Saeed Hanaei
Encyclopedia
Saeed Hanaei or Said Hanai (سعید حنایی, died April 8, 2002) was an Iran
ian serial killer
.
in the eastern city of Mashhad
. He often targeted drug addicts, because he felt that he was helping rid the city of moral corruption.
The killings were referred to as the "spider killings" by the Iranian press because Hanaei lured the women to his home and strangled them and dumped their bodies. Hanaei killed 16 women before he was apprehended by the police.
Shock rock
er Alice Cooper
's 2008 album, Along Came A Spider, is a concept album
, following Hanaei's crimes.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
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Crimes
Hanaei targeted female prostitutesProstitution
Prostitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of...
in the eastern city of Mashhad
Mashhad
Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its...
. He often targeted drug addicts, because he felt that he was helping rid the city of moral corruption.
The killings were referred to as the "spider killings" by the Iranian press because Hanaei lured the women to his home and strangled them and dumped their bodies. Hanaei killed 16 women before he was apprehended by the police.
In popular culture
The incident was the subject of the 2002 documentary And Along Came a Spider.Shock rock
Shock rock
Shock rock is an umbrella term for artists who combine rock music with elements of theatrical shock value in live performances.-History:Screamin' Jay Hawkins was arguably the first shock rocker...
er Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
's 2008 album, Along Came A Spider, is a concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
, following Hanaei's crimes.