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Seller: lasvegasormonaco ✉️ (5.001) 99.7%, Location: Manchester, Take a look at my other items, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 267242642530 Jack the Ripper Memorabilia Letters Signed White Chapel Serial Killer Antique UK. Ripper Letters During the Autumn of Terror hundreds of letters were sent to the police and local press purporting to be written by the Whitechapel fiend. Many Ripperologists believe them all to be hoaxes. Jack the Ripper Collection of Five Letters These are Five Letters from 1888 which have been Reproduced They are signed "Jack The Ripper" and were originally posted to the Police and the Newspapers Jack the Ripper was the never caught and created hysteria and speculation throughout the Victorian era, even royalty were once considered as suspects. His grizzly murders were never solved and his name has been passed down in history. Many people still study his gruesome murders. These Letter are high quality reproduced paper during this dark period during Victorian Britain. An excellent educational resource for students, our Jack the Ripper letters are a must for all those interested in this sinister murderer. They include an envelope with a Victorian stamp and the infamous "Dear Boss" Letter. This was the first time Jack the Ripper was mentioned anywhere Another one starts with the comment "From Hell" Very Chilling and revealing into the mind of the most notorious Serial Killer ever Printed by a professional printing company on paper similar to the original in Excellent Condition Delve into the grim history of London's East End with this unique set of memorabilia letters, each bearing the signatures of the notorious Jack the Ripper. These antiques, dating back to 1888, are a must-have for collectors and enthusiasts of urban art and historical phenomena. The letters are elegantly penned on paper, capturing the essence of a bygone era. This collection is a licenced reproduction, ensuring authenticity and a connection to the actual events that took place in the heart of the Victorian city. The small size of each piece makes them ideal for display, allowing you to own a tangible piece of history without compromising on visibility. Explore the darker threads of British heritage with these chilling artefacts. This is a facsimile of a handwritten manuscript by Jack the Ripper, detailing the infamous London 1888 murders. The manuscript is signed and dated from that period, offering a unique insight into the history of the time. Written in English, the document is a piece of European history with a focus on the subject of the murders, making it a rare and unusual collectable item. Sorry about the poor quality photos. 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Whitechapel fiend. Most of them were deemed to be fakes written by either newspaper men trying to start a story or fools trying to incite more terror. Many Ripperologists believe them all to be hoaxes. Other experts believe some (specifically the Dear Boss letter, Saucy Jacky postcard, and From Hell letter) are genuine. A select few have been reproduced below. 'Dear Boss' letter Received on September 27th, 1888 at the Central News Agency, this letter was originally believed to be just another hoax. Three days later, the double murder of Stride and Eddowes made them reconsider, especially once they learned a portion of the latter's earlobe was found cut off from the body, eerily reminiscent of a promise made within the letter. The police deemed the "Dear Boss" letter important enough to reproduce in newspapers and postbills of the time, hoping someone would recognize the handwriting. A postcard received at the Central News Agency on October 1st, making direct reference to both the murders and the "Dear Boss" letter, is believed to have been written by the same hand. It is reproduced below. Whether or not the letter is a hoax, it is the first written reference which uses the name "Jack the Ripper" in reference to the Whitechapel murderer. First page of "Dear Boss" letter. (larger image) Second page of "Dear Boss" letter. (larger image) Click to see larger images The "Dear Boss" envelope. The original envelope in which the "Dear Boss" letter was sent. All photos courtesy S.P. Evans / M.E.P.O. (Transcription) Dear Boss, I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over the last job to write with but it went thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I do I shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the police officers just for jolly wouldn't you. Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My knife's so nice and sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a chance. Good Luck. Yours truly Jack the Ripper Dont mind me giving the trade name PS Wasnt good enough to post this before I got all the red ink off my hands curse it No luck yet. They say I'm a doctor now. ha ha The "Saucy Jacky" Postcard This letter was received on October 1st, 1888 at the Central News Agency. The handwriting is similar to that of the "Dear Boss" letter, and makes direct reference to both this letter and the murders of the previous night. Those who believe it to be genuine argue that the removal of Eddowes's ear (it was not taken away, nor mailed to the police) and the fact that the postcard mentions the double-event before it was described by the press both testify to its authenticity. Others believe a hoaxer could have gleaned details of both the previous letter and the murders in an early morning paper of October 1st. Both the front and back of the postcard are reproduced below. The "Saucy Jacky" postcard. Front-side of postcard. Photos courtesy S.P. Evans / M.E.P.O. (Transcription) I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you the tip, you'll hear about Saucy Jacky's work tomorrow double event this time number one squealed a bit couldn't finish straight off. ha not the time to get ears for police. thanks for keeping last letter back till I got to work again. Jack the Ripper 'From Hell' letter On October 16th George Lusk, the president of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, received a three-inch-square cardboard box in his mail. Inside was half a human kidney preserved in wine, along with the following letter. Medical reports carried out by Dr. Openshaw found the kidney to be very similar to the one removed from Catherine Eddowes, though his findings were inconclusive either way. The letter read as follows: The "From Hell" letter. Click to see larger image Photo courtesy S.P. Evans / M.E.P.O. (Transcription) From hell. Mr Lusk, Sor I send you half the Kidne I took from one woman and prasarved it for you tother piece I fried and ate it was very nise. I may send you the bloody knif that took it out if you only wate a whil longer signed Catch me when you can Mishter Lusk 6 October 1888 -- this letter was received by a local paper and is believed to have been intended for either Israel Schwartz or Joseph Lawende, both of whom believe to have witnessed the Ripper and gave descriptions of the man they saw to the police. Few researchers believe this letter to be real. {Transcription) You though your-self very clever I reckon when you informed the police. But you made a mistake if you though I dident see you. Now I known you know me and I see your little game, and I mean to finish you and send your ears to your wife if you show this to the police or help them if you do I will finish you. It no use your trying to get out of my way. Because I have you when you dont expect it and I keep my word as you soon see and rip you up. Yours truly Jack the Ripper. PS You see I know your address No Date Available -- Catharine Eddowes was found murdered near the Minories on 30 September. '1st and 2nd inst.' means the first and second of the month (October). Few researchers give this letter any credence. (Transcription) Beware I shall be at work on the 1st and 2nd inst. in the Minories at 12 midnight and I give the authorities a good chance but there is never a policeman near when I am at work. Yours Jack the Ripper. No Date Available -- Prince William Street was only yards from the main road between Aigburth and the office of the Cotton Exchange. Few researchers give this letter much credence. (Transcription) What fools the police are. I even give them the name of the street where I am living. Prince William Street. Dr. Thomas Horrocks Openshaw, circa 1902. 29 October 1888 -- this letter was sent to Dr. Openshaw, who performed the medical examination on the portion of kidney received by George Lusk in conjunction with the From Hell letter. Few researchers give this letter any credence. (Transcription) Old boss you was rite it was the left kidny i was goin to hoperate agin close to you ospitle just as i was going to dror mi nife along of er bloomin throte them cusses of coppers spoilt the game but i guess i wil be on the jobn soon and will send you another bit of innerds Jack the Ripper O have you seen the devle with his mikerscope and scalpul a-lookin at a kidney with a slide cocked up. The original envelope of the Openshaw letter. The Openshaw letter. Close-up of postmark, indicating "London.E". Images courtesy Stewart P. Evans Dated September 17th, 1888, this letter was only recently discovered by Peter McClelland in a sealed report envelope in the British Public Record Office in 1988. Its authenticity is hotly debated, many believing it to be a recent hoax placed surreptitiously in the records. It was first published in Paul Feldman's Jack the Ripper: The Final Chapter. (Transcription) 17th Sept 1888 Dear Boss So now they say I am a Yid when will they lern Dear old Boss! You an me know the truth dont we. Lusk can look forever hell never find me but I am rite under his nose all the time. I watch them looking for me an it gives me fits ha ha I love my work an I shant stop until I get buckled and even then watch out for your old pal Jacky. Catch me if you Can Jack the Ripper Sorry about the blood still messy from the last one. What a pretty necklace I gave her. Goulston Street Graffito On September 30, 1888, PC Alfred Long, 254A, found a blood stained apron piece in an archway at Wentworth Model Dwellings, Goulston Street, (c.2:55am) and then a chalked message on the black brick fascia edging of the open doorway which led to the staircase and basement door of #108-119. DC Daniel Halse, City, arrived back at Goulston Street sometime after 3:00am. PC Long returned at c.5:00am. The writing was sponged out at c.5:30am. P.C. Long´s Version - "The Juwes are the men That Will not be Blamed for nothing" PC Long's original spelling, as seen in the above image, used "Jewes," which was corrected to "Juwes," on the scene by DC Halse. This correction was noted in PC Long's notebook and during the Eddowes Inquest. DC Halse's version D.C. Halse´s Version - "The Juwes are not the men That Will be Blamed for nothing" In the above images, the text of the transcriptions has been maintained, but the "layout" is not indicitive to how it might have been actually written on the wall at Goulston Street. Typically, the City Police accepted DC Halse's version, while the Metroplitan Police accepted PC Long's version - each backing their own man. And, because of the numerous discussions concerning the word, "Juwes," and what it is supposed to mean, it is interesting to note that there are actually many spellings of "Juwes" to be found within the official records (HO 144/221/A49301C f164, 195, 197; Eddowes Inquest Records): Jewes, Jeuwes, Juwes, Jeuws, Juewes, Juews. A lexicon search on the variations will invariably produce the same result - "Jews," with only reference to the group, at large, and not to any person or persons, in particular. No Date Available -- one of the many verses allegedly sent to police. (It is likely, however, that this letter was a later hoax by Donald McCormick). (Transcription) Eight little whores, with no hope of heaven, Gladstone may save one, then there'll be seven. Seven little whores beggin for a shilling, One stays in Henage Court, then there's a killing. Six little whores, glad to be alive, One sidles up to Jack, then there are five. Four and whore rhyme aright, So do three and me, I'll set the town alight Ere there are two. Two little whores, shivering with fright, Seek a cosy doorway in the middle of the night. Jack's knife flashes, then there's but one, And the last one's the ripest for Jack's idea of fun. Related pages: Graffito Dissertations: A Curious Find in Goulston Street Dissertations: A Piece of Apron, Some Chalk Graffiti and a Lost Hour Dissertations: Jacob the Ripper? 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Three letters attributed to Jack the Ripper Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper: Letters From Hell Ripper Media: Three Letters From Hell Witnesses: Emily Marsh Jack the Ripper (?) a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z An engraving depicting 'Jack The Ripper', 1889 An engraving depicting 'Jack The Ripper', 1889 © The identity of the killer of five - or possibly six - women in the East End of London in 1888 has remained a mystery, but the case has continued to horrify and fascinate. Between August and November 1888,the Whitechapel area of London was the scene of five brutal murders. The killer was dubbed 'Jack the Ripper'. All the women murdered were prostitutes, and all except for one - Elizabeth Stride - were horribly mutilated. The first murder, of Mary Ann Nicholls, took place on 31 August. Annie Chapman was killed on 8 September. Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddoweson were murdered 30 September and Mary Jane Kelly on 9 November. These are often referred to as the 'canonical five' Ripper murders, although Martha Tabram, stabbed to death on 6 August 1888, is considered by some 'ripperologists' to be the first victim. There has been much speculation as to the identity of the killer. It has been suggested that he or she was a doctor or butcher, based on the evidence of weapons and the mutilations that occurred, which showed a knowledge of human anatomy. Many theories have been put forward suggesting individuals who might be responsible. One theory links the murders with Queen Victoria's grandson, Prince Albert Victor, also known as the Duke of Clarence, although the evidence for this is insubstantial. Violence to prostitutes was not uncommon and there were many instances of women being brutalised, but the nature of these murders strongly suggests a single perpetrator. A quarter of a mile from the scene of Catherine Eddowes' murder, the words 'The Juwes [sic] are not the men to be blamed for nothing,' were found scrawled on a wall in chalk, and it was suggested this was written by the killer. A police officer ordered the words to be removed, fearing an anti-Semitic backlash in an area with a large Jewish population. The murderer is also sometimes thought to have made contact by letter with several public figures. These letters, like the chalk message, have never been proved to be authentic, and may have been hoaxes. Jack the Ripper was never caught and he is not thought to have killed again after November 1888. Map Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Map (disambiguation), Maps (disambiguation), and Mapping. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Physical map of Earth Political map of Earth A map is a symbolic depiction of interrelationships, commonly spatial, between things within a space. A map may be annotated with text and graphics. Like any graphic, a map may be fixed to paper or other durable media, or may be displayed on a transitory medium such as a computer screen. Some maps change interactively. Although maps are commonly used to depict geographic elements, they may represent any space, real or fictional. The subject being mapped may be two-dimensional such as Earth's surface, three-dimensional such as Earth's interior, or from an abstract space of any dimension. Maps of geographic territory have a very long tradition and have existed from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the medieval Latin: Mappa mundi, wherein mappa meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and mundi 'of the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to a flat representation of Earth's surface. History Main article: History of cartography Possibly the oldest surviving map was engraved on this mammoth tusk, dated to 25,000 BC, found in Pavlov in the Czech Republic[1] Tabula Rogeriana, one of the most advanced early world maps, by Muhammad al-Idrisi, 1154 Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowing humans to explain and navigate their way through the world. The earliest surviving maps include cave paintings and etchings on tusk and stone. Later came extensive maps produced in ancient Babylon, Greece and Rome, China, and India. In their simplest forms, maps are two-dimensional constructs. Since the Classical Greek period, however, maps also have been projected onto globes. The Mercator Projection, developed by Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator, was widely used as the standard for two-dimensional world maps until the late 20th century, when more accurate projections were more widely used. Mercator also was the first to use and popularize the concept of the atlas: a collection of maps. Geography Celestial map by the cartographer Frederik de Wit, 17th century Cartography or map-making is the study and practice of crafting representations of the Earth upon a flat surface[2] (see History of cartography), and one who makes maps is called a cartographer. Road maps are perhaps the most widely used maps today. They are a subset of navigational maps, which also include aeronautical and nautical charts, railroad network maps, and hiking and bicycling maps. In terms of quantity, the largest number of drawn map sheets is probably made up by local surveys, carried out by municipalities, utilities, tax assessors, emergency services providers, and other local agencies. Many national surveying projects have been carried out by the military, such as the British Ordnance Survey: a civilian government agency, internationally renowned for its comprehensively detailed work. The location information showed by maps may include contour lines, indicating constant values of elevation, temperature, rainfall, etc. Orientation The Hereford Mappa Mundi, Hereford Cathedral, England, c. 1300, a classic "T-O" map with Jerusalem at the center, east toward the top, Europe the bottom left and Africa on the right The orientation of a map is the relationship between the directions on the map and the corresponding compass directions in reality. The word "orient" is derived from Latin oriens, meaning east. In the Middle Ages many maps, including the T and O maps, were drawn with east at the top (meaning that the direction "up" on the map corresponds to East on the compass). The most common cartographic convention nowadays is that north is at the top of a map. Map of Utrecht, Netherlands (1695). Maps not oriented with north at the top: Medieval European T and O maps such as the Hereford Mappa Mundi were centered on Jerusalem with East at the top. Indeed, before the reintroduction of Ptolemy's Geography to Europe around 1400, there was no single convention in the West. Portolan charts, for example, are oriented to the shores they describe. Maps of cities bordering a sea are often conventionally oriented with the sea at the top.[citation needed] Route and channel maps have traditionally been oriented to the road or waterway they describe.[citation needed] Polar maps of the Arctic or Antarctic regions are conventionally centered on the pole; the direction North would be toward or away from the center of the map, respectively. Typical maps of the Arctic have 0° meridian toward the bottom of the page; maps of the Antarctic have the 0° meridian toward the top of the page. South-up maps invert the North is up convention by having south at the top. Ancient Africans including in Ancient Egypt used this orientation, as some maps in Brazil do today.[3] Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion maps are based on a projection of the Earth's sphere onto an icosahedron. The resulting triangular pieces may be arranged in any order or orientation. Using the equator as the edge, the world map of Gott, Vanderbei, and Goldberg is arranged as a pair of disks back-to-back designed to present the least error possible.[4] They are designed to be printed as a two-sided flat object that could be held easily for educational purposes. Scale and accuracy Main article: Scale (map) Many maps are drawn to a scale expressed as a ratio, such as 1:10,000, which means that 1 unit of measurement on the map corresponds to 10,000 of that same unit on the ground. The scale statement can be accurate when the region mapped is small enough for the curvature of the Earth to be neglected, such as a city map. Mapping larger regions, where the curvature cannot be ignored, requires projections to map from the curved surface of the Earth to the plane. The impossibility of flattening the sphere to the plane without distortion means that the map cannot have a constant scale. Rather, on most projections, the best that can be attained is an accurate scale along one or two paths on the projection. Because scale differs everywhere, it can only be measured meaningfully as point scale per location. Most maps strive to keep point scale variation within narrow bounds. Although the scale statement is nominal it is usually accurate enough for most purposes unless the map covers a large fraction of the Earth. At the scope of a world map, scale as a single number is practically meaningless throughout most of the map. Instead, it usually refers to the scale along the equator. Cartogram of the EU – distorted to show population distributions as of 2008 Some maps, called cartograms, have the scale deliberately distorted to reflect information other than land area or distance. For example, this map (at the left) of Europe has been distorted to show population distribution, while the rough shape of the continent is still discernible. Another example of distorted scale is the famous London Underground map. The geographic structure is respected but the tube lines (and the River Thames) are smoothed to clarify the relationships between stations. Near the center of the map, stations are spaced out more than near the edges of the map. Further inaccuracies may be deliberate. For example, cartographers may simply omit military installations or remove features solely to enhance the clarity of the map. For example, a road map may not show railroads, smaller waterways, or other prominent non-road objects, and even if it does, it may show them less clearly (e.g. dashed or dotted lines/outlines) than the main roads. Known as decluttering, the practice makes the subject matter that the user is interested in easier to read, usually without sacrificing overall accuracy. Software-based maps often allow the user to toggle decluttering between ON, OFF, and AUTO as needed. In AUTO the degree of decluttering is adjusted as the user changes the scale being displayed. Projection Main article: Map projection Geographic maps use a projection to translate the three-dimensional real surface of the geoid to a two-dimensional picture. Projection always distorts the surface. There are many ways to apportion the distortion, and so there are many map projections. Which projection to use depends on the purpose of the map.[5] Symbols Main article: Map symbol The various features shown on a map are represented by conventional signs or symbols. For example, colors can be used to indicate a classification of roads. Those signs are usually explained in a map legend on the margin of the map, or on a separately published characteristic sheet.[6] Some cartographers prefer to make the map cover practically the entire screen or sheet of paper, leaving no room "outside" the map for information about the map as a whole. These cartographers typically place such information in an otherwise "blank" region "inside" the map—cartouche, map legend, title, compass rose, bar scale, etc. In particular, some maps contain smaller maps inset into otherwise blank areas of the map: for example: a map at a much smaller scale showing the whole globe and the position of the main map on that globe, or showing "regions of interest" (such as cities) at a larger scale to show details that would not otherwise fit, or showing places that do not fit on the main map, such as Alaska and Hawaii on maps of the United States, or the Shetland and Orkney Islands on maps of Britain. Design Main article: Cartographic design The design and production of maps is a craft that has developed over thousands of years, from clay tablets to Geographic information systems. As a form of Design, particularly closely related to Graphic design, map making incorporates scientific knowledge about how maps are used, integrated with principles of artistic expression, to create an aesthetically attractive product, carries an aura of authority, and functionally serves a particular purpose for an intended audience. Designing a map involves bringing together a number of elements and making a large number of decisions. The elements of design fall into several broad topics, each of which has its own theory, its own research agenda, and its own best practices. That said, there are synergistic effects between these elements, meaning that the overall design process is not just working on each element one at a time, but an iterative feedback process of adjusting each to achieve the desired gestalt. Map projections: The foundation of the map is the plane on which it rests (whether paper or screen), but projections are required to flatten the surface of the Earth. All projections distort this surface, but the cartographer can be strategic about how and where distortion occurs.[7] Generalization: All maps must be drawn at a smaller scale than reality, requiring that the information included on a map be a very small sample of the wealth of information about a place. Generalization is the process of adjusting the level of detail in geographic information to be appropriate for the scale and purpose of a map, through procedures such as selection, simplification, and classification. Symbology: Any map visually represents the location and properties of geographic features using map symbols, graphical depictions composed of several visual variables, such as size, shape, color, and pattern. Composition: As all of the symbols are brought together, their interactions have major effects on map reading, such as grouping and Visual hierarchy. Typography or Labeling: Text serves a number of purposes on the map, especially aiding the recognition of features, but labels must be designed and positioned well to be effective.[8] Layout: The map image must be placed on the page (whether paper, web, or other media), along with related elements, such as the title, legend, additional maps, text, images, and so on. Each of these elements has its own design considerations, as does their integration, which largely follows the principles of Graphic design. Map type-specific design: Different kinds of maps, especially thematic maps, have their own design needs and best practices. Types See also: Category:Map types A four-colored map of the states of the United States (ignoring lakes and oceans) Bathymetry of the ocean floor showing the continental shelves and oceanic plateaus (red), the mid-ocean ridges (yellow-green) and the abyssal plains (blue to purple) Maps of the world or large areas are often either "political" or "physical". The most important purpose of the political map is to show territorial borders and administrative regions; the purpose of the physical map is to show features of geography such as mountains, soil type, or land use including infrastructures such as roads, railroads, and buildings. Geological map of the Moon Topographic maps show elevations and relief with contour lines or shading. Geological maps show not only the physical surface, but characteristics of the underlying rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures. Electronic Further information: Web page, PDF § Optional Content Groups (layers), MapQuest, Google Maps, Google Earth, OpenStreetMap, and Yahoo! Maps A USGS digital raster graphic. From the last quarter of the 20th century, the indispensable tool of the cartographer has been the computer. Much of cartography, especially at the data-gathering survey level, has been subsumed by geographic information systems (GIS). The functionality of maps has been greatly advanced by technology simplifying the superimposition of spatially located variables onto existing geographic maps. Having local information such as rainfall level, distribution of wildlife, or demographic data integrated within the map allows more efficient analysis and better decision making. In the pre-electronic age such superimposition of data led Dr. John Snow to identify the location of an outbreak of cholera. Today, it is used by agencies around the world, as diverse as wildlife conservationists and militaries. Relief map of the Sierra Nevada Even when GIS is not involved, most cartographers now use a variety of computer graphics programs to generate new maps. Interactive, computerized maps are commercially available, allowing users to zoom in or zoom out (respectively meaning to increase or decrease the scale), sometimes by replacing one map with another of different scale, centered where possible on the same point. In-car global navigation satellite systems are computerized maps with route planning and advice facilities that monitor the user's position with the help of satellites. From the computer scientist's point of view, zooming in entails one or more of: replacing the map by a more detailed one enlarging the same map without enlarging the pixels, hence showing more detail by removing less information compared to the less detailed version enlarging the same map with the pixels enlarged (replaced by rectangles of pixels); no additional detail is shown, but, depending on the user's vision, possibly more detail can be seen. If a computer display does not show adjacent pixels really separately, but overlapping instead (this does not apply for an LCD, but may apply for a cathode-ray tube), then replacing a pixel by a rectangle of pixels does show more detail. A variation of this method is interpolation. A world map in PDF format. For example: Typically (2) applies to a Portable Document Format (PDF) file or other format based on vector graphics. The increase in detail is limited to the information contained in the file: enlargement of a curve may eventually result in a series of standard geometric figures such as straight lines, arcs of circles, or splines. (2) may apply to text and (3) to the outline of a map feature such as a forest or building. (1) may apply to the text as needed (displaying labels for more features), while (2) applies to the rest of the image. Text is not necessarily enlarged when zooming in. Similarly, a road represented by a double line may or may not become wider when one zooms in. The map may also have layers that are partly raster graphics and partly vector graphics. For a single raster graphics image (2) applies until the pixels in the image file correspond to the pixels of the display, thereafter (3) applies. Climatic Mean Annual Temperature map of Ohio from Geography of Ohio 1923 The maps that reflect the territorial distribution of climatic conditions based on the results of long-term observations are called climatic maps.[9] These maps can be compiled both for individual climatic features (temperature, precipitation, humidity) and for combinations of them at the earth's surface and in the upper layers of the atmosphere. Climatic maps show climatic features across a large region and permit values of climatic features to be compared in different parts of the region. When generating the map, spatial interpolation can be used to synthesize values where there are no measurements, under the assumption that conditions change smoothly. Climatic maps generally apply to individual months and the year as a whole, sometimes to the four seasons, to the growing period, and so forth. On maps compiled from the observations of ground meteorological stations, atmospheric pressure is converted to sea level. Air temperature maps are compiled both from the actual values observed on the surface of the Earth and from values converted to sea level. The pressure field in the free atmosphere is represented either by maps of the distribution of pressure at different standard altitudes—for example, at every kilometer above sea level—or by maps of baric topography on which altitudes (more precisely geopotentials) of the main isobaric surfaces (for example, 900, 800, and 700 millibars) counted off from sea level are plotted. The temperature, humidity, and wind on aero climatic maps may apply either to standard altitudes or to the main isobaric surfaces. Isolines are drawn on maps of such climatic features as the long-term mean values (of atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, total precipitation, and so forth) to connect points with equal values of the feature in question—for example, isobars for pressure, isotherms for temperature, and isohyets for precipitation. Isoamplitudes are drawn on maps of amplitudes (for example, annual amplitudes of air temperature—that is, the differences between the mean temperatures of the warmest and coldest month). Isanomals are drawn on maps of anomalies (for example, deviations of the mean temperature of each place from the mean temperature of the entire latitudinal zone). Isolines of frequency are drawn on maps showing the frequency of a particular phenomenon (for example, the annual number of days with a thunderstorm or snow cover). Isochrones are drawn on maps showing the dates of onset of a given phenomenon (for example, the first frost and appearance or disappearance of the snow cover) or the date of a particular value of a meteorological element in the course of a year (for example, passing of the mean daily air temperature through zero). Isolines of the mean numerical value of wind velocity or isotachs are drawn on wind maps (charts); the wind resultants and directions of prevailing winds are indicated by arrows of different lengths or arrows with different plumes; lines of flow are often drawn. Maps of the zonal and meridional components of wind are frequently compiled for the free atmosphere. Atmospheric pressure and wind are usually combined on climatic maps. Wind roses, curves showing the distribution of other meteorological elements, diagrams of the annual course of elements at individual stations, and the like are also plotted on climatic maps. Maps of climatic regionalization, that is, division of the earth's surface into climatic zones and regions according to some classification of climates, are a special kind of climatic map. Climatic maps are often incorporated into climatic atlases of varying geographic ranges (globe, hemispheres, continents, countries, oceans) or included in comprehensive atlases. Besides general climatic maps, applied climatic maps and atlases have great practical value. Aero climatic maps, aero climatic atlases, and agro climatic maps are the most numerous. Extraterrestrial Maps exist of the Solar System, and other cosmological features such as star maps. In addition maps of other bodies such as the Moon and other planets are technically not geographical maps. Floor maps are also spatial but not necessarily geospatial. Topological Main article: Topological map In a topological map, like this one showing inventory locations, the distances between locations are not important. Only the layout and connectivity between them matters. Diagrams such as schematic diagrams and Gantt charts and tree maps display logical relationships between items, rather than geographic relationships. Topological in nature, only the connectivity is significant. The London Underground map and similar subway maps around the world are a common example of these maps. General General-purpose maps provide many types of information on one map. Most atlas maps, wall maps, and road maps fall into this category. The following are some features that might be shown on general-purpose maps: bodies of water, roads, railway lines, parks, elevations, towns and cities, political boundaries, latitude and longitude, national and provincial parks. These maps give a broad understanding of the location and features of an area. The reader may gain an understanding of the type of landscape, the location of urban places, and the location of major transportation routes all at once. Extremely large maps The Great Polish Map of Scotland The Great Polish Map of Scotland at Barony Castle, Scotland Polish general Stanisław Maczek had once been shown an impressive outdoor map of land and water in the Netherlands demonstrating the working of the waterways (which had been an obstacle to the Polish forces progress in 1944). This had inspired Maczek and his companions to create Great Polish Map of Scotland as a 70-ton permanent three-dimensional reminder of Scotland's hospitality to his compatriots. In 1974, the coastline and relief of Scotland were laid out by Kazimierz Trafas, a Polish student geographer-planner, based on existing Bartholomew Half-Inch map sheets. Engineering infrastructure was put in place to surround it with a sea of water and at the General's request some of the main rivers were even arranged to flow from headwaters pumped into the mountains. The map was finished in 1979, but had to be restored between 2013 and 2017.[10] Challenger Relief Map of British Columbia The Challenger Relief Map of British Columbia is a hand-built topographic map of the province, 80 feet by 76 feet. Built by George Challenger and his family from 1947 to 1954, it features all of B.C.'s mountains, lakes, rivers and valleys in exact-scaled topographical detail. Residing in the British Columbia Pavilion at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver from 1954 to 1997 it was viewed by millions of visitors. The Guinness Book of Records cites the Challenger Map as the largest of its kind in the world. The map in its entirety occupies 6,080 square feet (1,850 square metres) of space. It was disassembled in 1997; there is a project to restore it in a new location.[11] Relief map of Guatemala Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala The Relief map of Guatemala was made by Francisco Vela in 1905 and still exists. This map (horizontal scale 1:10,000; vertical scale 1:2,000) measures 1,800 m2, and was created to educate children in the scape of their country.[12] List Aeronautical chart Atlas Cadastral map Climatic map Geologic map Historical map Linguistic map Nautical map Physical map Political map Relief map Resource map Road map Star map Street map Thematic map Topographic map Train track map Transit map Weather map World map Legal regulation Some countries required that all published maps represent their national claims regarding border disputes. For example: Within Russia, Google Maps shows Crimea as part of Russia.[13] Both the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China require that all maps show areas subject to the Sino-Indian border dispute in their own favor.[14] In 2010, the People's Republic of China began requiring that all online maps served from within China be hosted there, making them subject to Chinese laws.[15] In 2017, Turkey banned the terms "Kurdistan" and "Kurdish regions". In 2018, the government had a user-generated map of Kurdistan, which it deemed "terrorist propaganda", removed from Google Maps.[16] In Pakistan, the Surveying and Mapping (Amendment) Act, 2020 made printing, displaying, or using any unofficial or "incorrect" map of Pakistan a crime punishable by 5 years in jail and a fine of 5 million rupees. It asserts that India is illegally occupying some Pakistani territory along the northern India–Pakistan border.[17] See also General Counter-mapping Map–territory relation Censorship of maps List of online map services Map collection Map designing and types Automatic label placement City map Compass rose Contour map Estate map Fantasy map Floor plan Geologic map Hypsometric tints Map design Orthophotomap—A map created from orthophotography Pictorial maps Plat Road atlas Strip map Transit map Page layout (cartography) Map history Early world maps History of cartography List of cartographers Related topics Aerial landscape art Digital geologic mapping Economic geography Geographic coordinate system Index map Global Map List of online map services Map database management References Citations Wolodtschenko, Alexander; Forner, Thomas (Spring 2007). "Prehistoric and Early Historic Maps in Europe: Conception of Cd-Atlas" (PDF). E-perimetron. 2 (2): 114–116. ISSN 1790-3769. 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We believe our tour offering is the most complete in London, delivered by our engaging and expert guides in a way that cannot fail to captivate and intrigue. Before you know it, you’ll be transported back to the year 1888, walking the eerie streets that were the hunting grounds of London’s most infamous serial killer, and you’ll be learning about the lives of his victims and about the murders themselves. CLICK HERE TO BOOK Jack The Ripper Murders Map of London The crimes known as the “Jack the Ripper Murders” took place in the autumn of 1888 in the area to the East of the City of London. It was an area that comprised the districts of Spitalfields and Whitechapel, two of the Victorian capital’s most poverty-stricken and crime-ridden neighbourhoods. Looking at the murder sites today in our Jack the Ripper Walking Tour Map below, the first thing that strikes you is the smallness of the locality in which the Whitechapel murder atrocities occurred. However, it should also be remembered that in 1888 the area was made up of lots of narrow, unlit alleyways and passageways and it was the labyrinth-like layout of the area that enabled jack the Ripper to commit his crimes and then melts away into the night. How has London changed since Jack the Ripper Murders? It is often said that not much has actually survived of the London of Jack the Ripper; and, whereas this is, to a large extent, true of the murder locations, it is most certainly not true of the area itself. Indeed, a great deal has survived that can give you the true flavour of the Victorian East End as it was around the time of the Whitechapel atrocities. Our Jack the Ripper locations guide is a resource that will enable you to find places that featured in the story of the crimes which can still be visited and experienced today. Where Our Jack the Ripper Tour Takes You Below is a list of all the locations and landmarks you will pass when embarking on one of our walking tours. Whitechapel High Street Our journey into the sinister world of Jack The Ripper’s London starts on Whitechapel High Street, near Aldgate East tube station. The Princess Alice Pub The Princess Alice pub in Aldgate was commonly frequented by the local prostitutes at time of the Ripper crimes. It was also the haunt of a sinister potential suspect called ‘Leather Apron’ and was the last place the final victim of the Whitechapel Murders was seen alive. The Ten Bells Pub The Ten Bells was one of the most famous and popular pubs in the East End and that infamy grew as a result of its connection with the Ripper murders. Some of the Ripper’s victims were last seen in The Ten Bells and it’s even thought that he stalked the pub to find his prey. The White Hart The White Hart’s claim to Ripper fame is its close link to one of the prime suspects, a Polish immigrant called Severin Klosowski, later known as George Chapman. He worked in a barber shop in the basement of the pub. Mary Ann Nichols, one of the Ripper’s victims, was also found no more than 50-feet from the back of the pub. Osborn Street Although the murder of Emma Smith was not attributed to the Ripper, it did lead to the creation of the Whitechapel Murders file, which by the end of the year came to include the crimes we now know as the Jack the Ripper murders. Hanbury Street Annie Chapman made her way to 29 Hanbury Street, which was just a short walk from The Ten Bells pub in the early hours of 8 September 1888. Her mutilated body was found in the backyard just half an hour later. Ye Frying Pan on Brick Lane Ye Frying Pan, on the corner of Brick Lane, was the pub where Ripper victim Mary Nichols had her last drink before she was brutally murdered in the early hours of 31 August 1888. George Yard (Now Gunthorpe Street) George Yard, now Gunthorpe Street, lived up to its reputation of being one of the least desirable thoroughfares in East London when, on 7 August 1888, the body of a prostitute of Martha Tabram was found. She was not thought to be a victim of the Ripper. Dorset Street In 1888, Dorset Street had a reputation for being one of the most lawless in the whole of London. This was proved correct on 9 November 1888, when the horrifically mutilated body of Mary Kelly was found. She became the final of the five confirmed victims of Jack the Ripper. Goulston Street Goulston Street is unique in that it’s the location where one of the only bits of Ripper evidence was found. It was here in the early hours of 30 September 1888 that a missing piece of Catherine Eddowes’ apron, who had been murdered just minutes earlier, was discovered. Mitre Square In the southernmost corner of Mitre Square, on 30 September 1888, the mutilated body of Catherine Eddowes was found. The attack was the most western of all the Whitechapel Murders and the only crime committed in The City area of London. BOOK A JACK THE RIPPER TOUR WITH US TODAY Other Locations Related to the Whitechapel Murders Our tour is focused around the Whitechapel and Spitalfields area where the murders took place. Unfortunately, it is not possible to take you to every location of interest relating to the Jack The Ripper case, such as the sites of the victim’s graves, due to the size of the city and considerable time/distance it would take to travel to them all. Below is a list of all the London spots of interest relating to Jack the Ripper that the walking tour does not visit. We recommend a trip to any of these landmarks in your own leisure time if you wish to further experience the fearful and gruesome events that occurred in London over several months in 1888. Batty Street At 22 Batty Street in Whitechapel, the landlady Mrs Kuer believed she had a lodger who could be Jack the Ripper. Not only did Francis Tumblety’s nightly outings coincide with the crimes but she also found bloodstained clothing in his room. Buck’s Row (Now Durward Street) Buck’s Row, now Durward Street, was the dark alley where Mary Ann Nichols, the first confirmed Ripper victim, was found. She had been violently attacked and her throat cut so savagely that her head had almost been separated from her body. City of London Cemetery It is in the City of London Cemetery that Mary Nichols and Catherine Eddowes, the first and fourth victims of Jack the Ripper, were both buried. Their graves have long since been reused but there are memorial plaques to mark the spots where the women lay. Commercial Street Police Station The Commercial Street Police Station in Shoreditch has now been turned into flats, but in 1888 it was the station where many of the officers who were investigating the murders, including detective Abberline, were based. Dutfield’s Yard on Berner Street It was in Dutfield’s Yard off Berner Street on the night of 30 September 1988 that the body of Elizabeth Stride was found. Intriguingly, this could have been the only time that someone saw the Ripper in the act of committing a murder. East London Cemetery Elizabeth Stride, the third Ripper victim, was buried in the East London Cemetery on 6 October 1888. Although most of the burial sites of the Ripper victims have been reused and plaques erected in their place, the grave of Elizabeth Stride remains to this day. The London Hospital It was at the London Hospital where the assistant surgeon Dr Openshaw performed an analysis on a kidney that had been received anonymously in the post. He believed the kidney could have belonged to Catherine Eddowes, who had been murdered a month earlier. Once Dr Openshaw had reported his findings, he received a letter signed by Jack the Ripper confirming what he had found. Manor Park Cemetery Annie Chapman, the second victim of Jack the Ripper, was buried in the Manor Park Cemetery on 14 September 1888. Everything was done to keep the details of the funeral secret to prevent public fanfare and the ceremony went ahead with just the family present. The St. George In The East’s Mortuary The St George in the East Mortuary is now a rundown brick shed which was once the mortuary where the body of Jack the Ripper’s third victim, Elizabeth Stride, was taken following her murder on nearby Berner Street. St Patrick’s Cemetery Mary Kelly was the final and youngest of all the Ripper victims. She was buried on 19 November in St Patrick’s Cemetery in Leytonstone. Although our tour does not travel to Mary Kelly’s grave, it is something you can easily see for yourself. Swallow Gardens – Royal Mint Street At the time, Swallow Gardens was little more than an alleyway running under a railway arch. It was here, on 13 February 1891, that Frances Coles’ body was found. She was the final victim of the Whitechapel Murders, although the attack was not considered to be the work of the Ripper. The Working Lads Institute It was inside the Working Lads Institute in the East End of London that the inquests into the deaths of several of Jack the Ripper’s victims took place. The gruesome facts revealed at the inquests led to the sensational reporting of the murders by the press. List of serial killers by number of victims Article Talk Read View source View history Tools Page semi-protected From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This list does not include serial killers active only before the year 1900. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons.[1][2] There are gaps of time between the killings, which may range from a few days to months, or many years.[2] This list shows all known serial killers from the 20th century to present day by number of victims, then possible victims, then date. For those from previous centuries, see List of serial killers before 1900. In many cases, the exact number of victims assigned to a serial killer is not known, and even if that person is convicted of a few, there can be the possibility that they killed many more. Organization and ranking of serial killings is made difficult by the complex nature of serial killers and incomplete knowledge of the full extent of many killers' crimes. To address this, multiple categories have been provided in order to more accurately describe the nature of certain serial murders. This is not a reflection of an individual's overall rank, which may or may not vary depending on personal opinion concerning the nature and circumstances of their crimes. The fourth column in the table states the number of victims definitely assigned to that particular serial killer, and thus the table is in order of that figure. The fifth column states the number of possible victims the killer could have murdered. Some of these crimes are unsolved, but are included because they are the work of a serial killer, despite nobody being caught. This list does not include mass murderers, spree killers, war criminals, members of democidal governments, or major political figures, such as Adolf Hitler, Francisco Franco, Hideki Tojo, Suharto, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, or Pol Pot. Serial killers with the highest known victim count Excluding these "Medical professionals and pseudo-medical professionals", with their ability to kill simply and in plain sight, and Serial killer groups and couples (below), this list is a compilation of modern serial killers currently with the highest verifiable murder count. Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes Luis Garavito Colombia Ecuador[3] Venezuela[3] 1992–1999[3] 193 194–300+ Child-murderer, torture-killer, and rapist known as "La Bestia" ("The Beast"). Garavito confessed to killing 140 boys between six and sixteen years old, from October 1992 to April 1999 in Colombia and neighboring countries.[3] He is suspected of murdering over 300 victims, mostly street children. Garavito was originally sentenced to 1,853 years in prison, but this was later reduced to 22 years, after he led police to many of the bodies of his victims.[4][5] He was scheduled to become eligible for parole in 2023.[6] He died on October 12, 2023.[7] Pedro López Colombia Peru Ecuador 1969–1980 110 300+ Child-murderer and rapist, known as "The Monster of the Andes". López targeted young girls, between the ages of eight and twelve. Arrested in 1980 and convicted in 1983 of killing three young girls, but claimed to have killed hundreds. Despite being believed to be one of the most prolific serial killers of the twentieth century, he was released in the late 1990s.[8] Javed Iqbal Pakistan 1998–1999 100 100 Child-murderer and rapist, known as "Kukri", Iqbal murdered 100 street children by strangling them and covering up his crimes by dissolving the bodies with acid. He was arrested in December 1999 after sending a letter to a newspaper, and was set to be executed in the manner described by the judge, who stated, "You will be strangled to death in front of the parents whose children you killed" and, "Your body will then be cut into 100 pieces and put in acid, the same way you killed the children."[9] However, he died in custody before he could be executed.[10] Mikhail Popkov Russia 1992–2010 83 86+ Serial rapist-killer nicknamed "The Werewolf", who was active for two decades in Angarsk, Irkutsk and Vladivostok. After being convicted of 22 murders in 2015, he confessed to an additional 59 murders, of which he was convicted of 56 in 2018.[11][12] In July 2020, Popkov confessed to more killings, bringing the total number of admitted victims to 83. He was convicted of additional two killings in 2021 and another three in 2023.[13] He was sentenced to life. Daniel Camargo Barbosa Colombia Ecuador Brazil (alleged)[14] 1974–1986 72 180[14] Child and woman murderer, believed to have possibly raped and killed over 150 victims, primarily targeting female children, as they were more likely to be virgins. Confessed to killing 72 victims. He strangled young girls in Colombia and was arrested, but he escaped from prison, and started killing in Ecuador. He was rearrested in 1986, and was allegedly incarcerated in the same Ecuadorian prison as 300+ serial killer Pedro López.[citation needed] Camargo was killed in jail by the nephew of one of his victims.[14][15] Pedro Rodrigues Filho Brazil 1967–2003 71 100+ Rodrigues Filho claimed to have killed over 100 victims, 47 of them inmates. He also killed his father (who had killed his mother) and ate a piece of his heart. He killed his first two victims at the age of 14. He was first arrested in 1973; he was convicted and sentenced to 128 years, but the maximum one can serve in Brazil is 30 years.[16] He was released in 2018. He was murdered by two men in 2023. Kampatimar Shankariya India 1977–1978 70 70+ Shankariya was an Indian serial killer who used a hammer to kill over 70 men and women between 1978 and 1979. He was hanged in 1979; his last words were, "I have murdered in vain", he declared. "Nobody should become like me."[17][18][19][20] Hoshang Amini Iran 1954–1962 67 67 Known as the "Ghost of the Qanat Wells". Murdered 67 people in the city of Varamin from 1954 to 1962, sometimes aided by accomplices. He earned his nickname by decapitating his victims post-mortem and then dumping their bodies into wells.[21] Yang Xinhai China 1999–2003 67 67 Known as the "Monster Killer". Yang would enter victims' homes at night and kill using axes, meat cleavers, hammers, and shovels. He was executed by gunshot in 2004.[22] Abul Djabar Afghanistan Afghanistan 1970 and earlier 65 300+ Killed 65 men and boys by strangling them with turbans while raping them. Suspected of over 300 murders. Sentenced to death and hanged on October 21, 1970.[23] Samuel Little United States 1970–2005 60 93 Little was convicted of killing three women, but later investigations linked 31 other murders to him. He claimed he killed as many as 93 victims total, three above his initial confession of 90; the FBI later confirmed a total of 60 murders linked to Little. The investigations into his crimes are ongoing.[24][25] Sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on September 25, 2014. Died in prison on December 30, 2020, aged 80. William Unek Belgian Congo Tanganyika 1954–1957 57 57 Unek was a police constable who murdered 21 people with an axe in less than two hours before fleeing. Three years later, Unek, armed with rifle and axe, murdered 36 more people in the village of Malampaka before being mortally wounded by police with a smoke bomb that caught fire.[26] Mohammed Bijeh Iran 2002–2004 54 54 Bijeh raped and killed at least 54 male children and teenagers. On November 27, 2004, he was sentenced to be executed. Bijeh said that if he was not arrested, he would kill 100 children. He was executed after being lashed in front of a crowd in 2005.[27] Andrei Chikatilo Soviet Union 1978–1990 53 56 Known as "The Butcher of Rostov", "The Red Ripper" or "The Rostov Ripper". Chikatilo was convicted of the murder of 53 women and children between 1978 and 1990. One man was previously convicted and executed for his first murder. Chikatilo was executed by gunshot in 1994.[28] Anatoly Onoprienko Soviet Union Ukraine 1989–1996 52 52+ Known as "The Beast of Ukraine", "The Terminator", and "Citizen O". Onoprienko was convicted of the murders of nine people in 1989, and 43 people in 1995–1996. He travelled throughout Europe illegally from 1990 to 1995; whether he killed during this time is unknown. He was sentenced to death, and was later commuted to imprisonment for life. He died from heart failure in 2013.[28] Florisvaldo de Oliveira Brazil 1982–1983 50 50+ Known as "Cabo Bruno"; de Oliveira was a former police officer and vigilante who murdered criminals in the outskirts of São Paulo. He was murdered by unknown assailants in 2012.[29] Gary Ridgway United States 1982–1998 49 71–90+ Ridgway was a truck painter who confessed to killing 71 women. He was also known as The "Green River Killer". He almost exclusively targeted sex workers from Seattle. Ridgway was suspected of killing over 90 victims; he confessed to 71, and was convicted of 49.[30] He was sentenced to life without parole.[31] Alexander Pichushkin Russia 1992–2006 49 60 Pichushkin was also known as the "Chessboard Killer". He was convicted of murdering 49 victims, and suspected of killing 60. He claimed to have murdered 62 people, because he did not know that two of his victims had survived; he stated that his goal was becoming Russia's most prolific serial killer.[32] He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Wang Qiang China 1995–2003 45 60+ Wang killed 45 and raped 10 from 1995 to 2003.[33] He was executed by firing squad in 2005. Ahmad Suradji Indonesia 1986–1997 42 42 Suradji was convicted of strangling at least 42 women and girls in a series of ritual slayings he believed would give him magical powers. He was executed by firing squad in 2008.[34] Raman Raghav India 1965–1968 41 41 In the late 1960s, Raghav went on a violent rampage in Mumbai, India. He bludgeoned 41 people to death inside their shelters while they slept. He died of kidney failure in 1995. Moses Sithole South Africa 1994–1995 38 76 Known as South Africa's Ted Bundy. Sithole preyed on unemployed women, posing as a businessman and luring his victims with the prospects of a job, before leading them to an isolated place, where he raped, tortured, and murdered them. He was sentenced to 2,410 years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 930 years.[35] Serhiy Tkach Soviet Union Ukraine 1984–2005 37 100+ A former Ukrainian police criminal investigator, Tkach suffocated girls aged between eight and eighteen, and performed sexual acts on their bodies after they were dead. He claimed to have killed 100. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and died from heart failure in 2018.[36] Gennady Mikhasevich Soviet Union 1971–1985 36 43–55+ Mikhasevich killed women by strangling them. Besides killing, he also robbed his victims of money and valuable items (that he would sometimes give to his wife as a gift). He was executed by firing squad in 1987.[37] Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi Morocco 1906 and earlier 36 36+ Known as "Marrakesh Arch-Killer"; Mesfewi drugged, mutilated and murdered women; he was executed by immurement (walling) in 1906. Vera Renczi Kingdom of Romania Yugoslavia Hungary (alleged) 1920–1930 35 ~35 Romanian serial killer nicknamed, "The Black Widow". Renczi was convicted of killing 35 men through arsenic poisoning, but confessed to only killing 32 victims. Renczi is one of the world's most prolific female serial killers. However, there is very little information about Renczi and her crimes, because personal information (criminal history, academic records, etc.) were not cataloged as well as they are today, making some criminologists believe she was a figure of Romanian folklore, rather than an actual person.[38] Fernando Hernández Leyva Mexico 1982–1999 33 137 Hernández Leyva confessed to 100 murders and six kidnappings at the time of his arrest in 1999 (he had been arrested previously in 1982 and 1986, the second time for murder, but escaped from prison), but later retracted, and claimed that he had been beaten by the police and his family threatened in order to force him to confess. He was accused of as many as 137 murders in five southern Mexican states, was convicted of 33 murders, and was sentenced to 50 years in prison. He tried unsuccessfully to commit suicide in prison. If his claim of 100+ victims were true, then Leyva would be Mexico's most prolific documented serial killer.[39] John Wayne Gacy United States 1972–1978 33 34–45+ Gacy is known to have murdered a minimum of 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978, 26 of whom he buried in the crawl space of his Chicago home. He was known as the "Killer Clown", due to the fact he often entertained children at social events dressed in a self devised clown costume. Executed by lethal injection in 1994.[40] Ali Asghar Borujerdi Ottoman Empire Iraq Iran 1907–1934 33 33 Known as "Asghar the Murderer". Borujerdi killed 33 young adults in Iraq and Iran. He was executed by hanging in 1934.[41] Vasili Komaroff Soviet Union 1921–1923 33 33 Known as "The Wolf of Moscow"; Komaroff was a horse trader who killed 33 men. He was executed by firing squad in 1923. Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour Egypt 1999–2006 32 32+ Mansour was a gang leader known as "al-Tourbini" ("The Express Train"). He had raped and tortured homeless children, mostly boys aged 10 to 14 years old, aboard the trains between Cairo, Alexandria, Qalyubia, and Beni Sueif. The victims were usually thrown off the moving train when they were dead or in agony; other times, they were thrown into the Nile or buried alive. Mansour was executed in 2010.[42] Radik Tagirov Russia 2011–2012 31 31 Known as the "Volga Maniac". He murdered elderly women in several Russian regions.[43] Serial killers with 15 to 30 proven victims This part of the list contains all serial killers with 15 to 30 proven victims who acted alone and were neither medical professionals nor contract killers. Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes Karl Denke Germany 1900–1924 30 42+ Killed and cannibalized poor travelers and homeless vagrants. Kept a ledger recording his murders with at least 31 names in it (including Vincenz Olivier, his only surviving victim), thus confirming at least 30 victims. But due to the massive amount of human remains found in his apartment, his kill count is suspected by many to exceed 42 victims. Killed himself by hanging in his holding cell before he could be tried.[44] Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito Brazil 1989–2003 30 42 Serial killer of children, who also sexually abused and mutilated children in Maranhão and Pará; sentenced to 217 years imprisonment.[45] Monster of the Mangones Colombia 1963–1970s 30 38 Unidentified serial killer(s) who kidnapped, tortured, raped, and murdered at least 30 boys in Cali, Colombia. Milton Sipalo Zambia 1980 30 31 Known as "The Lusaka Strangler"; A soldier who raped and murdered women and girls in Lusaka. While awaiting trial, he jumped off of the roof of the police station where he was being interrogated, killing himself.[46] Luis Gregorio Ramírez Maestre Colombia 2010–2012 30 30 Killed motorists in various municipalities before his 2012 capture.[47] Was sentenced to 34 years in prison. David Thabo Simelane Swaziland 2000–2001 28 45 Sexually assaulted women he befriended in forests, stabbing or strangling them afterward; sentenced to death.[48] Zhang Jun China 1993–2000 28 28 Robbed 22 stores in several Chinese provinces, killing 28 people in the process. Executed in 2001.[49] Mariam Soulakiotis Greece 1939–1951 27 177+ Known as "Mother Rasputin"; abbess believed to have murdered wealthy women and children who came into her abbey. The true number of her victims is a matter of debate, but she was found guilty of 177 murders—150 through negligence (fraudulently claiming to offer free tuberculosis treatment when the 'treatment' only consisted of abiding in her high altitude convent) and 27 through starvation. Died in prison in 1954.[50][51] Cedric Maake South Africa 1996–1997 27 35+ Known as the "Wemmer Pan Killer" and "Hammer Killer". He killed his victims with different instruments such as guns, rocks, a knife, and a hammer. Authorities attributed the murders to two serial killers because of the inconsistent modus operandi. In some cases he killed his victims with a rock, in others he shot them, and in others he murdered tailors with a hammer. Maake was arrested after Moses Sithole was found guilty of 38 killings and sentenced to 1,340 years in prison.[52] Robert Pickton Canada 1983–2002 26 49 Known as the "Pig Farmer Killer" or the "Butcher", he killed women mostly from the Vancouver Downtown Eastside and would feed the remains to the pigs on his farm. In 2007, he was initially convicted for the deaths of 6 women but was later found guilty of the deaths of 20 other women in 2010; however, he confessed to 49 killings to an undercover police officer. In 2024, Pickton died of injuries received in an attack from another inmate.[53] Bruce George Peter Lee United Kingdom 1973–1979 26 26 Epileptic arsonist who killed people in the city of Hull; sentenced to life imprisonment, but was later institutionalized.[54] The Stoneman India 1985–1989 25 25+ 12 homeless people were murdered in their sleep in Bombay between 1985 and 1987, and 13 in Calcutta in 1989—in all cases, by dropping a large rock over their head (an additional victim escaped, but could not identify the attacker). No one was ever charged with any of the murders.[55] Juan Corona United States 1971 25 25+ Corona was convicted of murdering ranch laborers and burying them in orchards. He was sentenced to 25 terms life imprisonment.[56] Died from natural causes in 2019. Fritz Haarmann Germany 1918–1924 24 27+ Also known as the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover, because of his preferred method of killing by biting through his victim's throat, sometimes while sodomizing them. He would then dump the bodies in the nearby river Leine. Believed to have been responsible for the murder of 27 boys and young men, he was convicted, found guilty of 24 murders and executed by guillotine in 1925.[57] Béla Kiss Austria-Hungary 1912–1916 24 24+ Evaded arrest and conviction after the discovery of 24 bodies hidden in large metal drums on his property in 1916. At that time he was serving in the Austro-Hungarian Army, and deserted when the military was notified of the murders by civilian authorities. His final whereabouts and fate are unknown, as is his final victim count.[58] Majid Salek Mohammadi Iran 1981–1985 24 24 Killed mainly women he considered unfaithful to their husbands, sometimes the children accompanying them too; killed himself before he could be sentenced.[59] Yvan Keller France Germany (suspected) Switzerland (suspected) 1989–2006 23 150 Known as the "Pillow Killer"; killed and robbed old women in France's Alsace region, but also confessed to up to 150 murders, including in Germany and Switzerland; killed himself before trial.[60] Ronald Dominique United States 1997–2006 23 23+ Louisianian serial killer, known locally as the Bayou Strangler and murdered victims in the Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish, Iberville Parish and Jefferson Parish. Sentenced to eight life terms.[61] Juan Fernando Hermosa Ecuador 1991–1992 23 23 Known as "Niño del Terror"; youth gang leader who murdered mostly taxi drivers and homosexuals in Quito; murdered on his 20th birthday by unknown assailants.[62] Gerald Stano United States 1969–1980 22 88 Confessed to killing 41 women, mostly in Florida and New Jersey. He was only convicted in 22 cases, and is suspected in the deaths of up to 88 victims.[63] Some people have suggested that Stano was a serial confessor.[64] Earle Nelson United States Canada 1926–1927 22 25 Necrophiliac who primarily targeted boarding house landladies on the US West Coast during 1926; he was also known as "Gorilla Killer" or "the Dark Strangler". Captured after two murders in a small (now ghost) town in southern Manitoba. Found guilty, hanged by Canadian authorities in January 1928.[65] Mikhail Novosyolov Soviet Union Russia Tajikistan 1977–1995 22 22 Known as the "Necrophile Rebel"; killed his victims with blows from heavy objects, then had sexual intercourse with their corpses; sentenced to civil commitment.[66] Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Colombia 1999–2003 21 50+ Colombian child rapist and serial killer. Known as "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" (The Monster of the Cane Fields). He confessed to killing 21 children in remote areas of Colombia.[67] Sentenced to 40 years in prison. Patrick Kearney United States 1965–1977 21 43+ Would pick up young male hitch-hikers or young men from gay bars near Redondo Beach, California, and kill them.[68] Sentenced to imprisonment for life. William Bonin United States 1979–1980 21 36+ Bonin and three accomplices are known to have murdered a minimum of 21 youths aged between 12 and 19 in and around Los Angeles. As the majority of his victims were discarded alongside various southern California freeways, Bonin became known as the Freeway Killer. Convicted of 14 of the freeway murders, he was executed by lethal injection in 1996.[69] Vasile Tcaciuc Romania 1917–1935 21 26+ Romanian man who lured victims and then murdered them with an axe. He was arrested in 1935 after a dog found a dead body in his house. He confessed to having committed at least 26 murders. He was shot dead by a policeman while trying to escape from prison.[70] Yoo Young-chul South Korea 2003–2004 21 26 Used a hammer to murder mostly older victims, until his focus shifted to the decapitation and mutilation of escorts after being dumped by a girlfriend who worked in that profession.[71] Was sentenced to death and currently incarcerated.[72][73] Francisco Guerrero Pérez Mexico 1880–1908 21 21 Known as "El Chaquero"; the first captured serial killer in Mexico, who killed sex workers in Mexico City; died in 1910 from cerebral thromboembolism and another, unspecified cause.[74] Ted Bundy United States 1974–1978 20 35–100+ Bundy was an American serial killer known for his charisma and good looks. He officially confessed to 30 homicides, but had confessed to killing 35–36 women in the past, and some estimates run upwards of 100 or more. He was infamous for escaping from prison twice and murdering multiple victims in one day; sometimes abducting women from the same location within hours of one another.[75] He was executed by electric chair in 1989.[76][77] Abdullah Shah Afghanistan 1990s 20 20+ Killed travelers on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad serving under Zardad Khan. Also killed his wife. Executed on April 20, 2004.[78] Mohan Kumar India 2005–2009 20 20 Lured female victims with promises of marriage and gave them cyanide, claiming they were contraceptive pills, Sentenced to death in 2013. Bulelani Mabhayi South Africa 2007–2012 20 20 Known as the "Monster of Thuleni"; killed 20 women and children from 2007 to 2012. Sentenced to 25 life sentences on September 3, 2013. Larry Eyler United States 1982–1984 19 23+ Known as "The Interstate Killer"; sentenced to death for the 1984 murder and dismemberment of 15-year-old Daniel Bridges. He confessed to other homicides of young men and boys in five separate states. Died of AIDS complications in 1994.[79] Cape Town Prostitute Killer South Africa 1992–1996 19 20 Unidentified serial killer who, on rainy nights, picked up sex workers and domestic workers in his vehicle, strangled them in parking lots, and dumped their bodies in rural, preselected spots.[80] "El Psicópata" Costa Rica 1986–1996 19 19+ ("The Psychopath") Unidentified serial killer who killed 19 people with an M3 submachine gun in three Costa Rican towns, always south of the Florencio del Castillo Highway.[81] Sergei Ryakhovsky Soviet Union Russia 1988–1993 19 19+ Known as the Balashikha Ripper, he was convicted for the murders of at least 19 victims. Died from tuberculosis in 2005.[82] Yevgeny Chuplinsky Russia 1998–2006 19 19+ Known as the "Novosibirsk Maniac"; killed sex workers in Novosibirsk; despite extensive police search and the capture of another serial killer, he was only arrested in 2016; sentenced to life imprisonment.[83] M. Jaishankar India 2008–2011 19 19+ Accused of killing at least 19 women. Charged with 13 murders, he escaped during a trial transport. Killed eight more people in two months before he was recaptured. Sentenced to 27 years. Killed himself by slashing his wrists with a shaving blade in prison on 27 February 2018.[84] Ansis Kaupēns Latvia 1920–1926 19 19 Army deserter who committed 30 robberies and killed 19 people; one of the most infamous Latvian criminals; executed by hanging in 1927.[85] Vadim Ershov Russia 1992–1995 19 19 Known as the "Krasnoyarsk Beast"; committed 70 crimes around the Krasnoyarsk area, including 19 murders and eight attempted murders; sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment.[86] Velaphi Ndlangamandla South Africa 1998 19 19 Known as "The Saloon Killer"; robber who murdered people around Mpumalanga in his crime spree; sentenced to 137 years imprisonment.[87] Valery Kopytov Russia 2000–2004 19 19 Known as "The Barnaul Chikatilo"; homeless man who killed other homeless people in Altai Krai.[88] Randall Woodfield United States 1979–1981 18 44 Known as "The I-5 Killer" and "The I-5 Bandit." Suspected of as many as 44 murders.[89] Sentenced to imprisonment for life. Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu Turkey 1994–2002 18 40 Killed in various cities of Turkey. 18 murders proven and accused of more than 40 by eyewitnesses and relatives.[90] Was sentenced to 74 years in prison. Paul John Knowles United States 1974 18 35+ Killed 18 people in various states in 1974. Claimed 35 murders. Known as the "Casanova Killer"; shot dead by FBI agents.[91] Thierry Paulin France 1984–1987 18 21 Known as "The monster of Montmartre". Killed and robbed elderly women. Died of AIDS in 1989 in prison before trial.[92] Richard Nyauza South Africa 2002–2006 18 19 Known as "The Quarry Murderer"; bludgeoned, beat, strangled, and stabbed 16 women and two unborn children to death and left their bodies in or around a quarry. Given 16 life sentences.[93] Umesh Reddy India 1996–2002 18 18+ Confessed to 18 rapes and murders. Sentenced to death.[94] Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode South Africa 1994–1995 18 18+ Known as "Donnybrook Serial Killer" murdered 18 people in Donnybrook, KwaZulu Natal from 1994 to 1995.[95] Was given 140 years (5 life sentences). Kotakethana murders Sri Lanka 2008–2015 18 18+ 18 mysterious murders of women in the Rathnapura district of Sri Lanka. One middle age man suspect was arrested in 2015 and his DNA matched with six murders. Nine other cases remain unsolved.[96][97] Asande Baninzi South Africa 2001 18 18 Killed 18 people in three months, including a family of four; given 19 life sentences and 189 years of imprisonment.[98] Vladimir Mirgorod Russia 2002–2004 18 18 Known as "The Strangler"; raped and strangle women in Moscow, also killing one of the victims' son; sentenced to life imprisonment.[99] Richard Cottingham United States 1967–1980 17 85–100 Killer operating in New York and New Jersey who often targeted sex workers and utilized mutilation as well as dismemberment in his killings. Known as the "Torso Killer", with 17 confirmed homicide victims[100] including nine convictions and a further eight official confessions. He has made unsubstantiated claims of up to a hundred victims.[101] Huang Yong China 2001–2003 17 25 Lured and murdered 17 teenage boys, although he is suspected of 25 murders between September 2001 and 2003.[102] Executed by firing squad in 2003. Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña Peru 2005–2006 17 25 Known as "El Apóstol de la Muerte" ("The Apostle of Death"). Convicted of 17 murders and claimed 25. Sentenced to 35 years in prison.[103] Darbara Singh India 2004 17 23 Sexually assaulted and then murdered children of non-Punjabi immigrants; died in 2018 from an illness while serving a life sentence.[104] Robert Hansen United States 1971–1983 17 21 Sex workers he kidnapped were released into the Alaskan wilderness for him to hunt down like animals. Based on discovered remains, police suspect him of six murders in addition to the 17 for which he was convicted. Sentenced to 461 years plus life. Died from unspecified health problems in 2014.[105] Sergei Dovzhenko Ukraine 1992–2002 17 19 Killed people because they were "mocking" him; sentenced to life imprisonment.[106] Donato Bilancia Italy 1997–1998 17 17 Burglar who murdered 17 people, mainly sex workers, between 1997 and 1998, during a six-month period. Known as the "Prostitutes Killer" and the "Liguria Monster". Sentenced to imprisonment for life,[107] he died due to COVID-19 in 2020.[108] Irina Gaidamachuk Russia 2002–2010 17 17 Known as "Satan in a skirt". Killed 17 elderly women between 2002 and 2010. Sentenced to 20 years in prison. Chen Fuzhao China 2003 17 17 Alleged Falun Gong fanatic who fatally poisoned 17 people in 2003.[109] Randy Steven Kraft United States 1971–1983 16 67 Convicted of 16 counts of murder but left a cryptic "score card" referring to at least 65 victims. May have had an accomplice.[110] Sentenced to death. Juana Barraza Mexico Late 1990s–2006 16 49 Mexican female wrestler who bludgeoned or strangled elderly women to rob them. Sentenced to 759 years. Michel Fourniret France Belgium 1987–2001 16 19 Known as the Ogre or Beast of Ardennes. He was caught after a failed kidnapping in 2003.[111] Sentenced to life and died of respiratory problems while in prison in 2021. Sipho Agmatir Thwala South Africa 1996–1997 16 19 Nicknamed the Phoenix Strangler after the area in which he committed his crimes; he raped and strangled 19 women; arrested, he was found guilty of 16 murders and sentenced to life.[112] Saeed Hanaei Iran 2000–2001 16 19 Confessed to luring 16 sex workers to his home and killing them in an attempt to "cleanse" the city of Mashhad. His actions were dubbed "The Spider Murders". Executed by hanging in 2002.[113] Maina Ramulu India 2003–2020 16 18 Convicted of murdering 16 women between 2003 and 2013 during three separate murder sprees. He was released from prison in 2020, and allegedly murdered two more women.[114] Jeffrey Dahmer United States 1978–1991 16 17 Dahmer ate some of his victims and kept their body parts in his freezer. Was sentenced to life imprisonment; murdered in prison in 1994. José Antonio Rodríguez Vega Spain 1987–1988 16 16+ Nicknamed El Mataviejas (The Old Lady Killer), he raped and killed at least 16 elderly women, aged from 61 to 93 years old, in and around Santander, Cantabria. He went unrecognized for over a year because he moved his victims into their beds after they were killed; no autopsies were made and the deaths were attributed to natural causes. He also took trophies from his victims that he held in a particular room of his home; about 10 percent of these trophies remained unclaimed, implying the existence of other victims.[115] He was stabbed to death by two inmates while incarcerated in 2002. Carroll Cole United States 1948–1980 16 16 Killed 16 people in California, Nevada, and Texas.[116] Executed by lethal injection in 1985. Elias Xitavhudzi South Africa 1950s 16 16 Nicknamed Panga man for his use of a machete (locally known as a "panga"). He stabbed and robbed his victims between 1953 and 1959; arrested, he was executed by hanging in 1960.[117] Charles Ray Hatcher United States 1969–1982 16 16 A habitual criminal, confessed to the rape and murder of over 20 young and adolescent males. Escaped from prison several times and was declared a "manipulative institutionalized sociopath".[118] Sentenced to life; killed himself by hanging himself in prison in 1984. Yuri Ivanov Soviet Union 1974–1987 16 16 Known as the "Ust-Kamenogorsk Maniac"; Kazakhstani rapist who killed girls and women who spoke negatively of men; executed 1987.[119] Robert Lee Yates United States 1975–1998 16 16 Killed sex workers in the "Skid Row" area of E. Sprague Avenue in Spokane, Washington. Sentenced to 408 years in prison and two death sentences.[120] Farid Baghlani Iran 2004–2008 16 16 Known as the "Cyclist killer"; murdered 15 women and 1 boy. Executed by hanging on November 13, 2010.[121] Jimmy Maketta South Africa 2005 16 16 Pleaded guilty to and convicted of 16 murders and 19 rapes committed over the nine-month period of April to December 2005.[122] Jack Mogale South Africa 2008–2009 16 16 Raped and strangled women in the Donnybrook area. Convicted of 16 murders and 19 rapes, nine kidnappings, robbery and assault.[123] Donald Henry Gaskins United States 1953–1982 15 100+ Known as "The Meanest Man in America", Gaskins was convicted of nine murders committed in South Carolina between 1973 and 1975. He was suspected of 31 murders. Two victims had been murdered while Gaskins had been incarcerated—one while Gaskins had been on death row. Later claimed on death row that he had murdered between 100 and 110 victims. Executed by electric chair in 1991. Ravinder Kumar India 2008–2015 15 30+ Serial rapist who killed children of poor families.[124] Atlanta Ripper United States 1911 15 21 Unidentified serial killer(s) who killed at least 15 Atlanta women in 1911, possibly as many as 21 in total.[125] Ángel Maturino Reséndiz United States Mexico 1986–1999 15 18 Known as the "Railroad Killer" because his killings were committed near the railroad tracks he used to traverse the country. He was charged with and/or confessed to 15 murders occurring from 1986 to 1999 in Texas, Florida, Illinois, Georgia, and Kentucky. He was also suspected in a 1997 California murder case and claimed two additional killings he refused to elaborate on. Executed by lethal injection in 2006.[126] Chester Turner United States 1987–1998 15 15+ Convicted of killing 15 people in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s. Sentenced to death.[127] Alexander Labutkin Soviet Union 1933–1935 15 15 Known as the "One-Armed Bandit"; killed people in the forest near the Prigorodny settlement using a revolver; executed 1935.[128] Florencio Fernández Argentina 1950s 15 15 Stalked his victims, then would beat and bite them while they were asleep. Died from natural causes a few years after his 1960 arrest. Elifasi Msomi South Africa Kaspars Petrovs Latvia 2003 13 38+ Confessed to strangling 38 elderly residents of Riga, Latvia, in 2003. Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the robbery and murder of 13.[157] Peter Sutcliffe United Kingdom 1975–1980 13 33 Killed at least 13 women between 30 October 1975 and 17 November 1980. Most victims were killed by a combination of bludgeoning and stabbing, and all but two were killed in the county of Yorkshire. Owing to the modus operandi and location of the murders, Sutcliffe became known as the "Yorkshire Ripper."[158] Sentenced to 20 concurrent life sentences. After three years he was sent to a secure psychiatric facility, where he served 25 years before being found "fit to leave" in 2009. Government officials and courts ruled in 2010 that he would never be released. In 2015, he was declared "no longer mentally ill", and transferred to a maximum security prison. After his 1981 conviction police investigated 60 unsolved murders and attempted murders across Britain they thought Sutcliffe could be responsible for, but were able to eliminate him from 40.[159] He has since also been linked by several investigators to the murder of Carol Wilkinson, for which an innocent man spent many years in prison.[160][161] Sutcliffe died in hospital on 13 November 2020 at age 74, after being diagnosed with COVID-19.[162] Fosaville Serial Killer South Africa 1999–2003 13 26 Kidnapped, bound, and strangled at least 13 women in Fosaville, South Africa. He may also be responsible for the "Riverman" murders.[163] William Suff United States 1986–1992 13 23 Previously served 10 years of a 70-year sentence for beating his baby daughter to death. Beginning two years after his release, this county store clerk raped, stabbed, strangled, and sometimes mutilated 12 or more sex workers in Riverside County, California. Known as the "Riverside Prostitute Killer" and the "Lake Elsinore Killer." Sentenced to death.[164] Richard Ramirez United States 1984–1985 13[165] 20 Killed 13 people between 28 June 1984, and 24 August 1985, in Los Angeles. Known as the "Night Stalker".[165][166] Ramirez was sentenced to death in 1989, and died of B-cell lymphoma in 2013 while still on death row. Sleepy Hollow Killer South Africa 1990s–2007 13 16+ Raped and murdered women, mostly sex workers, around Pietermaritzburg and the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal.[167] Francisco Antonio Laureana Argentina 1974–1975 13 13+ Raped 15 women in San Isidro, killing 13 of them. Shot and killed during a firefight with police.[168] Joseph James DeAngelo United States 1979–1986 13 13+ Known as the "Golden State Killer", "Original Night Stalker", and "East Area Rapist". A police officer who committed at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California in the 1970s and 1980s. He was identified and arrested in 2018 after DNA evidence confirmed it was him.[169][170] In 2020, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.[171] Tamara Samsonova Russia 1995–2015 13 13+ Known as the "Granny Ripper"; killed and allegedly cannibalized people in her apartment; committed to a psychiatric clinic.[172][173] Boston Strangler United States 1962–1964 13 13 Although Albert DeSalvo was widely thought to be the Boston Strangler, police and others analysing the case have long doubted the truth of his confession.[174] Sentenced to life for a series of rapes, he was murdered in prison. DeSalvo's body was exhumed for DNA testing, and compared to a substance found on the exhumed body of the Boston Strangler's last victim. In 2001, it was declared not to match, but in 2013 officials announced that improvements in DNA extraction technology produced viable samples from the degraded evidence. DeSalvo's body was reexhumed and found to match. Herbert Mullin United States 1972–1973 13 13 Despite detailed confessions, prosecutors decided not to try him for the first three crimes, instead focusing on crimes that conflicted with his insanity plea. Sentenced to imprisonment for life.[175] Vladimir Storozhenko Soviet Union 1978–1981 13 13 Known as the "Smolensky Strangler"; tortured and murdered women for sexual pleasure; four other innocent men were initially convicted for his crimes; executed 1982.[176] Johannes Mashiane South Africa 1982–1989 13 13 Known as "The Beast of Atteridgeville", he was found guilty of 13 counts of murder and 12 counts of sodomy from 1982 to 1989. Killed himself by throwing himself under a bus while being pursued by police in 1989.[177] Vasiliy Kulik Soviet Union 1984–1986 13 13 Known as the Irkutsk Monster;[178] killed at least 13 victims from 1984 to 1986. Executed by firing squad in 1989. Nikolai Dudin Soviet Union Russia 1987–2002 13 13 Known as the "Grim Maniac"; killed his father in 1987, and after release, killed 12 more people while intoxicated; sentenced to life imprisonment.[179] Mukosi Freddy Mulaudzi South Africa 1990–2006 13 13 Known as "The Limpopo Serial Killer"; escaped convict, originally responsible for two murders, who murdered 11 more after his prison escape; given 11 life sentences.[180] Duan Guocheng China 1999–2001 13 13 Nicknamed "The Red-dress killer" or "The Red-dress slasher" because his victims were lone women walking alone either wearing red-dresses or another type of red. He sparked panic among women in Central China, with public officials warning them to stop wearing red during the years which he was at large.[181] Nikolay Shubin Russia 2004–2006 13 13 Paranoid schizophrenic who killed people who beat him in chess games; sentenced to compulsory treatment.[182] Thozamile Taki South Africa 2007 13 13 Known as the "Sugar cane serial killer",[183] he murdered 13 women. Convicted in 2010. "Rainbow Maniac" Brazil 2007–2008 13 13 Unidentified serial killer who shot gay men in the head (except one, who was bludgeoned) in the Paturis Park of Carapicuiba.[184] Li Wenxiang China 1991–1996 13 Known as "The Guangzhou Ripper". Killed 13 female sex workers in Guangzhou. Executed. Adolf Seefeldt Germany 1908–1935 12 100 Known as the "Sandman"; sexually abused young boys in their sleep, then poisoned them; suspected of 100 murders in total.[185] Executed by guillotine in 1936. José Manuel Martínez United States 1978–2013 12 36 Mexican-American self-confessed hitman who admitted to committing 36 murders in twelve different states, sometimes on the orders of his cartel bosses and sometimes out of personal animosity. Ultimately convicted or pleaded guilty to a total of twelve murders in three different states.[186] Charles Sobhraj Thailand Nepal India Malaysia 1975–1976 12 30 French con man known as "The Bikini Killer" or "The Serpent" that targeted Western tourists in vacation spots of South-east Asia, often with the help of female accomplices. Imprisoned in India from 1976 to 1997, and sentenced to life imprisonment in Nepal in 2004.[187] He was released from prison in Nepal in 2022.[188] Slamet Tohari Indonesia 2020–2023 12 24+ Swindler who was convicted of 12 murders by cyanide poisoning committed in Central Java between 2020 and 2023. He confessed to "dozens" of murders. Sentenced to death in 2024.[189][190] Vladimir Romanov Soviet Union Russia 1991–2005 12 20 Known as the "Kaliningrad Maniac"; a child rapist who murdered girls and young women in the Kaliningrad Oblast; killed himself while imprisoned.[191] Maury Travis United States 2000–2002 12 17 Killed sex workers in the St. Louis area from 2000 to 2002. Caught when he mailed an Expedia.com map showing where to find a body to a St. Louis newspaper. Killed himself by hanging in prison.[192] Dennis Nilsen United Kingdom 1978–1983 12 15–16[193] Picked up young men in London between 1978 and 1983 and dismembered them, keeping various body parts around his home.[194] Died from surgical complications in 2018. Kenneth Bianchi United States 1977–1978 12 15 Convicted of strangling 12 female victims aged 12 to 28 and suspected in another three cases. One of the "Hillside Stranglers".[195] Sentenced to imprisonment for life. Enriqueta Martí Spain c. 1900–1912 12 12+ Self-proclaimed witch that abducted, prostituted, murdered and made potions with the bodies of small children that she sold in Barcelona. Remains of 12 different children were identified in her home, but she is believed to have murdered more. Murdered in prison by fellow inmates while awaiting trial in 1913.[196] Recent investigations by writer Jordi Corominas and historian Elsa Plaza question the popular version of the black legend of Enriqueta Martí and warned about multiples misinformation, because Enriqueta "was never formally charged with murder nor was any corpse of a child found in her home."[197][198] Abdallah al-Hubal Yemen 1990–1998 12 12 Killed seven people after Yemeni unification; fled prison, then proceeded to kill a young couple and three more people; killed during a shootout with police.[199] Nikolai Shestakov Soviet Union 1975 12 12 Known as the "Luberetsky Maniac"; truck driver who raped and killed girls and young women; supposedly executed in 1977.[200] Joseph Christopher United States 1980–1981 12 12 Known as "The Midtown Slasher"; racist who killed 12 people, all but one of them African Americans, in 1980 and 1981, between upstate New York and Georgia, mutilating two of them. Sentenced to life imprisonment, died in prison age 33 of breast cancer.[201] "Paraquat murders" killer Japan 1985 12 12 Unidentified serial killer who carried out a series of indiscriminate poisonings in Japan in 1985 that killed 12. Siswanto Indonesia 1994–1996 12 Alias Robot Gedek. Homeless man that killed 12 boys. Sentenced to death on May 21, 1997. Died in prison on March 26, 2007. Sergey Golovkin Soviet Union Russia 1986–1992 11 40+ Killed at least 11 boys in the Moscow area between 1986 and 1992.[202] Executed by gunshot in 1996; last person executed in Russia before the death penalty was abolished. Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha Brazil 2011–2014 11 39 Gomes da Rocha was a Brazilian security guard who confessed to the murders of 39 people. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for 11 murders, and attempted suicide while incarcerated.[203] Herb Baumeister United States 1990–1996 11 23 Strangled gay men and buried their bodies in his backyard in Indiana and Ohio; 11 men were found in the yard but only five were identified. Died after shooting himself when faced with arrest.[204] Zhang Yongming China 2008–2012 11 17–20 Sold flesh of his victims as 'ostrich meat' and kept eyeballs in wine. Executed.[205] Jack Unterweger Austria United States Czechoslovakia 1974–1992 11 15 Served 14 years in Austrian prison because of a murder in 1974; killed at least nine sex workers after his release. Was a small media star in Austrian media in the early 1990s and, on behalf of Austrian police, was arrested in the US, where he may have killed another three sex workers. Hanged himself in 1994 after being sentenced to life in prison.[206] Vaughn Greenwood United States 1964–1975 11 13 Known as the "Skid Row Slasher". Killed 11 people, suspected of two more. Cut victims' throats from ear to ear and may have drunk their blood. Sentenced to imprisonment for life.[207] Anthony Sowell United States 2007–2009 11 11+ Known as The Cleveland Strangler, he was convicted of killing 11 women between 2007 and 2009, and is suspected in another series of murders in the 1980s, with the two sets of killings separated by a 15-year stint in prison. Sentenced to death.[208] Henri Désiré Landru France 1915–1919 11 11 Nicknamed "Bluebeard", he put notes in the lonely hearts section of newspapers under different aliases, presenting himself as a widower that wanted to marry a war widow. He killed at least 10 women and the teenage son of one of them, and burned their bodies after he had gained access to their assets. Executed by guillotine in 1922.[209] Nannie Doss United States 1927–1954 11 11 Responsible for 11 deaths between 1927 and 1954. Known as the "Giggling Nanny", the "Giggling Granny", and the "Jolly Black Widow". Sentenced to imprisonment for life. Died of leukemia in 1965, age 59.[210] Marie Alexandrine Becker Belgium 1933–1936 11 11 Poisoned wealthy clients while working as a seamstress. Died in prison in 1942. Seisaku Nakamura Japan 1938–1942 11 11 Teenage serial killer known as the "Hamamatsu Deaf Killer" for having been born deaf. Murdered 11 people (including his brother) and attacked many others, among them his father, sister, brother-in-law and nephew. Tried as an adult and executed by hanging.[211] Robledo Puch Argentina 1971 11 11 Convicted of 11 murders and multiple other crimes including attempted murder and sexual assault. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1980.[212] Clifford Olson Canada 1980–1981 11 11 Considered a dangerous offender, meaning that Olson could never have been released from prison. He had three parole applications rejected.[213] Died from cancer in 2011. Francisco García Escalero Spain 1987–1994 11 11 Known as "The Killer Beggar". A necrophilic, schizophrenic homeless man found insane and confined to a psychiatric hospital after killing 11 sex workers and other homeless people between 1987 and 1994.[214] Died in 2014. Henry Louis Wallace United States 1990–1994 11 11 Murdered 11 black women in Charlotte, North Carolina. The victims were all women that he knew. Benjamin Atkins United States 1991–1992 11 11 Known as "The Woodward Corridor Killer". Raped and strangled his victims before abandoning their bodies in vacant buildings. Died in prison in 1997, age 29, from AIDS.[215] Adnan Çolak Turkey 1992–1995 11 11 Killed 11 elderly women aged 68 to 95 and raped six others. Sentenced to death but commuted to life in prison after Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004. Andre Crawford United States 1993–1999 11 11 Murdered 11 women between 1993 and 1999. Sentenced to life in prison.[216] Francisco de Assis Pereira Brazil 1997–1998 11 11 Rapist and serial killer, known as "O Maníaco do Parque" (The Park Maniac). He was arrested for the torture, rape and death of 11 women and for assaulting nine in a park in São Paulo, Brazil during the 1990s. Pereira found his victims by posing as a talent scout for a modeling agency. Sentenced to 268 years.[217] Barnaul Maniac Russia 1997–2000 11 11 The Barnaul Maniac was an unidentified Russian serial killer who murdered nine women and two girls in the city of Barnaul and the village of Buranovo. The main suspect was arrested in October 2000 but killed himself in jail in November that year. Gao Chengyong China 1998–2002 11 11 Known as "Chinese Jack the Ripper"; killed women and then mutilated their corpses.[218] Executed in 2019. Yevgeny Petrov Russia 1998–2003 11 11 Known as the "Novouralsk Ripper"; a child rapist who kidnapped and killed young girls around Novouralsk, mutilating and burning their corpses afterwards; sentenced to life imprisonment.[219] Ruslan Khamarov Ukraine 2000–2003 11 11 Seduced, raped and then killed women in his home; sentenced to life imprisonment.[220] West Mesa Killer United States 2003–2005 11 11 Remains of 11 women, who disappeared between 2003 and 2005, were found buried in the desert in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2009 and attributed to a bone collector.[221] Very Idham Henyansyah Indonesia 2006–2008 11 11 Known as the "singing serial killer" and "Ryan", the artistic name he adopted while awaiting his execution in prison, where he recorded an album and wrote his autobiography. "Ryan" confessed to murdering 11 people including a toddler; 10 of his victims were buried in his parents' home backyard while the last one was butchered and hidden in a suitcase. Sentenced to death.[222] Roshu Kha Bangladesh 2008 11 11 Raped and murdered garment workers after being rejected by his lover. Sentenced to death.[223] Martin Lecián Czechoslovakia 1927 11 Responsible for killing 10 policemen and 1 prison officer. Executed in 1927. Lonnie David Franklin Jr. United States 1985–2007 10 25+ Known as the "Grim Sleeper" for the alleged 14-year hiatus he took from murdering between 1988 and 2002. Shot and strangled his victims, mostly women, around South Los Angeles. Sentenced to death.[224][225] On March 28, 2020, Franklin was found dead in his cell.[226] Rudolf Pleil West Germany 1946–1947 10 25 Known as Der Totmacher ("The Deadmaker"). Convicted of killing a salesman and nine women. Claimed to have killed 25.[227] Killed himself by hanging in 1958. Milton Johnson United States 1983 10 17 Known as "The Weekend Murderer" killed up to 17 people.[228] Sentenced to life without parole. Long Island serial killer United States 1996–2010 10 16 Unidentified serial killer also known as "The Gilgo Beach Killer". Believed to have murdered 10 to 14 people associated with the sex trade over a period of 15 years.[229] Daniel Lee Siebert United States 1979–1986 10 13 Convicted of a 1979 manslaughter; killed 10 people across America in three months in mid-1980s including two children and a Southside Slayer victim.[230] Sentenced to death; died from cancer in prison in 2008. Sergey Cherny Russia 1999 10 11 Strangled women around Smolensk; suspected of the drowning death of another woman; died in 2001 from pneumonia while in a special psychiatric hospital.[231] Jeanne Weber France 1905–1908 10 10+ Transient baby-sitter who strangled children in her care. Declared insane. Hanged herself in prison in 1918.[232] Nikolai Dzhumagaliev Soviet Union 1979–1991 10 10+ Lured women in a park at night and hacked them with an axe as part of a plan to rid the world of prostitution. Also cooked parts of his victims and ate them himself or served them to other people as part of ethnic dishes. Found innocent by reason of insanity and interned in a mental institution. Bobby Joe Long United States 1984 10 10+ Known as "The Classified Ad Rapist"; killed 10 women in Tampa Bay, Florida in 1984. Sentenced to death. Executed by lethal injection on 23 May 2019.[233] Stewart Wilken South Africa 1990–1997 10 10+ Known as "Boetie Boer"; raped, sodomised and murdered 10 victims from 1990 to 1997. Sentenced to seven life terms.[234] Viktor Fokin Russia 1996–2000 10 10+ Known as the "Grandfather Ripper"; pensioner who lured, killed and then dismembered sex workers and alcohol abusers in his home, disposing of the remains in garbage containers after; died while imprisoned at a corrective labor colony. David Randitsheni South Africa 2004–2008 10 10+ Kidnapped 19 people, raped 17, and murdered 10. Sentenced to 16 consecutive life sentences plus 220 years in prison; hanged himself three weeks after conviction.[235] Edmund Kemper United States 1964–1973 10 10 Known as "The Co-ed Butcher." At age 15, he confessed to murdering his grandparents and served six years as a criminally insane juvenile. He was released in 1969. In 1972 and 1973, he murdered and dismembered six young women, then killed his mother and her friend. He was sentenced to eight counts of seven years to life.[236] Dennis Rader United States 1974–2004 10 10 Known as the BTK Killer. Murdered 10 people in Sedgwick County (in and around Wichita), Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Sentenced to life imprisonment with no parole for 175 years.[237] Stanislav Rogolev Soviet Union 1980–1982 10 10 Known as "Agent 000"; killed and raped women, managing to avoid capture through suspected knowledge of the investigation against him; executed by firing squad in 1984.[238] Oleg Kuznetsov Soviet Union Russia Ukraine 1991–1992 10 10 Robbed, raped and killed people around Russia and Ukraine; sentenced to death but commuted to life imprisonment.[239] Satish India 1995–1998 10 10 Killed 10 girls who were between the ages of five and nine. He was arrested from Bahadurgargh, Haryana after a long chase by Haryana police.[240] Eduard Shemyakov Russia 1996–1998 10 10 Known as the "Resort Maniac"; Ukrainian who raped, killed and dismembered women in St. Petersburg, supposedly cannibalizing one of the victims; sentenced to compulsory treatment.[241] Ali Kaya Turkey 1997–2014? 10 10 Known as "The Baby Faced Killer"; responsible for 10 murders. Escaped from prison and later recaptured.[242] Chen Yongfeng China 2003 10 10 Known as "The Butcher"; killed and dismembered 10 people at his house in the city of Wenzhou in the Zhejiang province within the span of a few months.[243] Zhou Kehua China 2004–2012 10 10 A former soldier who targeted ATM users. He killed 10 people and evaded the law for eight years, before being shot in a shootout with police after a year-long manhunt.[244] Kang Ho-sun South Korea 2006–2008 10 10 Sentenced to death in 2010 for killing 10 women, including his wife and mother-in-law.[245] Masten Wanjala Kenya 2015–2021 10 10 Described as a "bloodthirsty vampire"; confessed to killing and drinking the blood of multiple children in Nairobi and led police to the bodies of some of the victims.[246] Wanjala escaped from police custody while awaiting trial, but was later found in Bungoma County and murdered by angry locals.[247] Louis van Schoor South Africa 1986–1989 9 100 Former security guard who was convicted of seven murders and two assassinations, but confessed to a reporter that he murdered 100 people; sentenced to 20 years in prison and released on parole in 2004.[248] Peter Kürten German Empire Germany 1913–1930 9 79 Charged with nine murders and seven attempted murders. Dubbed "The Vampire of Düsseldorf" by the contemporary media. Executed by guillotine in 1931.[249] Roger Dale Stafford United States 1974–1978 9 34 Killed nine people in two states, including a family of three; his wife implicated him in 34 total murders in different states; executed by lethal injection in 1995.[250] Norman Afzal Simons South Africa 1986–1994 9 22 Known as the "Station Strangler", convicted of only one of 22 cases of murder and sodomy of young children near Cape Town.[251] Sentenced to imprisonment for life. Francis Heaulme France 1984–1992 9 20 Convicted of killing nine people, but suspected in the murder of dozens. He is known as the "Criminal Backpacker" due to his travels throughout France. He left a trail of bodies wherever he went.[252] Joel Rifkin United States 1989–1993 9 17 Known as "The Drifter",[253] killed sex workers in New York City, most of them drug addicts. Convicted of nine murders but believed to have committed 17; also suspected of being the unidentified Long Island serial killer. Sentenced to 203 years to imprisonment for life. Dagmar Overbye Denmark 1913–1920 9 15 Murdered between nine and 25 children—of which one was her own—during a seven-year period. In 1921, she was sentenced to death in one of the most talked about trials in Danish history, that changed legislation on childcare. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison. Overbye was working as a professional child minder, caring for babies born outside of marriage, murdering her charges. She strangled them, drowned them or burned them to death in her masonry heater. The corpses were either cremated, buried or hidden in the loft.[254] Died in prison in 1929. Kenneth McDuff United States 1966–1992 9 14+ Known as "The Broomstick Killer"; death sentence for 1966 triple-murder was commuted. Killed again three days after 1989 parole and 10 further times in Waco, Texas until 1992. Executed by lethal injection in 1998.[255] Robert Joseph Silveria Jr. United States 1981–1996 9 14+ Known as "The Boxcar Killer"; freight train rider convicted of beating to death fellow transients and confessed to dozens more.[256] Dr. No United States 1981–1990 9 12 Supposedly murdered sex workers and exotic dancers; his first victim was Marcia King, who was identified in 2018.[257][258] Richard Biegenwald United States 1958–1983 9 11+ Known as "The Thrill Killer". Killed at least nine people in Monmouth County, New Jersey and is suspected in at least two other murders.[259] Died of respiratory and kidney failure in 2008. New Bedford Highway Killer United States 1988–1989 9 11 Unidentified serial killer who killed nine women and disappearance of two others between 1988 and 1989.[260] Alexander Bychkov Russia 2009–2012 9 11 Described in his personal diary how he killed 11 men who were alcoholics and tramps. Confessed to eating body parts of his victims. Found guilty of nine murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.[261] Maryvale serial shooter United States 2015–2016 9 11 Motorist who shot 12 people in separate events in Phoenix, Arizona, killing nine. Aaron Saucedo was charged with the shootings and two additional murders in 2017.[262] Edgecombe County Serial Killer United States 2000s 9 10 Unidentified serial killer who killed nine women and possibly another who disappeared since 2005 around Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Antwan Pittman was convicted in one case.[263] Sergei Martynov Russia 1992–2010 9 9+ Convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1992. Sentenced to life imprisonment for killing eight more women during a violent crime spree between 2005 and 2010. Lloyd Gomez United States 1950–1951 9 9 Known as "The Phantom Hobo Killer"; homeless man who killed other homeless men across California in the early 1950s.[264] Timothy Krajcir United States 2000s 9 9 Killed nine women across Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri (five in Cape Girardeau) in the 1970s and 1980s.[265] Anatoly Utkin Soviet Union 1968–1973 9 Known as "Ulyanovsky maniac"; killed 8 girls and 1 man from 1968 to 1973; executed 1975. Gilberto Chamba Ecuador Spain 1988–2004 9 Taxi driver known as "The Monster of Machala", between 1988 and 1993 abducted 10 of his passengers (all lone female students) in this Ecuadorian city and killed 8, often raping them after with a stick. Though sentenced to 16 years in prison, he benefitted from an amnesty campaign in 2000 that also cleared his criminal record and moved to Spain, where he was arrested for the rape and murder of another student and the attempted rape and murder of a prostitute in 2004. Sentenced in 2005 to 45 years in prison. Ondrej Rigo Czechoslovakia Germany Netherlands 1990–1992 9 Slovak serial killer and necrophile who committed his murders during the early 1990s in Slovakia, Germany and the Netherlands. He was arrested in 1992 and received a life sentence in 1994. He remains the murderer with the biggest number of victims in the modern history of Slovakia. Alfred Gaynor United States 1995–1998 9 Crack cocaine addict. Killed nine women in Massachusetts. Sentenced to life in prison on May 19, 2000. Mark Goudeau United States 2005–2006 9 Known as "The Baseline Killer"; convicted of nine murders in Phoenix, Arizona. Keith Hunter Jesperson United States 1990–1995 8 160 Dubbed the "Happy Face Killer", Jesperson was convicted of killing eight women by strangulation.[266] Rodney Alcala United States 1971–1979 8 130+ Known as the "Dating Game Killer" for appearing on the game show The Dating Game in the middle of his killing years. Was convicted of at least five murders, though his actual total is estimated to be much higher. Ottis Toole United States 1980–1983 8 100–125 Initially convicted of three counts of murder, later pleaded guilty to four more murders before dying in prison. A sometime accomplice of convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, Toole admitted to—and retracted multiple times—over 100 counts of murder, rape, arson and cannibalism, and was suspected in several other unsolved murders. In 2008, police announced that they had identified Toole as the likely murderer of Adam Walsh, and would be closing the case as a result.[267] Kiyotaka Katsuta Japan 1982–1983 8 22 Strangled or shot people to rob them, using a gun he had stolen from a policeman after running him over with his car. Hanged in 2000.[268] Joseph Paul Franklin United States 1977–1980 8 20+ White supremacist shooter who confessed to 20 murders and several attempted murders. Executed by lethal injection in 2013.[269] Pierre Chanal France 1980–1988 8 17 Military instructor suspected of killing boys and men in Marne; killed himself before trial.[270] Christopher Wilder United States 1984 8 13+ Killed eight women during a spree before accidentally shooting himself; suspected in the disappearance and murder of more than five more.[271] Axeman of New Orleans United States 1918–1919 8 12+ Unidentified serial killer of at least eight people in the New Orleans area from May 1918 to October 1919.[272] Vladimir Retunsky Russia 1990–1996 8 12 Known as the "Povorinsky Maniac"; kidnapped, raped and killed hitchhikers in his hometown of Povorino, possibly abusing their corpses; initially sentenced to death, but later reduced to 15 years imprisonment and released in 2015.[273] Gilbert Paul Jordan Canada 1965–1987 8 10 Known as the "Boozing Barber", he would typically find alcoholic women in bars in Vancouver's destitute Downtown Eastside, buy them drinks or pay them for sex and encourage them to drink with him. When they passed out, he would pour more liquor down their throats. The resulting deaths were reported as alcohol poisoning and generally ignored by police as the intentional murders blended in with the common occurrence in that neighbourhood. Died in 2006.[274] Frankford Slasher United States 1985–1990 8 9 Allegedly responsible for nine murders in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Leonard Christopher was convicted of one murder; another murder was committed in same style while he was incarcerated; believed to still be at large. Kendall Francois United States 1996–1998 8 9 Admitted to killing eight sex workers in Poughkeepsie, New York, but denied involvement with the disappearance of a ninth prostitute. Hilda Nilsson Sweden 1915–1917 8 8+ Known as the "baby farming" killer; she killed babies she received custody of by drowning them in a wash basin.[275] Convicted for the murder of seven infants and the manslaughter of an eighth.[276] She was the last Swede sentenced to death whose sentence was not commuted.[275] Yoshio Kodaira China Japan 1932–1946 8 8+ A serial rapist, Kodaira killed his father-in-law in 1932 and seven to 10 women in Japan between 1945 and 1946, engaging in necrophilia after the fifth murder. Previously (1920s) he had been deployed to Northern China as a sailor in the Imperial Japanese Navy, where he was free to target the locals. Hanged in 1949. John Christie United Kingdom 1943–1953 8 8+ Serial killer and alleged necrophile active during the 1940s and early 1950s. He murdered at least eight people—including his wife, Ethel—by strangling them in his flat at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London. The bodies of three of Christie's victims were found in a wallpaper-covered kitchen alcove soon after Christie moved out of Rillington Place during March 1953. The remains of two more victims were discovered in the garden, and his wife's body was found beneath the floorboards of the front room. Christie was arrested and convicted of his wife's murder, for which he was hanged. Eric Edgar Cooke Australia 1958–1963 8 8+ Known as the "Night Caller" and later the "Nedlands Monster"; killed at least eight people and attempted to kill at least fourteen in and around Perth between 1959 and 1963; he was the last person to be hanged in Western Australia.[277] Forest City Killer Canada 1969–1970 8 8+ Unidentified serial killer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. Based on the number of unsolved murders of women in the era, there is probably at least one other victim.[278] John Edward Robinson United States 1984–2000 8 8+ Known as "The Slavemaster"; lured victims through the internet. Bruce McArthur Canada 2010–2017 8 8 One of the oldest known serial killers, active at 65, he lured men to secret sexual encounters involving drugs and bondage, killed them and dismembered their bodies which he hid in garden planters.[279] Paul Ogorzow Nazi Germany Germany 1940–1941 8 Known as the "S-Bahn murderer"; SA sergeant convicted of raping and murdering eight women by throwing them off trains in Berlin during blackouts in 1941 and 1942. Executed by guillotine at the Plötzensee Prison on July 26, 1941. Genzo Kurita Japan 1948–1952 8 Serial rapist and murderer, engaging in necrophilia in two of his murders. Two other victims were the children of the woman he targeted, who Kurita threw off a cliff (a third child survived). Hanged in 1959. Marie Noe United States 1949–1968 8 Murdered eight of her children between 1949 and 1968. Kiyoshi Okubo Japan 1971 8 Raped and murdered eight women aged 17 to 21 upon his release from prison, where he had been for previous rapes. Hanged in 1976. Marybeth Tinning United States 1972–1983 8 Suffocated eight of her nine children during the 1970s. One daughter died of natural causes shortly after birth, the first of the Tinning children to die. Michael Bruce Ross United States 1981–1984 8 Ross confessed to all of the murders, and was convicted of four of them. He was executed by the state of Connecticut on May 13, 2005 by lethal injection, making it the first execution in Connecticut and the whole of New England since 1960. Gary C. Evans United States 1985–1998 8 Befriended the Son of Sam killer while incarcerated. Released in 1984, he proceeded to burglarize and kill while in and out of jails for over 13 years. Aided investigators in a high profile murder case before dodging parole and being chased. The manhunt finally ended when he jumped to his death off a bridge. Colonial Parkway Killer United States 1986–1989 8 Believed to have murdered at least eight people in Virginia between 1986 and 1989; left three couples dead and one couple missing and presumed dead. Sean Vincent Gillis United States 1994–2003 8 Kidnapped, raped, and mutilated the corpses of Louisiana women.[280][281][282] Vladimir Mukhankin Russia 1995–1996 8 Known as "The pupil of Chikatilo"; he killed 8 women. Manuel Delgado Villegas Spain France (claimed) Italy (claimed) 1964–1971 7 48 Wandering criminal known as El Arropiero ("The Arrope Trader") and El Estrangulador del Puerto ("The Strangler of Puerto"). Confessed to the impulsive murders of 48 people of different sex, age, wealth and sexual orientation in three countries (including his girlfriend, whom he strangled during sex), but police only investigated him for 22 murders in Spain and was considered proven author of seven. Some of his victims were killed with hand to hand combat techniques that he had learned in the Spanish Foreign Legion. Diagnosed with XYY syndrome and interned in a mental institution until his death in 1998.[283] Ershad Sikder Bangladesh 1991–1999 7 43+ Career criminal and corrupt politician responsible for numerous torture murders in the 1990s; convicted on seven counts and executed 2004.[284] Diego Alexánder Ruiz Restrepo Chile 2018–2020 7 27 Known as the "Psycopath of Meiggs". Illegal Colombian immigrant who has been living in Chile since 2013, often resorting to robbing and killing homeless people. Although he has had only 8 confirmed victims, he is currently being investigated for 20 more, which, if confirmed, would turn him into the most murderous serial killer in Chilean history.[285] Ivan Milat Australia 1990s 7 23–37 Convicted of the Backpacker murders; sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences plus 18 years without the possibility of parole. May have had accomplices.[286] Reta Mays United States 2017–2018 7 20 Nursing assistant who killed elderly military veterans at a VA hospital in Clarksburg, West Virginia by injecting them with lethal doses of insulin.[287] Stockton serial shootings United States 2021–2022 7 8 On October 15, 2022, a Stockton man, Wesley Brownlee, was arrested in connection to the shootings.[288] Michael Wayne McGray Canada United States 1985–1988 7 18+ Convicted of the murder of six people in the late 1990s, including a woman and her 11-year-old daughter. Claims to have killed 11 others, including murders committed while on parole and while on a three-day pass from prison. Finally imprisoned for life, killed a cellmate in 2010.[289] Łódź Gay Murderer Poland 1988–1993 7 7 Unidentified serial killer who killed gay men in Łódź, estimated to have killed 7 people.[290] John Floyd Thomas Jr. United States 1957–2009 7 15+ Serial murderer and rapist with one of the longest criminal careers in the US. Kenneth Erskine United Kingdom 1986 7 11 Known as "The Stockwell Strangler", he was a burglar who raped and strangled at least seven elderly women after breaking into their homes.[291] David Carpenter United States 1979–1981 7 11 Known as "The Trailside Killer"; murdered women on San Francisco-area hiking trails between 1979 and 1981. Sentenced to death.[292] Vladimir Kuzmin Russia 1997 7 11 Raped, murdered and robbed mostly young boys and men in Moscow; assisted in his first two murders by Denis Kalistratov; sentenced to life imprisonment.[293] Tommy Recco France 1960–1980 7 10 Murdered his godfather in 1960; after release, killed six cashiers in two separate store raids; also suspected of murdering a trio of German tourists.[294] Derrick Todd Lee United States 2002 7 10 Known as the "Baton Rouge or South Louisiana Serial Killer" convicted of three murders. Believed to have murdered several other women in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Sentenced to death, died in 2016.[295] Tomás Maldonado Cera Colombia 2002–2018 7 10 Known as "The Satanist"; killed people in Barranquilla for the purpose of satanic rituals.[296] Peter Manuel United Kingdom 1956–1958 7 9 Hanged in 1958 after being convicted of seven murders at a sensational trial in Glasgow, may have committed two more. Terry Blair United States 1982–2004 7 9 Kansas City serial killer and rapist; active 1982–2004. Sentenced to life. Doug Clark United States 1980 7 8+ Boiler operator who killed sex workers in Los Angeles. One of the "Sunset Strip Killers". Stanisław Modzelewski Poland 1952–1967 7 8 Known as "The Vampire of Gałkówek". Confessed to strangling eight women, but convicted of seven because one of the bodies was never found. Michael Hughes United States 1986–1993 7 8 Killed six women and a schoolgirl in the South Los Angeles area between 1986 and 1993. Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Killer United States 1972–1973 7 7+ "Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders": Series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa of the North Bay area of California in 1972 and 1973. Roger Kibbe United States 1977–1987 7 7+ Known as "The I-5 Strangler", killed 7 women between 1977 and 1987. 6 along I-5 near Sacramento, and one in Walnut Creek, California. He was tried for the Walnut Creek murder by the Grand Jury before the body was found but in exchange for helping to find the body Kibbe was spared the death penalty and received life in prison. It took detectives 34 years to find the body. Connecticut River Valley Killer United States 1978–1987 7 7+ Believed responsible for a series of similar knife murders mostly in and around Claremont, New Hampshire, and the Connecticut River Valley, primarily in the 1980s. Paul Durousseau United States 1997–2003 7 7+ A former soldier who strangled several women between the ages of 17 and 26 in the southeastern United States. He had the moniker of the Jacksonville Ripper and had the reputation of being a lewd womanizer. Todd Kohlhepp United States 2003–2016 7 7+ A registered sex offender; Shot up a motorcycle shop in 2003, killing 4; killed 3 more victims in 2015 and 2016; is currently serving 7 life sentences for the crimes.[297] Darren Deon Vann United States 2014 and earlier 7 7+ Confessed to the murders of at least seven women. Aileen Wuornos United States 1989–1990 7 7 Sex worker that shot her victims at point blank range.[298] Executed in 2002. Hu Daoping China 2003–2005 7 7 Career criminal who, following a jail escape in 1998, killed seven people during robberies.[299] Nikos Metaxas Cyprus 2016–2018 7 7 A 35-year-old Cypriot Army officer who killed five women and two children between September 2016 and August 2018. These became known as the "Mitsero murders." Sentenced to 7 life sentences.[300][301] José Misael Roldán Concha Chile 1954–1957 7 7 Killed an iron mine worker in 1954. After being free on parole, he killed a woman and five of her seven children. Originally sentenced to death, but was later imprisoned for life after a presidential pardon. Sataro Fukiage Japan 1906–1924 7 Killed seven girls aged 11 to 16 and raped between 93 and 100. Hanged in 1926. Joseph Taborsky United States 1950–1957 7 Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky was sentenced to death after brutal robberies and murders in Connecticut during the 1950s. Václav Mrázek Czechoslovakia 1951–1956 7 Killed 7 women in Chomutov. Executed in 1957. Anatoly Slivko Soviet Union 1961–1985 7 As a member of the Young Pioneers (Soviet Boy Scouts), Slivko gained the trust of 43 young boys over almost three decades, asphyxiated them until they fell unconscious, and then ritually molested, filmed, photographed and resuscitated them. The seven boys that didn't wake up were dismembered and burned. Minutes before his execution in 1989, police asked Slivko for advice in the investigation of Andrei Chikatilo's crimes. Cincinnati Strangler United States 1965–1966 7 Raped and strangled seven mostly elderly women in Cincinnati, Ohio between 1965 and 1966. Believed to be Posteal Laskey, who was convicted of one murder and died in prison on May 29, 2007. Émile Louis France 1975–1978 7 Bus driver that preyed on young handicapped women (seven murders) in the 1970s. Sentenced to life in prison on November 25, 2004. Paul Steven Haigh Australia 1978–1991 7 Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the murders of seven people in Victoria. Aleksey Sukletin Soviet Union 1979–1985 7 Known as "The Alligator"; killed and cannibalized at least 7 girl and women from 1979 to 1985; executed 1987. Roberto Succo Italy France 1981–1988 7 In 1986 he escaped the mental hospital where he was recluded in for murdering his parents five years earlier and began a crime spree in Europe that included burglary, hijacking, kidnapping, rape and murder and earned him the Public Enemy Number One spot in Italy, France and Switzerland. Committed suicide in prison after failing to escape a second time. Walter E. Ellis United States 1986–2007 7 Known as "The Milwaukee North Side Strangler"; convicted of killing 7 sex workers in Wisconsin between 1986 and 2007. Died in prison on December 1, 2013. Harrison Graham United States 1987 7 Convicted of killing seven women in Philadelphia and keeping their bodies in his apartment.[302] Guy Georges France 1991–1997 7 Known as the "Beast of the Bastille"; serving a life sentence for seven murders between 1991 and 1997. Motta Navas India 1996–2012 7 Active in Kollam, Kerala, Navas was arrested and imprisoned for his first two murders in 1996 and 2007. During his final crime spree in 2012, he bludgeoned to death five elderly pavement dwellers in their sleep, always after midnight. He feigned a mental illness to avoid suspicion by the police in at least two occasions. Paul Dennis Reid United States 1997 7 Reid killed the employees of restaurants he targeted for a series of robberies. Samuel Sidyno South Africa 1998–1999 7 Known as the "Capital Hill Serial Killer" murdered 7 people in Pretoria from 1998–1999. Ripper Jayanandan India 2003–2006 7 Killed seven people during robberies. Sentenced to death. Sibusiso Duma South Africa 2007 7 Murdered 7 people in the Pietermaritzburg area of KwaZulu Natal in 2007. Tommy Lynn Sells United States 1980–1999 6 22–70 Drifter active throughout the United States who specialized in killing children and multiple victims after breaking into their homes. Caught when a 10-year-old girl survived his attack and provided a description of him. Executed in 2014.[303] Volker Eckert East Germany Germany France Spain Czech Republic (suspected) Italy (suspected) 1974–2006 6 19+ German trucker who confessed to having abducted, tortured and killed five sex workers through his route in Western Europe, plus strangling a 14-year-old girl in his native West Germany in 1974, when he was 15. Police considered him perpetrator of nine murders (with four more being possible); he hanged himself in prison before being convicted. Lorenzo Gilyard United States 1977–1993 6 13+ Known as "The Kansas City Strangler". Killed up to 13 sex workers in the Kansas City area from 1977 to 1993. Sentenced to life in 2007.[304] Władysław Mazurkiewicz Poland 1950s 6 30 Known as "The Gentleman Killer". Indicted of, and confessed to having committed 30 murders; convicted of six and hanged in 1957.[305] Gong Runbo China 2005–2006 6 20+ Found guilty of the murders of six children and teenagers aged between nine and 16 from 2005 to 2006; executed in 2007.[306] The Doodler United States 1974–1975 6 16 Unidentified serial killer who sketched then stabbed to death 14 gay men in San Francisco. Surviving victims did not wish to testify, so the killer was not identified.[307] Cristopher Chávez Cuellar Colombia 1990s–2015 6 15+ Known as "The Soulless"; killed between 6 and at least 15 people starting from the 1990s, including 4 underage brothers; sentenced to 40 years imprisonment.[308] András Pándy Belgium 1986–1990 6 14+ Former clergyman nicknamed "Father Bluebeard", killed his two wives and four of his children with the help of a fifth he was having an incestuous affair with, and whom denounced him to the authorities seven years later. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002.[309] John Wayne Glover Australia 1989–1990 6 13 British ex-pat living in Australia. Known by the media as "The Granny Killer" as he targeted elderly women; killed himself while in prison in 2005.[310] Alexander Sergeychik Belarus 2000–2006 6 12 Killed between six and 12 people under the influence of alcohol. Executed in 2007.[311] Adrián Arroyo Gutiérrez Costa Rica 2014–2015 6 11 Known as "The Southern Psychopath"; raped and strangled drug-addicted sex workers in San José; sentenced to 110 years imprisonment.[312] Joseph Naso United States 1977–1994 6 10 A freelance photographer who raped and strangled to death women in California. Arrested in 2011 and sentenced to death two years later. Known as "The Double Initial Killer" since first four victims to be identified bore double initials.[313] John George Haigh United Kingdom 1944–1949 6 9 Called the "Acid Bath Murderer" for dissolving his victims in sulphuric acid under the belief that he could not be prosecuted for murder if no body was found. He would then forge papers to sell the victims possessions. Confessed nine murders, convicted of six and hanged. Jack the Stripper United Kingdom 1964–1965 6 8 Murdered at least six sex workers in London and may have been responsible for the deaths of two others before that. Remains unidentified. Morris Solomon Jr. United States 1986–1987 6 7 Handyman who killed six young women between 1986 and 1987 in Sacramento, California. Sentenced to death on September 16, 1992. Mack Ray Edwards United States 1953–1970 6 6+ Molester. Murdered 2 young girls and 4 young boys. Claimed at one point to have killed as many as 18. Terry Peder Rasmussen United States 1978–2002 6 6+ Known as the "Chameleon Killer"; main suspect in the Bear Brook murders, as well as other murders.[314] Robert Berdella United States 1984–1987 6 6+ Berdella abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered at least six men. Juan Chavez United States 1986–1990 6 6+ Murdered six men in Los Angeles County in what he claimed was a retaliation against the AIDS epidemic.[315] David Berkowitz United States 1976–1977 6 6 Known as "Son of Sam", he went after young women and couples killing 6 people and wounding 7 others with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver. He was caught when an eyewitness to his last murder saw he had a parking ticket on his car. He was sentenced to life in prison with parole in 1978.[316] Richard Chase United States 1977–1978 6 6 Known as "The Vampire of Sacramento" because he drank his victims' blood and cannibalized their remains. He killed six people in the span of a month in Sacramento, California.[317] The 1987 film Rampage was loosely based on based on Chase's crimes.[318] Michael Terry United States 1985–1986 6 6 Murdered six men in Atlanta, Georgia in a 10-month period, via stabbing or shooting. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988.[319] Lázaro Barbosa de Sousa Brazil 2006–2021 6 6 Convicted of a double murder in 2007; later escaped from prison and murdered a family of 4 before dying in a shootout with the police.[320] Alfredo Galán Spain 2003 6 6 Shot random people over the course of three months, killing six and wounding three. He would sometimes leave a Spanish playing card at the scene of the crime as a signature.[321] Friedrich Schumann Germany Germany 1918–1920 6 Killed six people and executed in 1921. Eugen Weidmann France 1937 6 German who strangled and robbed American dancer Jean de Koven, shot a former accomplice, and shot dead and robbed four other people around Paris in 1937. Rhonda Belle Martin United States 1937–1951 6 Alabama poisoner who murdered six family members; executed in 1957. Leslie Irvin United States 1954–1955 6 Known as "The Mad Dog Killer"; Killed six people in robberies in the mid-1950s; his Supreme Court case set a precedent for fair trials of highly publicized defendants. Lemuel Smith United States 1958–1981 6 Confessed to the murders of five people, including an on-duty female prison guard. Sentenced to death on June 10, 1983. Commuted to life in 1984. Freeway Phantom United States 1971–1972 6 Raped and strangled six young women and girls in Washington, D.C. in the early 1970s, dumping their bodies by freeways. David Mason United States 1980–1982 6 Strangled four elderly neighbors, his cellmate when imprisoned on lesser charges; shot his boyfriend. Dayton Leroy Rogers United States 1983–1987 6 Killed street women, usually addicts, sex workers and runaways. He would tie, rape, and kill them in a forest. Norbert Poehlke West Germany 1984–1985 6 Known as "The Hammer-Killer", German police officer who was found, after his suicide in 1985, to have committed several bank robberies and murders. Wolfgang Schmidt East Germany Germany 1989–1991 6 Known as the "Beast of Beelitz". Killed five women and a 3 month old baby from 1989 to 1991. Currently in a psychiatric hospital. Cleophus Prince Jr. United States 1990 6 Known as "The Clairemont Killer"; raped and killed six women in San Diego in 1990. Nathaniel White United States 1991–1992 6 Convicted of stabbing to death six women in the Hudson Valley, New York area from 1991 to 1992. Samuel Bongani Mfeka South Africa 1993–1996 6 Killed 6 women from 1993 to 1996 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Gary Ray Bowles United States 1994 6 Beat and strangled six men to death to steal their credit cards in 1994. Rory Enrique Conde United States 1994–1995 6 Known as "The Tamiami Trail Strangler". Killed 6 sex workers in Florida. Sentenced to death on March 7, 2000. Nicholas Lungisa Ncama South Africa 1997 6 Murdered 6 people in the Eastern Cape, 1997. Aleksandr Rubel Estonia 1997–1998 6 He was intoxicated on gasoline vapour during his murders. Sentenced as a minor to the maximum punishment allowed by law — eight years imprisonment — he was released in 2006. Celine Lesage France 2000–2007 6 Killed seven of her newborn babies and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Filiberto Hernández Martínez Mexico 2010–2013 6 Killed six people from 2010 to 2013 in Tamuín. Zodiac Killer United States 1968–1969 5 37 Targeted young couples. Remains unsolved but open in the California jurisdictions where the five certain Zodiac murders occurred. Potentially 37 total victims claimed but unverified.[322] Carl Panzram United States Portugal Portuguese Angola 1915–1929 5 22 From 1920 to 1928, he claimed in a posthumous autobiography to have committed over 22 killings, and sodomy of more than 1000 young men. Executed in 1930 by hanging.[323] Steve Wright United Kingdom 2006 5 22 Referred to as "Suffolk murders", "Ipswich murders", "Ipswich Ripper", "Suffolk Ripper", "Suffolk Strangler", "East Anglia Ripper", "Red Light Ripper" and "the Suffolkator". Murdered five sex workers, all of whom worked in Ipswich in 2006. There are possible links to previous East Anglia prostitute killings.[324][325] Stephen Akinmurele United Kingdom 1995–1998 5 15 Nigerian man who killed himself after being charged for the murders of 5 elderly people in Blackpool and Isle of Man. He confessed to the murders. Links to 10 other unsolved murders in the areas were investigated by police.[326] Joe Metheny United States 1976–1996 5 13 Butchered his victims, then served them at BBQs at his roadside stand; died in prison.[327] Michel Peiry Switzerland France United States Yugoslavia (suspected) Italy (suspected) 1981–1987 5 11 Known as the "Sadist of Romont"; Swiss serial killer who sexually abused and murdered at least 5 hitchhikers in several countries; sentenced to life imprisonment.[328] Hubert Pilčík Czechoslovakia 1948–1951 5 10+ Made money smuggling people across the Czechoslovakia-Germany border, but killed most of his customers. Total number of his victims is unknown. Melvin Rees United States 1957–1959 5 9 Known as "The Sex Beast"; shot and defiled a woman in 1957, torture-murdered a family of four in 1959 and suspected in four other killings. David Maust West Germany United States 1974–2003 5 9 Killed teenage boys; caught when bodies of three boys were found in the concrete floor of his basement in Hammond, Indiana. Committed suicide in prison in 2006. William Patrick Fyfe Canada 1979–1999 5 9 Convicted of killing five women in the Montreal area of Quebec, although he claims to have killed four others. Serving a life sentence in West Canada. Willem van Eijk Netherlands 1971–2001 5 8 Dutch serial killer known as "Het Beest van Harkstede" (The Beast of Harkstede). All proven victims he killed were all sex workers. Sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for his first two murders and killed 3 more after his release. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002 and died in 2019 in prison. Suspected of having killed 3 more sex workers. Danny Rolling United States 1989–1990 5 8 Known as the "Gainesville Ripper"; murdered five students in August 1990. Executed on October 6, 2006. Shortly before his execution, he gave a handwritten confession to authorities for a triple homicide of an elderly man, his adult daughter, and young grandson that occurred years earlier in Rolling's hometown of Shreveport, LA. Although Rolling was never officially charged or extradicted to LA to stand trial for the "Grissom Murders", Shreveport Police had confirmed even before the confession that Rolling had long been considered the lone suspect and the case was closed. Allan Joseph Legere Canada 1989 5 7+ Convicted of killing five people in the Miramichi area, New Brunswick. Legere is now serving a life sentence Canada's only super maximum prison (Special Handling Unit). Joseph E. Duncan III United States 1996–2005 5 7 Convicted of killing a California boy in 1997 and four members of an Idaho family in 2005. Confessed to two 1996 murders in Washington state, but was not formally charged. Died while awaiting execution on U.S. federal death row. Vincent Johnson United States 1999–2000 5 6 "The Brooklyn Strangler". Vinko Pintarić SR Croatia 1973–1990 5 5+ Murdered five people, including his wife, between 1973 and 1990. Escaped from custody three times, killed in a 1991 shootout with the police. Edward Edwards United States 1977–1996 5 5+ Shot a young couple in 1977 and stabbed and strangled another in 1980; died months prior to execution on April 7, 2011, for shooting his foster son in 1996 insurance murder. Thomas Dillon United States 1989–1992 5 5+ Killed outdoorsmen in rural Ohio by sniping them from afar with a hunting rifle. Marc Dutroux Belgium 1995–1996 5 5+ Child molester who killed 4 of possibly 11 victims. He was also convicted for murdering one of his partners in crime. William Dathan Holbert Panama 2010 and earlier 5 5+ Known as "Wild Bill"; American expatriate who had the bodies of five other Americans buried on his property. He would kill people to get their money and properties. His wife, Laura Michelle Reese, was also arrested.[329] Sek Kim Wah Singapore 1983 5 5 Sek Kim Wah, who was of Chinese Singaporean descent, was 19 years old when he killed five victims in two separate robbery cases, using raffia string to strangle them. Other methods employed were hitting their heads with a heavy object (like a wooden stool) and electrocution (which was unsuccessful). He robbed and killed a couple before abandoning their corpses at Seletar Reservoir on 30 June 1983 and then, on 23 July 1983, killed three more people at Andrew Road with an accomplice who did not take part in the killings. He was arrested and indicted for murder six days later and was sentenced to death on 14 August 1985; he lost an appeal and he was hanged on 9 December 1988.[330] Jerome Dennis United States 1991–1992 5 5 Killed Newark women while on parole.[331] Belize Ripper Belize 1998–2000 5 5 The Belize Ripper was an unidentified Belizean serial killer who abducted and murdered five young girls in Belize City between 1998 and 2000. Elroy Chester United States 1997–1998 5 5 Murdered four white people in racially-motivated attacks, and also admitted to the murder of his brother-in-law. In addition, he was linked to four non-fatal shootings and three rapes. Elisabeth Wiese German Empire Germany 1902–1903 5 Known as the "Angel Maker of St. Pauli"; baby farmer who poisoned her grandchild and four others with morphine and burned their bodies in a stove in 1902 and 1903. Phantom Killer United States 1946 5 Believed to have committed the Texarkana Moonlight Murders in Texas between February 23 and May 4, 1946. San Mateo slasher United States 1976 5 Known as the "Gypsy Hill killings"; five unsolved killings, of young women in San Mateo County, California during early 1976. Honolulu Strangler United States 1985–1986 5 Raped and strangled five young women in Hawaii in 1985 and 1986. Anthony Kirkland United States 1987–2009 5 Kirkland murdered four females between 2006 and 2009, three of them children, following a 16-year prison term for the murder of another woman. William MacDonald Australia 1961–1962 5 Murdered derelicts in Sydney and Brisbane between 1960 and 1962; sentenced to five consecutive life sentences. Harry Powers United States 1931 5 "Lonely Hearts" swindler and conman. Killed two women and three children in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. Arrested after the bodies were found buried near his garage in 1931 and hanged in 1932. Anna Marie Hahn United States 1933–1937 5 German-born murder-for-profit killer who poisoned five elderly men; executed in 1938. Robert Nixon United States 1936–1938 5 Killed 5 women in the 1930s with bricks. Executed by electrocution in Illinois on June 15, 1939. Waneta Hoyt United States 1965–1971 5 New York woman who murdered her five children. Janie Lou Gibbs United States 1966–1967 5 Georgia poisoner who killed five family members. Sentenced to life. Died in prison on February 7, 2010. South Dade Killer United States 1975 5 Known as the "Flat-Tire murders". Killed 5 women in 1975. Gerald Parker United States 1978–1979 5 Known as "The Bedroom Basher" raped and murdered five women and killed the unborn baby of a sixth woman in Orange County, California. Phillip Carl Jablonski United States 1978–1991 5 convicted of killing five women in California and Utah between 1978 and 1991. Sentenced to death in 1994. Arthur Gary Bishop United States 1979–1983 5 Utah man who murdered five young boys; executed in 1988. Faryion Wardrip United States 1984–1986 5 Killed five young women around Wichita Falls, Texas between 1984 and 1986. Timothy Wilson Spencer United States 1984–1987 5 Known as "The Southside Strangler"; raped and killed five women in Virginia. Executed in the electric chair on April 27, 1994. Robert Shulman United States 1991–1996 5 Convicted of murdering five sex workers between 1991 and 1996. Elias Abuelazam United States 2009–2010 5 Known as "The Serial Slasher". Israeli-Arab immigrant that stabbed victims to death. Sentenced to life on June 25, 2012. Joachim Knychała Poland 1975–1982 5 Known as "The Vampire of Bytom" or "Frankenstein", who murdered five women between 1975 and 1982.[332] Archibald Hall United Kingdom 1977 5 Called "The Monster Butler". Died in prison in 2002. Colin Ireland United Kingdom 1993 5 Called "The Gay Slayer". A highly organized serial killer, Ireland picked passive masochist gay men in the Coleherne public house, accompanied them home, and murdered them after they were voluntarily restrained. He then cleaned the house of forensic evidence and left when he was sure of not appearing suspicious. Claude Lastennet France 1993–1994 5 Convicted of murdering 5 old women between August 1993 and January 1994.[333] Metod Trobec SR Slovenia 1976–1978 5 Raped, killed and cremated five women in his home. Also tried to murder two other immates while in prison before committing suicide in his cell in 2006. Romulus Vereş Romania 1970s 5 Known as "The Hammer Man". Institutionalized. Akira Nishiguchi Japan 1963 5 Fraudster, murdered two people while engaging in confidence scams and killed three others while on the run from justice. Hanged in 1970. Boris Gusakov Soviet Union 1964–1968 5 Known as "Student Hunter"; committed 15 sexual assaults, including 5 murders, on girls and young women from 1964 to 1968. Anatoly Biryukov Soviet Union 1977 5 Known as "The Hunter of Babies": responsible for the kidnappings and subsequent murders of five infants from Moscow in the fall of 1977. Süleyman Aktaş Turkey 1986–1994 5 Known as "The Nailing Killer": responsible for the murders of five people in 1986 and 1994. B1 Butcher Namibia 2005–2007 5 Murdered at least five women between 2005 and 2007, with all murders related to the National Road B1. Serial killers with fewer than five proven victims This part of the list contains all serial killers with fewer than five proven victims who acted alone and were neither medical professionals nor contract killers. Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes Alexander Spesivtsev Russia 1991–1996 4 82+ Cannibal known as "The Novokuznetsk Monster"; admitted to 19 murders, but 82 bloody sets of clothes were found in his home, along with jewels and photographs of possibly unidentified victims. Found insane and interned in a mental hospital. His mother was sentenced to 16 years in prison for luring Spesivtsev's victims to their home.[334] Charlie Brandt United States 1971–2004 4 29 Killed himself by hanging after murdering his wife and niece. The latter was also decapitated and eviscerated in a manner strongly similar to 26 unsolved murders of women in Florida, starting in 1973, the year Brandt moved to the state. Brandt was later considered the culprit in one of these murders, due to his strong resemblance to a suspect who was filmed by a traffic camera near the place where one body was found. He could not be officially tied to the other crimes due to lack of evidence. Previously, when he was 13 years old in 1971, he attempted to murder his whole family with a gun, for no apparent reason. His mother (who was pregnant) died in this attack, but his father survived, and his sister escaped.[335] Scott Lee Kimball United States 2003–2004 4 21 A skilled forger who, while he ran a legitimate business buying and selling organic beef, primarily enriched himself by passing bad checks on the accounts of others and using forged documents; by 2003 he had faced criminal charges in four Western states. These white-collar crimes also enabled his murders, by allowing him to create evidence that his victims were still alive after he had killed them; he also used their checking accounts and credit cards to further his schemes once they were dead. For the first year of his murder activity, he worked as an informant for the FBI, which both paid him and protected him from facing justice over some of his fraud schemes. Robert Black United Kingdom Ireland (suspected) West Germany (suspected) Netherlands (suspected) France (suspected) 1981–1986 4 18+ Convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering four girls aged between five and 11. Suspect in other earlier child murders in the UK and other European countries. Died weeks before he was to be charged with a fifth child murder.[336] Max Gufler Austria 1946–1958 4 18 Poisoned and drowned four women, but suspected of killing 18 in total. Ernesto Picchioni Italy 1949 and earlier 4 16 Murdered people who approached his home; died of cardiac arrest in 1967. Baekuni Indonesia 1993–2010 4 14 Child rapist who killed young boys; initially sentenced to life imprisonment, but changed to the death sentence.[337] Igor Chernat Soviet Union 1985–1986 4 13 Known as the "Evil Spirit of Kaukjarvi"; Ukrainian soldier who raped and killed women in Kamenka, selling their stolen items afterwards; executed 1987.[338] Ricky Lee Green United States 1985–1986 4 12 Bisexual drifter who killed people he met in bars; his wife assisted in two of the murders; executed in 1997.[339] Robert Hicks Murray United Kingdom 1912 and earlier 4 11+ Bigamist who murdered his wife and three children in a murder-suicide; posthumously revealed to have killed previous wives as well.[340] William Dean Christensen United States Canada 1982–1983 4 10+ Known as "The American Jack the Ripper"; murdered and mutilated three women and one man; Canadian and US authorities also investigated him as a suspect in a total of ten murders, but he died before any of these claims could be confirmed.[341] Angus Sinclair United Kingdom 1961, 1967–1982 4 10 Scottish man who was originally convicted of murdering a 7-year-old girl when he was 16. As well as being convicted of the murders of three women in 1977 and 1978, police suspect he was responsible for four other murders of women in Glasgow in these years.[342] Also a suspect in two other murders in 1970 and 1979 respectively.[343][344] John Cooper United Kingdom 1985–1998 4 9 Psychopathic Welsh burglar who was convicted in 2011 of the double shotgun murders of a couple on the Pembrokeshire coast in 1989 and another during a botched burglary nearby in 1985. Police believed he killed at least one other woman in 1989, and investigated the possibility he could also have been responsible for another double shotgun murder in Bridgend in 1993. A forensic pathologist also claimed to police that he could have been responsible for two murders of elderly siblings in Pembrokeshire in 1976.[345][346][347] Cary Stayner United States 1999 4 9 Known as "The Yosemite Killer". Killed four women in Yosemite, California. Sentenced to death. Brother of kidnapping victim Steven Stayner. Tony Costa United States 1968–1969 4 8 Dismembered and mutilated 4 women in Cape Cod in the late 1960s; linked to at least 4 other deaths and disappearances. Carlton Gary United States 1975–1978 4 8 Gary was convicted of raping and strangling three elderly women in Columbus, Georgia between 1977 and 1978, although police and prosecutors believe him to be responsible for up to seven rape-murders in Columbus. DNA also linked him to an additional murder in Syracuse, New York, but prosecutors did not charge him because he was already on death row. Oakland County Child Killer United States 1976–1977 4 7–11 Unidentified person or persons who abducted and murdered at least four children in Oakland County, Michigan, between 1976 and 1977. Robert Rozier United States 1981–1986 4 7 Former NFL player that was convicted of four murders but confessed to seven as a member of the Nation of Yahweh. Leonard Fraser Australia 1998–1999 4 7 Serial rapist and pedophile who murdered four women in Rockhampton. Sentenced to five consecutive life sentences plus 25 years without the possibility of parole; died in prison of a heart attack in 2007. Christopher Peterson United States 1990 4 7 Peterson was convicted of four fatal shootings by the so-called "Shotgun Killer" that occurred between October and December 1990. He was charged in three other murders related to the killing spree but was acquitted. Ricardo Caputo United States Mexico 1971–1983 4 6 Was No. 1 of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives during his time as a fugitive in the 1980s. Surrendered himself to justice in 1994 and died of cardiac arrest in prison three years later. Anthony Allen Shore United States 1986–1995 4 5 Known as "The Tourniquet Killer"; convicted of strangling a woman with an unusual ligature in 1992 and confessed to killing three girls including two with same MO. Daytona Beach killer United States 2005–2007 4 5 Murdered four, possibly five, women in Daytona Beach, Florida between 2005 and 2007. Jozef Slovák Czechoslovakia 1978–1991 4 4+ Suspected by investigators of more murders, but only four could be proven. Monster of Udine Italy 1980–1989 4 4+ Killed at least 4 victims in the Province of Udine, Italy.[348] John Martin Crawford Canada 1981–1992 4 4+ Convicted in 1996 for the murders of three native women. Oba Chandler United States 1989–1990 4 4+ Convicted for the June 1989 murders of Joan Rogers and her two daughters, whose bodies were found floating in Tampa Bay, Florida with their hands and feet bound. Autopsies showed the victims had been thrown into the water while still alive, with ropes tied to a concrete block around their necks. Chandler was executed in 2011. In February 2014, DNA evidence also identified Chandler as the murderer of Ivelisse Berrios-Beguerisse, who was found dead in Coral Springs, Florida, on November 27, 1990. Dallen Bounds United States 1999 4 4+ Murdered a Radio Shack manager, and a florist at their respective places of business. Then murdered two acquaintances before taking two others hostage and committing suicide. Suspected of additional murders in the Pacific Northwest. Wayne Adam Ford United States 1997–1998 4 4+ Confessed to murdering four women; believed to have killed others. Heinrich Pommerenke Germany 1959 4 4+ Killed four women. Robert Mone United Kingdom 1967–1976 4 4 Scottish man who shot dead a teacher at his former school in Dundee in 1967. Later escaped from a secure hospital in 1976 and killed three more.[349] Jerry Brudos United States 1968–1969 4 4 Brudos was a necrophiliac who had a fascination with women's shoes, and would often dress his victims' corpses in women's clothing.[350] Robert Maudsley United Kingdom 1974–1978 4 4 Sentenced to life without parole in 1974 for murdering a man who had shown him pictures of young boys he had sexually abused. Subsequently, killed another child sex offender in Broadmoor high-security hospital and two more, including a child sex offender, in prison. Has been held in solitary confinement since 1983. Aalt Mondria Netherlands 1978–1997 4 4 Dutch criminal and serial killer who committed four murders and was responsible for a large number of assaults. Mondria was considered extremely violent and aggressive. After a notorious murder of his girlfriend's 10-year-old son, he was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in 1998, after initially receiving life imprisonment for three murders in 1978, for which he also received 15 years imprisonment. Tsutomu Miyazaki Japan 1988–1989 4 4 Japanese man who murdered four young girls between August 1988 and June 1989 popularly known as the Otaku Killer. He was active in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture. Cody Legebokoff Canada 2009–2010 4 4 Canadian serial killer convicted in 2014 by the British Columbia Supreme Court of murdering three women and one teenage girl, between 2009 and 2010, in or near the city of Prince George, British Columbia. He is one of Canada's youngest convicted serial killers. Stephen Port United Kingdom 2014–2015 4 4 Nicknamed "The Grindr Killer", Port met his victims via online gay social networks. He used gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), a date rape drug, adding it to drinks given to his victims, raped them, and murdered four of them in his flat in Barking, east London. Howell Donaldson III United States 2017 4 4 Murdered four people in the Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida in October and November 2017. All four victims were shot dead seemingly at random.[351] Sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole in May 2023.[352][353] Arnold Sodeman Australia 1930–1935 4 4 Sodeman was convicted of murdering four children between 1930 and 1935. He would abduct children, gag them and tie their hands behind their back with their own clothing and then strangle them to death. Sodeman was one of the last eleven people to be executed in Victoria. Craig Price United States 1987–1989 4 4 Murdered four people during violent attacks in their homes in Warwick, Rhode Island when he was a teenager. Fritz Honka Germany 1970–1975 4 4 Strangled sex workers who refused to service him in the way that he wanted. Cayetano Santos Godino Argentina 1912 4 Known as Petiso Orejudo ("the Big-eared Midget"). Teenage arsonist, animal killer and child murderer with congenital syphilis. Arrested at age 16 in 1912 for killing 4 children, although he tried to kill seven more, the first one when he was seven himself. Interned in 1913 in a reformatory, where he tried to kill other immates, and from 1915 in prison. Died in jail in 1948. Eastbound Strangler United States 2006 4 Killed four women in October and November 2006 in Atlantic City, NJ. Each was placed about sixty feet apart in a drainage ditch filled with shallow water. They were facing east and missing their socks. Caroline Grills Australia 1947–1953 4 Poisoned four people (most of them relatives) with thallium hidden in tea and scones she had given them in Sydney. Sentenced to five consecutive life sentences (including one for attempting to poison another family member); died from peritonitis in 1960. Gordon Cummins United Kingdom 1942 4 Raped three of his victims and robbed the remaining one. Also attacked two other women. Sentenced to death by hanging. Marc Sappington United States 2001 4 Schizophrenic serial killer who heard voices telling him to kill after extended daily PCP use. He cannibalized part of his last victim. Peter Woodcock Canada 1956–1991 4 Sexual sadist and child rapist. Killed three young children in Toronto in the 1950s. Sentenced to a psychiatric facility, where he murdered a fellow inmate in 1991. Léopold Dion Canada 1963 4 Known as the "Monster of Port-Rouge". Canadian sex offender and serial killer who was active in Quebec. Sentenced to hang but stabbed to death on November 17, 1972, by fellow inmate Normand "Lawrence d'Arabie" Champagne, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity. John Ingvar Lövgren Sweden 1958–1963 4 Confessed to four murders committed between 1958 and 1963 in the Stockholm region. Lam Kor-wan Hong Kong 1980s 4 Taxi driver and one of Hong Kong's only two known serial killers. Famous for keeping body parts in his parents' home. Jürgen Bartsch West Germany 1962–1966 4 Killed four, one escaped; died by wrongful overdose during castration surgery. Wayne Boden Canada 1968–1971 4 Known as "the Vampire Rapist" killed 4 women between 1968 and 1971; died in prison 2006 Ion Rîmaru Romania 1970–1971 4 Known as "The Vampire of Bucharest". Attacked 15 lone waitresses as they returned from work with a hammer, hatchet, knife or iron bar, always after midnight and under unusual weather (snowstorms, fog, hard rain, etc.). Four were killed. David Meirhofer United States 1967–1974 4 Killed three children and an ex-girlfriend between 1967 and 1974; first serial killer apprehended by offender profiling. Donald Neilson United Kingdom 1971–1975 4 Armed robber and murderer known as the "Black Panther". Died in prison in 2011. Thor Nis Christiansen United States 1977–1979 4 Shot dead and committed necrophilia on 4 young women in Isla Vista, California in the late 1970s. Stabbed to death in prison on March 30, 1981; killer unknown. Michael Lupo United Kingdom 1986 4 Called himself "The Wolf Man". Murdered four men after being diagnosed with HIV, died in prison in 1995. Peter Lundin Denmark 1991–2000 4 Killed his mother in 1991, then killed his mistress and her two children 9 years later; Sentenced to prison. James Swann United States 1993 4 Known as The Shotgun Stalker; killed 4 and injured 5 in Washington D.C. in 1993. Steven Grieveson United Kingdom 1993–1994 4 Murdered four boys in an attempt to conceal his homosexuality. Frank Gust Germany 1994–1998 4 Kill four women form 1994 to 1998. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Alexander Tchayka Russia 1994 4 All the victims were women wearing fur coats and were stabbed multiple times (21 in one case). Peter Moore United Kingdom 1995 4 Stabbed and mutilated four men. Imprisoned for life since 1996. Hiroaki Hidaka Japan 1996 4 Killed and robbed four women. Hanged in 2006. Nicolai Bonner Israel 2005 4 Born in Moldova, Bonner beat to death four fellow immigrants from the former Soviet Union, three of whom were homeless, and then tried to set them on fire. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 2007. Raúl Osiel Marroquín Mexico 2005 4 Called "The Sadist". Lured men in gay bars and strangled them, abandoning their bodies inside suitcases all over Mexico City. Two other victims were released after demanding a ransom from their families. Dale Cregan United Kingdom 2012 4 Richard Kuklinski United States 1948–1986 3 100–250 Harvey Miguel Robinson United States 1992–1993 3 3 An American serial killer who murdered three women when he was only 18 years-old. Albert Fish United States 1924–1932 3 9–100+ American serial killer and child rapist who confessed to three murders for which he was convicted and sentenced to death.[354] Robert Ben Rhoades United States 1989–1990 3 50+ Convicted of murdering three women in Texas and Illinois between 1989 and 1990. Sentenced to life imprisonment.[355] Peter Tobin United Kingdom 1991–2006 3 48 Scottish rapist and serial killer known to have killed at least three young women. Was also previously a suspect in the Bible John murders committed in Glasgow during the late 1960s, although police have now dismissed the theory.[356][357] Pedro Padilla Flores Mexico 1986 3 30 Killed three women in 1986; fled to the US but recaptured and deported back to Mexico; main suspect in the Ciudad Juárez Murders.[358] Stephen Morin United States 1981 3 30[359] Convicted of murdering three women within a period of five weeks in 1981. Sentenced to the death penalty.[360] Dorothea Puente United States 1982–1988 3 9–25 Ran a boarding house in Sacramento where she poisoned tenants and buried them in the yard in order to steal their social security checks.[361] Billy Glaze United States 1986–1987 3 20+ Known as "Butcher Knife Billy". Killer convicted of raping and murdering three Native American sex workers in Minneapolis in 1986 and 1987.[362] Sidney Cooke United Kingdom c. 1960–1989 3 20 Described by The Guardian newspaper in 1999 as "Britain's most notorious paedophile", Cooke and his infamous paedophile ring were convicted of the murder of 14-year-old Jason Swift in 1984. They were also known by police to have been responsible for the abductions and murders of children Barry Lewis and Mark Tildesley. Cooke was the ringleader of the gang, who are believed to have murdered up to 20 children, possibly including Vishal Mehrotra and Martin Allen.[363][364] Bertha Gifford United States 1909–1928 3 17 Found not guilty by reason of insanity of three arsenic poisonings and suspected of 14 other killings, mostly children, in Missouri.[365] Bernhard Prigan Allied-occupied Germany West Germany 1947–1952 3 16 Killed women near highways; confessed to a total of 16 murders.[366] Ronald Janssen Belgium 1990s–2010 3 15+ Patrick Mackay[a] United Kingdom 1973–1975 3 13 Burglar suspect of 12 violent murders during robberies, charged with five, convicted of three. The two other cases were left to lie on file, and proof was later found by police that he had killed one of these victims.[367] Confessed to police that he had killed 13 people.[368][367] Has been eligible for parole since 1995 and since 2017 has been held in an open prison with day release provisions.[369] Now known as 'David Groves'.[369] Koos Hertogs Netherlands 1979–1980 3 12 Dutch serial killer convicted of abducting, torturing, raping and killing three girls. Suspected of killing a further three to nine girls and young women in the 1970s. Michael Gargiulo United States 1993–2008 3 10 Dubbed "The Hollywood Ripper", Gargiulo stabbed 3 women to death, and tried to kill a fourth woman. Sentenced to death in 2021 but still on death row. Chisako Kakehi Japan 2007–2013 3 10 Poisoned her husband and two other men to death, but suspected in another seven deaths; sentenced to death.[370] Heriberto Seda United States 1990–1996 3 8+ Considered to be a copycat of the Zodiac Killer. Claimed to have killed people based on their zodiac signs, and only killed when certain star formations were out. Anthony Hardy United Kingdom 2002 3 8 Known as the "Camden Ripper", killed and dismembered three sex workers in Camden, London in 2002. Police believe he could be responsible for the murders of three other sex workers in London in the 1990s and two others in Nottinghamshire. One other unsolved murder he was linked to was solved in 2011 when her former partner John Sweeney was convicted of her murder.[371][372][373] Michael Lee Lockhart United States 1987–1988 3 6+ Multi-state serial killer who received death sentences in three states (Florida, Indiana, and Texas). He was executed in 1997 in Texas. Peter Dupas Australia 1997–1999 3 6 Sexual sadist from Melbourne, who murdered three women and is suspected of at least three further killings. Was convicted of 16 separate acts of sexual violence before his first murder charge. Serving three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Stephen Griffiths United Kingdom 2009–2010 3 6 Known to have killed three sex workers, but claimed to police to have killed 6.[374] Has been a suspect in one other murder.[375] Dubbed himself the "Crossbow Cannibal" as he killed his victims with a hammer and crossbow and then later ate parts of them.[376] Levi Bellfield United Kingdom 2002–2004 3 6 West London serial killer convicted of two fatal hammer attacks on women and the murder of Milly Dowler. Also a suspect in the murders of his childhood girlfriend Patsy Morris in 1980, Judith Gold, who was hit over the head in 1990,[377][378] and Elizabeth Chau, who disappeared in 1999 and whose murder Bellfield has allegedly confessed to.[379] Hans van Zon Netherlands 1967 3 5+ After the relationship between Hans van Zon and his girlfriend ended in April 1967, van Zon alleged that she continued to impose on him. To put an end to this, he went into her house and killed her with a self-made lead pipe. He also killed an 80-year-old shopkeeper, and a milkman in robberies. In addition to the murders he was tried for, van Zon was also suspected of several other murders, including the lust murder of Elly Segov in 1964 and the murder of the English homosexual film director Claude Berkeley in 1965. Judy Buenoano United States 1971–1980 3 5 Poisoned her husband, boyfriend and son with arsenic; drowned the son in 1980 but caught in 1983 after poisoning and car bombing a fiancée. Martin Ney Germany 1992–2004 3 5 Wore a mask while killing 3 and sexually assaulting at least 40 children. Paul Denyer Australia 1993 3 5 The "Frankston Killer", sentenced to three consecutive life sentences with a non-parole period of 30 years. Bandali Debs Australia 1997–1998 3 5 Convicted of the murder of Kirsty Harty at Upper Beaconsfield in 1997, and of the Moorabbin Police murders 14 months later to avoid arrest for a string of armed robberies; sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus 27 years without the possibility of parole. Gordon Northcott United States 1928 3 4–20 Pedophile who abducted and murdered boys aged between 10 and 12 in Los Angeles and then disposed of the bodies with the help of his mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, and his underage nephew Sanford Clark, whom Northcott had repeatedly threatened and sexually abused. Police considered Northcott a suspect in the disappearance of as many as 20 missing boys in the area that Northcott admitted to have molested, but not murdered; one of these boys surfaced years later alive and confirmed Northcott's version. According to Clark, only four boys were held and murdered in Northcott's property; the three LA children whose remains were found and for whom Northcott was hanged, and an unidentified Mexican boy that Northcott beheaded and disposed of the body near La Puente, California. Peter Kudzinowski United States 1924–1928 3 4 Convicted and executed for the murder of an adult in Scranton, Pennsylvania and two children in New Jersey. Also suspect in the death of two other children in New York City, although Albert Fish later confessed to have murdered one of them himself. Harvey Glatman United States 1957–1958 3 4 Known as "The Lonely Hearts Killer"; Californian rapist and killer; lured women to pose for "bondage photographs"; executed in the gas chamber on September 18, 1959. Martha Ann Johnson United States 1977–1982 3 4 Convicted of smothering three of her children in Atlanta between 1977 and 1982. Sentenced to life in prison on May 5, 1990. Vlado Taneski Republic of Macedonia 2005–2008 3 4 A crime journalist, Taneski came under suspicion when his articles on the rape and murder of three elderly women included information that had not been disclosed by the police. All the victims were poor, uneducated cleaners and knew Taneski's mother. Taneski killed himself in prison before he could be interrogated for the murder of a fourth woman. Özkan Zengin Turkey 2008 3 4 Slit the throats of three confirmed victims before dumping the bodies in wells. Reportedly confessed to an additional murder.[380] Khalil Wheeler-Weaver United States 2016 3 4 American serial killer from Orange, New Jersey, Wheeler-Weaver lured his victims using dating apps and murdered three women and attempted to kill a fourth between August 2016 and November 2016. One of the victim's friends created a fake account and lured him to a meeting before notifying police.[381] William Henry Hance United States 1977–1978 3 4 Hance murdered three women in and around military bases in the late 1970s. He attempted to blame two of the murders on white vigilantes outraged over a series of murders later attributed to Carlton Gary. Hance was also blamed for the murder of a fourth woman at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana but was never brought to trial for this crime. "Charlie Chop-off" United States 1972–1973 3 4 Unidentified assailant who attacked young black and Puerto Rican boys and mutilated their genitals with a straight razor, killing three and leaving one castrated. Another suspected victim was killed but did not have his genitals mutilated. A single suspect was arrested for attempting to abduct another boy, confessed to one of the murders and was hesitantly identified by the surviving victim, but was found unfit for trial and may have been in a mental hospital during the murders. François Vérove France 1986–1994 3 3–9+ Nicknamed "Le Grêlé" ("the pockmarked man"), Verove a former police officer is blamed for four murders and a series of rapes since 1986. His confessed was found on his suicide note alongside body after he killed himself in 2021. The crimes include the 1986 murder of an 11-year-old child, Cécile Bloch, in Paris.[382][383] Louise Peete United States 1912–1942 3 3+ Convicted of murdering a man and woman decades apart, four other acquaintances died suspiciously and four husbands committed suicide. Westley Allan Dodd United States 1989 3 3+ Dodd had an extensive arrest record for molesting children by the time his behavior escalated to include murder. Refusing to appeal his death sentence, he stated that he "should be punished to the full extent of the law, as should all sex offenders and murderers", and that if he ever escaped, he would immediately return to "killing and raping kids". Executed in 1993; his hanging was the first in the United States in 28 years. Scott Erskine United States 1989–1993 3 3+ Convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1989 and the torture-murders of 2 boys in 1993. May be linked to other murders. Donald Leroy Evans United States 1985–1991 3 3+ Murdered a young girl and two women. Suspected of another dozen murders but recanted confessions to over 70 more. Stabbed to death by another death row inmate on January 5, 1999. John Martin United Kingdom 1995 3 3+ (Birth name John Martin Scripps, alias Simon James Davis) While on the run after escaping Britain, Martin killed at least three tourists between 8 and 14 March 1995 and robbed them of their possessions and money: one in Singapore and two in Thailand. He also dismembered their bodies and dumped them in various areas, such as the sea or abandoned places. Martin was also alleged to have killed at least three more people in other countries, such as the US, but these were unconfirmed. He was arrested in Changi Airport when he returned to Singapore on 19 March 1995, and was charged with murder. Martin was found guilty of the one murder he committed in Singapore and thus sentenced to death in November 1995. Martin was executed on 19 April 1996, after he declined to appeal against his sentence.[384] Richard Evonitz United States 1996–1997 3 3+ Abducted and killed 3 girls in Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1996 and 1997 Harvey Carignan United States 1949–1974 3 3+ Serving a life sentence at the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault for the murders of two women. He had been previously convicted for a 1949 rape and murder he committed while stationed in the U.S. Army, in Anchorage, Alaska. John Joubert United States 1982–1983 3 3+ Joubert killed a young boy in Maine and two boys in Nebraska. He was executed by the State of Nebraska in 1996. Akku Yadav India 2004 and earlier 3 3+ Murdered at least three people and dumped their bodies on the railroad tracks; lynched by a mob of around 200 women.[385] Michael Madison United States 2012–2013 3 3+ American serial killer from East Cleveland, Ohio who committed at least three murders. "Bible John" United Kingdom 1968–1969 3 3 Unidentified serial killer who murdered three women in Glasgow, Scotland.[386] Convicted serial killer Peter Tobin was suspected in the murders, but has since been eliminated as a suspect.[357] Andrew Dawson United Kingdom 1982–2010 3 3 Killed an elderly man during a burglary in 1982. Following his release from prison, he stabbed two of his neighbors to death in separate incidents, describing himself as an "Angel of Mercy". He is currently Derby's only serial killer.[387] Leonarda Cianciulli Italy 1939–1940 3 3 Murdered three women in the town of Correggio, Reggio Emilia, and turned their bodies into soap and cakes.[388] Sharon Kinne United States 1960–1964 3 3 Sociopathic serial killer that murdered romantic partners with a handgun. Currently still at large since her escape from prison in 1969. Ted Kaczynski United States 1978–1995 3 3 Domestic terrorist and serial bomber known as the "Unabomber", Kaczynski was responsible for more than two dozen bombings of universities and one airline bombing from 1978 to 1996, justified by Kaczynski by his philosophy that technological advancements would destroy humanity. Arrested in 1996 due to his brother David recognizing the then unidentified Unabomber's manifesto titled Industrial Society and Its Future as the work of Kaczynski. Died in prison on June 10, 2023.[389] Leon Dorsey United States 1994 3 3 Murdered three people from 4 April-11 September 1994. He was serving 60 years for the murder of an Ellis County convenience store employee when surveillance camera footage linked him to the murders of two other people. He was convicted and sentenced to death in June 2000, and executed on 12 August 2008. Ronald Jebson United Kingdom 1970–1974 3 3 Jebson, a prolific child molester, was convicted of raping and killing the eight-year-old daughter of acquaintances in 1974. While serving his sentence he pled guilty to molesting and murdering two other children, Susan Blatchford and Gary Hanlon, in 1970. Charles Albanese United States 1980–1981 3 3 Albanese poisoned his wife's mother and grandmother and his father with arsenic in order to obtain inheritance money, and unsuccessfully tried to poison his brother and mother. He was sentenced to death in two separate trials and ultimately executed in 1995. Jason Thornburg United States 2017–2021 3 2 Thornburg was convicted of three counts of capital murder for killing his roommate and two more women as part of religious sacrifices in Texas in September 2021, and even dismembered the bodies and cannibalise the victims' flesh. Thornburg was sentenced to death for the serial killings in December 2024, and he additionally confessed to killing his girlfriend in Arizona in 2017 and another roommate in May 2021 in Texas. George Chapman United Kingdom 1897–1902 3 Poisoned three consecutive mistresses with tartar emetic. Considered the possible identity of Jack the Ripper at the time of his execution (1903). Martha Rendell Australia 1907–1908 3 Killed three stepchildren with hydrochloric acid in the 20th century; last woman to be hanged in Western Australia. George Joseph Smith United Kingdom 1912–1914 3 Known as "The Brides in the Bath Murders"; killer of three women. Executed by hanging on August 13, 1915. Daisy de Melker South Africa 1923–1932 3 Poisoner; killed two husbands and one son from 1923 to 1932. Eddie Leonski Australia 1942 3 Confessed to three murders after being picked out of a line of American servicemen by witnesses. Sentenced to death and hanged. William Heirens United States 1945–1946 3 Burglar who stabbed three females between. Known as "The Lipstick Killer". John Straffen United Kingdom 1951–1952 3 Killed his third victim after escaping from the mental hospital where he was recluded for the first two murders. Longest-held prisoner in modern British history at the time of his death in 2007. Richard Laurence Marquette United States 1961–1975 3 First 11th name on FBI 10 Most Wanted for killing, mutilating and dismembering a woman in 1961; killed two more with same MO upon 1973 release. Graham Young United Kingdom 1962–1971 3 Called the "Teacup Poisoner". Poisoned over 70 people, 3 of whom died. Charles Schmid United States 1964–1965 3 Known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson"; murdered three teenage girls in 1964 and 1965 and buried them in the desert. Lee Roy Martin United States 1967–1968 3 Known as "The Gaffney Strangler"; killed two women and two girls in South Carolina in 1967 and 1968. Erwin Hagedorn East Germany 1969–1971 3 Killed three boys ages 9 to 12. Was convicted and executed in 1972. Karl F. Warner United States 1969–1971 3 Convicted of murdering three teenage girls, in two separate incidents, in the San Francisco Bay Area communities of San Jose and Saratoga, he was briefly suspected of being the notorious Zodiac Killer, but was soon ruled out as a suspect in that case. Howard Arthur Allen United States 1974–1987 3 Killed three elderly people, as well as assault, burglary, and arson. Sentenced to death June 11, 1988. Trevor Hardy United Kingdom 1974–1976 3 Called "The Monster of Manchester". Died in prison in 2012. Steven David Catlin United States 1976–1984 3 Poisoned three people from 1976 to 1984. Sentenced to death in 1990. Paul Michael Stephani United States 1980–1982 3 Known as "The Weepy-Voiced Killer"; would call police and ask for help after murders. Killed 3 women in the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dámaso Rodríguez Martín Spain 1981–1991 3 Serial rapist and voyeur known as "The Warlock". After being sentenced to 55 years for murdering a man and raping his girlfriend in 1981, he escaped from prison in 1991 and fled to the Anaga mountains in Tenerife, where he killed a couple of German hikers (the woman was also raped). Cornered in an abandoned house, Martín shot himself unsuccessfully and was then shot dead by law enforcement. Altemio Sanchez United States 1981–2006 3 Known as "The Bike Path Rapist" for murdering three women and raping at least 14 others in and around the Buffalo, New York area. Sentenced to 75 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Gregory Brazel Australia 1982–1990 3 Shot dead a woman in 1982 armed robbery and murdered two sex workers in 1990. Brian Dugan United States 1983–1985 3 Convicted of murdering 2 girls and a woman between 1983 and 1985.[390] Valery Asratyan Soviet Union 1988–1990 3 Raped dozens of women in Moscow, murdering three. Executed. Francisca Ballesteros Spain 1990–2004 3 "The Black Widow of Valencia". Poisoned her husband and three children, one of whom survived. Sentenced to 85 years in prison in 2005. Silvo Plut SR Slovenia Serbia and Montenegro Slovenia 1990–2006 3 After serving 13 years in prison in Slovenia for a rape and murder, Plut murdered a second woman in Serbia in 2004 and fled back to Slovenia, where a Serbian petition of extradition was turned down by the government. Plut was then arrested for attacking a couple (wife died, husband survived) and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Committed suicide in 2007. Gabriel Garza Hoth Mexico 1991–1998 3 Known as "The Black Widower", killed 3 women between 1991 and 1998, his victims were wives and lovers. Robert Napper United Kingdom 1992–1993 3 Rapist and murderer who mutilated one of his victims so badly that the policeman who found her was put into therapy for two years. Suspected of up to 70 violent sexual attacks in South East London attributed to the unidentified "Green Chain Rapist". Antonis Daglis Greece 1992–1995 3 "The Athens Ripper". A serial rapist with antecedents for violence, Daglis upgraded to raping, strangling and dismembering three sex workers with a hacksaw in 1992, and tried to kill six more women. In his trial he claimed to hate all sex workers. Killed himself in prison in 1997. Gustavo Romero Tercero Spain 1993–1998 3 "The Valdepeñas Killer". Armed robber and rapist, he killed a couple after the woman recognized him in 1993, and another woman in 1998 after accidentally hitting her with his car, fearing that a possible investigation would link him to the other crimes. Confessed and was sentenced to 83 years in prison for all crimes in 2003, after his ex-wife denounced him. Peter Bryan United Kingdom 1993–2004 3 A paranoid schizophrenic, Bryan was recluded in a mental institution after killing a shop assistant with a hammer in 1993. Released 11 years later after psychiatrists noted his "continued improvement", Bryan immediately killed a friend and was apprehended when he was frying his brains on a pan. Months later, Bryan killed a fellow mental patient, declaring that he didn't eat him solely because he was caught first. Currently imprisoned for life. Lam Kwok-wai Hong Kong 1993 3 Convicted of 10 rapes and 3 murders that he committed with his bare hands. One of two only known serial killers in Hong Kong. Dana Sue Gray United States 1994 3 Convicted of murder of three elderly women and attempted murder of a fourth in California.[391] Robin Ligus United Kingdom 1994 3 Died in a mental institution in 2012. Jack Owen Spillman United States 1994–1995 3 Known as "The Werewolf Butcher"; killed two girls and the mother of one of them in Washington State in 1994 and 1995. Scott Williams United States 1997–2006 3 Killed and mutilated three women between 1997 and 2006. Sentenced to life. Juan Covington United States 1998–2005 3 Shot and killed 3 people.[392] Matthew James Harris Australia 1998 3 Strangled a friend's brother, a female friend and a male neighbour to death over five weeks in 1998 in Wagga Wagga. Yukio Yamaji Japan 2000–2005 3 Murdered his own mother in 2000, and then murdered a 27-year-old woman and her 19-year-old sister in 2005.[393] Hiroshi Maeue Japan 2005 3 Called the "Suicide Website Murderer" for finding his victims in an online suicide community. Maeue offered to painlessly kill themselves together by charcoal burning in a car, but once together he strangled them with his bare hands instead, as this excited him sexually. Hanged in 2009. António Luís Costa Portugal 2005–2006 3 Ex-soldier, suffocated three women (and mutilated the first one) in Santa Comba Dao. Özgür Dengiz Turkey 2007 3 Known as "The Cannibal of Ankara" for eating one of his victims; a third victim survived. Interned in a mental institution after his conviction to two life sentences was overturned. Mario Alberto Sulú Canché Mexico 2007–2008 3 Killed 3 women from 2007 to 2008; later committing suicide by hanging in prison. Joanna Dennehy United Kingdom 2013 3 Carried out the Peterborough ditch murders. Over a period of two weeks, murdered her landlord and two of her house mates by stabbing them. With the help of accomplices she dumped the bodies in ditches, then attempted to kill two strangers in broad daylight by stabbing them. Given whole life tariff on 28 February 2014. Kimberly McCarthy United States 1988–1997 3 Executed for murdering her neighbour, 71-year-old Dorothy Booth; DNA evidence proved she had murdered two other elderly women, but she was never charged. David Burgess United Kingdom 1966—1967 3 Stabbed and strangled three young girls in Beenham over a two-year period. Larry Hall United States 1980–1994 2 50+ Hall traveled around the American Midwest as part of his interest in historical reenactments, which he would also use as a cover for stalking, raping, and murdering teenage girls. It is believed his first murders were committed when he was 18 years old. Although he was convicted of kidnapping 15-year-old Jessica Roach, Hall has never been charged with murder. Authorities have tied 15 murders to Hall, though only been able to confirm two, he has admitted to (and recanted) committing 39, though the FBI believes he could have committed as many as 50 in at least three states.[394] Alejandro Máynez Mexico 1980s–1990s 2 50+ Killed at least two women in Ciudad Juárez, but believed to be 50. Supposedly, along with Ana Benavides and Melchor Máynez. Billy Gohl United States 1901–1913 2 40–140+ Alleged to have killed from 40 to 140 seamen in Aberdeen, Washington Gerard John Schaefer United States 1969–1973 2 30+ Florida police officer who killed up to 34 women and girls. Stabbed to death by fellow inmate Vincent Faustino Rivera on December 3, 1995. Macario Alcala Canchola Mexico 1960–1962 2 12+ Known as "Mexican Jack"; convicted of the murders of two sex workers but suspected of at least twelve more murders. Bruce Lindahl United States 1974–1981 3 12+ Accidentally killed himself while stabbing one of his victims; posthumously connected to various rape-murders in Dupage County. Robert Zarinsky United States 1958–1974 2 10 Killed people between 1958 and 1974. Ed Gein United States[395] 1950–1957 2 2 Famous for using/storing body parts of his victims to make household furniture, clothing and other miscellaneous household items. José Luis Calva Mexico 2007 2 8 Killed and cannibalized women. Hanged himself in prison after being convicted to 84 years for two murders. Shirley Winters United States 1979–2007 2 7 Confessed in 2008 to killing 2 children (including her 5-month old son), 27 years apart. Plea agreement for those murders included clause stopping investigation of her role in a fire that killed 2 previous children in 1979. Is also a suspect in a separate fire that killed 3 children of a friend in 1979. Richard Rogers United States 1973–1993 2 7 Rogers, a gay man, was convicted of two murders and implicated by forensics in two others. He was also suspected of murdering two other men, and was charged but acquitted for murdering a college student in 1973. Rabidin Satir Malaysia 2009–2012 2 6 Nicknamed "Rambo Bentong". Rabidin had raped and murdered a 17-year-old schoolgirl Annie Kok Yin Cheng in March 2009 and battered 31-year-old forestry department employee Khairul Hazri Jamaludin to death in November 2012. Rabidin was convicted of both these murders and given two death sentences in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Rabidin was suspected of killing three to four more people: a nine-year-old girl, an elderly married couple in their 70s and a 63-year-old man between 2010 and 2012. Castration serial murders United States 1980–1986 2 5 Unidentified perpetrator who kidnapped young men, castrated them and shot them in the back of the head. Forensics proved at least two of the victims were killed by the same person. Steven Brian Pennell United States 1987–1988 2 5 Known as "The Corridor Killer" and "The Route 40 Killer"; convicted of torture-murdering two women, pleaded no contest to two more and suspected of a fifth in Delaware in 1987 and 1988. Executed by lethal injection March 14, 1992. Glen Rogers United States 1995–1999 2 5 His capture in Kentucky ended a nationwide manhunt that began with the "Cross-Country Killer's" crime spree that stretched from coast to coast and left four women and one man from five different states dead. Rogers was convicted and sentenced to death by electric chair in Florida in 1997 for the stabbing death of Tina Marie Cribbs. He was later convicted and given a second death penalty in California for the September 1995 murder of Sandra Gallagher. Also known as the "Casanova Killer", Rogers is the lone suspect in the stabbing deaths of two other women (Linda Price in Jackson, Mississippi and Andy Jiles Sutton in Bossier City, Louisiana), both of whom—like Cribbs and Gallagher—he'd met and befriended in bars. The earliest homicide Rogers is suspected of is that of an elderly Ohio man, Mark Peters, with whom Rogers had lived for a short time. In 1994, Peters' remains were discovered in a Rogers "family cabin" in Kentucky.[396] Mary Elizabeth Wilson United Kingdom 1955–1957 2 4 "The Merry Widow of Windy Nook". Believed to have poisoned her four husbands in a period of only two years. Sentenced to death for two murders but changed to life in prison, where she died in 1963. Bradley Edwards Australia 1996–1997 2 3 Murders of two young women and the disappearance of a third in 1996 and 1997. Hadden Clark United States 1986–1992 2 2+ Killed and cannibalized a 6-year-old victim and a 23-year-old victim, and confessed to the murder of an unidentified woman nicknamed Lady of the Dunes. Gary M. Heidnik United States 1986–1987 2 Kidnapped, tortured, raped and imprisoned six women in his Philadelphia, Pennsylvania basement, killing two. Ronny Rieken Germany 1996–1998 2 Raped and killed two girls ages 11 and 13. He was caught as a result of mass DNA screening and sentenced to life imprisonment. Johann Otto Hoch United States Austria (alleged) France (alleged) United Kingdom (alleged) 1888–1905 1 50+ Swindler who married several women under different aliases, most of whom died after a few months; others disappeared without a trace. Convicted of one murder by poisoning and hanged. Carl Großmann Germany Germany 1918–1921 1 50+ Known as "The Berlin Butcher". Killed women and sold their flesh on the black market. Only one body found. Hanged himself in his cell after being sentenced to death.[397] Sailson Jose das Gracas Brazil 2005–2014 1 41 Claims to have murdered 41 people in a nine-year killing spree that started at the age of 17.[398] Bobby Jack Fowler United States Canada 1969–1996 1 20 One murder proven, suspected of up to 20 more. Suspect in the Highway of Tears murders.[399] Leszek Pękalski Poland 1984–1992 1 17 Called "The Vampire of Bytów". Charged with 17 murders but convicted of only one (to 25 years in prison) for faulty collection of evidence. During the investigation he admitted to killing 80 people but later retracted his confession. Daniel Conahan United States 1994–1996 1 12+ Convicted of one murder and has been linked to over a dozen murders. Tillie Klimek United States 1914–1921 1 6+ Chicago woman who poisoned her husbands; only convicted of the murder of her third husband. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Lyda Southard United States 1915–1920 1 6 Suspected of killing her brother-in-law, four husbands and a daughter, but was only convicted of killing her fourth husband, Edward Meyer. John Norman Collins United States 1969 1 6 Convicted of the murder of Karen Sue Beineman, suspected in the murder of at least five other young women in the vicinity of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan. Velma Barfield United States 1971–1978 1 5–6 Confessed to five poisonings with arsenic but was only tried and convicted for one. First woman to be executed in the United States after the 1976 resumption of capital punishment, receiving lethal injection in 1984. Raymond Morris United Kingdom 1962–1971 1 3 Known as the "A34 Killer"; convicted of one murder, considered to have committed at least two more. Robert Anthony Buell United States 1981–1983 1 3 Sentenced to death for the murder of a young girl and chief suspect in the murders of two others. Executed by lethal injection in 2002. Hensley Anthony Neville Singapore Malaysia (suspected) 1984–1986 1 3 A Singaporean sentenced to death for the 1984 rape and murder of a 19-year-old interior engineer in Singapore and chief suspect of a 1986 double murder in Malaysia. Executed by hanging on 28 August 1992. Medical professionals and pseudo-medical professionals Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes Harold Shipman United Kingdom 1975–1998 218 250[400] Convicted of 15 murders and found to be responsible for the deaths of 218 patients identified by inquiry, but is believed to have killed around 250 people.[401][402] He injected diamorphine into his patients and then falsified the medical records, reporting that his patient had been in poor health. Hanged himself in prison in 2004. Steven Massof United States 2003–2008 100+ Massof, who worked at Kermit Gosnell's abortion clinic, testified that he snipped the spines of more than 100 babies after seeing them show signs of life.[403][404] Niels Högel Germany 1999–2005 85+ 300[405] Nurse who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of more than 85 people.[406][407] In November 2017, German prosecutors said that the number of victims was at least 106,[408] with Högel admitting, in October 2018, to murdering 100 patients.[14] By May 2019, he was believed to be the most prolific serial killer in peacetime Germany with up to 300 victims over fifteen years.[405] Baba Anujka Kingdom of Yugoslavia c. 1890s–1928 50 150 Anujka was an accomplished amateur chemist from the village of Vladimirovac, Yugoslavia (modern day Serbia). She poisoned at least 50 people and possibly as many as 150 in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 1929 but released after eight years due to old age.[409] Kermit Gosnell United States 1989?–2010 48+ 200+[410][411] Kermit Gosnell is an American serial-killer and former physician who ran an abortion clinic known as the "House of Horrors." Authorities discovered the remains of at least 47 late-term aborted children stored in bags or cartons, several of which appeared to be killed after birth. He was convicted in 2011 for 3 counts of first-degree murder of babies he delivered alive and then severed the spinal cords of, 1 count of manslaughter for the death of a woman he performed an abortion on, and over 200 counts of other abortion-related laws. Testimony indicated hundreds of similar procedures carried out by Gosnell and his staff.[412] Louay Omar Mohammed al-Taei Iraq 2005–2006 43 Medical doctor found to have killed 43 wounded policemen, soldiers and officials in Kirkuk; was a member of an insurgent cell.[413] Donald Harvey United States 1970–1987 37 57–87 Self-professed Angel of Death. Worked as an orderly in Cincinnati-area hospitals and preyed on his patients. Claimed to have killed 87 patients starting at age 18. Active 1970–1987. Sentenced to 28 life sentences in Ohio.[414] Jane Toppan United States 1885–1901 31 Nurse that confessed to poisoning 31 patients. Found not guilty by reason of insanity and interned in a mental institution until her death in 1938.[415] Charles Cullen United States 1988–2003 29 400+ Nurse in New Jersey and Pennsylvania who murdered at least 29 patients between 1988 and 2003, but experts believe the number could be as high as 400. Cullen has admitted to more murders, which authorities believe are likely, but the murders cannot be verified due to lack of records.[416] Stephan Letter Germany 2003–2004 29 29+ Nurse who killed 29 patients; sentenced to life imprisonment in 2006.[417] Anders Hansson Sweden 1978–1979 27 A Nurse Aide who poisoned victims with gevisol and ivisol. His actions were called "The Hospital Murders" (Swedish: Sjukhusmorden).[418] Marcel Petiot France 1926–1944 26 63 Active 1926 and from 1942 to 1944. Petiot is suspected of having killed up to 63 in total. Executed in 1946.[419] Arnfinn Nesset Norway 1983 and earlier 22 27–138+ Norwegian nurse and most prolific known serial killer in Scandinavian history, convicted in 1983 of poisoning at least 22 patients with Curacit; however he initially confessed to 27 murders; later he retracted his confessions and claimed he had killed 138 patients. Was released from prison in 2004 after serving 21 years, the maximum punishment possible by Norwegian law.[420] Roger Andermatt Switzerland 1995–2001 22 22 Known as the "Death-Keeper of Lucerne"; nurse who killed 22 patients; most prolific Swiss serial killer in history; sentenced to life imprisonment.[421] Linda Hazzard United States 1908–1912 15 17 Quack doctor and swindler who manipulated her patients into fasting until they starved themselves to death. 17 deaths were attributed to this practice, with evidence of 15 being presented at her trial. She was pardoned after serving two years imprisonment with hard labour and later starved herself to death attempting her own fasting cure. Maxim Petrov Russia 2000–2002 12 19 Doctor who killed his patients in St. Petersburg. Suspected of 19 murders.[422] Joan Vila Dilmé Spain 2009–2010 11 15[423] Nursing home worker who fatally poisoned 11 elderly residents or more in Olot. In the trial he claimed they were mercy kills intended to spare the victims of further suffering, although three of them were administered caustic cleaning materials that caused severe burns and a long agony.[424] Vickie Dawn Jackson United States 2000–2001 10 20 Vocational nurse at Nocona General Hospital who murdered patients who irritated her with injections of Mivacron. She was convicted of 10 murders, although law enforcement suspected her in around 20 suspicious deaths. Ann Arbor Hospital Killer United States 1975 10 10 Poisonings of 10 patients at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in 1975. Filipino nurses Filipina Narciso and Leonora Perez were tried for the crimes.[425] Ludivine Chambet France 2012–2013 10 10 Known as "The Poisoner of Chambéry"; nurse's aide who poisoned elderly patients; sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.[426] Frederick Mors United States 1914–1915 8 8+ Born Carl Menarik, Austrian who killed 8 elderly patients by poisoning in New York. Sent to an asylum and escaped. Never caught. Elizabeth Wettlaufer Canada 2007–2018 8 8 Confessed to murdering eight senior citizens and attempting to murder six others in southwestern Ontario.[427] With a total of fourteen victims either killed or injured by her actions, she is described as one of the worst serial killers in Canadian history.[428] Petr Zelenka Czech Republic 2006 7 21[429] Killed his victims with a lethal injection of heparin from May to September 2006. Ten people survived his murder attempt. Suspected of up to 14 additional murders. Marianne Nölle Germany 1984–1992 7 17 Nurse who was convicted of killing seven patients between 1984 and 1992; suspected of killing 17; sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993.[430] Lucy Letby United Kingdom 2015–2016 7 7 Nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another six while working at Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester, England.[431] Following her conviction, a number of doubts about the reliability of the evidence have been raised, with Letby continuing to maintain her innocence. Orville Lynn Majors United States 1993–1995 6 130 LPN in Vermillion County Ind., Preyed on elderly patients—thought to have killed many of them with injections of potassium chloride. Sentenced to 360 years in Indiana.[432] Efren Saldivar United States 1989–1997 6 50+ Respiratory therapist who killed six patients, possibly as many as 120.[433] Christine Malèvre France 1998 and earlier 6 30 Nurse who killed terminally ill patients claiming that they had asked her to help them die, something denied by their families. Sentenced to 12 years in prison for six murders and suspect of 30.[434] Antoinette Scieri France 1924–1925 6 12+ Nurse who poisoned her elderly patients. Death sentence was commuted to life in prison and she died in prison.[435] Ahmad Ahmadi Imperial State of Iran 1931–1944 6 Responsible for killing political prisoners at Qasr prison during the reign of Reza Shah. Kristen Gilbert United States 1990–1996 5 70+ Nurse at a Massachusetts Veterans Medical Center who injected male patients with epinephrine, causing heart attacks. Sentenced to life without parole.[436] Frans Hooijmaijers Netherlands 1970–1975 5 259 Nurse who was convicted for killing five patients at a hospital in Kerkrade, the Netherlands from 1970 to 1975, but was suspected to have killed approximately 259 people. Miyuki Ishikawa Japan 1946–1948 5 84 Killed 84 newborn children at maximum. As a midwife, she killed infants born to parents unwilling to care for them during the prohibition of abortion in Japan.[437] Arrested in 1948, and sentenced to four years imprisonment in 1953 as final decision.[438] Amy Archer-Gilligan United States 1910–1917 5 48+ A nursing home proprietor believed to have poisoned as many as 60 patients from her homes and her second husband. Charged with five murders originally, this was lowered to just one following her admission of guilt, and was found guilty of second degree murder. Died in a mental hospital in 1962.[439] Sonya Caleffi Italy 2003–2004 5 18 Nurse who poisoned terminally-ill patients; sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.[440] Aino Nykopp-Koski Finland 2004–2009 5 Nurse who killed five elderly patients using sedatives and opiates in Finland. Kimberly Clark Saenz United States 2008 5 Killed five patients by using syringes to inject bleach into their dialysis lines. Michael Swango United States Zimbabwe 1981–1997 4 35–60+ Medical Doctor who killed patients.[441] Edson Izidoro Guimarães Brazil 1999 and earlier 4 131 Nurse who injected patients with potassium chloride or removed their oxygen mask. Confessed to five murders which he claimed to be mercy killings and was convicted of four in 2000; sentenced to 76 years in prison. He may have killed as many as 131 patients for money, as he was paid $60 for informing local funeral homes of a patient's death so that they could contact the deceased's relatives first.[442] Richard Angelo United States 1987 4 25 Known as "The Angel of Death". New York nurse convicted of four murders, linked to six other deaths. Suspected of killing up to 25 people.[443] Colin Norris United Kingdom 2002 4 18 Convicted of murdering four elderly women and attempting to murder another in two Leeds hospitals during 2002 while working as a nurse. He had injected the women, who were only in hospital due to broken hips, with massive overdoses of insulin. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 30 years in 2008.[444] Beverley Allitt United Kingdom 1991 4 Convicted of murdering four children and attacking another six in the Lincolnshire hospital where she worked as a nurse. Given 13 life sentences.[445] Abraao Jose Bueno Brazil 2005 4 Nurse who injected young children with sedatives until they stopped breathing. He would then alert doctors in an attempt to earn the respect of his colleagues for being the first one to notice that something was wrong. Convicted of 4 deaths and 4 more murder attempts to 110 years in prison. Andrés Ulises Castillo Villarreal Mexico 2009–2015 3 12+ Known as "The Chihuahua Ripper"; drugged, raped and then killed men in Chihuahua; sentenced to 120 years imprisonment.[446] Elfriede Blauensteiner Austria 1981–1995 3 10+ Known as "The Black Widow"; poisoned people for material gain; died from a brain tumor in 2003. Vladyslav Volkovich and Volodymyr Kondratenko Ukraine 1991–1997 16 20+ "The Nighttime Killers". Murdered homeless men and lone drivers with a variety of weapons.[472] Lainz Angels of Death Austria 1983–1989 15 49–200+ Known as the "Lainz Angels of Death"; Waltraud Wagner, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Mayer, and Maria Gruber were nurses at the Lainz General Hospital in Vienna who admitted to murdering 49 patients.[473] The Cleaners Russia 2014–2015 15 15+ Neo-Nazi gang, led by Pavel Voitov and Elena Lobacheva, who murdered alcoholic tramps and beggars; Voitov sentenced to life imprisonment and Lobacheva to 13 years in a penal colony.[474] José Miculax Bux and Mariano Macú Miculax Guatemala 1946 15 Cousins who killed 15 boys in 1946. Fred West and Rosemary West United Kingdom 1967–1987 12 30 Mainly targeted young women but were also found guilty of murdering two of their own daughters. Also found guilty of raping another daughter. Buried the victims around their house and local area of Gloucester. Shortly before he killed himself in 1995, Fred West said there were more victims.[475] At one point he confessed to killing up to 30.[476] Briley Brothers United States 1971–1979 12 Three brothers and an accomplice responsible for 12 murders in the 1970s in Richmond, Virginia.[477] John Justin Bunting, Robert Joe Wagner and James Spyridon Vlassakis Australia 1992–1999 12 The bodies of eight victims were found in plastic barrels in a disused bank vault in Snowtown, South Australia. Bunting was found guilty of 11 murders, Wagner pleaded guilty to three and was convicted of a further seven murders.[478] Mailoni Brothers Zambia 2007–2013 12 Three brothers who killed at least 12 people from 2007 to 2013. Killed by Zambia Army Commandos in 2013.[479] Leonard Lake and Charles Ng United States 1982–1985 11 25 Abducted women, used them as sex slaves, and then murdered them, together with any men, women, and children who got in their way. Lake killed himself upon arrest, but Ng was later convicted of killing 11 people. Between 1982 and 1985, Lake and Ng were believed to have abducted and killed as many as 25 victims, as evidenced by human remains found on Lake's California ranch.[480] Bloody Benders United States 1871–1873 11 20 The Bender family, more well known as the Bloody Benders, were a family of serial killers in Labette County, Kansas, United States, from May 1871 to December 1872. Estimates report that the Benders killed at least a dozen travelers, and perhaps as many as twenty before they were discovered. The family's fate remains unknown, with theories ranging from a lynching to a successful escape. Shen Changyin and Shen Changping China 1999–2004 11 Found guilty of the murders of 11 sex workers.[481] They were executed in 2006.[citation needed] Polatbay Berdaliyev and Abduseit Ormanov Uzbekistan Kazakhstan 2011–2012 11 Raped, robbed and murdered women along desolate roads; both sentenced to life imprisonment in both countries.[482] Wolfgang Abel and Marco Furlan Italy West Germany Netherlands 1977–1984 10 27 The victims, seemingly chosen at random and killed by different methods, were found next to letters written in Italian, signed "Ludwig" and containing Nazi imagery, that gave a reason for why the murder had been committed. Abel and Furlan were arrested in Castiglione delle Stiviere while dousing a crowded discothèque with gasoline and sentenced in 1987 to 30 years in prison for all crimes (later reduced to 27).[483] Juan Carlos Hernández and Patricia Martínez Mexico 2012–2018 10 20 Known as the "Monsters of Ecatepec"; couple who raped, murdered and cannibalized women.[484] Hillside Stranglers United States 1977–1979 10 10 Initially believed to be one person, two perpetrators were eventually discovered to be cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. Convicted of kidnapping, raping, torturing and murdering 10 women and girls ranging in age from 12 to 28. Joshi-Abhyankar serial murderers India 1976–1977 10 Four Pune commercial art students (Rajendra Jakkal, Dilip Sutar, Shantaram Kanhoji Jagtap and Munawar Harun Shah) that broke into random people's homes and businesses and strangled them with a nylon rope. Executed by hanging in 1983.[485] Gerald and Charlene Gallego United States 1978–1980 10 Killed 10 victims in Sacramento, California. Gerald Gallego died of cancer before his death sentence could be carried out. Charlene Gallego was released July 1997.[486] Viña del Mar psychopaths Chile 1980–1981 10 Jorge Sagredo and Carlos Topp committed 10 murders and four rapes from 5 August 1980 to 1 November 1981 in the city of Viña del Mar. Executed by firing squad in 1985, they became the last people executed in Chile.[487] Yevgeny Nagorny and Sergei Stavitsky Russia 1998 10 Killed clients with expensive cars in their autoshop in order to sell them; sentenced to life imprisonment.[488] National Socialist Underground Germany 2000–2007 10 Neo-Nazi group who killed 10 ethnic Turks in the Bosphorus serial murders from 2000 to 2007. Most victims were small business owners killed in broad daylight with a gunshot to the face. Two of the suspects killed themselves and a third, Beate Zschäpe, was apprehended in 2011.[489] The Manson Family cult killings United States 1967–1969 9 21―35[490][491] A California desert cult formed by Charles Manson in 1967, the 'Manson Family' committed a series of murders in name of promoting Manson's goal of causing a race war that he called Helter Skelter. Song Jinghua and Yan Jinguang China 2005–2007 9 9 Robbed and killed women in Beijing out of revenge for Song's brother, who was previously executed for an unrelated crime.[492] Tadeusz Grzesik and the Bureaucrats Gang Poland 1991–2007 8 20+ Robbed and killed people in several Polish voivodeships, mainly owners of exchange offices.[493] Edgar Álvarez Cruz and Francisco Granados Mexico 1993–2003 8–10 14+ Kidnapped, drugged, raped and then killed women in cotton fields.[494] The Ciudad Juárez Rebels Mexico 1995–1996 8 10–14 Gang of serial killers, led by Sergio Armendáriz Diaz and Juan Contreras Jurado, who killed women in Ciudad Juárez; claimed to work for Abdul Latif Sharif.[495] The Hernández Brothers Sect Mexico 1963 8 Originally a scam intended to extort money and sexual favors from the poor, illiterate inhabitants of the small village of Yerba Buena, who were promised favors from "Inca gods" in the mountains, the cult came to include Aztec-inspired human sacrifices after prostitute Magdalena Solís took over as high priestess. 15 people were sentenced to 30 years in prison for their participation in the ritual murders of seven villagers and one police officer. Rudolfo Infante and Anna Villeda Mexico 1991 8 Responsible for 8 murders.[496] Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman United States 2006 8 Known as the "Serial Shooter". Responsible for 8 murders in random drive-by shootings in 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona. Futoshi Matsunaga and Junko Ogata Japan 1996–1998 7 9 Matsunaga and Ogata tortured and killed seven people who Matsunaga held prisoner through blackmail, six of whom were members of the Ogata family. Matsunaga was also investigated in the death of a woman he defrauded and one of her children but no evidence was found to prove he had murdered them. Christopher Worrell and James Miller Australia 1976–1977 7 7 Known as the "Truro Murderers"; Worrell was killed in a car accident and the killings stopped. Later Miller was convicted of killing seven people in 1976–1977.[497] Fa Ziying and Lao Rongzhi China 1996–1999 7 7 A pair of Chinese serial killers. The two met in 1993 and later became lovers. The prosecution accused them of kidnapping, robbery, and murder in Nanchang, Wenzhou, and Hefei from 1996 to 1999. A total of 7 people were killed. Ziying was arrested on 23 July 1999 in Hefei and subsequently sentenced to death, deprived of political rights for life, and fined by the Hefei Intermediate People's Court. On 28 December 1999, Ziying was executed by being shot. Johannes van Rooyen and Dumisani Makhubela South Africa 2005 7 7 Two South African men who raped, robbed and murdered multiple victims, including a family of four. Sentenced to four centuries in prison after a two-year trial.[498] Auto Shankar's Gang India 1988–1989 6 9 Nine men who collaborated to abduct and murder at least 6 teenage girls in Chennai; their bodies were cremated and thrown into the sea or buried under residential homes. Leader Auto Shankar and two accomplices were sentenced to death by hanging in 1991, his brother Auto Mohan to three consecutive life sentences in prison and five other collaborators to six months in prison. Gert van Rooyen and Joey Haarhof South Africa South Africa 1988–1989 6 8 Their victims were never found; the pair shot dead a police officer and then committed suicide when faced with arrest after the escape of their last kidnap victim. Kiss brothers and Zsolt István Pető Hungary 2008–2009 6 6 A series of murders perpetrated by three Neo-Nazis (with an accomplice István Csaba Csontos) against people of Roma ethnicity, occurring between July 2008 and August 2009. It is regarded as one of the worst crimes in the country's history after the war. Hermann Duft and Hans Wilhelm Bassenauer Greece 1969 6 German serial killers who murdered six persons in Greece, within a short period in 1969, were captured, tried, sentenced to death and executed. David Alan Gore and Fred Waterfield United States 1981–1983 6 Cousins connected to the murders of six females. Gore was executed in 2012 and Waterfield was sentenced to life imprisonment. Artyom Alexandrovich Anoufriev and Nikita Vakhtangovich Lytkin Russia 2010–2011 6 Teenaged thrill-killers of random people. The Skin Hunters Poland 2002 and earlier 5 40–1200+[499] Hospital crew that killed patients in order to get bribes from nearby funeral homes. Two doctors and two paramedics were convicted for the murder of five patients, but the investigation is continuing, with over 40 remaining suspects. There are also suspicions that due to the heavy use of pancuronium bromide, scoline and potassium chloride in 1998–2001, the number of victims could be as high as 1200.[500] Ray and Faye Copeland United States 1986–1989 5 12 Oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States at the ages of 75 and 69; convicted of killing five men; modus operandi was to hire unskilled drifters as farmhands and later kill them.[501] Ian Brady and Myra Hindley United Kingdom 1963–1965 5 12 Responsible for the "Moors murders": they abducted, raped, tortured and murdered at least five children in the Manchester area before burying their victims on Saddleworth Moor as part of an experiment in "existential experience". The case attracted much media coverage long after the two were sentenced, especially in the United Kingdom, as Hindley sought release from prison from the 1980s but was refused and died in prison. Five victims were identified although Brady periodically claimed that there were up to twelve. Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris United States 1979 5 5 The "Toolbox Killers"; they kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered five female hitchhikers in southern California over a five-month period in 1979.[502] "The Family" Australia 1979–1983 5 An alleged group of up to 12 Australian men, believed to include unspecified high-profile figures, responsible for the abduction, torture and murder of five Australian teenagers and young adults who died from being sodomized with blunt instruments. One member of the group, Bevan Spencer von Einem, was convicted of the final murder, but police believe more unidentified people to have been involved in the crimes. The group has also been linked to upwards of 150 sexual assaults and rapes against teenage boys.[503] James Gregory Marlow and Cynthia Coffman United States 1986 5 Killed four women and one man in 1986. Gwendolyn Graham and Catherine May Wood United States 1987 5 Nurses who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Chijon family South Korea 1993 5 South Korean gang of cannibals that was sentenced to death for killing five people. Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine United States 1984–1999 4 19[504] Known as the "Speed Freak Killers"; California duo initially convicted of four murders from 1984 to 1999.[505] David and Catherine Birnie Australia 1986 4 4–8 Australian couple who raped and murdered four women in their home and attempted to murder a fifth in Perth in 1986. Both were sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole; David Birnie hanged himself in prison on October 7, 2005. John Duffy and David Mulcahy United Kingdom 1985–86 3 100+ Known as the "Railway Rapists". Duffy and Mulcahy stalked and raped women near train stations in London, killing at least three of the victims. Duffy was found guilty in 1988 of two murders and four rapes. He later confessed to another murder and implicated Mulcahy in his crimes, leading to his conviction.[506] After Mulcahy's trial, the police announced that they were investigating possible links between the two men and hundreds of unsolved rape and murder cases.[507] Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck United States 1947–1949 3 20 Known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers", Fernandez and Beck extorted women Fernandez met through lonely hearts advertisements. Both were arrested in Michigan in 1949 for the murders of a woman and her two-year-old daughter, but Michigan authorities waived prosecution and extradited the pair to New York to face trial for a murder that occurred there because New York had the death penalty while Michigan did not. They were convicted of that murder and executed in 1951.[508] Beasts of Satan Italy 1998–2004 3 18 Cult members responsible for ritualistic murders, and are suspected in other cases, including suicides.[509] James Paster and Stephen McCoy United States 1980–1981 3 5 Texas duo convicted of three murders from 1980 to 1981, and both subsequently executed. Shortly before his execution Paster confessed to having committed two additional murders.[510][511][512] Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Canada 1990–1992 3 5 Bernardo, a serial rapist, and his girlfriend Homolka were responsible for the murders of three teenage girls, including Homolka's sister Tammy Homolka, who were kidnapped and raped by Bernardo before being killed by Bernardo and Homolka. Homolka received a light sentence in return for testifying against Bernardo as part of a controversial plea bargain; it was proved after the bargain that her involvement in the murders was greater than previously believed. Bernardo has also been suggested as a suspect in a 1991 death with similarities to his modus operandi, and is the prime suspect in the 1990 disappearance and probable murder of Elizabeth Bain, which her boyfriend Robert Baltovich was wrongly convicted of before being exonerated in 2008. Michael Bear Carson and Suzan Carson United States 1981–1983 3 3+ Nomadic hippie killers involved in the counter-culture movement; sentenced to life imprisonment for three San Francisco Bay Area murders in 1983. Joseph and Michael Kallinger United States 1974–1975 3 Joseph Kallinger murdered three people and tortured four families with his 13-year-old son Michael in New Jersey. Silvia Merez Cult Mexico 2009–2012 3 Ritually murdered three people in sacrifices to Santa Muerte. Raya and Sakina and their husbands Egypt Egypt 1919[513]–1920 2 Unknown Gang of four that rented a house for women and killed them to rob their money and jewellery. Raya and Sakina were the first women executed in the modern state of Egypt, in 1921. Amelia Sach and Annie Walters United Kingdom 1900–1903 1[note 1] 300+[514] Sach and Walters, known as the "Finchley baby farmers", would take in unwanted babies from young women, collect a fee and then discreetly murder the children. They were executed in 1903, the only double hanging of women in British history. Disputed cases Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes Bruno Lüdke Germany 1928–1943 51 86 Mentally disabled, Lüdke was arrested after being discovered with a corpse. Police declared him insane and imprisoned him in a psychiatric hospital, where he died when he was experimented on. The only evidence tying him to the crimes was a confession that may have been physically coerced. He was never given a trial and he is generally considered innocent.[515] "Highway of Tears" Killer Canada 1980–present 18 83 All the victims were young women and were last seen on Highway 16 in British Columbia between Prince George and Prince Rupert. If they were all victims of the same person, it would be one of the most prolific serial killers in Canada and one with the longest career in the world. Some of the murders have been linked to American criminal Bobby Jack Fowler, although he was in prison at the time others were committed.[516][517] Orlando Sabino Brazil 1966?–1971? 12 Suspected of murdering 12 people in Minas Gerais and Goiás, as well as mutilating several animals; sentenced to 38 years imprisonment and died from a heart attack in 2013. Conspiracy theorists allege that the victims were killed by the military government, which framed Sabino.[518] Charles Quansah Ghana 1993–2001 8 34 Quansah, who had been in prison for rape twice, was held as a suspect in the deaths of 34 women across the country, including his girlfriend who was strangled in 2000, and eventually confessed to eight murders. He later denied the killings, claiming that the confessions had been extracted under torture, and that the police had also tried unsuccessfully to force him to implicate a number of politicians including former president Jerry Rawlings, his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman and an unidentified member of President John Kufuor's administration.[519][520] Redhead murders United States 1978–1992 8+ Series of unsolved homicides believed to have been committed by an unidentified serial killer in Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Pennsylvania. Jeff Davis 8 United States 2005–2009 8 The bodies of eight women, all of whom had an involvement with drugs or prostitution, were found in swamps and canals surrounding Jennings, Louisiana. Originally thought to be a serial killer, but multiple suspects may be involved. The Beer Man India 2006–2007 7 Purported unidentified serial killer that operated in Mumbai and left a beer bottle next to each body as his signature, hence the nickname. A suspect was charged with three of the murders and convicted of one in 2008, but the sentence was overturned by the High Court in 2009 because the evidence presented was deemed inadmissible. Pedro Rosa da Conceição Brazil 1904–1911 5 17 Brazilian mass murderer who killed three people and wounded thirteen others on 22 April 1904. Killed his cellmate and a guard in 1911, and is said to have murdered a family of twelve people in an unspecified date and year. Died in 1919. The family murders are not verified. Earl Bramblett United States 1977–1994 4 6 Mass murderer who murdered four members of the Hodges family in their home in Vinton, Virginia in August 1994. He was a suspect in the 1977 disappearances of Tammy Akers and Angela Rader, who were both 14 years old and worked for him at the time,[521] but not enough evidence to charge him was found before his execution for the Hodges murders in 2003. Henry Lee Lucas United States 1960–1983 3 600+ Confessed to killing 3,000[522][523] and later 600 people but later recanted and is suspected of lying about a majority of the murders. He originally offered a list of 77 women from 19 different states, but as he confessed to more and more murders, the details became increasingly more bizarre. Some included dismemberment, necrophilia, even cannibalism. Lawmen linked Lucas and Ottis Toole to 81 murders only. Convicted of 11 murders.[524] The true number of murders committed by Lucas is unknown, but it is likely Lucas was not nearly as prolific a serial killer as he initially claimed to be, as most of his murder confessions were thoroughly discredited, and he himself claimed only one murder—that of his mother.[525][526] José Pedro Guedes Portugal 1992–1993 3 3–21+ Confessed and was arrested for the "Lisbon Ripper" murders in 2011, but could not be prosecuted because the Portuguese statute of limitations had already run out. Also suspected of similar murders in Lisbon and Aveiro, Portugal, as well as Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Czech Republic and the 1988 New Bedford Highway Killings in Massachusetts, USA. "Bowraville Murders" Killer Australia 1990–1991 3 Proposed serial killer responsible of the murders of three Aboriginal children in the same area, all bludgeoned to death. Thomas Jay Hart was tried for one of the murders and acquitted, and held as a suspect in another for which he did not face prosecution. Wayne Williams United States 1979–1981 2 24–31 Believed to have perpetrated the Atlanta murders of 1979–1981. After being convicted of two murders and sentenced to life imprisonment, authorities closed 22 other unsolved murders, declaring Williams to have been the perpetrator. Williams has maintained his innocence and the case was reopened in 2005.[527] Kieran Patrick Kelly United Kingdom c. 1953–1983 2 31 Irish vagrant who operated in London, England. He was convicted of two murders but confessed to many more, claiming he used a variety of methods from pushing people in front of trains to setting them on fire to poisoning them, and said he had been murdering for a period of some thirty years. In 2015 former detective George Platt published a book about Kelly claiming he could be responsible for 31 murders, prompting the chief of the Metropolitan Police Bernard Hogan Howe to promise a re-investigation into his crimes. However, in 2019 Irish journalist Robert Mullhern published a book raising serious questions about Platt's claims, concluding that Kelly was only responsible for 5 or 6 murders.[528][529] Christopher Halliwell United Kingdom 1985–2011 2 28–60 Halliwell pleaded guilty in 2012 to abducting and murdering Sian O'Callaghan the previous year. He also confessed to the 2003 murder of Becky Godden-Edwards, but his confession was ruled inadmissible and he could not be convicted until 2016, when new evidence was found. Halliwell is a person of interest in 26 other murders, and a collection of articles of women's clothing which included some taken from his victims may link him to up to 60 murders. Allan Grimson United Kingdom 1986–1998 2 22 Homosexual Royal Navy sailor Grimson was convicted of the partially sexually-motivated murders of two other (non-homosexual) Royal Navy sailors while docked in Portsmouth on 12 December 1997 and 12 December 1998. Strongly suspected of being responsible for up to 20 other murders across different navy bases of the world, including in Gibraltar and New Zealand.[530] Also the prime suspect in the disappearance of fellow Royal Navy sailor Simon Parkes from Gibraltar in 1986, in part because he disappeared on 12 December, the date on which Grimson was known to have always killed his victims, and because Grimson was docked in Gibraltar with the navy at this time. Grimson's 2001 trial judge told him that he was "a serial killer in nature if not in number".[531] Billy Edwin Reid United States 1989 2 21 Reid was arrested in 2006 after a successful DNA profiling test proved his responsibility in the murders of two sex workers in 1989 in Denver, Colorado.[532] It is thought he might have been responsible for many murders, including some from the Denver Prostitute Killer – an unidentified single, or multiple serial killers responsible 17–27 murders between 1975 and 1995.[533] Joe Ball United States 1937–1938 2 20 Bootlegger and barman known as the "Butcher of Elmendorf", the "Bluebeard of South Texas", and "the Alligator Man" because of the alligator pit he had in the back of his bar and where he entertained clients by throwing live animals to the reptiles. Ball killed two barmaids but he shot himself fatally in the chest when police came to question him and was never arrested or interrogated. Yellow press and pulp magazines later exaggerated his exploits, claiming that he had killed up to 20 women and fed them to the alligators, but this was never proven and caused some of Ball's relatives to sue such publications. Police investigated about a dozen missing women who had worked at Ball's place; some were found alive in San Antonio, but others could not be accounted for.[534] Alun Kyte United Kingdom 1984–1997 2 12 Kyte was found guilty of raping and murdering two sex workers in 1993 and 1994. He reportedly boasted to fellow inmates while serving time on a rape charge that he had killed a total of 12 women and police have linked him to a number of unsolved murders of women[535] although he has been ruled out in many cases in which he was initially suspected.[536] Larry Gene Bell United States 1975–1985 2 5 Bell abducted and killed two women, Shari Smith and Debra Helmick, in May and June 1985. He was also a suspect in the disappearances of Denise Porch, Sandee Cornett and Beth Hagen. Bell was executed for murdering Smith and Helmick in 1996.[537] Michael Stone United Kingdom 1976–1996 2 4 Stone, who was convicted of the 1996 double murder of Lin and Megan Russell, is suspected of two other murders.[538][539] His conviction is controversial and his legal team blame confirmed serial killer Levi Bellfield for the 1996 murders,[540] although members of Stone's family believe he committed one additional murder.[541] David Smith United Kingdom 1988–1999 2 4 Smith was jailed for life in 1999 for murdering prostitute Amanda Walker. It was widely reported that he had previously been acquitted of the "almost identical" murder of another prostitute, Sarah Crump. Smith's acquittal was overturned in 2023 and he was found guilty of murdering Crump after he bragged to fellow inmates about how he had "got away with it".[542] Smith is also suspected of murdering two other women prior to his initial conviction.[543] James Otto Earhart United States 1981–1987 2 3 Earhart murdered Virginia Freeman in Brazos County, Texas on 1 December 1981. He also murdered nine-year-old Kandy Kirtland in 1987, and was executed for the murder in 1999. Posthumous DNA testing later proved that he was responsible for Freeman's murder, and he is also suspected of killing another woman in 1986.[544] Jeffrey Willis United States 1996–2014 2 3 Willis was convicted of the 2013 murder of Jessica Heeringa, whose body was never found, and of the 2014 murder of Rebekah Bletsch. Both women had had their photos included in a file on Willis' computer labelled "vics" (short for victims).[545] Willis is also a person of interest in the unsolved murder of Angela Thornburg in 1996.[546] Ángel Nieves Díaz United States Puerto Rico 1978–1979 2 3 Díaz was convicted of killing a store clerk in a robbery in Miami in 1979, having escaped from prison in Puerto Rico the previous year after being convicted of murdering another man. Police also suspected him of involvement in a third murder committed while he was on the run.[547][548] Pam Hupp United States 2011–2016 1–2 3 Hupp is the prime suspect in the 2011 murder of cancer patient Betsy Faria, who was stabbed to death shortly after making Hupp the sole beneficiary of a sizable life insurance policy. Faria's husband Russ was wrongfully convicted of her murder but was exonerated in 2015 and mobile data placed Hupp at the scene of the crime. After Russ was released, Hupp murdered a man named Louis Gumpenberger in 2016 and attempted to frame Russ for hiring him to kill her, but was caught and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder. Hupp is currently awaiting trial for the murder of Betsy Faria, and is also suspected of having murdered her mother Shirley Neumann for inheritance in 2013. Clementine Barnabet United States 1911 1 35 Barnabet was convicted of one murder but confessed as a total of 35.[549] She was believed to have murdered entire families in their sleep, but doubt has been cast on the extent of her involvement.[550] Sentenced to life imprisonment but released in 1923. "Texas Killing Fields" Killers United States 1970s–2000s 1 30+ Since the early 1970s roughly 30 bodies have been extracted from the fields, mainly consisting of young girls. May have been the work of multiple killers. Convicted murderer Edward Harold Bell, 72 years old in November 2011, claimed in a letter to police in 1998 to have murdered 11 girls in Galveston County. Kevin Edison Smith was sentenced to life imprisonment for one of the murders in 2012. Jessie McTavish United Kingdom 1974 1[b] 24 British nurse who was convicted in 1974 of the murder of a patient with insulin after being inspired by the plot of A Man Called Ironside. She was released on appeal in 1975, despite three appeal court judges saying there was ample evidence to support the conviction, as the trial judge had inadvertently misled the jury in his final summary.[551] The appeal court judges said that it was an omission that "a few words could have cured."[551] Apart from the case prosecuted, another 23 cases were deemed suspicious by investigators.[552] Although acquitted, McTavish's case often is mentioned in lectures at medical colleges in Britain, and is cited in textbooks and academic papers about forensic science and medical malpractice.[553][554][555] McTavish, now known as Jessie Gordon, is believed to have been the inspiration for serial killer nurse Colin Norris.[551] Abdul Latif Sharif Mexico 1995 1 18–20 Egyptian chemist known as "The Jackal of Ciudad Juárez". After migrating to the United States in the 1970s, Sharif served 14 years in prison for several rapes but fled to Mexico when he was about to be deported to his home country. There, he was accused of up to 20 of the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez but was convicted of only one, to 30 years in prison, where he died of natural causes in 2006. As the high rate of female murders has continued to this day in Ciudad Juárez, it has been claimed that Sharif was used as a scapegoat by the Mexican police.[556] Daisuke Mori Japan 2000 and earlier 1 11+ Nurse that was sentenced to life imprisonment for one murder but suspected of killing at least 10 others. He might have confessed to some of the murders in order to protect others.[557] Thomas Henry McMonigle United States 1945 and before 1 11 McMonigle was executed in 1948 for the murder of Thora Afton Chamberlain three years before, having admitted to shooting her and throwing her off a cliff after trying to rape her. While awaiting execution he claimed to have committed eleven murders, but these claims could not be verified.[558] Bevan Spencer von Einem Australia 1979–1983 1 10 Arrested for three and convicted of one of "The Family Murders", where four teenagers and one young adult, all male, were drugged, kidnapped, raped and mutilated for several weeks before their bodies were abandoned in the countryside near Adelaide. Police believed that von Einem had several accomplices, none of whom was publicly identified or detained, and at the time of his trial it was widely reported that the murders had been committed by a group of four to 12 high-profile Australian men; von Einem himself claimed to be the victim of a conspiracy. He has also been considered a suspect in the disappearance of two girls near the Adelaide Oval in 1973 and the high-profile Beaumont children disappearance in 1966.[559] Paul Bateson United States 1975–1977 1 10 Bateson, known for his involvement in The Exorcist, stabbed film journalist Addison Verrill to death after having sex with him in 1977. While imprisoned for the murder he allegedly bragged about committing the "bag murders", a series of murders of six gay men in New York City who were dismembered and dumped in the Hudson River, and supposedly admitted three other murders to an acquaintance prior to Verrill's murder. However he was never charged with any crimes apart from Verrill's murder due to lack of evidence.[560] Derek Percy Australia 1965–1969 1 9 Percy abducted and murdered 12-year-old Yvonne Tuohy in 1969 and was remanded indefinitely after being found mentally unfit for trial. A wider investigation found that his movements around the country and physical description linked him to multiple unsolved murders and disappearances of children, including the Wanda Beach Murders in 1965, the Beaumont children disappearance and the murder of Allen Redston in 1966 and two other unsolved cases in 1968; Percy himself claimed to be unable to remember if he had killed anybody else. Brian Field United Kingdom 1968–1996 1 5 Field raped and murdered 13-year-old Roy Tutill in 1968, but was not convicted until 2001, in the interim serving time in prison for sex offences against children. He is the prime suspect in the disappearance of Patrick Warren and David Spencer in 1996, and a person of interest in the 1985 disappearance of Lee Boxell and the murder of another child, Mark Billington, in 1984. Lowell Amos United States 1979?–1994 1 4 Detroit businessman sentenced to life imprisonment in 1996 for the murder of his third wife. Suspected of, but never charged with the deaths of two previous wives and his mother, all of whom died under suspicious circumstances and left life insurance policies to Amos that, at least in one case, Amos himself had bought against the will of the insured. Robert Durst United States 1971–2001 1 3–6 Durst was a suspect in the 1982 disappearance of his wife Kathleen McCormack, who vanished after arguing with Durst. He murdered his longtime friend Susan Berman, who had provided him with an alibi for the disappearance, in 2000, and in 2001 killed and dismembered a neighbour named Morris Black but was acquitted on grounds of self-defense. He was convicted of murdering Susan Berman in 2021 and was also charged with the murder of Kathleen McCormack, but died before he could stand trial for that crime.[561] Durst was also investigated as a suspect in the 1971 disappearance of Lynne Schulze[562] and the disappearances of Karen Mitchell and Kristen Modafferi in 1997.[563] Charles Albright United States 1990–1991 1 3 Albright was convicted of the 1991 murder of prostitute Shirley Williams, who was shot twice in the head and had her eyeballs removed by the killer. He was accused of two similar murders of sex workers but was not convicted. John Cannan United Kingdom 1986–1987 1 3 Cannan, a serial rapist, is serving a life sentence for the 1987 kidnap, rape and murder of Shirley Banks. Police have also named Cannan as the prime suspect in the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh[564] and the murder of Sandra Court, both of which took place in 1986.[565] Bennett Clark Hyde United States 1909 1[c] 3 Hyde was accused of murdering Thomas H. Swope and two members of his family under the guise of treating them for a typhoid epidemic in order that his wife would inherit a sizable amount of money. He was convicted of the murder of Thomas Swope, but his conviction was overturned on a technicality, two further trials ended in a mistrial and a fourth trial was not proceeded with.[566] David Moor United Kingdom 1970s–1999 0 300[d] British doctor who was prosecuted for the "euthanasia" of a patient. He was found not guilty, but then admitted in a press interview to having "helped" 300 people to die. Some press reports referred to him as "Britain's greatest serial killer" and "Doctor Death". If the 300 victims are accepted as murder victims, he would have killed more than the most prolific serial killer known to the world, fellow British doctor Harold Shipman.[567] Edgar Matobato Philippines 1988–2013 0 Hundreds Self-confessed hitman and serial killer claiming to have killed people as part of the Davao Death Squad; his claims' authenticity has been challenged.[568] John Bodkin Adams United Kingdom 1946–1956 0 163 Acquitted in a highly unusual trial in 1957 of murder but later found guilty of fraud. Archive evidence shows that he was almost certainly a killer but that his prosecution was sabotaged for political reasons.[569][failed verification] The Man from the Train United States 1898–1912 0 40–100+ Murdered entire families in their sleep, arriving and departing by train. Existence (and probable but not proven identity) discovered more than 100 years after the murders, by analysis of contemporary records, showing a markedly common modus operandi for many previously unconnected murders.[570] Ivomoku Bakusuba Ruanda-Urundi 1940s 0 67 Confessed to killing 67 children by strangling them with a bedsheet. Killed himself, "probably in late 1940s or in early 1950s." As information on this serial killer was only revealed by a police officer in 2018 during a conversation with a Brazilian writer, and there is no information on his conviction, the confirmation that he was a serial killer is debatable. Manchester Pusher United Kingdom Since 2007 0 61+ Alleged serial killer supposedly responsible for the deaths of dozens of people drowned in canals in Manchester. Proponents of the theory point to the "alarming" number of deaths occurring in the Rochdale, Ashton and Bridgewater Canals since the early 2000s, with many of the victims being young gay men (as Manchester's canals have historically been used as gay cruising areas), but police have dismissed the serial killer theory and maintain that the deaths are unrelated.[571] David Parker Ray United States 1950–1999 0 60 Torture-murderer possibly aided by numerous accomplices, including his girlfriend. Targeted victims around Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Convicted of attempted killing of three victims and is suspected of 60 murders, even though no bodies were ever found. Known as the "Toybox Killer" for the self-built mobile home he used in the rape, torture, and killing of women.[572] Smiley Face Killer United States 1990s–2000s 0 40+ Theoretical serial killer(s) thought by some sources to have drowned college-aged young men across the northern part of the country since 1997; most experts suggest that the deaths were accidental. Howard Martin United Kingdom 1977–2010 0 18+[e] British doctor who was prosecuted in 2005 for the deaths of three patients but was acquitted. However, the General Medical Council then struck him off as a doctor in 2010 for "hastening" the death of 18 people. He admitted to a newspaper to have killed two of these individuals.[573] Marie Besnard France 1927–1949 0 13 Charged with the murders of 13 relatives with arsenic, all of whom had Besnard as their sole designated heir, but acquitted of all charges after three high-profile trials that lasted a decade.[574] Dr. X killings United States 1966 0 9+ Suspicious deaths of nine people at Riverdell Hospital in Oradell, New Jersey. Mario Enrique Jascalevich was acquitted in 1978. Alfred Leonard Cline United States 1930–1945 0 9 Suspected of poisoning his eight wives and one man with sedative-laced buttermilk. Not enough evidence could be found to prosecute him for murder, but he was convicted of forging his victims' wills and died in prison in 1948. Nathaniel Bar-Jonah United States 1973–1999 0 5 Child molester sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for sexual offences. 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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons.[1][2] There are gaps of time between the killings, which may range from a few days to months, or many years.[2] This list shows all known serial killers from the 20th century to present day by number of victims, then possible victims, then date. For those from previous centuries, see List of serial killers before 1900. In many cases, the exact number of victims assigned to a serial killer is not known, and even if that person is convicted of a few, there can be the possibility that they killed many more. Organization and ranking of serial killings is made difficult by the complex nature of serial killers and incomplete knowledge of the full extent of many killers' crimes. To address this, multiple categories have been provided in order to more accurately describe the nature of certain serial murders. This is not a reflection of an individual's overall rank, which may or may not vary depending on personal opinion concerning the nature and circumstances of their crimes. The fourth column in the table states the number of victims definitely assigned to that particular serial killer, and thus the table is in order of that figure. The fifth column states the number of possible victims the killer could have murdered. Some of these crimes are unsolved, but are included because they are the work of a serial killer, despite nobody being caught. This list does not include mass murderers, spree killers, war criminals, members of democidal governments, or major political figures, such as Adolf Hitler, Francisco Franco, Hideki Tojo, Suharto, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, or Pol Pot. Serial killers with the highest known victim count Excluding these "Medical professionals and pseudo-medical professionals", with their ability to kill simply and in plain sight, and Serial killer groups and couples (below), this list is a compilation of modern serial killers currently with the highest verifiable murder count. Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes Luis Garavito Colombia Ecuador[3] Venezuela[3] 1992–1999[3] 193 194–300+ Child-murderer, torture-killer, and rapist known as "La Bestia" ("The Beast"). Garavito confessed to killing 140 boys between six and sixteen years old, from October 1992 to April 1999 in Colombia and neighboring countries.[3] He is suspected of murdering over 300 victims, mostly street children. Garavito was originally sentenced to 1,853 years in prison, but this was later reduced to 22 years, after he led police to many of the bodies of his victims.[4][5] He was scheduled to become eligible for parole in 2023.[6] He died on October 12, 2023.[7] Pedro López Colombia Peru Ecuador 1969–1980 110 300+ Child-murderer and rapist, known as "The Monster of the Andes". López targeted young girls, between the ages of eight and twelve. Arrested in 1980 and convicted in 1983 of killing three young girls, but claimed to have killed hundreds. Despite being believed to be one of the most prolific serial killers of the twentieth century, he was released in the late 1990s.[8] Javed Iqbal Pakistan 1998–1999 100 100 Child-murderer and rapist, known as "Kukri", Iqbal murdered 100 street children by strangling them and covering up his crimes by dissolving the bodies with acid. He was arrested in December 1999 after sending a letter to a newspaper, and was set to be executed in the manner described by the judge, who stated, "You will be strangled to death in front of the parents whose children you killed" and, "Your body will then be cut into 100 pieces and put in acid, the same way you killed the children."[9] However, he died in custody before he could be executed.[10] Mikhail Popkov Russia 1992–2010 83 86+ Serial rapist-killer nicknamed "The Werewolf", who was active for two decades in Angarsk, Irkutsk and Vladivostok. After being convicted of 22 murders in 2015, he confessed to an additional 59 murders, of which he was convicted of 56 in 2018.[11][12] In July 2020, Popkov confessed to more killings, bringing the total number of admitted victims to 83. He was convicted of additional two killings in 2021 and another three in 2023.[13] He was sentenced to life. Daniel Camargo Barbosa Colombia Ecuador Brazil (alleged)[14] 1974–1986 72 180[14] Child and woman murderer, believed to have possibly raped and killed over 150 victims, primarily targeting female children, as they were more likely to be virgins. Confessed to killing 72 victims. He strangled young girls in Colombia and was arrested, but he escaped from prison, and started killing in Ecuador. He was rearrested in 1986, and was allegedly incarcerated in the same Ecuadorian prison as 300+ serial killer Pedro López.[citation needed] Camargo was killed in jail by the nephew of one of his victims.[14][15] Pedro Rodrigues Filho Brazil 1967–2003 71 100+ Rodrigues Filho claimed to have killed over 100 victims, 47 of them inmates. He also killed his father (who had killed his mother) and ate a piece of his heart. He killed his first two victims at the age of 14. He was first arrested in 1973; he was convicted and sentenced to 128 years, but the maximum one can serve in Brazil is 30 years.[16] He was released in 2018. He was murdered by two men in 2023. Kampatimar Shankariya India 1977–1978 70 70+ Shankariya was an Indian serial killer who used a hammer to kill over 70 men and women between 1978 and 1979. He was hanged in 1979; his last words were, "I have murdered in vain", he declared. "Nobody should become like me."[17][18][19][20] Hoshang Amini Iran 1954–1962 67 67 Known as the "Ghost of the Qanat Wells". Murdered 67 people in the city of Varamin from 1954 to 1962, sometimes aided by accomplices. He earned his nickname by decapitating his victims post-mortem and then dumping their bodies into wells.[21] Yang Xinhai China 1999–2003 67 67 Known as the "Monster Killer". Yang would enter victims' homes at night and kill using axes, meat cleavers, hammers, and shovels. He was executed by gunshot in 2004.[22] Abul Djabar Afghanistan Afghanistan 1970 and earlier 65 300+ Killed 65 men and boys by strangling them with turbans while raping them. Suspected of over 300 murders. Sentenced to death and hanged on October 21, 1970.[23] Samuel Little United States 1970–2005 60 93 Little was convicted of killing three women, but later investigations linked 31 other murders to him. He claimed he killed as many as 93 victims total, three above his initial confession of 90; the FBI later confirmed a total of 60 murders linked to Little. The investigations into his crimes are ongoing.[24][25] Sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on September 25, 2014. Died in prison on December 30, 2020, aged 80. William Unek Belgian Congo Tanganyika 1954–1957 57 57 Unek was a police constable who murdered 21 people with an axe in less than two hours before fleeing. Three years later, Unek, armed with rifle and axe, murdered 36 more people in the village of Malampaka before being mortally wounded by police with a smoke bomb that caught fire.[26] Mohammed Bijeh Iran 2002–2004 54 54 Bijeh raped and killed at least 54 male children and teenagers. On November 27, 2004, he was sentenced to be executed. Bijeh said that if he was not arrested, he would kill 100 children. He was executed after being lashed in front of a crowd in 2005.[27] Andrei Chikatilo Soviet Union 1978–1990 53 56 Known as "The Butcher of Rostov", "The Red Ripper" or "The Rostov Ripper". Chikatilo was convicted of the murder of 53 women and children between 1978 and 1990. One man was previously convicted and executed for his first murder. Chikatilo was executed by gunshot in 1994.[28] Anatoly Onoprienko Soviet Union Ukraine 1989–1996 52 52+ Known as "The Beast of Ukraine", "The Terminator", and "Citizen O". Onoprienko was convicted of the murders of nine people in 1989, and 43 people in 1995–1996. He travelled throughout Europe illegally from 1990 to 1995; whether he killed during this time is unknown. He was sentenced to death, and was later commuted to imprisonment for life. He died from heart failure in 2013.[28] Florisvaldo de Oliveira Brazil 1982–1983 50 50+ Known as "Cabo Bruno"; de Oliveira was a former police officer and vigilante who murdered criminals in the outskirts of São Paulo. He was murdered by unknown assailants in 2012.[29] Gary Ridgway United States 1982–1998 49 71–90+ Ridgway was a truck painter who confessed to killing 71 women. He was also known as The "Green River Killer". He almost exclusively targeted sex workers from Seattle. Ridgway was suspected of killing over 90 victims; he confessed to 71, and was convicted of 49.[30] He was sentenced to life without parole.[31] Alexander Pichushkin Russia 1992–2006 49 60 Pichushkin was also known as the "Chessboard Killer". He was convicted of murdering 49 victims, and suspected of killing 60. He claimed to have murdered 62 people, because he did not know that two of his victims had survived; he stated that his goal was becoming Russia's most prolific serial killer.[32] He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Wang Qiang China 1995–2003 45 60+ Wang killed 45 and raped 10 from 1995 to 2003.[33] He was executed by firing squad in 2005. Ahmad Suradji Indonesia 1986–1997 42 42 Suradji was convicted of strangling at least 42 women and girls in a series of ritual slayings he believed would give him magical powers. He was executed by firing squad in 2008.[34] Raman Raghav India 1965–1968 41 41 In the late 1960s, Raghav went on a violent rampage in Mumbai, India. He bludgeoned 41 people to death inside their shelters while they slept. He died of kidney failure in 1995. Moses Sithole South Africa 1994–1995 38 76 Known as South Africa's Ted Bundy. Sithole preyed on unemployed women, posing as a businessman and luring his victims with the prospects of a job, before leading them to an isolated place, where he raped, tortured, and murdered them. He was sentenced to 2,410 years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 930 years.[35] Serhiy Tkach Soviet Union Ukraine 1984–2005 37 100+ A former Ukrainian police criminal investigator, Tkach suffocated girls aged between eight and eighteen, and performed sexual acts on their bodies after they were dead. He claimed to have killed 100. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and died from heart failure in 2018.[36] Gennady Mikhasevich Soviet Union 1971–1985 36 43–55+ Mikhasevich killed women by strangling them. Besides killing, he also robbed his victims of money and valuable items (that he would sometimes give to his wife as a gift). He was executed by firing squad in 1987.[37] Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi Morocco 1906 and earlier 36 36+ Known as "Marrakesh Arch-Killer"; Mesfewi drugged, mutilated and murdered women; he was executed by immurement (walling) in 1906. Vera Renczi Kingdom of Romania Yugoslavia Hungary (alleged) 1920–1930 35 ~35 Romanian serial killer nicknamed, "The Black Widow". Renczi was convicted of killing 35 men through arsenic poisoning, but confessed to only killing 32 victims. Renczi is one of the world's most prolific female serial killers. However, there is very little information about Renczi and her crimes, because personal information (criminal history, academic records, etc.) were not cataloged as well as they are today, making some criminologists believe she was a figure of Romanian folklore, rather than an actual person.[38] Fernando Hernández Leyva Mexico 1982–1999 33 137 Hernández Leyva confessed to 100 murders and six kidnappings at the time of his arrest in 1999 (he had been arrested previously in 1982 and 1986, the second time for murder, but escaped from prison), but later retracted, and claimed that he had been beaten by the police and his family threatened in order to force him to confess. He was accused of as many as 137 murders in five southern Mexican states, was convicted of 33 murders, and was sentenced to 50 years in prison. He tried unsuccessfully to commit suicide in prison. If his claim of 100+ victims were true, then Leyva would be Mexico's most prolific documented serial killer.[39] John Wayne Gacy United States 1972–1978 33 34–45+ Gacy is known to have murdered a minimum of 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978, 26 of whom he buried in the crawl space of his Chicago home. He was known as the "Killer Clown", due to the fact he often entertained children at social events dressed in a self devised clown costume. Executed by lethal injection in 1994.[40] Ali Asghar Borujerdi Ottoman Empire Iraq Iran 1907–1934 33 33 Known as "Asghar the Murderer". Borujerdi killed 33 young adults in Iraq and Iran. He was executed by hanging in 1934.[41] Vasili Komaroff Soviet Union 1921–1923 33 33 Known as "The Wolf of Moscow"; Komaroff was a horse trader who killed 33 men. He was executed by firing squad in 1923. Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour Egypt 1999–2006 32 32+ Mansour was a gang leader known as "al-Tourbini" ("The Express Train"). He had raped and tortured homeless children, mostly boys aged 10 to 14 years old, aboard the trains between Cairo, Alexandria, Qalyubia, and Beni Sueif. The victims were usually thrown off the moving train when they were dead or in agony; other times, they were thrown into the Nile or buried alive. Mansour was executed in 2010.[42] Radik Tagirov Russia 2011–2012 31 31 Known as the "Volga Maniac". He murdered elderly women in several Russian regions.[43] Serial killers with 15 to 30 proven victims This part of the list contains all serial killers with 15 to 30 proven victims who acted alone and were neither medical professionals nor contract killers. Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes Karl Denke Germany 1900–1924 30 42+ Killed and cannibalized poor travelers and homeless vagrants. Kept a ledger recording his murders with at least 31 names in it (including Vincenz Olivier, his only surviving victim), thus confirming at least 30 victims. But due to the massive amount of human remains found in his apartment, his kill count is suspected by many to exceed 42 victims. Killed himself by hanging in his holding cell before he could be tried.[44] Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito Brazil 1989–2003 30 42 Serial killer of children, who also sexually abused and mutilated children in Maranhão and Pará; sentenced to 217 years imprisonment.[45] Monster of the Mangones Colombia 1963–1970s 30 38 Unidentified serial killer(s) who kidnapped, tortured, raped, and murdered at least 30 boys in Cali, Colombia. Milton Sipalo Zambia 1980 30 31 Known as "The Lusaka Strangler"; A soldier who raped and murdered women and girls in Lusaka. While awaiting trial, he jumped off of the roof of the police station where he was being interrogated, killing himself.[46] Luis Gregorio Ramírez Maestre Colombia 2010–2012 30 30 Killed motorists in various municipalities before his 2012 capture.[47] Was sentenced to 34 years in prison. David Thabo Simelane Swaziland 2000–2001 28 45 Sexually assaulted women he befriended in forests, stabbing or strangling them afterward; sentenced to death.[48] Zhang Jun China 1993–2000 28 28 Robbed 22 stores in several Chinese provinces, killing 28 people in the process. Executed in 2001.[49] Mariam Soulakiotis Greece 1939–1951 27 177+ Known as "Mother Rasputin"; abbess believed to have murdered wealthy women and children who came into her abbey. The true number of her victims is a matter of debate, but she was found guilty of 177 murders—150 through negligence (fraudulently claiming to offer free tuberculosis treatment when the 'treatment' only consisted of abiding in her high altitude convent) and 27 through starvation. Died in prison in 1954.[50][51] Cedric Maake South Africa 1996–1997 27 35+ Known as the "Wemmer Pan Killer" and "Hammer Killer". He killed his victims with different instruments such as guns, rocks, a knife, and a hammer. Authorities attributed the murders to two serial killers because of the inconsistent modus operandi. In some cases he killed his victims with a rock, in others he shot them, and in others he murdered tailors with a hammer. Maake was arrested after Moses Sithole was found guilty of 38 killings and sentenced to 1,340 years in prison.[52] Robert Pickton Canada 1983–2002 26 49 Known as the "Pig Farmer Killer" or the "Butcher", he killed women mostly from the Vancouver Downtown Eastside and would feed the remains to the pigs on his farm. In 2007, he was initially convicted for the deaths of 6 women but was later found guilty of the deaths of 20 other women in 2010; however, he confessed to 49 killings to an undercover police officer. In 2024, Pickton died of injuries received in an attack from another inmate.[53] Bruce George Peter Lee United Kingdom 1973–1979 26 26 Epileptic arsonist who killed people in the city of Hull; sentenced to life imprisonment, but was later institutionalized.[54] The Stoneman India 1985–1989 25 25+ 12 homeless people were murdered in their sleep in Bombay between 1985 and 1987, and 13 in Calcutta in 1989—in all cases, by dropping a large rock over their head (an additional victim escaped, but could not identify the attacker). No one was ever charged with any of the murders.[55] Juan Corona United States 1971 25 25+ Corona was convicted of murdering ranch laborers and burying them in orchards. He was sentenced to 25 terms life imprisonment.[56] Died from natural causes in 2019. Fritz Haarmann Germany 1918–1924 24 27+ Also known as the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover, because of his preferred method of killing by biting through his victim's throat, sometimes while sodomizing them. He would then dump the bodies in the nearby river Leine. Believed to have been responsible for the murder of 27 boys and young men, he was convicted, found guilty of 24 murders and executed by guillotine in 1925.[57] Béla Kiss Austria-Hungary 1912–1916 24 24+ Evaded arrest and conviction after the discovery of 24 bodies hidden in large metal drums on his property in 1916. At that time he was serving in the Austro-Hungarian Army, and deserted when the military was notified of the murders by civilian authorities. His final whereabouts and fate are unknown, as is his final victim count.[58] Majid Salek Mohammadi Iran 1981–1985 24 24 Killed mainly women he considered unfaithful to their husbands, sometimes the children accompanying them too; killed himself before he could be sentenced.[59] Yvan Keller France Germany (suspected) Switzerland (suspected) 1989–2006 23 150 Known as the "Pillow Killer"; killed and robbed old women in France's Alsace region, but also confessed to up to 150 murders, including in Germany and Switzerland; killed himself before trial.[60] Ronald Dominique United States 1997–2006 23 23+ Louisianian serial killer, known locally as the Bayou Strangler and murdered victims in the Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish, Iberville Parish and Jefferson Parish. Sentenced to eight life terms.[61] Juan Fernando Hermosa Ecuador 1991–1992 23 23 Known as "Niño del Terror"; youth gang leader who murdered mostly taxi drivers and homosexuals in Quito; murdered on his 20th birthday by unknown assailants.[62] Gerald Stano United States 1969–1980 22 88 Confessed to killing 41 women, mostly in Florida and New Jersey. He was only convicted in 22 cases, and is suspected in the deaths of up to 88 victims.[63] Some people have suggested that Stano was a serial confessor.[64] Earle Nelson United States Canada 1926–1927 22 25 Necrophiliac who primarily targeted boarding house landladies on the US West Coast during 1926; he was also known as "Gorilla Killer" or "the Dark Strangler". Captured after two murders in a small (now ghost) town in southern Manitoba. Found guilty, hanged by Canadian authorities in January 1928.[65] Mikhail Novosyolov Soviet Union Russia Tajikistan 1977–1995 22 22 Known as the "Necrophile Rebel"; killed his victims with blows from heavy objects, then had sexual intercourse with their corpses; sentenced to civil commitment.[66] Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Colombia 1999–2003 21 50+ Colombian child rapist and serial killer. Known as "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" (The Monster of the Cane Fields). He confessed to killing 21 children in remote areas of Colombia.[67] Sentenced to 40 years in prison. Patrick Kearney United States 1965–1977 21 43+ Would pick up young male hitch-hikers or young men from gay bars near Redondo Beach, California, and kill them.[68] Sentenced to imprisonment for life. William Bonin United States 1979–1980 21 36+ Bonin and three accomplices are known to have murdered a minimum of 21 youths aged between 12 and 19 in and around Los Angeles. As the majority of his victims were discarded alongside various southern California freeways, Bonin became known as the Freeway Killer. Convicted of 14 of the freeway murders, he was executed by lethal injection in 1996.[69] Vasile Tcaciuc Romania 1917–1935 21 26+ Romanian man who lured victims and then murdered them with an axe. He was arrested in 1935 after a dog found a dead body in his house. He confessed to having committed at least 26 murders. He was shot dead by a policeman while trying to escape from prison.[70] Yoo Young-chul South Korea 2003–2004 21 26 Used a hammer to murder mostly older victims, until his focus shifted to the decapitation and mutilation of escorts after being dumped by a girlfriend who worked in that profession.[71] Was sentenced to death and currently incarcerated.[72][73] Francisco Guerrero Pérez Mexico 1880–1908 21 21 Known as "El Chaquero"; the first captured serial killer in Mexico, who killed sex workers in Mexico City; died in 1910 from cerebral thromboembolism and another, unspecified cause.[74] Ted Bundy United States 1974–1978 20 35–100+ Bundy was an American serial killer known for his charisma and good looks. He officially confessed to 30 homicides, but had confessed to killing 35–36 women in the past, and some estimates run upwards of 100 or more. He was infamous for escaping from prison twice and murdering multiple victims in one day; sometimes abducting women from the same location within hours of one another.[75] He was executed by electric chair in 1989.[76][77] Abdullah Shah Afghanistan 1990s 20 20+ Killed travelers on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad serving under Zardad Khan. Also killed his wife. Executed on April 20, 2004.[78] Mohan Kumar India 2005–2009 20 20 Lured female victims with promises of marriage and gave them cyanide, claiming they were contraceptive pills, Sentenced to death in 2013. Bulelani Mabhayi South Africa 2007–2012 20 20 Known as the "Monster of Thuleni"; killed 20 women and children from 2007 to 2012. Sentenced to 25 life sentences on September 3, 2013. Larry Eyler United States 1982–1984 19 23+ Known as "The Interstate Killer"; sentenced to death for the 1984 murder and dismemberment of 15-year-old Daniel Bridges. He confessed to other homicides of young men and boys in five separate states. Died of AIDS complications in 1994.[79] Cape Town Prostitute Killer South Africa 1992–1996 19 20 Unidentified serial killer who, on rainy nights, picked up sex workers and domestic workers in his vehicle, strangled them in parking lots, and dumped their bodies in rural, preselected spots.[80] "El Psicópata" Costa Rica 1986–1996 19 19+ ("The Psychopath") Unidentified serial killer who killed 19 people with an M3 submachine gun in three Costa Rican towns, always south of the Florencio del Castillo Highway.[81] Sergei Ryakhovsky Soviet Union Russia 1988–1993 19 19+ Known as the Balashikha Ripper, he was convicted for the murders of at least 19 victims. Died from tuberculosis in 2005.[82] Yevgeny Chuplinsky Russia 1998–2006 19 19+ Known as the "Novosibirsk Maniac"; killed sex workers in Novosibirsk; despite extensive police search and the capture of another serial killer, he was only arrested in 2016; sentenced to life imprisonment.[83] M. Jaishankar India 2008–2011 19 19+ Accused of killing at least 19 women. Charged with 13 murders, he escaped during a trial transport. Killed eight more people in two months before he was recaptured. Sentenced to 27 years. Killed himself by slashing his wrists with a shaving blade in prison on 27 February 2018.[84] Ansis Kaupēns Latvia 1920–1926 19 19 Army deserter who committed 30 robberies and killed 19 people; one of the most infamous Latvian criminals; executed by hanging in 1927.[85] Vadim Ershov Russia 1992–1995 19 19 Known as the "Krasnoyarsk Beast"; committed 70 crimes around the Krasnoyarsk area, including 19 murders and eight attempted murders; sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment.[86] Velaphi Ndlangamandla South Africa 1998 19 19 Known as "The Saloon Killer"; robber who murdered people around Mpumalanga in his crime spree; sentenced to 137 years imprisonment.[87] Valery Kopytov Russia 2000–2004 19 19 Known as "The Barnaul Chikatilo"; homeless man who killed other homeless people in Altai Krai.[88] Randall Woodfield United States 1979–1981 18 44 Known as "The I-5 Killer" and "The I-5 Bandit." Suspected of as many as 44 murders.[89] Sentenced to imprisonment for life. Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu Turkey 1994–2002 18 40 Killed in various cities of Turkey. 18 murders proven and accused of more than 40 by eyewitnesses and relatives.[90] Was sentenced to 74 years in prison. Paul John Knowles United States 1974 18 35+ Killed 18 people in various states in 1974. Claimed 35 murders. Known as the "Casanova Killer"; shot dead by FBI agents.[91] Thierry Paulin France 1984–1987 18 21 Known as "The monster of Montmartre". Killed and robbed elderly women. Died of AIDS in 1989 in prison before trial.[92] Richard Nyauza South Africa 2002–2006 18 19 Known as "The Quarry Murderer"; bludgeoned, beat, strangled, and stabbed 16 women and two unborn children to death and left their bodies in or around a quarry. Given 16 life sentences.[93] Umesh Reddy India 1996–2002 18 18+ Confessed to 18 rapes and murders. Sentenced to death.[94] Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode South Africa 1994–1995 18 18+ Known as "Donnybrook Serial Killer" murdered 18 people in Donnybrook, KwaZulu Natal from 1994 to 1995.[95] Was given 140 years (5 life sentences). Kotakethana murders Sri Lanka 2008–2015 18 18+ 18 mysterious murders of women in the Rathnapura district of Sri Lanka. One middle age man suspect was arrested in 2015 and his DNA matched with six murders. Nine other cases remain unsolved.[96][97] Asande Baninzi South Africa 2001 18 18 Killed 18 people in three months, including a family of four; given 19 life sentences and 189 years of imprisonment.[98] Vladimir Mirgorod Russia 2002–2004 18 18 Known as "The Strangler"; raped and strangle women in Moscow, also killing one of the victims' son; sentenced to life imprisonment.[99] Richard Cottingham United States 1967–1980 17 85–100 Killer operating in New York and New Jersey who often targeted sex workers and utilized mutilation as well as dismemberment in his killings. Known as the "Torso Killer", with 17 confirmed homicide victims[100] including nine convictions and a further eight official confessions. He has made unsubstantiated claims of up to a hundred victims.[101] Huang Yong China 2001–2003 17 25 Lured and murdered 17 teenage boys, although he is suspected of 25 murders between September 2001 and 2003.[102] Executed by firing squad in 2003. Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña Peru 2005–2006 17 25 Known as "El Apóstol de la Muerte" ("The Apostle of Death"). Convicted of 17 murders and claimed 25. Sentenced to 35 years in prison.[103] Darbara Singh India 2004 17 23 Sexually assaulted and then murdered children of non-Punjabi immigrants; died in 2018 from an illness while serving a life sentence.[104] Robert Hansen United States 1971–1983 17 21 Sex workers he kidnapped were released into the Alaskan wilderness for him to hunt down like animals. Based on discovered remains, police suspect him of six murders in addition to the 17 for which he was convicted. Sentenced to 461 years plus life. Died from unspecified health problems in 2014.[105] Sergei Dovzhenko Ukraine 1992–2002 17 19 Killed people because they were "mocking" him; sentenced to life imprisonment.[106] Donato Bilancia Italy 1997–1998 17 17 Burglar who murdered 17 people, mainly sex workers, between 1997 and 1998, during a six-month period. Known as the "Prostitutes Killer" and the "Liguria Monster". Sentenced to imprisonment for life,[107] he died due to COVID-19 in 2020.[108] Irina Gaidamachuk Russia 2002–2010 17 17 Known as "Satan in a skirt". Killed 17 elderly women between 2002 and 2010. Sentenced to 20 years in prison. Chen Fuzhao China 2003 17 17 Alleged Falun Gong fanatic who fatally poisoned 17 people in 2003.[109] Randy Steven Kraft United States 1971–1983 16 67 Convicted of 16 counts of murder but left a cryptic "score card" referring to at least 65 victims. May have had an accomplice.[110] Sentenced to death. Juana Barraza Mexico Late 1990s–2006 16 49 Mexican female wrestler who bludgeoned or strangled elderly women to rob them. Sentenced to 759 years. Michel Fourniret France Belgium 1987–2001 16 19 Known as the Ogre or Beast of Ardennes. He was caught after a failed kidnapping in 2003.[111] Sentenced to life and died of respiratory problems while in prison in 2021. Sipho Agmatir Thwala South Africa 1996–1997 16 19 Nicknamed the Phoenix Strangler after the area in which he committed his crimes; he raped and strangled 19 women; arrested, he was found guilty of 16 murders and sentenced to life.[112] Saeed Hanaei Iran 2000–2001 16 19 Confessed to luring 16 sex workers to his home and killing them in an attempt to "cleanse" the city of Mashhad. His actions were dubbed "The Spider Murders". Executed by hanging in 2002.[113] Maina Ramulu India 2003–2020 16 18 Convicted of murdering 16 women between 2003 and 2013 during three separate murder sprees. He was released from prison in 2020, and allegedly murdered two more women.[114] Jeffrey Dahmer United States 1978–1991 16 17 Dahmer ate some of his victims and kept their body parts in his freezer. Was sentenced to life imprisonment; murdered in prison in 1994. José Antonio Rodríguez Vega Spain 1987–1988 16 16+ Nicknamed El Mataviejas (The Old Lady Killer), he raped and killed at least 16 elderly women, aged from 61 to 93 years old, in and around Santander, Cantabria. He went unrecognized for over a year because he moved his victims into their beds after they were killed; no autopsies were made and the deaths were attributed to natural causes. He also took trophies from his victims that he held in a particular room of his home; about 10 percent of these trophies remained unclaimed, implying the existence of other victims.[115] He was stabbed to death by two inmates while incarcerated in 2002. Carroll Cole United States 1948–1980 16 16 Killed 16 people in California, Nevada, and Texas.[116] Executed by lethal injection in 1985. Elias Xitavhudzi South Africa 1950s 16 16 Nicknamed Panga man for his use of a machete (locally known as a "panga"). He stabbed and robbed his victims between 1953 and 1959; arrested, he was executed by hanging in 1960.[117] Charles Ray Hatcher United States 1969–1982 16 16 A habitual criminal, confessed to the rape and murder of over 20 young and adolescent males. Escaped from prison several times and was declared a "manipulative institutionalized sociopath".[118] Sentenced to life; killed himself by hanging himself in prison in 1984. Yuri Ivanov Soviet Union 1974–1987 16 16 Known as the "Ust-Kamenogorsk Maniac"; Kazakhstani rapist who killed girls and women who spoke negatively of men; executed 1987.[119] Robert Lee Yates United States 1975–1998 16 16 Killed sex workers in the "Skid Row" area of E. Sprague Avenue in Spokane, Washington. Sentenced to 408 years in prison and two death sentences.[120] Farid Baghlani Iran 2004–2008 16 16 Known as the "Cyclist killer"; murdered 15 women and 1 boy. Executed by hanging on November 13, 2010.[121] Jimmy Maketta South Africa 2005 16 16 Pleaded guilty to and convicted of 16 murders and 19 rapes committed over the nine-month period of April to December 2005.[122] Jack Mogale South Africa 2008–2009 16 16 Raped and strangled women in the Donnybrook area. Convicted of 16 murders and 19 rapes, nine kidnappings, robbery and assault.[123] Donald Henry Gaskins United States 1953–1982 15 100+ Known as "The Meanest Man in America", Gaskins was convicted of nine murders committed in South Carolina between 1973 and 1975. He was suspected of 31 murders. Two victims had been murdered while Gaskins had been incarcerated—one while Gaskins had been on death row. Later claimed on death row that he had murdered between 100 and 110 victims. Executed by electric chair in 1991. Ravinder Kumar India 2008–2015 15 30+ Serial rapist who killed children of poor families.[124] Atlanta Ripper United States 1911 15 21 Unidentified serial killer(s) who killed at least 15 Atlanta women in 1911, possibly as many as 21 in total.[125] Ángel Maturino Reséndiz United States Mexico 1986–1999 15 18 Known as the "Railroad Killer" because his killings were committed near the railroad tracks he used to traverse the country. He was charged with and/or confessed to 15 murders occurring from 1986 to 1999 in Texas, Florida, Illinois, Georgia, and Kentucky. He was also suspected in a 1997 California murder case and claimed two additional killings he refused to elaborate on. Executed by lethal injection in 2006.[126] Chester Turner United States 1987–1998 15 15+ Convicted of killing 15 people in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s. Sentenced to death.[127] Alexander Labutkin Soviet Union 1933–1935 15 15 Known as the "One-Armed Bandit"; killed people in the forest near the Prigorodny settlement using a revolver; executed 1935.[128] Florencio Fernández Argentina 1950s 15 15 Stalked his victims, then would beat and bite them while they were asleep. Died from natural causes a few years after his 1960 arrest. Elifasi Msomi South Africa 1953–1956 15 15 Killed his victims with an axe or a knife in the 1950s; executed by hanging in 1956.[129] Abdullah Aksoy Turkey 1962–1967 15 15 Known as "The Monster of Çumra"; killed fifteen men in Çumra from 1962 to 1967 after having sexual intercourse with them, then buried their bodies in his home; committed suicide in prison before being tried.[130][131] Maurizio Minghella Italy 1978–2001 15 15 Killed five sex workers; imprisoned and released, after which he killed 10 more; sentenced to life imprisonment.[132] Bai Baoshan China 1983–1997 15 15 Robber who killed 15 people while robbing several police stations; executed by gunshot in 1998. Lee Choon-jae South Korea 1986–1994 15 15 Also known as the Hwaseong serial murders. Most of the victims were bound, gagged, and strangled to death with their own clothes. It sparked the largest criminal case in South Korea with two million officers mobilized and over 21,000 suspects investigated.[133] A suspect was identified in 2019, but he could not be prosecuted due to the statute of limitations. He later confessed to killing 15 people, in addition to the murder of his sister-in-law. Serial killers with 5 to 14 proven victims This part of the list contains all serial killers with five to fourteen proven victims who acted alone and were neither medical professionals nor contract killers. Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes Carl Eugene Watts United States 1974–1982 14 100+ Believed to have killed over 80 women in multiple states, in 1982 Watts accepted a plea bargain in Texas in which he would plead guilty to a lesser charge and be granted immunity from murder charges in exchange for providing information on his victims; as a result he confessed to 12 murders and was sentenced to 60 years in prison on the lesser charge. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in separate trials in Michigan in 2004 and 2007, and died of cancer a week after the 2007 sentence was handed down.[134] Watts is now suspected to have killed more than 100 women, which would make him the most prolific serial killer in American history.[135] Belle Gunness United States 1884–1908 14 40 Norwegian-born murder-for-profit killer who murdered her suitors and relatives in Indiana. High possibility of committing over 40 murders. May have faked her own death in the fire that destroyed her home in 1908; her children had died of strychnine poisoning before the fire, and the woman's body found next to them was decapitated and, reportedly, smaller than Gunness' own.[136] Ultimate fate unknown. Philipp Tyurin Soviet Union 1945–1946 14 29 Known as the "Leningrad Maniac" and the "Hellraiser"; murdered people for monetary reasons at his hut in Leningrad; executed 1947.[137] Zdzisław Marchwicki Poland 1964–1970 14 21+ Also known as Vampire of Zagłębie. Killed 14 women in 1964–1970 in Poland's region of Dąbrowa Basin. Zdzisław Marchwicki was most likely the man responsible for the killings; however, his guilt remains in dispute. Executed in 1977.[138] Julio Pérez Silva Chile 1998–2001 14 19 Known as The Psychopath from Alto Hospicio; killed 14 women. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004.[139] Monster of Florence Italy 1968–1985 14 16 Unidentified killer who shot couples in lovers lanes and mutilated the women, taking their sexual organs and in the last two cases, also their left breast. 69-year-old farmer Pietro Pacciani was controversially convicted of 14 crimes in 1994 and sentenced to life in prison, but he was released following allegations that the scant evidence had been planted in an attempt to close the case, which was by then the largest and most mediatic in Italy's criminal history. Pacciani was scheduled for retrial in 1998 when he died after taking medication contraindicated to his heart problems. Pacciani's two alleged accomplices, Mario Vanni and Giancarlo Lotti, were sentenced to life and 30 years in prison, respectively. Some believe that none of the accused were guilty, and that Lotti incriminated himself and the other two because he was homeless and wanted to live in prison.[140][141] Joachim Kroll West Germany 1955–1976 14 14 Known as the "Ruhr Cannibal" and "The Duisburg Man-Eater"; died from a heart attack in prison in 1991.[142] Arthur Shawcross United States 1972–1989 14 14 Committed arson and burglary, served two years of a five-year sentence. Within a year of his release, he raped and murdered two children in 1972. Under a plea bargain, he was sentenced to 25 years. Released after serving 14½ years, he began killing again a year later, targeting sex workers. Known as the "Genesee River Killer", "Genesee River Strangler", "Rochester Strangler", and "Monster of the Rivers", he strangled and battered his victims. Sentenced to life without parole. Died of cardiac arrest in 2008.[143] Naceur Damergi Tunisia 1980–1988 14 14 Raped and killed minors in the Nabeul region; executed by hanging in 1990.[144] Muthukutty Chandran India 1985–1986 14 14 Committed 14 robbery-murders between 1985 and 1986 in Kerala, executed by hanging on 6 July 1991.[145] Marcelo Costa de Andrade Brazil 1991 14 14 Known as The Vampire of Niterói. Raped and killed 14 children in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. Drank the blood of his victims. Found not guilty by reason of insanity. Sergey Shipilov Russia 1995–1999 14 14 Known as the "Velsk Chikatilo"; killed female hitchhikers in the town of Velsk, most of them while out on prison leave; sentenced to life imprisonment.[146] Dorángel Vargas Venezuela 1997–1999 14 14 Homeless cannibal known as "The People Eater" (El Comegente) and "The Hannibal Lecter of the Andes". Murdered a homeless man and was institutionalized. After escaping the institution, he went on to kill ten other men and was arrested. In 2016, he and several other inmates killed three others and Vargas fed their remains to them.[147][148] Hua Ruizhuo China 1998–2001 14 14 Was responsible for the murders of 14 sex workers in Beijing's Chaoyang District.[149] Denis Pischikov Russia 2002–2003 14 14 Known at the "Shivering Creature"; robbed and killed elderly people around the Moscow Oblast and Vladimir Oblast; sentenced to life imprisonment.[150] Abdufatto Zamanov Russia 2002–2004 14 14 Killed people out of personal hostility; also raped two young girls; sentenced to life imprisonment.[151] Jeong Nam-gyu South Korea 2004–2006 14 14 Kidnapped, raped and murdered people; killed himself.[152] Amir Qayyum Pakistan 2005 14 14 Known as "The brick killer". Killed 14 homeless men with rocks or bricks when they were asleep. Sentenced to death in May 2006.[153] Denis Kazungu Rwanda 2023 14 14 Murdered 14 people at his home in Kigali, arrested and pleaded guilty in September 2023.[154] Jake Bird United States 1930–1947 13 46 Sentenced to death for the murders of two people; confessed to 44 other murders; 11 were substantiated and he was suspected in the others.[155] Executed by hanging in 1949. Cleveland Torso Murderer United States 1934–1938 13 40+ Unidentified serial killer, also known as "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run", who targeted drifters and derelicts, of whom only two were identified, between 1934 and 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio.[156] Kaspars Petrovs Latvia 2003 13 38+ Confessed to strangling 38 elderly residents of Riga, Latvia, in 2003. Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the robbery and murder of 13.[157] Peter Sutcliffe United Kingdom 1975–1980 13 33 Killed at least 13 women between 30 October 1975 and 17 November 1980. Most victims were killed by a combination of bludgeoning and stabbing, and all but two were killed in the county of Yorkshire. Owing to the modus operandi and location of the murders, Sutcliffe became known as the "Yorkshire Ripper."[158] Sentenced to 20 concurrent life sentences. After three years he was sent to a secure psychiatric facility, where he served 25 years before being found "fit to leave" in 2009. Government officials and courts ruled in 2010 that he would never be released. In 2015, he was declared "no longer mentally ill", and transferred to a maximum security prison. After his 1981 conviction police investigated 60 unsolved murders and attempted murders across Britain they thought Sutcliffe could be responsible for, but were able to eliminate him from 40.[159] He has since also been linked by several investigators to the murder of Carol Wilkinson, for which an innocent man spent many years in prison.[160][161] Sutcliffe died in hospital on 13 November 2020 at age 74, after being diagnosed with COVID-19.[162] Fosaville Serial Killer South Africa 1999–2003 13 26 Kidnapped, bound, and strangled at least 13 women in Fosaville, South Africa. He may also be responsible for the "Riverman" murders.[163] William Suff United States 1986–1992 13 23 Previously served 10 years of a 70-year sentence for beating his baby daughter to death. Beginning two years after his release, this county store clerk raped, stabbed, strangled, and sometimes mutilated 12 or more sex workers in Riverside County, California. Known as the "Riverside Prostitute Killer" and the "Lake Elsinore Killer." Sentenced to death.[164] Richard Ramirez United States 1984–1985 13[165] 20 Killed 13 people between 28 June 1984, and 24 August 1985, in Los Angeles. Known as the "Night Stalker".[165][166] Ramirez was sentenced to death in 1989, and died of B-cell lymphoma in 2013 while still on death row. Sleepy Hollow Killer South Africa 1990s–2007 13 16+ Raped and murdered women, mostly sex workers, around Pietermaritzburg and the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal.[167] Francisco Antonio Laureana Argentina 1974–1975 13 13+ Raped 15 women in San Isidro, killing 13 of them. Shot and killed during a firefight with police.[168] Joseph James DeAngelo United States 1979–1986 13 13+ Known as the "Golden State Killer", "Original Night Stalker", and "East Area Rapist". A police officer who committed at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California in the 1970s and 1980s. He was identified and arrested in 2018 after DNA evidence confirmed it was him.[169][170] In 2020, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.[171] Tamara Samsonova Russia 1995–2015 13 13+ Known as the "Granny Ripper"; killed and allegedly cannibalized people in her apartment; committed to a psychiatric clinic.[172][173] Boston Strangler United States 1962–1964 13 13 Although Albert DeSalvo was widely thought to be the Boston Strangler, police and others analysing the case have long doubted the truth of his confession.[174] Sentenced to life for a series of rapes, he was murdered in prison. DeSalvo's body was exhumed for DNA testing, and compared to a substance found on the exhumed body of the Boston Strangler's last victim. In 2001, it was declared not to match, but in 2013 officials announced that improvements in DNA extraction technology produced viable samples from the degraded evidence. DeSalvo's body was reexhumed and found to match. Herbert Mullin United States 1972–1973 13 13 Despite detailed confessions, prosecutors decided not to try him for the first three crimes, instead focusing on crimes that conflicted with his insanity plea. Sentenced to imprisonment for life.[175] Vladimir Storozhenko Soviet Union 1978–1981 13 13 Known as the "Smolensky Strangler"; tortured and murdered women for sexual pleasure; four other innocent men were initially convicted for his crimes; executed 1982.[176] Johannes Mashiane South Africa 1982–1989 13 13 Known as "The Beast of Atteridgeville", he was found guilty of 13 counts of murder and 12 counts of sodomy from 1982 to 1989. Killed himself by throwing himself under a bus while being pursued by police in 1989.[177] Vasiliy Kulik Soviet Union 1984–1986 13 13 Known as the Irkutsk Monster;[178] killed at least 13 victims from 1984 to 1986. Executed by firing squad in 1989. Nikolai Dudin Soviet Union Russia 1987–2002 13 13 Known as the "Grim Maniac"; killed his father in 1987, and after release, killed 12 more people while intoxicated; sentenced to life imprisonment.[179] Mukosi Freddy Mulaudzi South Africa 1990–2006 13 13 Known as "The Limpopo Serial Killer"; escaped convict, originally responsible for two murders, who murdered 11 more after his prison escape; given 11 life sentences.[180] Duan Guocheng China 1999–2001 13 13 Nicknamed "The Red-dress killer" or "The Red-dress slasher" because his victims were lone women walking alone either wearing red-dresses or another type of red. He sparked panic among women in Central China, with public officials warning them to stop wearing red during the years which he was at large.[181] Nikolay Shubin Russia 2004–2006 13 13 Paranoid schizophrenic who killed people who beat him in chess games; sentenced to compulsory treatment.[182] Thozamile Taki South Africa 2007 13 13 Known as the "Sugar cane serial killer",[183] he murdered 13 women. Convicted in 2010. "Rainbow Maniac" Brazil 2007–2008 13 13 Unidentified serial killer who shot gay men in the head (except one, who was bludgeoned) in the Paturis Park of Carapicuiba.[184] Li Wenxiang China 1991–1996 13 Known as "The Guangzhou Ripper". Killed 13 female sex workers in Guangzhou. Executed. Adolf Seefeldt Germany 1908–1935 12 100 Known as the "Sandman"; sexually abused young boys in their sleep, then poisoned them; suspected of 100 murders in total.[185] Executed by guillotine in 1936. José Manuel Martínez United States 1978–2013 12 36 Mexican-American self-confessed hitman who admitted to committing 36 murders in twelve different states, sometimes on the orders of his cartel bosses and sometimes out of personal animosity. Ultimately convicted or pleaded guilty to a total of twelve murders in three different states.[186] Charles Sobhraj Thailand Nepal India Malaysia 1975–1976 12 30 French con man known as "The Bikini Killer" or "The Serpent" that targeted Western tourists in vacation spots of South-east Asia, often with the help of female accomplices. Imprisoned in India from 1976 to 1997, and sentenced to life imprisonment in Nepal in 2004.[187] He was released from prison in Nepal in 2022.[188] Slamet Tohari Indonesia 2020–2023 12 24+ Swindler who was convicted of 12 murders by cyanide poisoning committed in Central Java between 2020 and 2023. He confessed to "dozens" of murders. Sentenced to death in 2024.[189][190] Vladimir Romanov Soviet Union Russia 1991–2005 12 20 Known as the "Kaliningrad Maniac"; a child rapist who murdered girls and young women in the Kaliningrad Oblast; killed himself while imprisoned.[191] Maury Travis United States 2000–2002 12 17 Killed sex workers in the St. Louis area from 2000 to 2002. Caught when he mailed an Expedia.com map showing where to find a body to a St. Louis newspaper. Killed himself by hanging in prison.[192] Dennis Nilsen United Kingdom 1978–1983 12 15–16[193] Picked up young men in London between 1978 and 1983 and dismembered them, keeping various body parts around his home.[194] Died from surgical complications in 2018. Kenneth Bianchi United States 1977–1978 12 15 Convicted of strangling 12 female victims aged 12 to 28 and suspected in another three cases. One of the "Hillside Stranglers".[195] Sentenced to imprisonment for life. Enriqueta Martí Spain c. 1900–1912 12 12+ Self-proclaimed witch that abducted, prostituted, murdered and made potions with the bodies of small children that she sold in Barcelona. Remains of 12 different children were identified in her home, but she is believed to have murdered more. Murdered in prison by fellow inmates while awaiting trial in 1913.[196] Recent investigations by writer Jordi Corominas and historian Elsa Plaza question the popular version of the black legend of Enriqueta Martí and warned about multiples misinformation, because Enriqueta "was never formally charged with murder nor was any corpse of a child found in her home."[197][198] Abdallah al-Hubal Yemen 1990–1998 12 12 Killed seven people after Yemeni unification; fled prison, then proceeded to kill a young couple and three more people; killed during a shootout with police.[199] Nikolai Shestakov Soviet Union 1975 12 12 Known as the "Luberetsky Maniac"; truck driver who raped and killed girls and young women; supposedly executed in 1977.[200] Joseph Christopher United States 1980–1981 12 12 Known as "The Midtown Slasher"; racist who killed 12 people, all but one of them African Americans, in 1980 and 1981, between upstate New York and Georgia, mutilating two of them. Sentenced to life imprisonment, died in prison age 33 of breast cancer.[201] "Paraquat murders" killer Japan 1985 12 12 Unidentified serial killer who carried out a series of indiscriminate poisonings in Japan in 1985 that killed 12. Siswanto Indonesia 1994–1996 12 Alias Robot Gedek. Homeless man that killed 12 boys. Sentenced to death on May 21, 1997. Died in prison on March 26, 2007. Sergey Golovkin Soviet Union Russia 1986–1992 11 40+ Killed at least 11 boys in the Moscow area between 1986 and 1992.[202] Executed by gunshot in 1996; last person executed in Russia before the death penalty was abolished. Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha Brazil 2011–2014 11 39 Gomes da Rocha was a Brazilian security guard who confessed to the murders of 39 people. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for 11 murders, and attempted suicide while incarcerated.[203] Herb Baumeister United States 1990–1996 11 23 Strangled gay men and buried their bodies in his backyard in Indiana and Ohio; 11 men were found in the yard but only five were identified. Died after shooting himself when faced with arrest.[204] Zhang Yongming China 2008–2012 11 17–20 Sold flesh of his victims as 'ostrich meat' and kept eyeballs in wine. Executed.[205] Jack Unterweger Austria United States Czechoslovakia 1974–1992 11 15 Served 14 years in Austrian prison because of a murder in 1974; killed at least nine sex workers after his release. Was a small media star in Austrian media in the early 1990s and, on behalf of Austrian police, was arrested in the US, where he may have killed another three sex workers. Hanged himself in 1994 after being sentenced to life in prison.[206] Vaughn Greenwood United States 1964–1975 11 13 Known as the "Skid Row Slasher". Killed 11 people, suspected of two more. Cut victims' throats from ear to ear and may have drunk their blood. Sentenced to imprisonment for life.[207] Anthony Sowell United States 2007–2009 11 11+ Known as The Cleveland Strangler, he was convicted of killing 11 women between 2007 and 2009, and is suspected in another series of murders in the 1980s, with the two sets of killings separated by a 15-year stint in prison. Sentenced to death.[208] Henri Désiré Landru France 1915–1919 11 11 Nicknamed "Bluebeard", he put notes in the lonely hearts section of newspapers under different aliases, presenting himself as a widower that wanted to marry a war widow. He killed at least 10 women and the teenage son of one of them, and burned their bodies after he had gained access to their assets. Executed by guillotine in 1922.[209] Nannie Doss United States 1927–1954 11 11 Responsible for 11 deaths between 1927 and 1954. Known as the "Giggling Nanny", the "Giggling Granny", and the "Jolly Black Widow". Sentenced to imprisonment for life. Died of leukemia in 1965, age 59.[210] Marie Alexandrine Becker Belgium 1933–1936 11 11 Poisoned wealthy clients while working as a seamstress. Died in prison in 1942. Seisaku Nakamura Japan 1938–1942 11 11 Teenage serial killer known as the "Hamamatsu Deaf Killer" for having been born deaf. Murdered 11 people (including his brother) and attacked many others, among them his father, sister, brother-in-law and nephew. Tried as an adult and executed by hanging.[211] Robledo Puch Argentina 1971 11 11 Convicted of 11 murders and multiple other crimes including attempted murder and sexual assault. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1980.[212] Clifford Olson Canada 1980–1981 11 11 Considered a dangerous offender, meaning that Olson could never have been released from prison. He had three parole applications rejected.[213] Died from cancer in 2011. Francisco García Escalero Spain 1987–1994 11 11 Known as "The Killer Beggar". A necrophilic, schizophrenic homeless man found insane and confined to a psychiatric hospital after killing 11 sex workers and other homeless people between 1987 and 1994.[214] Died in 2014. Henry Louis Wallace United States 1990–1994 11 11 Murdered 11 black women in Charlotte, North Carolina. The victims were all women that he knew. Benjamin Atkins United States 1991–1992 11 11 Known as "The Woodward Corridor Killer". Raped and strangled his victims before abandoning their bodies in vacant buildings. Died in prison in 1997, age 29, from AIDS.[215] Adnan Çolak Turkey 1992–1995 11 11 Killed 11 elderly women aged 68 to 95 and raped six others. Sentenced to death but commuted to life in prison after Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004. Andre Crawford United States 1993–1999 11 11 Murdered 11 women between 1993 and 1999. Sentenced to life in prison.[216] Francisco de Assis Pereira Brazil 1997–1998 11 11 Rapist and serial killer, known as "O Maníaco do Parque" (The Park Maniac). He was arrested for the torture, rape and death of 11 women and for assaulting nine in a park in São Paulo, Brazil during the 1990s. Pereira found his victims by posing as a talent scout for a modeling agency. Sentenced to 268 years.[217] Barnaul Maniac Russia 1997–2000 11 11 The Barnaul Maniac was an unidentified Russian serial killer who murdered nine women and two girls in the city of Barnaul and the village of Buranovo. The main suspect was arrested in October 2000 but killed himself in jail in November that year. Gao Chengyong China 1998–2002 11 11 Known as "Chinese Jack the Ripper"; killed women and then mutilated their corpses.[218] Executed in 2019. Yevgeny Petrov Russia 1998–2003 11 11 Known as the "Novouralsk Ripper"; a child rapist who kidnapped and killed young girls around Novouralsk, mutilating and burning their corpses afterwards; sentenced to life imprisonment.[219] Ruslan Khamarov Ukraine 2000–2003 11 11 Seduced, raped and then killed women in his home; sentenced to life imprisonment.[220] West Mesa Killer United States 2003–2005 11 11 Remains of 11 women, who disappeared between 2003 and 2005, were found buried in the desert in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2009 and attributed to a bone collector.[221] Very Idham Henyansyah Indonesia 2006–2008 11 11 Known as the "singing serial killer" and "Ryan", the artistic name he adopted while awaiting his execution in prison, where he recorded an album and wrote his autobiography. "Ryan" confessed to murdering 11 people including a toddler; 10 of his victims were buried in his parents' home backyard while the last one was butchered and hidden in a suitcase. Sentenced to death.[222] Roshu Kha Bangladesh 2008 11 11 Raped and murdered garment workers after being rejected by his lover. Sentenced to death.[223] Martin Lecián Czechoslovakia 1927 11 Responsible for killing 10 policemen and 1 prison officer. Executed in 1927. Lonnie David Franklin Jr. United States 1985–2007 10 25+ Known as the "Grim Sleeper" for the alleged 14-year hiatus he took from murdering between 1988 and 2002. Shot and strangled his victims, mostly women, around South Los Angeles. Sentenced to death.[224][225] On March 28, 2020, Franklin was found dead in his cell.[226] Rudolf Pleil West Germany 1946–1947 10 25 Known as Der Totmacher ("The Deadmaker"). Convicted of killing a salesman and nine women. Claimed to have killed 25.[227] Killed himself by hanging in 1958. Milton Johnson United States 1983 10 17 Known as "The Weekend Murderer" killed up to 17 people.[228] Sentenced to life without parole. Long Island serial killer United States 1996–2010 10 16 Unidentified serial killer also known as "The Gilgo Beach Killer". Believed to have murdered 10 to 14 people associated with the sex trade over a period of 15 years.[229] Daniel Lee Siebert United States 1979–1986 10 13 Convicted of a 1979 manslaughter; killed 10 people across America in three months in mid-1980s including two children and a Southside Slayer victim.[230] Sentenced to death; died from cancer in prison in 2008. Sergey Cherny Russia 1999 10 11 Strangled women around Smolensk; suspected of the drowning death of another woman; died in 2001 from pneumonia while in a special psychiatric hospital.[231] Jeanne Weber France 1905–1908 10 10+ Transient baby-sitter who strangled children in her care. Declared insane. Hanged herself in prison in 1918.[232] Nikolai Dzhumagaliev Soviet Union 1979–1991 10 10+ Lured women in a park at night and hacked them with an axe as part of a plan to rid the world of prostitution. Also cooked parts of his victims and ate them himself or served them to other people as part of ethnic dishes. Found innocent by reason of insanity and interned in a mental institution. Bobby Joe Long United States 1984 10 10+ Known as "The Classified Ad Rapist"; killed 10 women in Tampa Bay, Florida in 1984. Sentenced to death. Executed by lethal injection on 23 May 2019.[233] Stewart Wilken South Africa 1990–1997 10 10+ Known as "Boetie Boer"; raped, sodomised and murdered 10 victims from 1990 to 1997. Sentenced to seven life terms.[234] Viktor Fokin Russia 1996–2000 10 10+ Known as the "Grandfather Ripper"; pensioner who lured, killed and then dismembered sex workers and alcohol abusers in his home, disposing of the remains in garbage containers after; died while imprisoned at a corrective labor colony. David Randitsheni South Africa 2004–2008 10 10+ Kidnapped 19 people, raped 17, and murdered 10. Sentenced to 16 consecutive life sentences plus 220 years in prison; hanged himself three weeks after conviction.[235] Edmund Kemper United States 1964–1973 10 10 Known as "The Co-ed Butcher." At age 15, he confessed to murdering his grandparents and served six years as a criminally insane juvenile. He was released in 1969. In 1972 and 1973, he murdered and dismembered six young women, then killed his mother and her friend. He was sentenced to eight counts of seven years to life.[236] Dennis Rader United States 1974–2004 10 10 Known as the BTK Killer. Murdered 10 people in Sedgwick County (in and around Wichita), Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Sentenced to life imprisonment with no parole for 175 years.[237] Stanislav Rogolev Soviet Union 1980–1982 10 10 Known as "Agent 000"; killed and raped women, managing to avoid capture through suspected knowledge of the investigation against him; executed by firing squad in 1984.[238] Oleg Kuznetsov Soviet Union Russia Ukraine 1991–1992 10 10 Robbed, raped and killed people around Russia and Ukraine; sentenced to death but commuted to life imprisonment.[239] Satish India 1995–1998 10 10 Killed 10 girls who were between the ages of five and nine. He was arrested from Bahadurgargh, Haryana after a long chase by Haryana police.[240] Eduard Shemyakov Russia 1996–1998 10 10 Known as the "Resort Maniac"; Ukrainian who raped, killed and dismembered women in St. Petersburg, supposedly cannibalizing one of the victims; sentenced to compulsory treatment.[241] Ali Kaya Turkey 1997–2014? 10 10 Known as "The Baby Faced Killer"; responsible for 10 murders. Escaped from prison and later recaptured.[242] Chen Yongfeng China 2003 10 10 Known as "The Butcher"; killed and dismembered 10 people at his house in the city of Wenzhou in the Zhejiang province within the span of a few months.[243] Zhou Kehua China 2004–2012 10 10 A former soldier who targeted ATM users. He killed 10 people and evaded the law for eight years, before being shot in a shootout with police after a year-long manhunt.[244] Kang Ho-sun South Korea 2006–2008 10 10 Sentenced to death in 2010 for killing 10 women, including his wife and mother-in-law.[245] Masten Wanjala Kenya 2015–2021 10 10 Described as a "bloodthirsty vampire"; confessed to killing and drinking the blood of multiple children in Nairobi and led police to the bodies of some of the victims.[246] Wanjala escaped from police custody while awaiting trial, but was later found in Bungoma County and murdered by angry locals.[247] Louis van Schoor South Africa 1986–1989 9 100 Former security guard who was convicted of seven murders and two assassinations, but confessed to a reporter that he murdered 100 people; sentenced to 20 years in prison and released on parole in 2004.[248] Peter Kürten German Empire Germany 1913–1930 9 79 Charged with nine murders and seven attempted murders. Dubbed "The Vampire of Düsseldorf" by the contemporary media. Executed by guillotine in 1931.[249] Roger Dale Stafford United States 1974–1978 9 34 Killed nine people in two states, including a family of three; his wife implicated him in 34 total murders in different states; executed by lethal injection in 1995.[250] Norman Afzal Simons South Africa 1986–1994 9 22 Known as the "Station Strangler", convicted of only one of 22 cases of murder and sodomy of young children near Cape Town.[251] Sentenced to imprisonment for life. Francis Heaulme France 1984–1992 9 20 Convicted of killing nine people, but suspected in the murder of dozens. He is known as the "Criminal Backpacker" due to his travels throughout France. He left a trail of bodies wherever he went.[252] Joel Rifkin United States 1989–1993 9 17 Known as "The Drifter",[253] killed sex workers in New York City, most of them drug addicts. Convicted of nine murders but believed to have committed 17; also suspected of being the unidentified Long Island serial killer. Sentenced to 203 years to imprisonment for life. Dagmar Overbye Denmark 1913–1920 9 15 Murdered between nine and 25 children—of which one was her own—during a seven-year period. In 1921, she was sentenced to death in one of the most talked about trials in Danish history, that changed legislation on childcare. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison. Overbye was working as a professional child minder, caring for babies born outside of marriage, murdering her charges. She strangled them, drowned them or burned them to death in her masonry heater. The corpses were either cremated, buried or hidden in the loft.[254] Died in prison in 1929. Kenneth McDuff United States 1966–1992 9 14+ Known as "The Broomstick Killer"; death sentence for 1966 triple-murder was commuted. Killed again three days after 1989 parole and 10 further times in Waco, Texas until 1992. Executed by lethal injection in 1998.[255] Robert Joseph Silveria Jr. United States 1981–1996 9 14+ Known as "The Boxcar Killer"; freight train rider convicted of beating to death fellow transients and confessed to dozens more.[256] Dr. No United States 1981–1990 9 12 Supposedly murdered sex workers and exotic dancers; his first victim was Marcia King, who was identified in 2018.[257][258] Richard Biegenwald United States 1958–1983 9 11+ Known as "The Thrill Killer". Killed at least nine people in Monmouth County, New Jersey and is suspected in at least two other murders.[259] Died of respiratory and kidney failure in 2008. New Bedford Highway Killer United States 1988–1989 9 11 Unidentified serial killer who killed nine women and disappearance of two others between 1988 and 1989.[260] Alexander Bychkov Russia 2009–2012 9 11 Described in his personal diary how he killed 11 men who were alcoholics and tramps. Confessed to eating body parts of his victims. Found guilty of nine murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.[261] Maryvale serial shooter United States 2015–2016 9 11 Motorist who shot 12 people in separate events in Phoenix, Arizona, killing nine. Aaron Saucedo was charged with the shootings and two additional murders in 2017.[262] Edgecombe County Serial Killer United States 2000s 9 10 Unidentified serial killer who killed nine women and possibly another who disappeared since 2005 around Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Antwan Pittman was convicted in one case.[263] Sergei Martynov Russia 1992–2010 9 9+ Convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1992. Sentenced to life imprisonment for killing eight more women during a violent crime spree between 2005 and 2010. Lloyd Gomez United States 1950–1951 9 9 Known as "The Phantom Hobo Killer"; homeless man who killed other homeless men across California in the early 1950s.[264] Timothy Krajcir United States 2000s 9 9 Killed nine women across Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri (five in Cape Girardeau) in the 1970s and 1980s.[265] Anatoly Utkin Soviet Union 1968–1973 9 Known as "Ulyanovsky maniac"; killed 8 girls and 1 man from 1968 to 1973; executed 1975. Gilberto Chamba Ecuador Spain 1988–2004 9 Taxi driver known as "The Monster of Machala", between 1988 and 1993 abducted 10 of his passengers (all lone female students) in this Ecuadorian city and killed 8, often raping them after with a stick. Though sentenced to 16 years in prison, he benefitted from an amnesty campaign in 2000 that also cleared his criminal record and moved to Spain, where he was arrested for the rape and murder of another student and the attempted rape and murder of a prostitute in 2004. Sentenced in 2005 to 45 years in prison. Ondrej Rigo Czechoslovakia Germany Netherlands 1990–1992 9 Slovak serial killer and necrophile who committed his murders during the early 1990s in Slovakia, Germany and the Netherlands. He was arrested in 1992 and received a life sentence in 1994. He remains the murderer with the biggest number of victims in the modern history of Slovakia. Alfred Gaynor United States 1995–1998 9 Crack cocaine addict. Killed nine women in Massachusetts. Sentenced to life in prison on May 19, 2000. Mark Goudeau United States 2005–2006 9 Known as "The Baseline Killer"; convicted of nine murders in Phoenix, Arizona. Keith Hunter Jesperson United States 1990–1995 8 160 Dubbed the "Happy Face Killer", Jesperson was convicted of killing eight women by strangulation.[266] Rodney Alcala United States 1971–1979 8 130+ Known as the "Dating Game Killer" for appearing on the game show The Dating Game in the middle of his killing years. Was convicted of at least five murders, though his actual total is estimated to be much higher. Ottis Toole United States 1980–1983 8 100–125 Initially convicted of three counts of murder, later pleaded guilty to four more murders before dying in prison. A sometime accomplice of convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, Toole admitted to—and retracted multiple times—over 100 counts of murder, rape, arson and cannibalism, and was suspected in several other unsolved murders. In 2008, police announced that they had identified Toole as the likely murderer of Adam Walsh, and would be closing the case as a result.[267] Kiyotaka Katsuta Japan 1982–1983 8 22 Strangled or shot people to rob them, using a gun he had stolen from a policeman after running him over with his car. Hanged in 2000.[268] Joseph Paul Franklin United States 1977–1980 8 20+ White supremacist shooter who confessed to 20 murders and several attempted murders. Executed by lethal injection in 2013.[269] Pierre Chanal France 1980–1988 8 17 Military instructor suspected of killing boys and men in Marne; killed himself before trial.[270] Christopher Wilder United States 1984 8 13+ Killed eight women during a spree before accidentally shooting himself; suspected in the disappearance and murder of more than five more.[271] Axeman of New Orleans United States 1918–1919 8 12+ Unidentified serial killer of at least eight people in the New Orleans area from May 1918 to October 1919.[272] Vladimir Retunsky Russia 1990–1996 8 12 Known as the "Povorinsky Maniac"; kidnapped, raped and killed hitchhikers in his hometown of Povorino, possibly abusing their corpses; initially sentenced to death, but later reduced to 15 years imprisonment and released in 2015.[273] Gilbert Paul Jordan Canada 1965–1987 8 10 Known as the "Boozing Barber", he would typically find alcoholic women in bars in Vancouver's destitute Downtown Eastside, buy them drinks or pay them for sex and encourage them to drink with him. When they passed out, he would pour more liquor down their throats. The resulting deaths were reported as alcohol poisoning and generally ignored by police as the intentional murders blended in with the common occurrence in that neighbourhood. Died in 2006.[274] Frankford Slasher United States 1985–1990 8 9 Allegedly responsible for nine murders in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Leonard Christopher was convicted of one murder; another murder was committed in same style while he was incarcerated; believed to still be at large. Kendall Francois United States 1996–1998 8 9 Admitted to killing eight sex workers in Poughkeepsie, New York, but denied involvement with the disappearance of a ninth prostitute. Hilda Nilsson Sweden 1915–1917 8 8+ Known as the "baby farming" killer; she killed babies she received custody of by drowning them in a wash basin.[275] Convicted for the murder of seven infants and the manslaughter of an eighth.[276] She was the last Swede sentenced to death whose sentence was not commuted.[275] Yoshio Kodaira China Japan 1932–1946 8 8+ A serial rapist, Kodaira killed his father-in-law in 1932 and seven to 10 women in Japan between 1945 and 1946, engaging in necrophilia after the fifth murder. Previously (1920s) he had been deployed to Northern China as a sailor in the Imperial Japanese Navy, where he was free to target the locals. Hanged in 1949. John Christie United Kingdom 1943–1953 8 8+ Serial killer and alleged necrophile active during the 1940s and early 1950s. He murdered at least eight people—including his wife, Ethel—by strangling them in his flat at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London. The bodies of three of Christie's victims were found in a wallpaper-covered kitchen alcove soon after Christie moved out of Rillington Place during March 1953. The remains of two more victims were discovered in the garden, and his wife's body was found beneath the floorboards of the front room. Christie was arrested and convicted of his wife's murder, for which he was hanged. Eric Edgar Cooke Australia 1958–1963 8 8+ Known as the "Night Caller" and later the "Nedlands Monster"; killed at least eight people and attempted to kill at least fourteen in and around Perth between 1959 and 1963; he was the last person to be hanged in Western Australia.[277] Forest City Killer Canada 1969–1970 8 8+ Unidentified serial killer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. Based on the number of unsolved murders of women in the era, there is probably at least one other victim.[278] John Edward Robinson United States 1984–2000 8 8+ Known as "The Slavemaster"; lured victims through the internet. Bruce McArthur Canada 2010–2017 8 8 One of the oldest known serial killers, active at 65, he lured men to secret sexual encounters involving drugs and bondage, killed them and dismembered their bodies which he hid in garden planters.[279] Paul Ogorzow Nazi Germany Germany 1940–1941 8 Known as the "S-Bahn murderer"; SA sergeant convicted of raping and murdering eight women by throwing them off trains in Berlin during blackouts in 1941 and 1942. Executed by guillotine at the Plötzensee Prison on July 26, 1941. Genzo Kurita Japan 1948–1952 8 Serial rapist and murderer, engaging in necrophilia in two of his murders. Two other victims were the children of the woman he targeted, who Kurita threw off a cliff (a third child survived). Hanged in 1959. Marie Noe United States 1949–1968 8 Murdered eight of her children between 1949 and 1968. Kiyoshi Okubo Japan 1971 8 Raped and murdered eight women aged 17 to 21 upon his release from prison, where he had been for previous rapes. Hanged in 1976. Marybeth Tinning United States 1972–1983 8 Suffocated eight of her nine children during the 1970s. One daughter died of natural causes shortly after birth, the first of the Tinning children to die. Michael Bruce Ross United States 1981–1984 8 Ross confessed to all of the murders, and was convicted of four of them. He was executed by the state of Connecticut on May 13, 2005 by lethal injection, making it the first execution in Connecticut and the whole of New England since 1960. Gary C. Evans United States 1985–1998 8 Befriended the Son of Sam killer while incarcerated. Released in 1984, he proceeded to burglarize and kill while in and out of jails for over 13 years. Aided investigators in a high profile murder case before dodging parole and being chased. The manhunt finally ended when he jumped to his death off a bridge. Colonial Parkway Killer United States 1986–1989 8 Believed to have murdered at least eight people in Virginia between 1986 and 1989; left three couples dead and one couple missing and presumed dead. Sean Vincent Gillis United States 1994–2003 8 Kidnapped, raped, and mutilated the corpses of Louisiana women.[280][281][282] Vladimir Mukhankin Russia 1995–1996 8 Known as "The pupil of Chikatilo"; he killed 8 women. Manuel Delgado Villegas Spain France (claimed) Italy (claimed) 1964–1971 7 48 Wandering criminal known as El Arropiero ("The Arrope Trader") and El Estrangulador del Puerto ("The Strangler of Puerto"). Confessed to the impulsive murders of 48 people of different sex, age, wealth and sexual orientation in three countries (including his girlfriend, whom he strangled during sex), but police only investigated him for 22 murders in Spain and was considered proven author of seven. Some of his victims were killed with hand to hand combat techniques that he had learned in the Spanish Foreign Legion. Diagnosed with XYY syndrome and interned in a mental institution until his death in 1998.[283] Ershad Sikder Bangladesh 1991–1999 7 43+ Career criminal and corrupt politician responsible for numerous torture murders in the 1990s; convicted on seven counts and executed 2004.[284] Diego Alexánder Ruiz Restrepo Chile 2018–2020 7 27 Known as the "Psycopath of Meiggs". Illegal Colombian immigrant who has been living in Chile since 2013, often resorting to robbing and killing homeless people. Although he has had only 8 confirmed victims, he is currently being investigated for 20 more, which, if confirmed, would turn him into the most murderous serial killer in Chilean history.[285] Ivan Milat Australia 1990s 7 23–37 Convicted of the Backpacker murders; sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences plus 18 years without the possibility of parole. May have had accomplices.[286] Reta Mays United States 2017–2018 7 20 Nursing assistant who killed elderly military veterans at a VA hospital in Clarksburg, West Virginia by injecting them with lethal doses of insulin.[287] Stockton serial shootings United States 2021–2022 7 8 On October 15, 2022, a Stockton man, Wesley Brownlee, was arrested in connection to the shootings.[288] Michael Wayne McGray Canada United States 1985–1988 7 18+ Convicted of the murder of six people in the late 1990s, including a woman and her 11-year-old daughter. Claims to have killed 11 others, including murders committed while on parole and while on a three-day pass from prison. Finally imprisoned for life, killed a cellmate in 2010.[289] Łódź Gay Murderer Poland 1988–1993 7 7 Unidentified serial killer who killed gay men in Łódź, estimated to have killed 7 people.[290] John Floyd Thomas Jr. United States 1957–2009 7 15+ Serial murderer and rapist with one of the longest criminal careers in the US. Kenneth Erskine United Kingdom 1986 7 11 Known as "The Stockwell Strangler", he was a burglar who raped and strangled at least seven elderly women after breaking into their homes.[291] David Carpenter United States 1979–1981 7 11 Known as "The Trailside Killer"; murdered women on San Francisco-area hiking trails between 1979 and 1981. Sentenced to death.[292] Vladimir Kuzmin Russia 1997 7 11 Raped, murdered and robbed mostly young boys and men in Moscow; assisted in his first two murders by Denis Kalistratov; sentenced to life imprisonment.[293] Tommy Recco France 1960–1980 7 10 Murdered his godfather in 1960; after release, killed six cashiers in two separate store raids; also suspected of murdering a trio of German tourists.[294] Derrick Todd Lee United States 2002 7 10 Known as the "Baton Rouge or South Louisiana Serial Killer" convicted of three murders. Believed to have murdered several other women in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Sentenced to death, died in 2016.[295] Tomás Maldonado Cera Colombia 2002–2018 7 10 Known as "The Satanist"; killed people in Barranquilla for the purpose of satanic rituals.[296] Peter Manuel United Kingdom 1956–1958 7 9 Hanged in 1958 after being convicted of seven murders at a sensational trial in Glasgow, may have committed two more. Terry Blair United States 1982–2004 7 9 Kansas City serial killer and rapist; active 1982–2004. Sentenced to life. Doug Clark United States 1980 7 8+ Boiler operator who killed sex workers in Los Angeles. One of the "Sunset Strip Killers". Stanisław Modzelewski Poland 1952–1967 7 8 Known as "The Vampire of Gałkówek". Confessed to strangling eight women, but convicted of seven because one of the bodies was never found. Michael Hughes United States 1986–1993 7 8 Killed six women and a schoolgirl in the South Los Angeles area between 1986 and 1993. Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Killer United States 1972–1973 7 7+ "Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders": Series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa of the North Bay area of California in 1972 and 1973. Roger Kibbe United States 1977–1987 7 7+ Known as "The I-5 Strangler", killed 7 women between 1977 and 1987. 6 along I-5 near Sacramento, and one in Walnut Creek, California. He was tried for the Walnut Creek murder by the Grand Jury before the body was found but in exchange for helping to find the body Kibbe was spared the death penalty and received life in prison. It took detectives 34 years to find the body. Connecticut River Valley Killer United States 1978–1987 7 7+ Believed responsible for a series of similar knife murders mostly in and around Claremont, New Hampshire, and the Connecticut River Valley, primarily in the 1980s. Paul Durousseau United States 1997–2003 7 7+ A former soldier who strangled several women between the ages of 17 and 26 in the southeastern United States. He had the moniker of the Jacksonville Ripper and had the reputation of being a lewd womanizer. Todd Kohlhepp United States 2003–2016 7 7+ A registered sex offender; Shot up a motorcycle shop in 2003, killing 4; killed 3 more victims in 2015 and 2016; is currently serving 7 life sentences for the crimes.[297] Darren Deon Vann United States 2014 and earlier 7 7+ Confessed to the murders of at least seven women. Aileen Wuornos United States 1989–1990 7 7 Sex worker that shot her victims at point blank range.[298] Executed in 2002. Hu Daoping China 2003–2005 7 7 Career criminal who, following a jail escape in 1998, killed seven people during robberies.[299] Nikos Metaxas Cyprus 2016–2018 7 7 A 35-year-old Cypriot Army officer who killed five women and two children between September 2016 and August 2018. These became known as the "Mitsero murders." Sentenced to 7 life sentences.[300][301] José Misael Roldán Concha Chile 1954–1957 7 7 Killed an iron mine worker in 1954. After being free on parole, he killed a woman and five of her seven children. Originally sentenced to death, but was later imprisoned for life after a presidential pardon. Sataro Fukiage Japan 1906–1924 7 Killed seven girls aged 11 to 16 and raped between 93 and 100. Hanged in 1926. Joseph Taborsky United States 1950–1957 7 Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky was sentenced to death after brutal robberies and murders in Connecticut during the 1950s. Václav Mrázek Czechoslovakia 1951–1956 7 Killed 7 women in Chomutov. Executed in 1957. Anatoly Slivko Soviet Union 1961–1985 7 As a member of the Young Pioneers (Soviet Boy Scouts), Slivko gained the trust of 43 young boys over almost three decades, asphyxiated them until they fell unconscious, and then ritually molested, filmed, photographed and resuscitated them. The seven boys that didn't wake up were dismembered and burned. Minutes before his execution in 1989, police asked Slivko for advice in the investigation of Andrei Chikatilo's crimes. Cincinnati Strangler United States 1965–1966 7 Raped and strangled seven mostly elderly women in Cincinnati, Ohio between 1965 and 1966. Believed to be Posteal Laskey, who was convicted of one murder and died in prison on May 29, 2007. Émile Louis France 1975–1978 7 Bus driver that preyed on young handicapped women (seven murders) in the 1970s. Sentenced to life in prison on November 25, 2004. Paul Steven Haigh Australia 1978–1991 7 Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the murders of seven people in Victoria. Aleksey Sukletin Soviet Union 1979–1985 7 Known as "The Alligator"; killed and cannibalized at least 7 girl and women from 1979 to 1985; executed 1987. Roberto Succo Italy France 1981–1988 7 In 1986 he escaped the mental hospital where he was recluded in for murdering his parents five years earlier and began a crime spree in Europe that included burglary, hijacking, kidnapping, rape and murder and earned him the Public Enemy Number One spot in Italy, France and Switzerland. Committed suicide in prison after failing to escape a second time. Walter E. Ellis United States 1986–2007 7 Known as "The Milwaukee North Side Strangler"; convicted of killing 7 sex workers in Wisconsin between 1986 and 2007. Died in prison on December 1, 2013. Harrison Graham United States 1987 7 Convicted of killing seven women in Philadelphia and keeping their bodies in his apartment.[302] Guy Georges France 1991–1997 7 Known as the "Beast of the Bastille"; serving a life sentence for seven murders between 1991 and 1997. Motta Navas India 1996–2012 7 Active in Kollam, Kerala, Navas was arrested and imprisoned for his first two murders in 1996 and 2007. During his final crime spree in 2012, he bludgeoned to death five elderly pavement dwellers in their sleep, always after midnight. He feigned a mental illness to avoid suspicion by the police in at least two occasions. Paul Dennis Reid United States 1997 7 Reid killed the employees of restaurants he targeted for a series of robberies. Samuel Sidyno South Africa 1998–1999 7 Known as the "Capital Hill Serial Killer" murdered 7 people in Pretoria from 1998–1999. Ripper Jayanandan India 2003–2006 7 Killed seven people during robberies. Sentenced to death. Sibusiso Duma South Africa 2007 7 Murdered 7 people in the Pietermaritzburg area of KwaZulu Natal in 2007. Tommy Lynn Sells United States 1980–1999 6 22–70 Drifter active throughout the United States who specialized in killing children and multiple victims after breaking into their homes. Caught when a 10-year-old girl survived his attack and provided a description of him. Executed in 2014.[303] Volker Eckert East Germany Germany France Spain Czech Republic (suspected) Italy (suspected) 1974–2006 6 19+ German trucker who confessed to having abducted, tortured and killed five sex workers through his route in Western Europe, plus strangling a 14-year-old girl in his native West Germany in 1974, when he was 15. Police considered him perpetrator of nine murders (with four more being possible); he hanged himself in prison before being convicted. Lorenzo Gilyard United States 1977–1993 6 13+ Known as "The Kansas City Strangler". Killed up to 13 sex workers in the Kansas City area from 1977 to 1993. Sentenced to life in 2007.[304] Władysław Mazurkiewicz Poland 1950s 6 30 Known as "The Gentleman Killer". Indicted of, and confessed to having committed 30 murders; convicted of six and hanged in 1957.[305] Gong Runbo China 2005–2006 6 20+ Found guilty of the murders of six children and teenagers aged between nine and 16 from 2005 to 2006; executed in 2007.[306] The Doodler United States 1974–1975 6 16 Unidentified serial killer who sketched then stabbed to death 14 gay men in San Francisco. Surviving victims did not wish to testify, so the killer was not identified.[307] Cristopher Chávez Cuellar Colombia 1990s–2015 6 15+ Known as "The Soulless"; killed between 6 and at least 15 people starting from the 1990s, including 4 underage brothers; sentenced to 40 years imprisonment.[308] András Pándy Belgium 1986–1990 6 14+ Former clergyman nicknamed "Father Bluebeard", killed his two wives and four of his children with the help of a fifth he was having an incestuous affair with, and whom denounced him to the authorities seven years later. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002.[309] John Wayne Glover Australia 1989–1990 6 13 British ex-pat living in Australia. Known by the media as "The Granny Killer" as he targeted elderly women; killed himself while in prison in 2005.[310] Alexander Sergeychik Belarus 2000–2006 6 12 Killed between six and 12 people under the influence of alcohol. Executed in 2007.[311] Adrián Arroyo Gutiérrez Costa Rica 2014–2015 6 11 Known as "The Southern Psychopath"; raped and strangled drug-addicted sex workers in San José; sentenced to 110 years imprisonment.[312] Joseph Naso United States 1977–1994 6 10 A freelance photographer who raped and strangled to death women in California. Arrested in 2011 and sentenced to death two years later. Known as "The Double Initial Killer" since first four victims to be identified bore double initials.[313] John George Haigh United Kingdom 1944–1949 6 9 Called the "Acid Bath Murderer" for dissolving his victims in sulphuric acid under the belief that he could not be prosecuted for murder if no body was found. He would then forge papers to sell the victims possessions. Confessed nine murders, convicted of six and hanged. Jack the Stripper United Kingdom 1964–1965 6 8 Murdered at least six sex workers in London and may have been responsible for the deaths of two others before that. Remains unidentified. Morris Solomon Jr. United States 1986–1987 6 7 Handyman who killed six young women between 1986 and 1987 in Sacramento, California. Sentenced to death on September 16, 1992. Mack Ray Edwards United States 1953–1970 6 6+ Molester. Murdered 2 young girls and 4 young boys. Claimed at one point to have killed as many as 18. Terry Peder Rasmussen United States 1978–2002 6 6+ Known as the "Chameleon Killer"; main suspect in the Bear Brook murders, as well as other murders.[314] Robert Berdella United States 1984–1987 6 6+ Berdella abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered at least six men. Juan Chavez United States 1986–1990 6 6+ Murdered six men in Los Angeles County in what he claimed was a retaliation against the AIDS epidemic.[315] David Berkowitz United States 1976–1977 6 6 Known as "Son of Sam", he went after young women and couples killing 6 people and wounding 7 others with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver. He was caught when an eyewitness to his last murder saw he had a parking ticket on his car. He was sentenced to life in prison with parole in 1978.[316] Richard Chase United States 1977–1978 6 6 Known as "The Vampire of Sacramento" because he drank his victims' blood and cannibalized their remains. He killed six people in the span of a month in Sacramento, California.[317] The 1987 film Rampage was loosely based on based on Chase's crimes.[318] Michael Terry United States 1985–1986 6 6 Murdered six men in Atlanta, Georgia in a 10-month period, via stabbing or shooting. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988.[319] Lázaro Barbosa de Sousa Brazil 2006–2021 6 6 Convicted of a double murder in 2007; later escaped from prison and murdered a family of 4 before dying in a shootout with the police.[320] Alfredo Galán Spain 2003 6 6 Shot random people over the course of three months, killing six and wounding three. He would sometimes leave a Spanish playing card at the scene of the crime as a signature.[321] Friedrich Schumann Germany Germany 1918–1920 6 Killed six people and executed in 1921. Eugen Weidmann France 1937 6 German who strangled and robbed American dancer Jean de Koven, shot a former accomplice, and shot dead and robbed four other people around Paris in 1937. Rhonda Belle Martin United States 1937–1951 6 Alabama poisoner who murdered six family members; executed in 1957. Leslie Irvin United States 1954–1955 6 Known as "The Mad Dog Killer"; Killed six people in robberies in the mid-1950s; his Supreme Court case set a precedent for fair trials of highly publicized defendants. Lemuel Smith United States 1958–1981 6 Confessed to the murders of five people, including an on-duty female prison guard. Sentenced to death on June 10, 1983. Commuted to life in 1984. Freeway Phantom United States 1971–1972 6 Raped and strangled six young women and girls in Washington, D.C. in the early 1970s, dumping their bodies by freeways. David Mason United States 1980–1982 6 Strangled four elderly neighbors, his cellmate when imprisoned on lesser charges; shot his boyfriend. Dayton Leroy Rogers United States 1983–1987 6 Killed street women, usually addicts, sex workers and runaways. He would tie, rape, and kill them in a forest. Norbert Poehlke West Germany 1984–1985 6 Known as "The Hammer-Killer", German police officer who was found, after his suicide in 1985, to have committed several bank robberies and murders. Wolfgang Schmidt East Germany Germany 1989–1991 6 Known as the "Beast of Beelitz". Killed five women and a 3 month old baby from 1989 to 1991. Currently in a psychiatric hospital. Cleophus Prince Jr. United States 1990 6 Known as "The Clairemont Killer"; raped and killed six women in San Diego in 1990. Nathaniel White United States 1991–1992 6 Convicted of stabbing to death six women in the Hudson Valley, New York area from 1991 to 1992. Samuel Bongani Mfeka South Africa 1993–1996 6 Killed 6 women from 1993 to 1996 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Gary Ray Bowles United States 1994 6 Beat and strangled six men to death to steal their credit cards in 1994. Rory Enrique Conde United States 1994–1995 6 Known as "The Tamiami Trail Strangler". Killed 6 sex workers in Florida. Sentenced to death on March 7, 2000. Nicholas Lungisa Ncama South Africa 1997 6 Murdered 6 people in the Eastern Cape, 1997. Aleksandr Rubel Estonia 1997–1998 6 He was intoxicated on gasoline vapour during his murders. Sentenced as a minor to the maximum punishment allowed by law — eight years imprisonment — he was released in 2006. Celine Lesage France 2000–2007 6 Killed seven of her newborn babies and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Filiberto Hernández Martínez Mexico 2010–2013 6 Killed six people from 2010 to 2013 in Tamuín. Zodiac Killer United States 1968–1969 5 37 Targeted young couples. Remains unsolved but open in the California jurisdictions where the five certain Zodiac murders occurred. Potentially 37 total victims claimed but unverified.[322] Carl Panzram United States Portugal Portuguese Angola 1915–1929 5 22 From 1920 to 1928, he claimed in a posthumous autobiography to have committed over 22 killings, and sodomy of more than 1000 young men. Executed in 1930 by hanging.[323] Steve Wright United Kingdom 2006 5 22 Referred to as "Suffolk murders", "Ipswich murders", "Ipswich Ripper", "Suffolk Ripper", "Suffolk Strangler", "East Anglia Ripper", "Red Light Ripper" and "the Suffolkator". Murdered five sex workers, all of whom worked in Ipswich in 2006. There are possible links to previous East Anglia prostitute killings.[324][325] Stephen Akinmurele United Kingdom 1995–1998 5 15 Nigerian man who killed himself after being charged for the murders of 5 elderly people in Blackpool and Isle of Man. He confessed to the murders. Links to 10 other unsolved murders in the areas were investigated by police.[326] Joe Metheny United States 1976–1996 5 13 Butchered his victims, then served them at BBQs at his roadside stand; died in prison.[327] Michel Peiry Switzerland France United States Yugoslavia (suspected) Italy (suspected) 1981–1987 5 11 Known as the "Sadist of Romont"; Swiss serial killer who sexually abused and murdered at least 5 hitchhikers in several countries; sentenced to life imprisonment.[328] Hubert Pilčík Czechoslovakia 1948–1951 5 10+ Made money smuggling people across the Czechoslovakia-Germany border, but killed most of his customers. Total number of his victims is unknown. Melvin Rees United States 1957–1959 5 9 Known as "The Sex Beast"; shot and defiled a woman in 1957, torture-murdered a family of four in 1959 and suspected in four other killings. David Maust West Germany United States 1974–2003 5 9 Killed teenage boys; caught when bodies of three boys were found in the concrete floor of his basement in Hammond, Indiana. Committed suicide in prison in 2006. William Patrick Fyfe Canada 1979–1999 5 9 Convicted of killing five women in the Montreal area of Quebec, although he claims to have killed four others. Serving a life sentence in West Canada. Willem van Eijk Netherlands 1971–2001 5 8 Dutch serial killer known as "Het Beest van Harkstede" (The Beast of Harkstede). All proven victims he killed were all sex workers. Sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for his first two murders and killed 3 more after his release. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002 and died in 2019 in prison. Suspected of having killed 3 more sex workers. Danny Rolling United States 1989–1990 5 8 Known as the "Gainesville Ripper"; murdered five students in August 1990. Executed on October 6, 2006. Shortly before his execution, he gave a handwritten confession to authorities for a triple homicide of an elderly man, his adult daughter, and young grandson that occurred years earlier in Rolling's hometown of Shreveport, LA. Although Rolling was never officially charged or extradicted to LA to stand trial for the "Grissom Murders", Shreveport Police had confirmed even before the confession that Rolling had long been considered the lone suspect and the case was closed. Allan Joseph Legere Canada 1989 5 7+ Convicted of killing five people in the Miramichi area, New Brunswick. Legere is now serving a life sentence Canada's only super maximum prison (Special Handling Unit). Joseph E. Duncan III United States 1996–2005 5 7 Convicted of killing a California boy in 1997 and four members of an Idaho family in 2005. Confessed to two 1996 murders in Washington state, but was not formally charged. Died while awaiting execution on U.S. federal death row. Vincent Johnson United States 1999–2000 5 6 "The Brooklyn Strangler". Vinko Pintarić SR Croatia 1973–1990 5 5+ Murdered five people, including his wife, between 1973 and 1990. Escaped from custody three times, killed in a 1991 shootout with the police. Edward Edwards United States 1977–1996 5 5+ Shot a young couple in 1977 and stabbed and strangled another in 1980; died months prior to execution on April 7, 2011, for shooting his foster son in 1996 insurance murder. Thomas Dillon United States 1989–1992 5 5+ Killed outdoorsmen in rural Ohio by sniping them from afar with a hunting rifle. Marc Dutroux Belgium 1995–1996 5 5+ Child molester who killed 4 of possibly 11 victims. He was also convicted for murdering one of his partners in crime. William Dathan Holbert Panama 2010 and earlier 5 5+ Known as "Wild Bill"; American expatriate who had the bodies of five other Americans buried on his property. He would kill people to get their money and properties. His wife, Laura Michelle Reese, was also arrested.[329] Sek Kim Wah Singapore 1983 5 5 Sek Kim Wah, who was of Chinese Singaporean descent, was 19 years old when he killed five victims in two separate robbery cases, using raffia string to strangle them. Other methods employed were hitting their heads with a heavy object (like a wooden stool) and electrocution (which was unsuccessful). He robbed and killed a couple before abandoning their corpses at Seletar Reservoir on 30 June 1983 and then, on 23 July 1983, killed three more people at Andrew Road with an accomplice who did not take part in the killings. He was arrested and indicted for murder six days later and was sentenced to death on 14 August 1985; he lost an appeal and he was hanged on 9 December 1988.[330] Jerome Dennis United States 1991–1992 5 5 Killed Newark women while on parole.[331] Belize Ripper Belize 1998–2000 5 5 The Belize Ripper was an unidentified Belizean serial killer who abducted and murdered five young girls in Belize City between 1998 and 2000. Elroy Chester United States 1997–1998 5 5 Murdered four white people in racially-motivated attacks, and also admitted to the murder of his brother-in-law. In addition, he was linked to four non-fatal shootings and three rapes. Elisabeth Wiese German Empire Germany 1902–1903 5 Known as the "Angel Maker of St. Pauli"; baby farmer who poisoned her grandchild and four others with morphine and burned their bodies in a stove in 1902 and 1903. Phantom Killer United States 1946 5 Believed to have committed the Texarkana Moonlight Murders in Texas between February 23 and May 4, 1946. San Mateo slasher United States 1976 5 Known as the "Gypsy Hill killings"; five unsolved killings, of young women in San Mateo County, California during early 1976. Honolulu Strangler United States 1985–1986 5 Raped and strangled five young women in Hawaii in 1985 and 1986. Anthony Kirkland United States 1987–2009 5 Kirkland murdered four females between 2006 and 2009, three of them children, following a 16-year prison term for the murder of another woman. William MacDonald Australia 1961–1962 5 Murdered derelicts in Sydney and Brisbane between 1960 and 1962; sentenced to five consecutive life sentences. Harry Powers United States 1931 5 "Lonely Hearts" swindler and conman. Killed two women and three children in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. Arrested after the bodies were found buried near his garage in 1931 and hanged in 1932. Anna Marie Hahn United States 1933–1937 5 German-born murder-for-profit killer who poisoned five elderly men; executed in 1938. Robert Nixon United States 1936–1938 5 Killed 5 women in the 1930s with bricks. Executed by electrocution in Illinois on June 15, 1939. Waneta Hoyt United States 1965–1971 5 New York woman who murdered her five children. Janie Lou Gibbs United States 1966–1967 5 Georgia poisoner who killed five family members. Sentenced to life. Died in prison on February 7, 2010. South Dade Killer United States 1975 5 Known as the "Flat-Tire murders". Killed 5 women in 1975. Gerald Parker United States 1978–1979 5 Known as "The Bedroom Basher" raped and murdered five women and killed the unborn baby of a sixth woman in Orange County, California. Phillip Carl Jablonski United States 1978–1991 5 convicted of killing five women in California and Utah between 1978 and 1991. Sentenced to death in 1994. Arthur Gary Bishop United States 1979–1983 5 Utah man who murdered five young boys; executed in 1988. Faryion Wardrip United States 1984–1986 5 Killed five young women around Wichita Falls, Texas between 1984 and 1986. Timothy Wilson Spencer United States 1984–1987 5 Known as "The Southside Strangler"; raped and killed five women in Virginia. Executed in the electric chair on April 27, 1994. Robert Shulman United States 1991–1996 5 Convicted of murdering five sex workers between 1991 and 1996. Elias Abuelazam United States 2009–2010 5 Known as "The Serial Slasher". Israeli-Arab immigrant that stabbed victims to death. Sentenced to life on June 25, 2012. Joachim Knychała Poland 1975–1982 5 Known as "The Vampire of Bytom" or "Frankenstein", who murdered five women between 1975 and 1982.[332] Archibald Hall United Kingdom 1977 5 Called "The Monster Butler". Died in prison in 2002. Colin Ireland United Kingdom 1993 5 Called "The Gay Slayer". A highly organized serial killer, Ireland picked passive masochist gay men in the Coleherne public house, accompanied them home, and murdered them after they were voluntarily restrained. He then cleaned the house of forensic evidence and left when he was sure of not appearing suspicious. Claude Lastennet France 1993–1994 5 Convicted of murdering 5 old women between August 1993 and January 1994.[333] Metod Trobec SR Slovenia 1976–1978 5 Raped, killed and cremated five women in his home. Also tried to murder two other immates while in prison before committing suicide in his cell in 2006. Romulus Vereş Romania 1970s 5 Known as "The Hammer Man". Institutionalized. Akira Nishiguchi Japan 1963 5 Fraudster, murdered two people while engaging in confidence scams and killed three others while on the run from justice. Hanged in 1970. Boris Gusakov Soviet Union 1964–1968 5 Known as "Student Hunter"; committed 15 sexual assaults, including 5 murders, on girls and young women from 1964 to 1968. Anatoly Biryukov Soviet Union 1977 5 Known as "The Hunter of Babies": responsible for the kidnappings and subsequent murders of five infants from Moscow in the fall of 1977. Süleyman Aktaş Turkey 1986–1994 5 Known as "The Nailing Killer": responsible for the murders of five people in 1986 and 1994. B1 Butcher Namibia 2005–2007 5 Murdered at least five women between 2005 and 2007, with all murders related to the National Road B1. Serial killers with fewer than five proven victims This part of the list contains all serial killers with fewer than five proven victims who acted alone and were neither medical professionals nor contract killers. Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes Alexander Spesivtsev Russia 1991–1996 4 82+ Cannibal known as "The Novokuznetsk Monster"; admitted to 19 murders, but 82 bloody sets of clothes were found in his home, along with jewels and photographs of possibly unidentified victims. Found insane and interned in a mental hospital. His mother was sentenced to 16 years in prison for luring Spesivtsev's victims to their home.[334] Charlie Brandt United States 1971–2004 4 29 Killed himself by hanging after murdering his wife and niece. The latter was also decapitated and eviscerated in a manner strongly similar to 26 unsolved murders of women in Florida, starting in 1973, the year Brandt moved to the state. Brandt was later considered the culprit in one of these murders, due to his strong resemblance to a suspect who was filmed by a traffic camera near the place where one body was found. He could not be officially tied to the other crimes due to lack of evidence. Previously, when he was 13 years old in 1971, he attempted to murder his whole family with a gun, for no apparent reason. His mother (who was pregnant) died in this attack, but his father survived, and his sister escaped.[335] Scott Lee Kimball United States 2003–2004 4 21 A skilled forger who, while he ran a legitimate business buying and selling organic beef, primarily enriched himself by passing bad checks on the accounts of others and using forged documents; by 2003 he had faced criminal charges in four Western states. These white-collar crimes also enabled his murders, by allowing him to create evidence that his victims were still alive after he had killed them; he also used their checking accounts and credit cards to further his schemes once they were dead. For the first year of his murder activity, he worked as an informant for the FBI, which both paid him and protected him from facing justice over some of his fraud schemes. Robert Black United Kingdom Ireland (suspected) West Germany (suspected) Netherlands (suspected) France (suspected) 1981–1986 4 18+ Convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering four girls aged between five and 11. Suspect in other earlier child murders in the UK and other European countries. Died weeks before he was to be charged with a fifth child murder.[336] Max Gufler Austria 1946–1958 4 18 Poisoned and drowned four women, but suspected of killing 18 in total. Ernesto Picchioni Italy 1949 and earlier 4 16 Murdered people who approached his home; died of cardiac arrest in 1967. Baekuni Indonesia 1993–2010 4 14 Child rapist who killed young boys; initially sentenced to life imprisonment, but changed to the death sentence.[337] Igor Chernat Soviet Union 1985–1986 4 13 Known as the "Evil Spirit of Kaukjarvi"; Ukrainian soldier who raped and killed women in Kamenka, selling their stolen items afterwards; executed 1987.[338] Ricky Lee Green United States 1985–1986 4 12 Bisexual drifter who killed people he met in bars; his wife assisted in two of the murders; executed in 1997.[339] Robert Hicks Murray United Kingdom 1912 and earlier 4 11+ Bigamist who murdered his wife and three children in a murder-suicide; posthumously revealed to have killed previous wives as well.[340] William Dean Christensen United States Canada 1982–1983 4 10+ Known as "The American Jack the Ripper"; murdered and mutilated three women and one man; Canadian and US authorities also investigated him as a suspect in a total of ten murders, but he died before any of these claims could be confirmed.[341] Angus Sinclair United Kingdom 1961, 1967–1982 4 10 Scottish man who was originally convicted of murdering a 7-year-old girl when he was 16. As well as being convicted of the murders of three women in 1977 and 1978, police suspect he was responsible for four other murders of women in Glasgow in these years.[342] Also a suspect in two other murders in 1970 and 1979 respectively.[343][344] John Cooper United Kingdom 1985–1998 4 9 Psychopathic Welsh burglar who was convicted in 2011 of the double shotgun murders of a couple on the Pembrokeshire coast in 1989 and another during a botched burglary nearby in 1985. Police believed he killed at least one other woman in 1989, and investigated the possibility he could also have been responsible for another double shotgun murder in Bridgend in 1993. A forensic pathologist also claimed to police that he could have been responsible for two murders of elderly siblings in Pembrokeshire in 1976.[345][346][347] Cary Stayner United States 1999 4 9 Known as "The Yosemite Killer". Killed four women in Yosemite, California. Sentenced to death. Brother of kidnapping victim Steven Stayner. Tony Costa United States 1968–1969 4 8 Dismembered and mutilated 4 women in Cape Cod in the late 1960s; linked to at least 4 other deaths and disappearances. Carlton Gary United States 1975–1978 4 8 Gary was convicted of raping and strangling three elderly women in Columbus, Georgia between 1977 and 1978, although police and prosecutors believe him to be responsible for up to seven rape-murders in Columbus. DNA also linked him to an additional murder in Syracuse, New York, but prosecutors did not charge him because he was already on death row. Oakland County Child Killer United States 1976–1977 4 7–11 Unidentified person or persons who abducted and murdered at least four children in Oakland County, Michigan, between 1976 and 1977. Robert Rozier United States 1981–1986 4 7 Former NFL player that was convicted of four murders but confessed to seven as a member of the Nation of Yahweh. Leonard Fraser Australia 1998–1999 4 7 Serial rapist and pedophile who murdered four women in Rockhampton. Sentenced to five consecutive life sentences plus 25 years without the possibility of parole; died in prison of a heart attack in 2007. Christopher Peterson United States 1990 4 7 Peterson was convicted of four fatal shootings by the so-called "Shotgun Killer" that occurred between October and December 1990. He was charged in three other murders related to the killing spree but was acquitted. Ricardo Caputo United States Mexico 1971–1983 4 6 Was No. 1 of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives during his time as a fugitive in the 1980s. Surrendered himself to justice in 1994 and died of cardiac arrest in prison three years later. Anthony Allen Shore United States 1986–1995 4 5 Known as "The Tourniquet Killer"; convicted of strangling a woman with an unusual ligature in 1992 and confessed to killing three girls including two with same MO. Daytona Beach killer United States 2005–2007 4 5 Murdered four, possibly five, women in Daytona Beach, Florida between 2005 and 2007. Jozef Slovák Czechoslovakia 1978–1991 4 4+ Suspected by investigators of more murders, but only four could be proven. Monster of Udine Italy 1980–1989 4 4+ Killed at least 4 victims in the Province of Udine, Italy.[348] John Martin Crawford Canada 1981–1992 4 4+ Convicted in 1996 for the murders of three native women. Oba Chandler United States 1989–1990 4 4+ Convicted for the June 1989 murders of Joan Rogers and her two daughters, whose bodies were found floating in Tampa Bay, Florida with their hands and feet bound. Autopsies showed the victims had been thrown into the water while still alive, with ropes tied to a concrete block around their necks. Chandler was executed in 2011. In February 2014, DNA evidence also identified Chandler as the murderer of Ivelisse Berrios-Beguerisse, who was found dead in Coral Springs, Florida, on November 27, 1990. Dallen Bounds United States 1999 4 4+ Murdered a Radio Shack manager, and a florist at their respective places of business. Then murdered two acquaintances before taking two others hostage and committing suicide. Suspected of additional murders in the Pacific Northwest. Wayne Adam Ford United States 1997–1998 4 4+ Confessed to murdering four women; believed to have killed others. Heinrich Pommerenke Germany 1959 4 4+ Killed four women. Robert Mone United Kingdom 1967–1976 4 4 Scottish man who shot dead a teacher at his former school in Dundee in 1967. Later escaped from a secure hospital in 1976 and killed three more.[349] Jerry Brudos United States 1968–1969 4 4 Brudos was a necrophiliac who had a fascination with women's shoes, and would often dress his victims' corpses in women's clothing.[350] Robert Maudsley United Kingdom 1974–1978 4 4 Sentenced to life without parole in 1974 for murdering a man who had shown him pictures of young boys he had sexually abused. Subsequently, killed another child sex offender in Broadmoor high-security hospital and two more, including a child sex offender, in prison. Has been held in solitary confinement since 1983. Aalt Mondria Netherlands 1978–1997 4 4 Dutch criminal and serial killer who committed four murders and was responsible for a large number of assaults. Mondria was considered extremely violent and aggressive. After a notorious murder of his girlfriend's 10-year-old son, he was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in 1998, after initially receiving life imprisonment for three murders in 1978, for which he also received 15 years imprisonment. Tsutomu Miyazaki Japan 1988–1989 4 4 Japanese man who murdered four young girls between August 1988 and June 1989 popularly known as the Otaku Killer. He was active in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture. Cody Legebokoff Canada 2009–2010 4 4 Canadian serial killer convicted in 2014 by the British Columbia Supreme Court of murdering three women and one teenage girl, between 2009 and 2010, in or near the city of Prince George, British Columbia. He is one of Canada's youngest convicted serial killers. Stephen Port United Kingdom 2014–2015 4 4 Nicknamed "The Grindr Killer", Port met his victims via online gay social networks. He used gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), a date rape drug, adding it to drinks given to his victims, raped them, and murdered four of them in his flat in Barking, east London. Howell Donaldson III United States 2017 4 4 Murdered four people in the Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida in October and November 2017. All four victims were shot dead seemingly at random.[351] Sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole in May 2023.[352][353] Arnold Sodeman Australia 1930–1935 4 4 Sodeman was convicted of murdering four children between 1930 and 1935. He would abduct children, gag them and tie their hands behind their back with their own clothing and then strangle them to death. Sodeman was one of the last eleven people to be executed in Victoria. Craig Price United States 1987–1989 4 4 Murdered four people during violent attacks in their homes in Warwick, Rhode Island when he was a teenager. Fritz Honka Germany 1970–1975 4 4 Strangled sex workers who refused to service him in the way that he wanted. Cayetano Santos Godino Argentina 1912 4 Known as Petiso Orejudo ("the Big-eared Midget"). Teenage arsonist, animal killer and child murderer with congenital syphilis. Arrested at age 16 in 1912 for killing 4 children, although he tried to kill seven more, the first one when he was seven himself. Interned in 1913 in a reformatory, where he tried to kill other immates, and from 1915 in prison. Died in jail in 1948. Eastbound Strangler United States 2006 4 Killed four women in October and November 2006 in Atlantic City, NJ. Each was placed about sixty feet apart in a drainage ditch filled with shallow water. They were facing east and missing their socks. Caroline Grills Australia 1947–1953 4 Poisoned four people (most of them relatives) with thallium hidden in tea and scones she had given them in Sydney. Sentenced to five consecutive life sentences (including one for attempting to poison another family member); died from peritonitis in 1960. Gordon Cummins United Kingdom 1942 4 Raped three of his victims and robbed the remaining one. Also attacked two other women. Sentenced to death by hanging. Marc Sappington United States 2001 4 Schizophrenic serial killer who heard voices telling him to kill after extended daily PCP use. He cannibalized part of his last victim. Peter Woodcock Canada 1956–1991 4 Sexual sadist and child rapist. Killed three young children in Toronto in the 1950s. Sentenced to a psychiatric facility, where he murdered a fellow inmate in 1991. Léopold Dion Canada 1963 4 Known as the "Monster of Port-Rouge". Canadian sex offender and serial killer who was active in Quebec. Sentenced to hang but stabbed to death on November 17, 1972, by fellow inmate Normand "Lawrence d'Arabie" Champagne, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity. John Ingvar Lövgren Sweden 1958–1963 4 Confessed to four murders committed between 1958 and 1963 in the Stockholm region. Lam Kor-wan Hong Kong 1980s 4 Taxi driver and one of Hong Kong's only two known serial killers. Famous for keeping body parts in his parents' home. Jürgen Bartsch West Germany 1962–1966 4 Killed four, one escaped; died by wrongful overdose during castration surgery. Wayne Boden Canada 1968–1971 4 Known as "the Vampire Rapist" killed 4 women between 1968 and 1971; died in prison 2006 Ion Rîmaru Romania 1970–1971 4 Known as "The Vampire of Bucharest". Attacked 15 lone waitresses as they returned from work with a hammer, hatchet, knife or iron bar, always after midnight and under unusual weather (snowstorms, fog, hard rain, etc.). Four were killed. David Meirhofer United States 1967–1974 4 Killed three children and an ex-girlfriend between 1967 and 1974; first serial killer apprehended by offender profiling. Donald Neilson United Kingdom 1971–1975 4 Armed robber and murderer known as the "Black Panther". Died in prison in 2011. Thor Nis Christiansen United States 1977–1979 4 Shot dead and committed necrophilia on 4 young women in Isla Vista, California in the late 1970s. Stabbed to death in prison on March 30, 1981; killer unknown. Michael Lupo United Kingdom 1986 4 Called himself "The Wolf Man". Murdered four men after being diagnosed with HIV, died in prison in 1995. Peter Lundin Denmark 1991–2000 4 Killed his mother in 1991, then killed his mistress and her two children 9 years later; Sentenced to prison. James Swann United States 1993 4 Known as The Shotgun Stalker; killed 4 and injured 5 in Washington D.C. in 1993. Steven Grieveson United Kingdom 1993–1994 4 Murdered four boys in an attempt to conceal his homosexuality. Frank Gust Germany 1994–1998 4 Kill four women form 1994 to 1998. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Alexander Tchayka Russia 1994 4 All the victims were women wearing fur coats and were stabbed multiple times (21 in one case). Peter Moore United Kingdom 1995 4 Stabbed and mutilated four men. Imprisoned for life since 1996. Hiroaki Hidaka Japan 1996 4 Killed and robbed four women. Hanged in 2006. Nicolai Bonner Israel 2005 4 Born in Moldova, Bonner beat to death four fellow immigrants from the former Soviet Union, three of whom were homeless, and then tried to set them on fire. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 2007. Raúl Osiel Marroquín Mexico 2005 4 Called "The Sadist". Lured men in gay bars and strangled them, abandoning their bodies inside suitcases all over Mexico City. Two other victims were released after demanding a ransom from their families. Dale Cregan United Kingdom 2012 4 Richard Kuklinski United States 1948–1986 3 100–250 Harvey Miguel Robinson United States 1992–1993 3 3 An American serial killer who murdered three women when he was only 18 years-old. Albert Fish United States 1924–1932 3 9–100+ American serial killer and child rapist who confessed to three murders for which he was convicted and sentenced to death.[354] Robert Ben Rhoades United States 1989–1990 3 50+ Convicted of murdering three women in Texas and Illinois between 1989 and 1990. Sentenced to life imprisonment.[355] Peter Tobin United Kingdom 1991–2006 3 48 Scottish rapist and serial killer known to have killed at least three young women. Was also previously a suspect in the Bible John murders committed in Glasgow during the late 1960s, although police have now dismissed the theory.[356][357] Pedro Padilla Flores Mexico 1986 3 30 Killed three women in 1986; fled to the US but recaptured and deported back to Mexico; main suspect in the Ciudad Juárez Murders.[358] Stephen Morin United States 1981 3 30[359] Convicted of murdering three women within a period of five weeks in 1981. Sentenced to the death penalty.[360] Dorothea Puente United States 1982–1988 3 9–25 Ran a boarding house in Sacramento where she poisoned tenants and buried them in the yard in order to steal their social security checks.[361] Billy Glaze United States 1986–1987 3 20+ Known as "Butcher Knife Billy". Killer convicted of raping and murdering three Native American sex workers in Minneapolis in 1986 and 1987.[362] Sidney Cooke United Kingdom c. 1960–1989 3 20 Described by The Guardian newspaper in 1999 as "Britain's most notorious paedophile", Cooke and his infamous paedophile ring were convicted of the murder of 14-year-old Jason Swift in 1984. They were also known by police to have been responsible for the abductions and murders of children Barry Lewis and Mark Tildesley. Cooke was the ringleader of the gang, who are believed to have murdered up to 20 children, possibly including Vishal Mehrotra and Martin Allen.[363][364] Bertha Gifford United States 1909–1928 3 17 Found not guilty by reason of insanity of three arsenic poisonings and suspected of 14 other killings, mostly children, in Missouri.[365] Bernhard Prigan Allied-occupied Germany West Germany 1947–1952 3 16 Killed women near highways; confessed to a total of 16 murders.[366] Ronald Janssen Belgium 1990s–2010 3 15+ Patrick Mackay[a] United Kingdom 1973–1975 3 13 Burglar suspect of 12 violent murders during robberies, charged with five, convicted of three. The two other cases were left to lie on file, and proof was later found by police that he had killed one of these victims.[367] Confessed to police that he had killed 13 people.[368][367] Has been eligible for parole since 1995 and since 2017 has been held in an open prison with day release provisions.[369] Now known as 'David Groves'.[369] Koos Hertogs Netherlands 1979–1980 3 12 Dutch serial killer convicted of abducting, torturing, raping and killing three girls. Suspected of killing a further three to nine girls and young women in the 1970s. Michael Gargiulo United States 1993–2008 3 10 Dubbed "The Hollywood Ripper", Gargiulo stabbed 3 women to death, and tried to kill a fourth woman. Sentenced to death in 2021 but still on death row. Chisako Kakehi Japan 2007–2013 3 10 Poisoned her husband and two other men to death, but suspected in another seven deaths; sentenced to death.[370] Heriberto Seda United States 1990–1996 3 8+ Considered to be a copycat of the Zodiac Killer. Claimed to have killed people based on their zodiac signs, and only killed when certain star formations were out. Anthony Hardy United Kingdom 2002 3 8 Known as the "Camden Ripper", killed and dismembered three sex workers in Camden, London in 2002. Police believe he could be responsible for the murders of three other sex workers in London in the 1990s and two others in Nottinghamshire. One other unsolved murder he was linked to was solved in 2011 when her former partner John Sweeney was convicted of her murder.[371][372][373] Michael Lee Lockhart United States 1987–1988 3 6+ Multi-state serial killer who received death sentences in three states (Florida, Indiana, and Texas). He was executed in 1997 in Texas. Peter Dupas Australia 1997–1999 3 6 Sexual sadist from Melbourne, who murdered three women and is suspected of at least three further killings. Was convicted of 16 separate acts of sexual violence before his first murder charge. Serving three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Stephen Griffiths United Kingdom 2009–2010 3 6 Known to have killed three sex workers, but claimed to police to have killed 6.[374] Has been a suspect in one other murder.[375] Dubbed himself the "Crossbow Cannibal" as he killed his victims with a hammer and crossbow and then later ate parts of them.[376] Levi Bellfield United Kingdom 2002–2004 3 6 West London serial killer convicted of two fatal hammer attacks on women and the murder of Milly Dowler. Also a suspect in the murders of his childhood girlfriend Patsy Morris in 1980, Judith Gold, who was hit over the head in 1990,[377][378] and Elizabeth Chau, who disappeared in 1999 and whose murder Bellfield has allegedly confessed to.[379] Hans van Zon Netherlands 1967 3 5+ After the relationship between Hans van Zon and his girlfriend ended in April 1967, van Zon alleged that she continued to impose on him. To put an end to this, he went into her house and killed her with a self-made lead pipe. He also killed an 80-year-old shopkeeper, and a milkman in robberies. In addition to the murders he was tried for, van Zon was also suspected of several other murders, including the lust murder of Elly Segov in 1964 and the murder of the English homosexual film director Claude Berkeley in 1965. Judy Buenoano United States 1971–1980 3 5 Poisoned her husband, boyfriend and son with arsenic; drowned the son in 1980 but caught in 1983 after poisoning and car bombing a fiancée. Martin Ney Germany 1992–2004 3 5 Wore a mask while killing 3 and sexually assaulting at least 40 children. Paul Denyer Australia 1993 3 5 The "Frankston Killer", sentenced to three consecutive life sentences with a non-parole period of 30 years. Bandali Debs Australia 1997–1998 3 5 Convicted of the murder of Kirsty Harty at Upper Beaconsfield in 1997, and of the Moorabbin Police murders 14 months later to avoid arrest for a string of armed robberies; sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus 27 years without the possibility of parole. Gordon Northcott United States 1928 3 4–20 Pedophile who abducted and murdered boys aged between 10 and 12 in Los Angeles and then disposed of the bodies with the help of his mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, and his underage nephew Sanford Clark, whom Northcott had repeatedly threatened and sexually abused. Police considered Northcott a suspect in the disappearance of as many as 20 missing boys in the area that Northcott admitted to have molested, but not murdered; one of these boys surfaced years later alive and confirmed Northcott's version. According to Clark, only four boys were held and murdered in Northcott's property; the three LA children whose remains were found and for whom Northcott was hanged, and an unidentified Mexican boy that Northcott beheaded and disposed of the body near La Puente, California. Peter Kudzinowski United States 1924–1928 3 4 Convicted and executed for the murder of an adult in Scranton, Pennsylvania and two children in New Jersey. Also suspect in the death of two other children in New York City, although Albert Fish later confessed to have murdered one of them himself. Harvey Glatman United States 1957–1958 3 4 Known as "The Lonely Hearts Killer"; Californian rapist and killer; lured women to pose for "bondage photographs"; executed in the gas chamber on September 18, 1959. Martha Ann Johnson United States 1977–1982 3 4 Convicted of smothering three of her children in Atlanta between 1977 and 1982. Sentenced to life in prison on May 5, 1990. Vlado Taneski Republic of Macedonia 2005–2008 3 4 A crime journalist, Taneski came under suspicion when his articles on the rape and murder of three elderly women included information that had not been disclosed by the police. All the victims were poor, uneducated cleaners and knew Taneski's mother. Taneski killed himself in prison before he could be interrogated for the murder of a fourth woman. Özkan Zengin Turkey 2008 3 4 Slit the throats of three confirmed victims before dumping the bodies in wells. Reportedly confessed to an additional murder.[380] Khalil Wheeler-Weaver United States 2016 3 4 American serial killer from Orange, New Jersey, Wheeler-Weaver lured his victims using dating apps and murdered three women and attempted to kill a fourth between August 2016 and November 2016. One of the victim's friends created a fake account and lured him to a meeting before notifying police.[381] William Henry Hance United States 1977–1978 3 4 Hance murdered three women in and around military bases in the late 1970s. He attempted to blame two of the murders on white vigilantes outraged over a series of murders later attributed to Carlton Gary. Hance was also blamed for the murder of a fourth woman at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana but was never brought to trial for this crime. "Charlie Chop-off" United States 1972–1973 3 4 Unidentified assailant who attacked young black and Puerto Rican boys and mutilated their genitals with a straight razor, killing three and leaving one castrated. Another suspected victim was killed but did not have his genitals mutilated. A single suspect was arrested for attempting to abduct another boy, confessed to one of the murders and was hesitantly identified by the surviving victim, but was found unfit for trial and may have been in a mental hospital during the murders. François Vérove France 1986–1994 3 3–9+ Nicknamed "Le Grêlé" ("the pockmarked man"), Verove a former police officer is blamed for four murders and a series of rapes since 1986. His confessed was found on his suicide note alongside body after he killed himself in 2021. The crimes include the 1986 murder of an 11-year-old child, Cécile Bloch, in Paris.[382][383] Louise Peete United States 1912–1942 3 3+ Convicted of murdering a man and woman decades apart, four other acquaintances died suspiciously and four husbands committed suicide. Westley Allan Dodd United States 1989 3 3+ Dodd had an extensive arrest record for molesting children by the time his behavior escalated to include murder. Refusing to appeal his death sentence, he stated that he "should be punished to the full extent of the law, as should all sex offenders and murderers", and that if he ever escaped, he would immediately return to "killing and raping kids". Executed in 1993; his hanging was the first in the United States in 28 years. Scott Erskine United States 1989–1993 3 3+ Convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1989 and the torture-murders of 2 boys in 1993. May be linked to other murders. Donald Leroy Evans United States 1985–1991 3 3+ Murdered a young girl and two women. Suspected of another dozen murders but recanted confessions to over 70 more. Stabbed to death by another death row inmate on January 5, 1999. John Martin United Kingdom 1995 3 3+ (Birth name John Martin Scripps, alias Simon James Davis) While on the run after escaping Britain, Martin killed at least three tourists between 8 and 14 March 1995 and robbed them of their possessions and money: one in Singapore and two in Thailand. He also dismembered their bodies and dumped them in various areas, such as the sea or abandoned places. Martin was also alleged to have killed at least three more people in other countries, such as the US, but these were unconfirmed. He was arrested in Changi Airport when he returned to Singapore on 19 March 1995, and was charged with murder. Martin was found guilty of the one murder he committed in Singapore and thus sentenced to death in November 1995. Martin was executed on 19 April 1996, after he declined to appeal against his sentence.[384] Richard Evonitz United States 1996–1997 3 3+ Abducted and killed 3 girls in Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1996 and 1997 Harvey Carignan United States 1949–1974 3 3+ Serving a life sentence at the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault for the murders of two women. He had been previously convicted for a 1949 rape and murder he committed while stationed in the U.S. Army, in Anchorage, Alaska. John Joubert United States 1982–1983 3 3+ Joubert killed a young boy in Maine and two boys in Nebraska. He was executed by the State of Nebraska in 1996. Akku Yadav India 2004 and earlier 3 3+ Murdered at least three people and dumped their bodies on the railroad tracks; lynched by a mob of around 200 women.[385] Michael Madison United States 2012–2013 3 3+ American serial killer from East Cleveland, Ohio who committed at least three murders. "Bible John" United Kingdom 1968–1969 3 3 Unidentified serial killer who murdered three women in Glasgow, Scotland.[386] Convicted serial killer Peter Tobin was suspected in the murders, but has since been eliminated as a suspect.[357] Andrew Dawson United Kingdom 1982–2010 3 3 Killed an elderly man during a burglary in 1982. Following his release from prison, he stabbed two of his neighbors to death in separate incidents, describing himself as an "Angel of Mercy". He is currently Derby's only serial killer.[387] Leonarda Cianciulli Italy 1939–1940 3 3 Murdered three women in the town of Correggio, Reggio Emilia, and turned their bodies into soap and cakes.[388] Sharon Kinne United States 1960–1964 3 3 Sociopathic serial killer that murdered romantic partners with a handgun. Currently still at large since her escape from prison in 1969. Ted Kaczynski United States 1978–1995 3 3 Domestic terrorist and serial bomber known as the "Unabomber", Kaczynski was responsible for more than two dozen bombings of universities and one airline bombing from 1978 to 1996, justified by Kaczynski by his philosophy that technological advancements would destroy humanity. Arrested in 1996 due to his brother David recognizing the then unidentified Unabomber's manifesto titled Industrial Society and Its Future as the work of Kaczynski. Died in prison on June 10, 2023.[389] Leon Dorsey United States 1994 3 3 Murdered three people from 4 April-11 September 1994. He was serving 60 years for the murder of an Ellis County convenience store employee when surveillance camera footage linked him to the murders of two other people. He was convicted and sentenced to death in June 2000, and executed on 12 August 2008. Ronald Jebson United Kingdom 1970–1974 3 3 Jebson, a prolific child molester, was convicted of raping and killing the eight-year-old daughter of acquaintances in 1974. While serving his sentence he pled guilty to molesting and murdering two other children, Susan Blatchford and Gary Hanlon, in 1970. Charles Albanese United States 1980–1981 3 3 Albanese poisoned his wife's mother and grandmother and his father with arsenic in order to obtain inheritance money, and unsuccessfully tried to poison his brother and mother. He was sentenced to death in two separate trials and ultimately executed in 1995. Jason Thornburg United States 2017–2021 3 2 Thornburg was convicted of three counts of capital murder for killing his roommate and two more women as part of religious sacrifices in Texas in September 2021, and even dismembered the bodies and cannibalise the victims' flesh. Thornburg was sentenced to death for the serial killings in December 2024, and he additionally confessed to killing his girlfriend in Arizona in 2017 and another roommate in May 2021 in Texas. George Chapman United Kingdom 1897–1902 3 Poisoned three consecutive mistresses with tartar emetic. Considered the possible identity of Jack the Ripper at the time of his execution (1903). Martha Rendell Australia 1907–1908 3 Killed three stepchildren with hydrochloric acid in the 20th century; last woman to be hanged in Western Australia. George Joseph Smith United Kingdom 1912–1914 3 Known as "The Brides in the Bath Murders"; killer of three women. Executed by hanging on August 13, 1915. Daisy de Melker South Africa 1923–1932 3 Poisoner; killed two husbands and one son from 1923 to 1932. Eddie Leonski Australia 1942 3 Confessed to three murders after being picked out of a line of American servicemen by witnesses. Sentenced to death and hanged. William Heirens United States 1945–1946 3 Burglar who stabbed three females between. Known as "The Lipstick Killer". John Straffen United Kingdom 1951–1952 3 Killed his third victim after escaping from the mental hospital where he was recluded for the first two murders. Longest-held prisoner in modern British history at the time of his death in 2007. Richard Laurence Marquette United States 1961–1975 3 First 11th name on FBI 10 Most Wanted for killing, mutilating and dismembering a woman in 1961; killed two more with same MO upon 1973 release. Graham Young United Kingdom 1962–1971 3 Called the "Teacup Poisoner". Poisoned over 70 people, 3 of whom died. Charles Schmid United States 1964–1965 3 Known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson"; murdered three teenage girls in 1964 and 1965 and buried them in the desert. Lee Roy Martin United States 1967–1968 3 Known as "The Gaffney Strangler"; killed two women and two girls in South Carolina in 1967 and 1968. Erwin Hagedorn East Germany 1969–1971 3 Killed three boys ages 9 to 12. Was convicted and executed in 1972. Karl F. Warner United States 1969–1971 3 Convicted of murdering three teenage girls, in two separate incidents, in the San Francisco Bay Area communities of San Jose and Saratoga, he was briefly suspected of being the notorious Zodiac Killer, but was soon ruled out as a suspect in that case. Howard Arthur Allen United States 1974–1987 3 Killed three elderly people, as well as assault, burglary, and arson. Sentenced to death June 11, 1988. Trevor Hardy United Kingdom 1974–1976 3 Called "The Monster of Manchester". Died in prison in 2012. Steven David Catlin United States 1976–1984 3 Poisoned three people from 1976 to 1984. Sentenced to death in 1990. Paul Michael Stephani United States 1980–1982 3 Known as "The Weepy-Voiced Killer"; would call police and ask for help after murders. Killed 3 women in the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dámaso Rodríguez Martín Spain 1981–1991 3 Serial rapist and voyeur known as "The Warlock". After being sentenced to 55 years for murdering a man and raping his girlfriend in 1981, he escaped from prison in 1991 and fled to the Anaga mountains in Tenerife, where he killed a couple of German hikers (the woman was also raped). Cornered in an abandoned house, Martín shot himself unsuccessfully and was then shot dead by law enforcement. Altemio Sanchez United States 1981–2006 3 Known as "The Bike Path Rapist" for murdering three women and raping at least 14 others in and around the Buffalo, New York area. Sentenced to 75 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Gregory Brazel Australia 1982–1990 3 Shot dead a woman in 1982 armed robbery and murdered two sex workers in 1990. Brian Dugan United States 1983–1985 3 Convicted of murdering 2 girls and a woman between 1983 and 1985.[390] Valery Asratyan Soviet Union 1988–1990 3 Raped dozens of women in Moscow, murdering three. Executed. Francisca Ballesteros Spain 1990–2004 3 "The Black Widow of Valencia". Poisoned her husband and three children, one of whom survived. Sentenced to 85 years in prison in 2005. Silvo Plut SR Slovenia Serbia and Montenegro Slovenia 1990–2006 3 After serving 13 years in prison in Slovenia for a rape and murder, Plut murdered a second woman in Serbia in 2004 and fled back to Slovenia, where a Serbian petition of extradition was turned down by the government. Plut was then arrested for attacking a couple (wife died, husband survived) and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Committed suicide in 2007. Gabriel Garza Hoth Mexico 1991–1998 3 Known as "The Black Widower", killed 3 women between 1991 and 1998, his victims were wives and lovers. Robert Napper United Kingdom 1992–1993 3 Rapist and murderer who mutilated one of his victims so badly that the policeman who found her was put into therapy for two years. Suspected of up to 70 violent sexual attacks in South East London attributed to the unidentified "Green Chain Rapist". Antonis Daglis Greece 1992–1995 3 "The Athens Ripper". A serial rapist with antecedents for violence, Daglis upgraded to raping, strangling and dismembering three sex workers with a hacksaw in 1992, and tried to kill six more women. In his trial he claimed to hate all sex workers. Killed himself in prison in 1997. Gustavo Romero Tercero Spain 1993–1998 3 "The Valdepeñas Killer". Armed robber and rapist, he killed a couple after the woman recognized him in 1993, and another woman in 1998 after accidentally hitting her with his car, fearing that a possible investigation would link him to the other crimes. Confessed and was sentenced to 83 years in prison for all crimes in 2003, after his ex-wife denounced him. Peter Bryan United Kingdom 1993–2004 3 A paranoid schizophrenic, Bryan was recluded in a mental institution after killing a shop assistant with a hammer in 1993. Released 11 years later after psychiatrists noted his "continued improvement", Bryan immediately killed a friend and was apprehended when he was frying his brains on a pan. Months later, Bryan killed a fellow mental patient, declaring that he didn't eat him solely because he was caught first. Currently imprisoned for life. Lam Kwok-wai Hong Kong 1993 3 Convicted of 10 rapes and 3 murders that he committed with his bare hands. One of two only known serial killers in Hong Kong. Dana Sue Gray United States 1994 3 Convicted of murder of three elderly women and attempted murder of a fourth in California.[391] Robin Ligus United Kingdom 1994 3 Died in a mental institution in 2012. Jack Owen Spillman United States 1994–1995 3 Known as "The Werewolf Butcher"; killed two girls and the mother of one of them in Washington State in 1994 and 1995. Scott Williams United States 1997–2006 3 Killed and mutilated three women between 1997 and 2006. Sentenced to life. Juan Covington United States 1998–2005 3 Shot and killed 3 people.[392] Matthew James Harris Australia 1998 3 Strangled a friend's brother, a female friend and a male neighbour to death over five weeks in 1998 in Wagga Wagga. Yukio Yamaji Japan 2000–2005 3 Murdered his own mother in 2000, and then murdered a 27-year-old woman and her 19-year-old sister in 2005.[393] Hiroshi Maeue Japan 2005 3 Called the "Suicide Website Murderer" for finding his victims in an online suicide community. Maeue offered to painlessly kill themselves together by charcoal burning in a car, but once together he strangled them with his bare hands instead, as this excited him sexually. Hanged in 2009. António Luís Costa Portugal 2005–2006 3 Ex-soldier, suffocated three women (and mutilated the first one) in Santa Comba Dao. Özgür Dengiz Turkey 2007 3 Known as "The Cannibal of Ankara" for eating one of his victims; a third victim survived. Interned in a mental institution after his conviction to two life sentences was overturned. Mario Alberto Sulú Canché Mexico 2007–2008 3 Killed 3 women from 2007 to 2008; later committing suicide by hanging in prison. Joanna Dennehy United Kingdom 2013 3 Carried out the Peterborough ditch murders. Over a period of two weeks, murdered her landlord and two of her house mates by stabbing them. With the help of accomplices she dumped the bodies in ditches, then attempted to kill two strangers in broad daylight by stabbing them. Given whole life tariff on 28 February 2014. Kimberly McCarthy United States 1988–1997 3 Executed for murdering her neighbour, 71-year-old Dorothy Booth; DNA evidence proved she had murdered two other elderly women, but she was never charged. David Burgess United Kingdom 1966—1967 3 Stabbed and strangled three young girls in Beenham over a two-year period. Larry Hall United States 1980–1994 2 50+ Hall traveled around the American Midwest as part of his interest in historical reenactments, which he would also use as a cover for stalking, raping, and murdering teenage girls. It is believed his first murders were committed when he was 18 years old. Although he was convicted of kidnapping 15-year-old Jessica Roach, Hall has never been charged with murder. Authorities have tied 15 murders to Hall, though only been able to confirm two, he has admitted to (and recanted) committing 39, though the FBI believes he could have committed as many as 50 in at least three states.[394] Alejandro Máynez Mexico 1980s–1990s 2 50+ Killed at least two women in Ciudad Juárez, but believed to be 50. Supposedly, along with Ana Benavides and Melchor Máynez. Billy Gohl United States 1901–1913 2 40–140+ Alleged to have killed from 40 to 140 seamen in Aberdeen, Washington Gerard John Schaefer United States 1969–1973 2 30+ Florida police officer who killed up to 34 women and girls. Stabbed to death by fellow inmate Vincent Faustino Rivera on December 3, 1995. Macario Alcala Canchola Mexico 1960–1962 2 12+ Known as "Mexican Jack"; convicted of the murders of two sex workers but suspected of at least twelve more murders. Bruce Lindahl United States 1974–1981 3 12+ Accidentally killed himself while stabbing one of his victims; posthumously connected to various rape-murders in Dupage County. Robert Zarinsky United States 1958–1974 2 10 Killed people between 1958 and 1974. Ed Gein United States[395] 1950–1957 2 2 Famous for using/storing body parts of his victims to make household furniture, clothing and other miscellaneous household items. José Luis Calva Mexico 2007 2 8 Killed and cannibalized women. Hanged himself in prison after being convicted to 84 years for two murders.
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