- Actors who have portrayed him include: Billy Zane, C. Thomas Howell, Clifton Collins Jr., and Jeff Marchelletta.
- Tried to fool authorities into believing he suffered from a split personality. He claimed that an evil alter ego named "Steve had" participated in the murders. He was hypnotized by a forensic psychiatrist and his "alter ego" defense was determined to be a ruse.
- He and Angelo Buono Jr. dressed as policemen to ensure women would talk to them, if not actually approach them for help.
- Son Sean born February 1978. Mother was Bianchi's long-time girlfriend, Kelli Boyd.
- Has a measured IQ of 116, signifying above-average intelligence.
- At age five he was diagnosed with petit mal seizures.
- For a while he started taking classes to become a police officer but dropped out before finishing. He then applied for a job with a sheriff's department but was turned down.
- The name of his wife from 1971-72 is largely kept confidential. In a preface to his book "The Hillside Strangler: A Murderer's Mind", Ted Schwarz writes that while it is a true story, some of the names in the book were changed to protect the innocent. The author uses only the name "Laura" for the name of the wife, which may be a pseudonym. She was a woman he met in Rochester, NY, and presumably she stayed there after Bianchi moved to Los Angeles.
- Is serving his life sentence at Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WA.
- Cousin (by adoption) of Angelo Buono Jr., his partner in the murder team known as The Hillside Stranglers.
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