What is William MacDonald (serial killer)?
'''William Gleydson MacDonald''' (born '''Allan Ginsberg'''; 17 June 1924 &ndash; 12 May 2015), also known as '''The Mutilator''', was an [[Australia]]n [[serial killer]]. He murdered five men, four in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], and one in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], between 1961 and 1962. After his murders, he lived in [[New Zealand]] for a short time. After moving back to Australia, he ran off to [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] where he was arrested. MacDonald was born in [[Liverpool]], [[England]]. In 1943, during [[World War II]], he was in the [[British Army|army]] and apparently [[rape]]d by one of his [[corporal]]s. He moved from England to [[Canada]] in 1949 and then to Australia in 1955. MacDonald died from [[natural causes]] on 12 May 2015 at a hospital in [[Randwick, New South Wales]], aged 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-13/the-mutilator-sydney-serial-killer-william-macdonald-dies/6467626|title=The Mutilator: Sydney serial killer William Macdonald dies as NSW's oldest, longest-serving prisoner|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=13 May 2015|accessdate=13 May 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:MacDonald, William}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Australian LGBT people]] [[Category:Australian murderers]] [[Category:Serial killers]] [[Category:People convicted of murder]] [[Category:People from Liverpool]] [[Category:People from Sydney]] [[Category:People with schizophrenia]] {{Bio-stub}}