8. Ripper Crew

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Serial killers typically work alone, but a few manage to find like-minded individuals to indulge in their debauchery with them. The “Ripper Crew” consisted of four men who lived in the Chicago area and were alleged to be a satanic cult. The group was suspected in the disappearances of eighteen women in 1981 and 1982. Their victims were often tortured or mutilated and cannibalism was also said to have occurred. Three members of the group, Edward Spreitzer, Andrew Kokoraleis and Thomas Kokoraleis, confessed to their crimes, while the remaining member, Robin Gecht, maintained his innocence. Their trials resulted in Thomas Kokoraleis being sentenced to life in prison, being spared the death penalty as a reward for his confession. More recently his sentence was commuted, and he is scheduled for release in 2017. Andrew Kokoraleis was sentenced to death and was executed by lethal injection in 1999. Edward Spreitzer was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to life in prison by the governor of Illinois at the time. The fourth, and probably the most depraved of the group, Robin Gecht, was sentenced to 120 years in prison.