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Behind steel and concrete lies a world of extreme danger. Join us as we examine the most notorious and feared inmates from maximum security prisons around the globe! From calculated serial killers to brutal gang leaders who continue to terrorize even from inside prison walls - these are individuals whose names strike fear into fellow inmates and guards alike.
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00:00During the hearing, Raider described the murders, showing little remorse and with no apology.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're examining some of the most dangerous inmates in the world.
00:14I just felt I had no mind, I felt something else was worth controlling, controlling me.
00:22Jason Barnum
00:23Jason Barnum became known as Eyeball, and it's not hard to see why.
00:28Barnum's right eye is tattooed black, and he has an eyeball tattooed on his forehead.
00:33A serial burglar, Barnum was found hiding in a hotel in 2012, and opened fire on two police officers, wounding one.
00:42He was subsequently arrested and sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2015.
00:46His charges included attempted murder, as well as car theft and burglary.
00:52He claimed to have been doing so to fund his addiction to illicit substances.
00:55If nothing else, the eyeball definitely has a distinctive look.
01:01Joseph James D'Angelo
01:03He was like a Hannibal Lecter.
01:05Highly intelligent, highly sadistic, master manipulator.
01:09Most recognized as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James D'Angelo is the perpetrator of an alarming amount of crimes.
01:16In fact, Golden State was the ninth pseudonym awarded to him by the media.
01:21Between 1974 and 1986, D'Angelo murdered 13 people, assaulted over 50 women, and committed around 120 burglaries.
01:30And each new assault led to ever-increasing fear in thousands of family homes.
01:36After 1986, the case went cold, and remained so for some time.
01:41Until genetic genealogy and incriminating DNA evidence led to D'Angelo's 2018 arrest at the age of 72.
01:48Police say the 72-year-old appeared surprised when they swarmed his home Tuesday evening.
01:54No incident? He didn't say it wasn't me or anything like that?
01:59No, really no conversation at all.
02:02He was eventually charged with 13 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of kidnapping, all to which he pled guilty.
02:09D'Angelo was a police officer for a brief period in the 1970s, which is all the more disturbing.
02:16He is currently serving life without parole.
02:19Joanna Dennehy
02:21In 2013, Joanna Dennehy stabbed three men to death in Cambridgeshire, England, and stabbed two more elsewhere who survived.
02:29Joanna Dennehy is a woman that thrives on confrontation.
02:33And the natural follow-on for that is that she actually enjoyed the physical element of the violence that she inflicted on the men and the control she was able to inflict on these men.
02:44The three murder victims were known to Dennehy, while the surviving two were completely random men walking their dogs.
02:50Now, looking at the relationship that Joanna Dennehy had with her accomplices, I think she was able to charm these men.
02:58She was able to kind of lure them in, really, and they would have been flattered by her attentions, you know.
03:04All were premeditated attacks, and Dennehy had allegedly planned to commit nine murders in total.
03:10Again, it's this search for fame, this search for being different.
03:16Passion that she had was to try and become a famous killer.
03:20While in custody, authorities found an escape plan Dennehy had written down,
03:25which involved cutting the finger off a wounded or murdered guard to open biometric scans on doors.
03:31She also made death threats to other prisoners, causing transfers.
03:35She is dangerous and will be for a long period of time.
03:38Charles Cullen
03:39Medical professional serial killers are often referred to as angels of death or mercy.
03:45It's an odd nickname, as they're far from angels.
03:49In 1986, Charles Cullen graduated from nursing school.
03:53He worked at a number of New Jersey and Pennsylvania hospitals in his 16 years as a nurse,
03:58during which he administered lethal doses of various substances into multiple patients.
04:04The medications he used were brutal medications.
04:07Medications, for instance, that are paralytics, that you cannot speak, you cannot breathe,
04:15you cannot fight back, you cannot blink.
04:17He was finally arrested in 2003, and it was determined that he had officially killed 29 patients
04:23and possibly caused hundreds more deaths or complications.
04:28He was sentenced to 18 consecutive life sentences without parole.
04:32One of the reasons he gave for his action was the easing of patients' pain.
04:36But it was determined by one co-worker that not all his victims were terminal.
04:41Did you get the sense at Somerset, for example, that any of your colleagues,
04:46any of the nurses, any of the doctors knew what was going on?
04:50No.
04:50I mean, until, you know, the day I was fired, I mean, nobody gave me any indication that anybody was suspicious.
05:01Robert Maudsley
05:02British serial killer Robert Maudsley was charged with three counts of murder
05:06and one of manslaughter committed between 1974 and 1978.
05:11All four of his victims were alleged or incarcerated offenders themselves.
05:16His first victim was a man who solicited Maudsley.
05:18His second was a fellow patient at the Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital,
05:22and his last two were fellow inmates at Wakefield Prison.
05:26Maudsley claimed the only individuals who should fear him are sex offenders.
05:29In 1983, it was determined that Maudsley could not reside in the general prison population,
05:36and he was transferred to solitary confinement, in which he has been since.
05:41David Berkowitz
05:42This was a terribly, pathetically, lonely young man.
05:48Known as the son of Sam, David Berkowitz's crime spree started in 1975,
05:53when he stabbed two women in the Bronx in New York.
05:56Between then and 1977, Berkowitz killed a total of six people and wounded 11,
06:02during which time he sent ominous letters to the NYPD and a daily news journalist.
06:08He referred to himself as the son of Sam in the first letter.
06:11He's known for terrorizing the New York City area in the late 70s,
06:14as he eluded police despite his multiple attacks before finally being caught in 1977.
06:20They expected a violent psychopath, but Berkowitz was calm and cooperative.
06:26When asked to identify himself, he smiled and said,
06:29I'm Sam.
06:30He pled guilty and was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences.
06:34While he's since become an evangelical Christian, it doesn't undo what he's done.
06:39So you were not happy when you were doing this?
06:42No, no. I just felt like a brainwashed robot.
06:46He could be a colorful guy, but we shouldn't forget that he's a very violent guy.
06:55To see all this chaos and all this destruction and death and come from this one guy, you go, oh my God.
07:04Former drug lord and Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin Guzman had been involved in cartels since the 1970s.
07:11After multiple captures and escapes, he was extradited to the U.S. in 2017 to serve out his sentence,
07:19eventually arriving at a supermax prison in Colorado.
07:22Joaquin El Chapo Guzman led the Sinaloa cartel from a small trafficking outfit
07:27to one of the most profitable crime syndicates in the world.
07:31He was extradited to the United States in 2017 and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
07:36But the Sinaloa cartel still dominates the North American drug market.
07:42Known as El Chapo, Guzman's rap sheet is too long to list here, but it mostly contains drug trafficking,
07:48violence, and the use of hitmen to carry out hundreds of nefarious acts, money laundering,
07:53collusion with corrupt government officials, and so on.
07:56He believed very strongly in the business model, and that business model included corrupting
08:01virtually every corner of the Mexican government.
08:03He escaped in 2001, leading to a 13-year manhunt, only to escape again in 2015 and be recaptured
08:11in 2016.
08:13He was sentenced to life plus 30 years.
08:16It took longer than people thought, but frankly, this is the result that prosecutors and the
08:22FBI and the DEA had said they anticipated all along.
08:26Charles Bronson.
08:27No, not that Charles Bronson.
08:29You know, I wanted to come off Cat 8.
08:32I asked her to go to a hostel because I didn't want to come back to prison.
08:37This one is known for being a violent prisoner more than anything else.
08:41Michael Gordon Peterson was given the stage name of Charles Bronson after the American actor
08:45by a promoter during the criminal's short-lived bare-knuckle boxing career in 1987.
08:51Bronson had been getting into trouble since his adolescence, joining a group of robbers at
08:5513 years old.
08:57He was arrested several times for anything from crashing a stolen truck to burglary to
09:02armed robbery.
09:03As of 1993, Bronson has remained in custody due to his crimes within the prison system.
09:08He was transferred a number of times for violence against fellow inmates and prison guards.
09:13I can still do 95 press-ups in 30 seconds, so I'm still the governor, mate.
09:35Dennis Rader
09:36Dennis Rader is perhaps better known as the BTK killer.
09:40In my mind, there was two people in that body.
09:43One of them was a husband and father, the Boy Scout leader.
09:48The other one was an absolute animal.
09:50In the 17-year period between 1974 and 1991, Rader killed 10 people, consisting of four members
09:57of a family and six women.
09:59Much like the son of Sam, Rader sent letters and poems to the police and media.
10:03BTK began today's letter with a question.
10:07How many do I have to kill before I get a name in the paper or some national attention?
10:11After his final murder in 1991, the BTK case went cold.
10:16It remained so until Dennis Rader resumed communication with media outlets in 2004.
10:22He even sent some packages, some of which contained bound dolls.
10:26One of those boxes contained a floppy disk.
10:29We got into the metadata and it showed that it had been typed on by a computer at a church
10:35in Park City.
10:36The name of the computer was registered to the name of Dennis.
10:39Investigators found the church president was Dennis Rader.
10:43Following these, some clever sleuthing led to his arrest in 2005.
10:48He is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences.
10:51He remains in solitary confinement where he will stay for the rest of his life.
10:57Which of these criminals is most disturbing?
11:00Let us know in the comments.
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