Earle Nelson (died January 13, 1928) was an American serial killer. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ...

Nelson often studied his worn Bible, using it to disarm his victims, who felt no danger from a man who carried a copy of the "good book" wherever he went. Assured that his victims were off their guard, he would then strangle them and rape their corpses at the first opportunity. The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity (The Bible actually refers to at least two... Asphyxia is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body. ... With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ...

Nelson was barely out of his teens when he tried to rape a woman and was sent to prison in 1918. He escaped and was recaptured twice before he was successful and began his killing spree in 1926. Nelson's victims were mostly landladies from whom he would approach on the premise of renting a room and would quickly attack them, often leaving their corpses under the nearest bed. By using false names and moving on quickly after he committed tge murders, Nelson easily avoided capture during his year-and-a-half long murder spree. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A landlord, or landlady, is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. ...

Nelson claimed victims in several West Coast cities, throughout the upper Midwest, and finally in Canada, where he was captured in June of 1927 after two killings in Winnipeg. By that time he had murdered at least twenty women, and one eight-month-old baby, and was a very highly sought criminal. The killer necrophiliac was put to trial and found guilty of the Winnipeg slaying of Emily Patterson, found by her husband strangled underneath her own bed; her husband had knelt by the bed to pray for his wife's safe return after finding her missing on the afternoon of June 9. Patterson had been Nelson's fifth victim in just ten days. In general, the term West Coast is a nickname for the coastal states of the Western United States, comprising California, Oregon and Washington, and sometimes Alaska and Hawaii (see Pacific States). ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canadas Location. ...

Nelson was hanged on January 13, 1928. To hang (out) means to socialize with one or more people, usually close friends. ...

References

• Crime Library Earle Leonard Nelson: The Dark Strangler By Mark Gribben