The Serial Killer - Part XVIII
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Thug Behram is our next subject. He was the gang leader of the Indian Thuggee cult of assassins, and is said to be the world's most prolific serial killer. According to numerous sources, he was believed to have murdered 931 victims by means of strangulation with a ceremonial cloth between 1790 and 1830, before being hanged in 1840.
One of the weapons of death was a type of cummerbund with a medallion sewn into the center of it. Thug was said to be so proficient with the weapon that he would land the medallion upon the adams apple of his victims, adding pressure to the throat when he strangled them. The Medallion is now being held in a private museum in India.
The English word 'Thug' is in fact borrowed from the word 'Thuggee', although the use of the word today differs from the true reality of the 'Thuggee'. The 'Thuggee' were covert and operated as a member of a group, and the term typically referred to the killing of a large number of people in a single operation. This distinguished the term from simple armed robbery as they would target groups of travellers and kill them in one go, before taking their possessions.
One of the weapons of death was a type of cummerbund with a medallion sewn into the center of it. Thug was said to be so proficient with the weapon that he would land the medallion upon the adams apple of his victims, adding pressure to the throat when he strangled them. The Medallion is now being held in a private museum in India.
The English word 'Thug' is in fact borrowed from the word 'Thuggee', although the use of the word today differs from the true reality of the 'Thuggee'. The 'Thuggee' were covert and operated as a member of a group, and the term typically referred to the killing of a large number of people in a single operation. This distinguished the term from simple armed robbery as they would target groups of travellers and kill them in one go, before taking their possessions.
Again, Thug is perhaps more of a religious killer than a serial one.
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