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I know it's the "easy" pick, but I'll throw my vote in there for Charlie Manson. When you look at villains, one thing to look at is their motives. Manson's motive for the whole helter skelter craziness was to rule the farking world. He was like every movie villain in that sense which made his story even more unbelievable.
Basically he wanted his killings to appear like they were done by Black Panthers, thus igniting a race war that in his opinion black people would win because they had been repressed for so long. However, he thought they were too dumb to lead themselves so he would come out of hiding and be their leader. Now he has obvious gaping holes in his theory as there are more than just whites and blacks in the world, but you have to give him an A+ for ambition and scope.
Also, he hopelessly brainwashed his people into little more than robots to do his bidding. Koresh and other cult leaders, except maybe Jim Jones, didn't get anywhere near his level of brainwashing. And one of his minions had a presidiential assassination attempt, so at least they were shooting for the stars.
And he gave us the great "pile bodies to the sky" quote. Well done, you crazy fugger.
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