Top 10 Worst Fathers of All Time

Background History of Father's Day

On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event explicitly in honor of fathers, a Sunday sermon in memory of the 361 men who had died in the previous December’s explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday. Grace Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her father when, on December 1907, the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested her pastor Robert Thomas Webb to honor all those fathers.

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I read a few of the “Top 10 Worst Dads of all Time” lists, and most of them focused on the worst historical fathers, or celebrity fathers, but not the worst fathers, period. Just reading a few posts on http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com shows me that common peasant fathers do more heinous crimes than many of the so-called “worst fathers of all time” commit.

Here's an except from a June 11, 2015 post:

“The boy’s father, Kirk Berry, 27, of 512 state Route 32A in Palenville, was caring for the child at their home on June 5 when he “became angry” and caused the life-threatening injuries, Drake said. Berry was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony assault. The child’s injuries were the result of “blunt force trauma to the brain, caused by being struck,” Drake said, adding police had not determined a motive for the assault.” But I'm upset over this article because they withheld the name of the child... now the child remains nameless. To speak the name of the dead is, to the Earth, to give it life again. Kirk Berry's child eventually dies.

I also had to weigh out whether being a deadbeat father or a murderous father was worse. It seems to me, that giving life is better than the taking of life, even if after giving life, they took off. I also had to weigh out whether rape or murder was worse. Murder is worse because one who is raped can go on. One who is murdered can not.

I also just stopped reading Dastardly Dads blog because there were just too many horror stories about really shitty fathers. So there's no doubt in my mind there's worse stories than what's listed on this Top 10 list.

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1- Genociders. Not only do these genociders give us bad examples of what a father should be, they also murdered lots of fathers, mothers, and children. George W. Bush; Columbus; Mao Zedong; Genghis Khan, Cortez; Pizzaro; De Soto; Hitler; Stalin; etc., etc., etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides_by_death_toll http://listverse.com/2013/05/03/10-atrocious-genocides-in-human-history/ http://www.rantpolitical.com/2014/12/06/15-worst-genocides-in-history/ http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-horrific-genocides-in-history.php

2- Josef Fritzl. Fritzl is currently serving life prison sentence for keeping his daughter Elisabeth in a cellar beneath the family home in Austria for 24 years. He repeatedly raped her and forced to bear seven of his children, three of whom she raised in the dungeon while three were taken upstairs to live “normal” lives. Elisabeth's plight was only uncovered in 2008 after she slipped a note in her daughter's pocket when the girl went for treatment at a local hospital.

3- Josh Powell: Powell blew up his Washington state home in 2012 with himself and his two young sons inside. Powell had been a "person of interest" in his wife Susan’s 2009 disappearance.

4- 1,000 men beat and stoned 17 year old to death for marrying the wrong Muslim man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=32&v=JiLbWG9bUJ4 All of these men are bad fathers.

5- Nashawn Campbell. 2009. Phoenix. Nashawn Campbell, 39, slit his little boy's throat, and then tried to kill himself in June 2009. http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/10/custodial-dad-accused-of-murdering-5.html

6- 2010. Joseph Ulloa, a Porterville father, is behind bars, accused of killing his 3-month-old son. The infant was taken to Children's Hospital of Central California back on September 23rd, after he was found at his home to be not breathing. Doctors determined the child had head injuries consistent with abuse. The boy was kept on life support until October 14th, when he succumbed to his injuries. An autopsy later showed the infant had suffered injuries which were non-accidental. On Tuesday, the child's father, Joseph Ulloa, was arrested for the his death. He has been booked into the Tulare County Jail, and is being held on $ 1 million bail. http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/10/dad-accused-of-killing-3-month-old-son.html

7- Michael Woolf. 2010. MOBILE, Alabama -- An employee of a biomedical center in Mobile testified this morning that Michael Woolf arrived at the office upset and confused over paternity test results he'd received 3 weeks earlier. "He was kind of nervous, confused, and I was shocked he had pulled up," said Jacqueline Dukes, the office manager. "I couldn't figure out why he would be back." It was March 3, 2008, the day before Woolf shot to death his wife Angel Woolf and 2-year-old son Ayden, prosecutors say. Michael Woolf took the paternity test in February 2008 after learning that his wife possibly had an affair, but the results showed—with more than 99 percent certainty—that Woolf was the boy's father with more than 99 percent certainty, according to testimony. http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/10/dad-on-trial-for-killing-mom-2-year-old.html

8- Faleh Hassan Al-Maleki. As renowned New Times staff writer Paul Rubin documented in 2010, Iraqi expat Al-Maleki staged a tragic “honor killing” of his 20-year-old daughter Noor by running her over with his Jeep Cherokee outside of a Glendale DES office because she had become too westernized by American culture. He was apprehended while attempting to enter Britain after fleeing to Mexico and flying to London and received 34 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated assault.

9- Bing Crosby. Born in Tacoma, the crooner was among the first true multimedia stars in America. But his true calling was mental and physical cruelty, as son Gary revealed in his tell-all memoir “Going My Way.” Gary was the lone surviving son—Lindsay and Dennis, scarred by the old man, both shot themselves in the head.

10- Marvin Gay Sr. Marvin Gay Jr. always had a difficult relationship with his father, and he was thrown out of the house on several occasions. Alberta Gay, Marvin Jr’s mother, said, “My husband never wanted Marvin, and he never liked him. He used to say that he didn’t think he was really his child. I told him that was nonsense. He knew Marvin was his. But for some reason he didn’t love Marvin and, what worse, he didn’t want me to love Marvin either. Marvin wasn’t very old before he understood that.” As he rose in fame and wealth Marvin Jr. added an ‘e’ to his last name to distance himself from his father. They were estranged for many years, but eventually Gaye tried to reconcile with his father, presenting gifts. In one last argument things got out of hand and Marvin Sr. shot Marvin Jr. twice, killing him. Marvin Gaye Sr.: It's all about making the effort. Marvin Jr. made the effort, reaching out to his dad by presenting him with a $1 million check (dad rebuffed him, implying singing pop music meant he'd lost his soul) and by dedicating songs to him (no reply). The only effort pops made was shooting Marvin Jr. to death, robbing him of life and robbing us all of years of makeout music. Marvin Gaye Sr. -- A day before his 45th birthday in 1984, soul music legend Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father, Martin Gaye Sr., after intervening in an argument between his parents. Marvin Gaye Sr. said he shot his son because he feared for his life after his son struck him during the argument. He ultimately pleaded no contest to a voluntary manslaughter charge and received a six-year suspended sentence and five years probation.

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Honorable Mentions:

GOD. I had a pretty terrible father growing up. He was a violent drunk who treated my mom badly and made me feel miserable. I hated him. Some people have worse fathers. But none of them can hold a candle the “Heavenly Father” in the Bible. That is the father who put his children in a garden, and set them up to fail. Then, he punished them for falling into his trap, cursing them with death and hard work. After a time they turned away from their cruel father, so he drowned them all—except for one family. Then, in his great kindness, he promised to never do such a thing again. What a guy. Later the holocaust survivors banded together and built a skyscraper. This made God furious, so he confused their language so they couldn’t talk to one another and conspire together to make tall buildings. Eventually God decided to create a “chosen people,” and when they didn’t live up to his expectations, he let them be enslaved by the Egyptians. After a long period of pain and suffering, he decided to listen to the cries of his people. He chose a leader, Moses, to get them out of slavery. Moses succeeded, but the people rebelled, so God made them wander around in a desert for 40 years, until everyone of that generation died, including Moses (because Moses struck a rock with a rod instead of just speaking to it). He told his people to capture the towns of other nations, to kill them all and their animals, but keep the virgins for themselves to rape. He would command them to make slaves of other nations. He even let them sell their own daughters into sexual slavery. He made an entire book full of laws of things they were not allowed to do. They couldn’t touch menstruating women, they couldn’t eat shrimp or pigs, they couldn’t mix fibers for garments, they couldn’t kill their slaves — only beat them until they’re almost dead, and thousands of other things. It was an impossible list to follow, and he knew it. He was just making a point that they were worthless scum and couldn’t match his wonderfulness. Later he decided it was time to shake things up, so he impregnated a young women named Mary. He did this so he could have a demigod son that he could kill horribly, in order that a small group of people called RealChristians™ could escape hell, a place he created to torture those damned rebellious angels he screwed up on. The people, as planned, rejected his demigod son and killed him. The Heavenly Father watched with excitement and forsook his son as he died, but to make it up he raised him from the dead a few days later. And now he’s chilling in heaven with Jesus, until he decides it’s time for Jesus to come back. That’s when he’ll send plagues and famine to kill most of the earth’s inhabitants, and then Jesus will come down “with a sword coming out of his mouth” to “strike down the nations” and fill the earth with blood “up to a horses bridle.” In the meantime, he only appears to crazy people, yet demands everyone believe in him. He doesn’t protect the orphans and widows that he commanded his followers to care for. He watches as innocent people are starved, raped and murdered. He sits back as his followers starts wars, molest children, and kill “witches” in the name of Jesus. If that’s not the worst, most abusive father ever imagined, I don’t know who is. Thankfully, it’s very unlikely he actually exists. And that’s what I’m thankful for on this Father’s Day. Bible grab bag: Lot, Jephthah, Noah. There is plenty of bad fathering described in the bible (including perhaps by God himself), and although I believe the bible is best understood as fiction the importance of the book earns these fathers an entry. Between Lot’s incest with his daughters (and allowance of their raping), Jephthah killing his daughter, Caleb trading his daughter to whomever could conquer a city (it turned out to be Caleb’s brother), Noah cursing his grandson Canaan to a lifetime of slavery for his father seeing Noah naked, and on it goes. Lot: This biblical figure was the original bad dad, and doubled up George Washington by being the grandfather of TWO nations. After Lot drunkenly slept with each of his daughters, their offspring became the patriarchs of Moab and Ammon. This is the earliest and creepiest example of "two chicks at the same time."

Herod the Great -- An ambitious but cruel and paranoid king of Judea, he infamously ordered the executions of several family members, including his second wife and three of his sons.

Christopher Martinez. PALMDALE, Calif. Martinez was arrested on suspicion of raping his 11-year-old daughter.

Kit Culkin.

Bruce McMahan: Dating has certain rules. Many, like "don't date someone less than half your age plus 7 years," are flexible. The rule "don't marry your daughter, and for the love of God don't do so while married to another woman," is not so malleable. But the millionaire flouted evolution, logic and ethics, doing so anyway.

John Phillips Speaking of drug-fueled incestuous situations, actress Mackenzie Phillips shocked the world in 2009 when she revealed that father John Phillips (of The Mamas & The Papas fame) allegedly injected her with cocaine at the tender age of 11 and began a decade-long sexual relationship.

Dylann Roof's father. The white loner accused of shooting dead nine people at a black church was raised by a violent father who beat up his stepmother and hired a private detective to follow her when they split. These shocking charges were made in court papers by Paige Mann - the ex-wife of Dylann Roof's father Franklin - that were obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com. Franklin Bennett Roof, 52, who is known as Benn, bought his son the gun he allegedly used for the massacre. He is also said to have subjected his wife Paige to a ‘pattern of control and mental manipulation’ that ended with a vicious assault. Exclusive photographs obtained by DailyMail.com show multiple bruises to her body allegedly caused by him. She claims he battered her on the back of the head in 2008 and made her ‘world fall apart’. Franklin is said to have shredded Paige’s self esteem during their ten-year marriage. He also kept her in a 'virtual prison' by calling her several times a day and demanding to know what she was doing. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3131858/Charleston-killer-Dylann-Roof-grew-fractured-home-violent-father-beat-stepmother-hired-private-detective-follow-split-claims-court-papers.html

Daad Mohammed Murad Abdul Rahman. At last count, a man in the United Arab Emirates had fathered 78 children by 15 women, and was aiming to hit 100 offspring by 2015. The 60-year-old supports his family with a military pension and help from the government. http://defence.pk/threads/daad-murad-abdul-rahman-%C2%96-father-of-93-wants-to-100-by-2015.194080/

Phillip Garrido: This man held Jaycee Dugard captive in a backyard prison for 18 years. Garrido was convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault. He fathered Dugard's two daughters.

Ariel Castro: He pleaded guilty to 937 counts in connection with imprisoning three women in his home for almost a decade. Castro's own son says his dad belongs in prison for the rest of his life, and he doesn't plan on visiting him. You imprison 3 women up in your basement, for 10 years... just 1 time. That's your father. That's your dad. Honor thy father, just as the Bible says.

Calvin Murphy. The YOLO-minded NBA Hall of Famer knocked up 9 different women and had 14 illegitimate children before standing trial in 2004 for molesting five of his daughters. Though he was acquitted, the filthy stigma of his reckless off the court behavior lived on.

Howard Veal. This Michigan man was fruitful and multiplied. Very fruitful. In fact, Veal became one of the most infamous deadbeat dads of all time by fathering 23 children with 14 different women and racked up more than a half-million dollars in unpaid child support. Currently serving a 48-month prison sentence, Veal was described by a judge as "the poster child for irresponsibility."

Evander Holyfield. The Champ reportedly owes $327,858.36 in child support for his 12 children by 6 women as of May 2013. If the boxing legend doesn’t pay up soon, his driver’s license could be suspended which explains why he continues to waddle into the ring (and get pounded) at age 50.

Muhammad. He married a 6 year old, and had sex with her at 9 years old.

Carron Washington allegedly fed his 2-month-old daughter bleach because a friend from school told him it was a great cure for breathing trouble.

Patrick Alexander Dell. Sept. 27, 2010, police said, Patrick Alexander Dell, 41, stormed into the house of his estranged wife, shot and killed her and four of her children and turned the gun on himself. Another child, Ryan Barnett, 16, was shot but survived and was released from the hospital last weekend. He is now with his biological father, Michael Barnett. Dell’s biological children with Whyte-Dell – Natasha Precious Dell, 3, and Patrick Alexander Dell Jr., 1, were unharmed and are in the custody of relatives. The deceased include Whyte-Dell; Bryan Barnett, 14; Diane Barnett, 13; Javon Nelson, 11; and Daniel Barnett, 10. The children attended Palm Beach County schools. http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/10/mom-four-children-slaughtered-with-34.html

Josh Gouker; http://www.hlntv.com/slideshow/2013/07/31/bad-dads-fathers-who-kill-murder-crime

Beat his 14 year old step son to death, because of the Old Testament. Eye for an eye. His wife aborted his child, so he had to murder the 14 year old. Or, at least, get his son to do it, and then take the rap for it.

Lewis Terrrance Brown. 2010. A man has been arrested after authorities say he shot his 8-year-old son multiple times in the buttocks with a BB gun. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office says the abuse was discovered by the child's counselor at Lakeview Elementary School when the child mentioned it. Reportedly, the child has several marks on his buttocks and thighs and some of the BB's had broken the skin. The child's father, 28-year-old Lewis Terrance Brown, has been charged with torture and willful abuse of a child. http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/10/dad-arrested-after-shooting-8-year-old.html

Karl Malone You may know him as one of the 50 greatest NBA players ever but he’s also the stone-cold dirtbag who A) denied his three kids during most of his career B) told his own son it was “too late” for a relationship at his High School graduation and C) didn’t see his twins until a popular tabloid broke the story 17-years later. At 20, he impregnated a 13-year-old and famously fought the $125/week child support payments as an NBA all-star. Of his three kids, two are professional athletes (Cheryl Ford and Demetrius Bell).

Matthew Knowles The low down dirty ex-super manager father guided one of the biggest Pop stars in the world while smashing anything that moved (and fathering secret love children) as a married man. For years, rumors have swirled that he IS, indeed, Kelly Rowland’s father which is actually believable.

Joe Jackson; After Michael’s tragic death, he requested that his son's estate cover living expenses of $26,000/month despite being left off the will. “I beat him? I beat him all of the way to the bank!” Ah classic Joe Jackson.

Jerry Sandusky: The former Penn State assistant football coach is serving time for sexually abusing boys entrusted into his care. His adopted son also said Sandusky abused him.

Bill Cosby;

Scott Peterson: He was convicted of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn son, who would have been named Conner. Laci Peterson disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002. Her body was found four months later

Emperor Constantine. Reigned over the Roman empire around 300 A.D. He led the way for the endorsement of Christianity, as a supporter of the Edict of Milan. Where he got into trouble, as many Roman emperors did, was how he handled his family. He had his son, and likely heir, Crispus murdered. And of course, he also had Crispus’ mother Fausta murdered just two years later. The history of Rome and many empires is filled with fratricide, filicide (killing your child), patricide and more.

Peter The Great. Curiously similar to Constantine, Peter had his son Alexei executed. To be fair Alexei grew up with an allegance to his mother, who despised Peter. Alexei put himself into exile, which generally pissed Peter off and he returned only with assurances that he wouldn’t be tortured or killed. Those assurances were ignored and Alexei was tortured to death.

Ivan the Terrible. He makes Constantine and Peter look meak, as rather than have officials take care of the deed, he committed filicide by hand, brutally striking his son’s head with a staff. The reason for this fight? Ivan physically attacked his daughter-in-law for wearing immodest clothing, and Ivan’s son tried to protect her. This scene is captured in a famous painting.

At least he never tried to stab you with a spear like Ivan the Terrible or unleash regular whippings with his belt like Joe Jackson. And while we're willing to bet you've been embarrassed by your old man at least once, it probably wasn't as bad as David Hasselhoff's drunken cheeseburger episode from a few years back.

Shane Dean Olsen. OLYMPIA – A judge sentenced an Olympia man to 11 years and eight months in prison Thursday for throwing his infant son on the ground in July because he would not stop crying, according to court papers. Shane Dean Olsen, 19, had pleaded guilty to first-degree assault of a child, second-degree assault of a child and one count of first-degree criminal mistreatment. http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2010/10/dad-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-2-month.html

Ryan O'Neal: the Michael Jordan of bad Hollywood parents, O'Neal beat the teeth out of son Griffin's head—and that's not among his top three offenses (he shot at Griffin once, too). What puts O'Neal over the top are anecdotes like forcing daughter Tatum to snort cocaine so she'd lose weight. When a depressed Tatum tried to slit her wrists, he simply told her she'd cut the wrong way. Yikes.

Shawn Kemp: most famous from his NBA stint in Seattle, Sports Illustrated made him the poster child for deadbeat athlete dads. The Reign Man sired nine kids out of wedlock with seven different women. Shawn Kemp He WAS known as one of the greatest dunkers in NBA history before we discovered his 11 kids by 9 women. Now he’s just another infamous deadbeat with a tainted legacy.

Woody Allen Completing our creepy dad trilogy is the legendary director who not only created dozens of the world's finest comedies, but also romanced and ultimately married his stepdaughter Soon-Yi Previn. Woody Allen: Describing his relationship to Soon-Yi, Allen has said: "It's got a more paternal feeling to it." What a profound insight! If only there were some possible explanation for why that is! Bad dad, Woody. Bad, bad dad. Woody Allen -- In 1992, he admitted to being romantically involved with Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, Allen's longtime companion. Farrow discovered the affair when she found nude pictures of her daughter in Allen's apartment.

Johnny Eric Marlowe. Besides fathering 14 kids with multiple women and being convicted for numerous episodes of child neglect, this mentally unstable North Carolina polygamist reportedly circumsized two of his sons with a utility knife when both were a mere eight days old. Johnny Eric Marlowe -- Already convicted of child neglect and assaulting his wife, this North Carolina man was charged with child abuse for circumsizing two of his infant sons with a household utility knife in 2005 and 2006.

Peter the Great: M.S. Anderson's book about Peter says that his abuse of son Alexis gave the boy "an increasing tendency, notable even in the Russia of that age, to heavy drinking." When you're drinking too heavily for Tsarist Russia, you know you've got problems. It's even worse when your dad tells you he's going to "cut you off like a gangrened limb," and then has you tortured and killed. But Pedro Grande is only the second-worst Russian pops ever!

Ivan the Terrible Ivan Chetvyorty Vasilyevich, the 16th century Russian monarch, certainly justified history's nickname for him. Suffering from an enormous temper and a wealth of psychological problems, he was an inhumane monster who acted out his aggressions in tragic fashion. Not only did he regularly toss cats and dogs out of windows, Vasilyevich also assaulted his daughter and likely caused a miscarriage and murdered his son with a spear to the head. Ivan the Terrible: Gold medalist in the Asshole Russian Dads event comes Ivan, a man so upset by his pregnant daughter-in-law's "immodest clothing" that he beat her until she miscarried. But wait, tovarisch! as they say in Tsarist game shows, there's more. After arguing with his son, Old Ivan cracked Young Ivan's skull with a pointed staff, ending his days. Do svidanya, Father of the Year award.

Antonio Cromartie The condom-allergic but talented New York Jets corner has ten children with eight women in six states.

Karl Malone: It's always worse with hypocrisy. Other NBA players leave the mailman in the dust, spreading-seed wise (he only has three kids out of wedlock, two the product of an extramarital affair). But he did knock up NFL prospect Demetrius Bell's mom when she was just 13, and Malone was a college sophomore. Malone has still never spoken with Bell.

Travis Henry. When asked who “Travis Henry” is, most people probably won’t say former All-Pro running back for the Bills, Titans and Broncos who often shined on the field. Nope, because his 11 children by 10 different women outshined his on-field dominance.

Constantine the Great -- For reasons that remain unclear, this Roman emperor ordered the execution of his son, Crispus, in 326 A.D. and erased his name from official records. Monuments to Crispus were also destroyed.

Bruce McMahan -- This Florida multimillionaire loved his daughter so much, he married her. Yes, that's right. The pair secretly exchanged vows in 2004 even though McMahan was still married to his fifth wife and his daughter, Linda Schutt, lived with her husband in Mississippi. They, too, are now divorced.

Ivan the Terrible -- In 1581, this Russian tsar beat his pregnant daughter-in-law as punishment for wearing revealing clothing, causing her to miscarry. His son, also named Ivan, agrily confronted him and was struck on the head with Ivan the Terrible's scepter. The younger Ivan died a few days later.

Joe Simpson: Dad to Jessica and Ashlee, showbiz dad Joe registers high on the creepy meter with these comments to Us Weekly. "Jessica never tries to be sexy. She just is sexy. If you put her in a T-shirt or you put her in a bustier, she's sexy in both. She's got double D's! You can't cover those suckers up!" No, but you can cover your mouth up, Joe. And should.

Pete Doherty: The drug-addled sometime robber and occasional sexer-up of Kate Moss has, contrary to sound evolution, managed to breed twice. One kid he sees occasionally. The other he neither sees nor speaks of regularly. Says Doherty of the kid with whom he has no relationship: "Poor little fucker." From your crack-smoking lips to God's ears, Pete.

King Laius: Oedipus' pops started that whole daughter-was-his-sister and son-was-his-brother mess. If he hadn't thrown his infant son out and ordered a servant to kill him, daddy's little boy would never have ended up schtupping mommy. Hence, Lauis was responsible for a shamed Oedipus plucking out his own eyes, a time when (quoth Sophocles) "bloody eyeballs bedewed his beard with slimy beads."

Peter the Great -- Not known for his warm parenting style, this Russian tsar famously contributed to the death of his first-born son, Alexei, who had been convicted of conspiring to kill his father despite a lack of evidence. Before his planned execution, Alexei died from wounds sustained during a torture session in his prison cell.

Larry Johnson Larry “Grandmama” Johnson was famous for dressing up as someone’s gold-toothed meemaw in Converse commercials, dominating the paint as an original Charlotte Hornets icon and fathering 5 kids by 4 women on the low as a filthy baller with women in every city. Photo credit: Instagram

Michael Lohan Lindsay Lohan’s scumbag pops refused to pay child support, pimped his own daughter in the industry and blamed everyone else (including his wife) for destroying their daughter. If anyone is responsible for Lilo’s spiral into dysfunction, it’s him.

Ryan O'Neal -- He's most remembered for firing a gentlemanly "warning shot" during an argument with his son, Griffin, in 2007. But O'Neal is also said to have put daughter Tatum on a cocaine diet to help her lose weight and told her "You cut the wrong way" after her failed suicide attempt. When you haven't had a hit movie since the 1970s, it's understandable that you'd be a bit frustrated, but it's no reason to take it out on your kids. O'Neal, who is often referred to as the worst father in Hollywood, is most remembered for firing a gentlemanly "warning shot" during an argument with his son, Griffin, in 2007. But other allegations—such as knocking out Griffin's two front teeth, putting his daughter, Tatum, on a cocaine diet to help her lose weight, and telling her "You cut the wrong way" after her failed suicide attempt—cement his title. Recently, Tatum pled guilty to disorderly conduct after being busted for purchasing crack cocaine in New York City, but if you ask us, it's her old man who should take the fall.

Thomas Boleyn -- He is said to have pressured his daughter, Anne, to marry King Henry VIII, even though the king was already married at the time. Three years after the controversial marriage, Anne fell out of favor with the king and was beheaded on charges of high treason. Her brother, George, suffered the same fate. Thomas, meanwhile, is said to have done nothing to protect them.

Dario Napolitano is accused of kicking his 3-year-old son at Disney World in late June, 2012.

Floridian Elton Jerome Davis Jr. allegedly left his 18-month-old toddler at home with a bowl of Cheerios while he went to work. An unidentified witness found the child playing with a dog on a public road. Davis was charged with child neglect on May 21 in Okaloosa County.

Adrian Peterson. The footballer is said to have punished his son after he pushed another of his children off a motorbike video game. Local media said the "whooping" - which is how Mr Peterson allegedly referred to the incident during a police interview - resulted in cuts and bruises to the boy's back, buttocks, legs and scrotum.http://dailysnark.com/pictures-adrian-petersons-sons-beating-wounds-emerge/