
We’ve seen plenty of movies, books and documentaries on serial killers, but not so many on those who are so efficient and deadly, that they can murder dozens of people in a single day. Murder sprees seem to have become more prominent over time – notably the tragedy in Norway which is as recent as July 2011. This evil act will no doubt happen again thousands of times in the future. What I have presented in this list is no more than the proverbial tip of the iceberg.
10 George Hennard
23 dead, 20 injured

On October 16th 1991, George Hennard, of Bell County Texas, drove his pick-up truck through the window of a Luby’s Cafeteria. The carnage that followed later became known as the Luby’s Massacre. Hennard crawled out of the vehicle and screamed at the top of his voice: “This is what Bell County has done to me!” before shooting the man closest to him who had come to assist with the crash. He then ordered everyone not to move before systematically targeting and stalking women (whom he was bitterly prejudice against) and shooting them at point blank range with his Glock pistol.
Throughout the massacre the patrons of the cafeteria could do no more than hide underneath tables. Nobody dared to make a dash for the door, even when Hennard stopped to reload. One man made an attempt to tackle Hennard so his family could escape, but Hennard simply gunned him down and carried on. The rampage lasted for 10 minutes before police arrived and the situation turned into a stand-off. Hennard was cornered in the restroom area and shot four times by police before he turned the pistol on himself and put an end to the madness. Hennard’s motivation for the massacre was apparently his hatred for women in general, whom he was constantly being rejected by.
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