Top 5 Worst Criminal Nicknames: "Sneezing Sex Bandit," "Bubble Wrap Bandit" and More

Time was, police, criminals and the media all got together and came up with some great nicknames for killers, robbers and gangsters. They were evocative and descriptive, catchy and rhythmic. Sometimes elaborate, sometimes simple and elegant. So Joseph Bonanno is "Joey Bananas" and Michael DiLeonardo is "Mikey Scars." Then there's "Pretty Boy" Floyd, "Son of Sam" and "the Zodiac killer." LA Weekly can take credit for the clever and horrifying nickname, "the Grim Sleeper."
But laziness seems to have crept in, and there's a crisis of shoddy nicknames.
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