Friends Middle Name Wayne?

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The Classic Middle Name

 

It only occurred to me in the early 1990s that "Wayne" was a popular middle name among a few of the most heinous murderers of our time, e.g., the clown John Wayne Gacy (who killed almost three dozen boys and young men in the late 1970s and buried most of them beneath the floorboards of his Des Plaines, Ill., home) and Elmer Wayne Henley (sentenced to six consecutive life terms in 1974 in Houston for his role, with ringleader Dean Allen Corll, in the murders of 27 young men). I began to publish periodic lists in 1996, and soon readers made sure I never missed a one that made the news.

 

This is a mighty impressive (so to speak) group, and below is an alpha listing.

 

But first, several disclaimers: (1) I have been too unmotivated to completely update the list. Most notably, there should be more names on the list (i.e., some have been withheld because they were mere "suspects," but many of those were subsequently arrested, not to mention convicted), and there should be more, well, dead people on the list, if you get my drift. (I have only designated the executions that I know about.) Any help on those matters would be appreciated. (2) My list is only of murderers (or those charged with murder) with the middle name of Wayne. Manslaughter is not enough. Other violent crimes are not enough. It's only of middle-name Waynes who have been in the news; I have not pored over penitentiary rosters to get the old- timer Waynes. (3) Before anyone asks me, I will answer: No, I have no idea whether the number of middle- named Wayne murderers is statistically significant. I suspect that aggressive-personality fathers during the 1950s and 1960s did in fact hopefully and disproportionately name their boys after that era's icon of ruggedness, John Wayne. Beyond that, I dare not venture.

 

Herewith is the list, as of News of the Weird 883, January 9, 2005 (* deceased):

[This list of names is (as with everything else on NewsoftheWeird.com) copyrighted by Chuck Shepherd, with All Rights Reserved]

 

Timothy Wayne Adams (Texas)

Shannon Wayne Agofsky (Texas)

Thomas Wayne Akers (North Carolina)

Stephen Wayne Anderson (California)*

Joshua Wayne Andrews (Virginia)

David Wayne Arisman (California)

Timothy Wayne Barnett (Alabama)

Gerald Wayne Bivins (Indiana)

Scott Wayne Blystone (Pennsylvania)

Elvis Wayne Botley (California)

Steven Wayne Bowman (South Carolina)

Ricky Wayne Brown (Florida)

Michael Wayne Brown (Oklahoma)

Dennis Wayne Bryant (Virginia)

Edward Wayne Bryant (Oklahoma)

Estell Wayne Buck (Ohio)

Bradley Wayne Cagle (Texas)

Seth Wayne Campbell (Texas)

Darren Wayne Campbell (Oregon)

Mark Wayne Campmire (Connecticut)

Michael Wayne Carter (Indiana)

Rodger Wayne Chastain (California)*

Ronald Wayne Clark, Jr. (Florida)

Douglas Wayne Clark (Texas)

Darryl Wayne Claughton (Alberta)

Kevin Wayne Coffey (Texas)

Michael Wayne Cole (North Carolina)

Joseph Wayne Cook (North Carolina)

Billy Wayne Cope (South Carolina)

Alvin Wayne Crane (Texas)*

David Wayne Crews (Tennessee)

Donald Wayne Darling II (Alabama)

Christopher Wayne Davis (Louisiana)

Gary Wayne Davis (Kentucky)

Jerry Wayne Dean (Kentucky)

Aryan Wayne Duntley (California)

John Wayne Duvall (Oklahoma)*

Dennis Wayne Eaton (Virginia)*

Dale Wayne Eaton (Colorado)

Michael Wayne Eggers (Alabama)

Gary Wayne Etheridge (Texas)

Michael Wayne Farmer (Maryland)

Ellis Wayne Felker (Georgia)*

Matthew Wayne Ferman (Ohio)

Michael Wayne Fisher (Pennsylvania)

Terry Wayne Freeman (Illinois)

Percy Wayne Froman (Alabama)

Ronald Wayne Frye (North Carolina)*

Morris Wayne Givens (Alabama)

Richard Wayne Godwin (Oregon)

Arthur Wayne Goodman, Jr. (Texas)

Richard Wayne Gorrie (New Zealand)

Jeffrey Wayne Gorton (Michigan)

Keith Wayne Graham (California)

Coleman Wayne Gray (Virginia)*

Charles Wayne Green (Arkansas)

Christopher Wayne Gregory (Texas)

Kenneth Wayne Gregory (Florida)

Ralph Wayne Grimes (Kentucky)

Anthony Wayne Grimm (Illinois)

Randall Wayne Hafdahl (Texas)*

Conan Wayne Hale (Oregon)

Kenneth Wayne Hall Sr. (South Carolina)

Michael Wayne Hall (Texas)

Steven Wayne Hall (Alabama)

Jerald Wayne Harjo (Oklahoma)*

Robert Wayne Harris (Texas)

Jerald Wayne Harvel II (Oklahoma)

Mark Wayne Hauseur (California)

Carl Wayne Heath (Maine)

Brandon Wayne Hedrick (Virginia)

Michael Wayne Henry (Texas)

Rodney Wayne Henry (Kansas)

Donald Wayne Holt (Maryland)

Bryant Wayne Howard (Oregon)

Kenneth Wayne Jackson (Texas)

Allen Wayne Jenecka (Texas)*

Mark Wayne Jennings (Virginia)

Robert Wayne Jiles (New York)

Jason Wayne Johnson (Texas)

Terry Wayne Johnson (Florida)

Timothy Wayne Johnson (North Carolina)

Mark Wayne Jones (Ohio)

Bruce Wayne Koenig (Maryland)

Derrick Wayne Kualapai, Sr. (California)

Dudley Wayne Kyzer (Alabama)

Monty Wayne Lamb (Texas)

Robert Wayne Lambert (Oklahoma)

Jonathan Wayne Larrabee (South Dakota)

Jeffrey Wayne Leaf (Oklahoma)

Christopher Wayne Lippard (North Carolina)

Kenny Wayne Lockwood (Texas)*

Mark Wayne Lomax (Texas)

Shelly Wayne Martin (Maryland)

Donald Wayne Martin (Texas)*

Steven Wayne McBride (Minnesota)

George Wayne McBroom (Arizona)

David Wayne McCall (Texas)

Rocky Wayne McGowan (Kentucky)

Robert Wayne McMillion (Florida)

Jason Wayne McVean (Colorado)

David Wayne Mears (Michigan)

Wesley Wayne Miller (Texas)

Jimmy Wayne Miller (Texas)

John Wayne Moore, Jr. (Missouri)

John Wayne Moses (North Carolina)

Jack Wayne Napier (Kentucky)

Danny Wayne Owens (Alabama)

Bryan Wayne Padd (Arizona)

David Wayne Pallister (England)

Jeffrey Wayne Paschall (Utah)

Michael Wayne Perry (Tennessee)

Jason Wayne Petershagen (Texas)

Curtis Wayne Pope (Texas)

Donald Wayne Rainey (Mexico)

Randy Wayne Richards (Canada)

Barry Wayne Riley (British Columbia)

Robert Wayne Rotramel (Oklahoma)

David Wayne Satterfield (Texas)

Christopher Wayne Scarber (Kentucky)

Michael Wayne Sears (Virginia)

Kenith Wayne Sherrill (Washington)

Dallas Wayne Shults (Tennessee)

Mark Wayne Silvers (South Carolina)

David Wayne Smith (Virginia)

Daryl Wayne Smith (West Virginia)

Richard Wayne Smith (Texas)*

Richard Wayne Snell (Arkansas)*

Richard Wayne Spicknall (Alabama)

Randall Wayne Stevens (Illinois)

John Wayne Stockdall (Missouri)

Michael Wayne Summers (Missouri)

Gary Wayne Sutton (Tennessee)

Bobby Wayne Swisher (Virginia)*

Michael Wayne Thompson (Indiana)

Andrew Wayne Toler (Texas)

Robert Wayne Vickers (Arizona)*

Billy Wayne Waldrop (Alabama)*

Anthony Wayne Walker (Ohio)

Jerry Wayne Walker (Kentucky)

Jessie Wayne Walker (North Carolina)

Chadwick Wayne Wallace (Illinois)

Daniel Wayne Warfield (Virginia)

John Wayne Warrener (Colorado)

Alexander Wayne Watson Jr. (Maryland)

Louis Wayne Watters, Jr. (Texas)

Coy Wayne Wesbrook (Texas)

Larry Wayne White (Texas)*

Michael Wayne Williams (Virginia)

Richard Wayne Willoughby (Maryland)

Kenneth Wayne Woodfin (Virginia)

Bobby Wayne Woods (Texas)

Darrell Wayne Wright (Texas)

Jerry Wayne Wright (Tennessee)

William Wayne Wright (Texas)

[Copyright, Chuck Shepherd. All Rights Reserved.]

 

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