Voting Station

Russell Henderson

Please vote to return to collections.

Murderer

The Resume

    (1976- )
    Born in Wyoming
    Killed Matthew Shepard (October 1998)

Why he might be annoying:

    He and Aaron McKinney picked up Matthew Shepard, offered him a ride home from a bar, and killed him to ‘teach him a lesson not to hit on straight guys.’
    He and his co-defendant Aaron McKinney later blamed their actions on being under the influence of drugs.
    He attempted to use 'the gay panic defense,' which suggested that he and McKinney went temporarily insane after sexual advances were made by Shepard.
    He made his girlfriend provide him with an alibi.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His actions helped bring awareness to anti-gay violence.
    He is serving life in prison.

Credit: Jack Magic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 98 Votes: 54.08% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 31.82% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 110 Votes: 80.91% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 57 Votes: 77.19% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 68 Votes: 69.12% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 152 Votes: 71.71% Annoying