Editing Danny Rolling (section)

{{short description|American serial killer (1954–2006)}}
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{{Infobox criminal
| name              = Danny Rolling
| image             = Danny Rolling.jpg
| caption           = Rolling in 1991
| birth_name        = Danny Harold Rolling
| alias             = The Gainesville Ripper<br>Michael Kennedy Jr.
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1954|5|26}}
| birth_place       = [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2006|10|25|1954|5|26}}
| death_place       = [[Florida State Prison]], U.S.
| victims           = 8
| country           = United States
| states            = [[Louisiana]] and [[Florida]]
| beginyear         = 1989
| endyear           = 1990
| apprehended       = September 7, 1990
| motive            = [[Hedonism]], [[childhood abuse]]
| penalty           = [[Capital punishment in Florida|Death]] by [[Execution by lethal injection|lethal injection]]
| conviction        = [[Murder in Florida|First degree murder]] (5 counts)
}}

'''Danny Harold Rolling''' (May 26, 1954 – October 25, 2006), known as '''the Gainesville Ripper''', was an American [[serial killer]] who murdered five college students in [[Gainesville, Florida]] over four days in August 1990.

He later confessed to raping several of his victims, committing a triple [[homicide]] in his home city of [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], and attempting to murder his father in May 1990. In total, Rolling confessed to killing eight people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15446336|title=Rolling's confession to Shreveport murders|work=[[NBC News]]|date=October 27, 2006|access-date=August 7, 2016}}</ref> He was sentenced to death for the five Gainesville murders in 1994. He was executed by [[lethal injection]] in 2006.

His killing spree inspired the [[slasher film]] franchise ''[[Scream (franchise)|Scream]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Meredith G. |title=New documentary details how Louisiana serial killer inspired the original 'Scream' movie |url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/2022/01/12/scream-movie-documentary-danny-rolling-serial-killer-gainesville-ripper-hometown-shreveport/9126171002/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Shreveport Times |language=en-US}}</ref>