anatomicdeadspace:

Thomas Quick, also known as Sture Bergwall, was a swedish child molester and alleged serial killer who confessed to at least 30 murders, and was convicted of 8 of them. He made these confessions while he was hospitalised following an arrest for robbery, having been found criminally insane. The interesting thing about Quick’s 8 convictions (one of which was eventually overturned) is that they rest entirely on his confessions, as there is no forensic evidence linking Quick to any of them. In some cases the description provided for Quick was enough to ensure guilty for the police, as he disclosed information that had not been available to the public. There are many critics of Quick’s convictions who claim he is a compulsive liar, some of these critics including families of those Quick has allegedly murdered.