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Q: Weird Statistic: Most common middle name of serial killers. ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Weird Statistic: Most common middle name of serial killers.
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: jw57-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 12 Feb 2006 19:54 PST
Expires: 14 Mar 2006 19:54 PST
Question ID: 445052
Recently I heard a radio commentator cite a source which states that
the most common name among serial killers/death row inmates is
"Wayne". He also went on to list approximately 25 names of said
individuals. I would like to retrieve that source and list. Thank you.
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Subject: Re: Weird Statistic: Most common middle name of serial killers.
Answered By: pinkfreud-ga on 12 Feb 2006 20:16 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
I believe the radio commentator's source was Chuck Shepherd's "News of
the Weird," a weekly syndicated newspaper column. Chuck Shepherd, with
the help of submissions from readers, has for ten years been compiling
a list of killers who have the middle name "Wayne." I must say that
the size of this list boggles my not-easily-boggled mind.

The list itself is copyrighted, so I cannot post it here, but you'll
find it on the News of the Weird website:

News of the Weird: The Classic Middle Name 
http://newsoftheweird.com/wayne.html

I'm a fan of News of the Weird, so my Google search strategy involved
a site search on the NOTW website for the word "Wayne." As luck would
have it, the first hit turned out to be a page which contained the
infamous list.

Google Web Search: site:newsoftheweird.com wayne
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Anewsoftheweird.com+wayne

I hope this is precisely what you're looking for. If it is not, please
request clarification; I'll be glad to offer further assistance before
you rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud
jw57-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Great! Exactly what I was looking for.

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Subject: Re: Weird Statistic: Most common middle name of serial killers.
From: secret901-ga on 13 Feb 2006 10:03 PST
 
Chuck Shepherd's claim notwithstanding, one can not copyright an
alphabetical list of facts in the United States, as established in the
Supreme Court case Feist v. Rural
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_v._Rural).

secret901-ga

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