the Monster

Michael Newton

The Dark Strangler

Lee Mellor

Cold North Killers

Robert Graysmith

The Laughing Gorilla

20 Books that mention Serial Killer
Earle Leonard Nelson

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
1733630600	Serial Killer Stranglers	Kevin Smith	164 Total Including Juana Barraza	164
1733630619	Serial Killer Rapists	Kevin Smith	266 Total Including Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour	266
0425196402	Serial Killers	Peter Vronsky	24 Total Including Yang Xinhai	24
1439117306	Bestial	Harold Schechter	Earle Leonard Nelson	1
0312964293	I Have Lived in the Monst...	Robert K. Ressler	Earle Leonard Nelson	2
1518660312	The Dark Strangler	Michael Newton	Earle Leonard Nelson	1
1459701240	Cold North Killers	Lee Mellor	12 Total Including Robert Pickton	12
1101145188	The Laughing Gorilla	Robert Graysmith	Earle Leonard Nelson	1
080652555x	The Evil 100	Martin Gilman Wolcot...	18 Total Including Andrei Chikatilo	18
1614238960	Murder & Mayhem in Portla...	JD Chandler	Earle Leonard Nelson	1
190779591x	Extreme Evil	3 Total Including Phil Clarke	6 Total Including Karl Denke	6
0766072908	Historical Serial Killers	Don Rauf	Earle Leonard Nelson	1
0275990648	Serial Murder and Media C...	Dirk Cameron Gibson	8 Total Including Gary Ridgway	8
1461747694	Terrorism in the 20th Cen...	Jay Robert Nash	Earle Leonard Nelson	2
1590775201	The Dark Fountain	Jay Robert Nash	Earle Leonard Nelson	1
0786420758	Murders in the United Sta...	R. Barri Flowers	32 Total Including Juan Vallejo Corona	32
1461747716	Jay Robert Nash's Crime C...	Jay Robert Nash	Earle Leonard Nelson	2
0993823246	Serial Killer Quarterly V...	6 Total Including Lee Mellor	3 Total Including Robert Lee Yates	3
1499084943	Random Acts of Malice	George R. Hopkins	Earle Leonard Nelson	1
1578592275	American Murder	Mike Mayo	4 Total Including Joseph Taborsky	4

Earle Leonard Nelson (née Ferral; May 12, 1897 – January 13, 1928), also known in the media as the "Gorilla Man," the "Gorilla Killer," and the "Dark Strangler," was an American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile. He was the first known American serial sex murderer of the twentieth century.

External References

1. Earle Nelson on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 15, 2018.
2. Juan Ignacio Blanco, Earle Leonard NELSON on murderpedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 15, 2018.
3. Michael Mosbach, Shae Conrad, Earle Leonard Nelson on maamodt.asp.radford.edu, Retrieved on Sep 15, 2018.
4. Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 24 June 1927 (Page 23) on chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, Retrieved on Sep 23, 2018.
5. Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 17 June 1927 (Page 12) on chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, Retrieved on Sep 23, 2018.
6. Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 22 June 1927 (Page 3) on chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, Retrieved on Sep 23, 2018.
7. Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 13 Jan. 1928 (Page 12) on chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, Retrieved on Sep 23, 2018.
8. Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 18 June 1927 (Page 16) on chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, Retrieved on Sep 23, 2018.
9. Q604235 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Oct 9, 2018.

Internal References

Earle Leonard Nelson is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #1 of 30[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers with birthdays in May
2. #7 of 60[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killer Necrophiliacs sorted by Confirmed Victims
3. #13 of 185[ Page 1 ] of Taurus Serial Killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
4. #15 of 327[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers active in the United States
5. #18 of 651[ Page 2 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness
6. #21 of 250[ Page 2 ] of Serial Killer Stranglers sorted by Confirmed Victims
7. #25 of 307[ Page 2 ] of Serial Killer Rapist sorted by Confirmed Victims
8. #48 of 651[ Page 4 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
9. #427 of 651[ Page 29 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
10. #528 of 651[ Page 36 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active

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Serial Killers Statistics, charts Earle Leonard Nelson is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Serial Killers By Gender, Age of Serial Killer by Date, Killers By Astrological Sign, Killers By Birth Month, Serial Killers IQ Level, Highest Degree Achieved, Sexual Preference, Birth Category, Mannor of Death, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

Years Active:

• 1926
• 1927