Most Killer Songs: No. 20

As long as there have been songs, there have been songs about people dispatching other people to meet their Maker. Why, some genres have all but cornered the market on it: Country music has its grisly murder ballads, and hip-hop's body count rivals some wars. Then there's death metal -- a musical subset so thoroughly obsessed with the slaying of human beings that it had to be disqualified from our countdown of the 20 Most Killer Songs for fear it would entirely consume the list.

'Stan,' Eminem (2002)

The Victims: Superfan Stan and his pregnant girlfriend
The Weapons: A thousand pills, washed down with an alcohol chaser
The Gory Details: When his adoration turns into obsession, Stan manages to kill three people -- including his not-so-smart self. In the prelude to their deaths, Stan's final fan letter becomes a suicide note -- one that was ultimately never sent, as his car plummets into the water while he's writing it. Good thinking.
Listen to 'Stan'

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