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Encyclopedia > List of serial killers by number of victims
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A serial killer is defined as a person who murders three or more people, in three or more separate events over a period of time. There are gaps of time in between the killings, which may comprise of a few hours up to many years. This list shows serial killers in order of how many victims they had. In many cases, the exact number of victims assigned to a serial killer is not exactly known, and even if that person is convicted of a few, there can be the possibility that he/she killed many more. Image File history File links Merge-arrow. ... It has been suggested that List of serial killers by number of victims be merged into this article or section. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...


The second column in the table states the number of victims that were definitely assigned to that particular serial killer. The third column states the number of other possible victims that the killer could also have murdered. Some of these crimes are yet to be solved, but have been included because they are notorious or clearly the work of a serial killer, despite nobody being caught.

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Name Country Proven Victims (either in court, by detailed confession, or according to most scholars) Possible Victims Notes
Thug Behram India 125 931 from 1790 to 1830 - He confessed to 125 murders, and reported being present at 931.
Erzsébet Báthory Hungary 36-200 200-600 born 1560, died 1614, accused of murdering 600 or so people, but there was no public trial.
Luis Garavito Colombia 140 300 Targeted young boys, arrested in 1999
Pedro Lopez Colombia 57 300 Targeted young girls, arrested in 1980
Dr. Harold Shipman United Kingdom 284 Convicted of 15, but investigators estimate he killed 216 Targeted his hospital patients, many of whom were elderly women. Caught when Kathleen Grundy died suddenly in his care, and her will had suddenly been amended so it would benefit him and no-one else. Killed his patients with lethal injections of diamorphine, before altering their medical records to make it look as if they were of poor health.
Henry Lee Lucas United States 11 2-200 born 1936, died 2001. Confessed to about 3,000 murders, convicted of 11 of which at least some were highly dubious
Gilles de Rais France 200 200 Testimony gained under torture and confession under threat of torture, as was customary.
Hu Wanlin China 196 196 Sentenced to 15 years on 1st October 2000.
Dr John Bodkin Adams United Kingdom 0 163+ Controversially acquitted of one murder in 1957 but pathologist Francis Camps suspected him of 163 murders between 1946 and his arrest in 1956.[1]
Jack Unterweger Austria 10 15 born 1950, died 1994. Was 14 years in Austrian prison because of a murder in 1974. Killed at least 9 prostitutes after his release. Was a small media star in Austrian media in the early 90's and arrested in the U.S. (where he may have killed another 3 prostitutes) on behalf of Austrian police. Hanged himself 1994 after being sentenced to life in prison.
Thomas Quick Sweden 8 30 Raped and murdered up to 30 men
Champ Ferguson U.S. 2+53 +47 Before being hanged in 1865 claimed at his trial to have killed 100 men
Billy the Kid U.S. 4 5 Legendary western gunman supposed to have killed 21 men
John Wesley Hardin U.S. 10 3 {?} from 1868 to 1877 - He claimed in a posthumous autobiography to have committed 44 killings.
William P. Longley U.S. 7 0 from 1868 to 1877 - He claimed in a posthumous autobiography to have committed 32 killings.
Billy Gohl U.S. 2 ? Between 1901 and 1913 alleged to have killed from 40 to 140 seamen in Aberdeen, Washington
Johann Hoch U.S. 1 14? Before being Hanged February 23, 1906, alleged to have been active from 1888 or 1891 to 1905
Carl Panzram U.S. 4 21 from 1920 to 1928 - He claimed in a posthumous autobiography to have committed over 22 killings.
H. H. Holmes U.S. 27 20-200 Confessed to 27 murders, though only nine have been confirmed. Estimates vary wildly.
Queho U.S. 5 1? Active 1910/1911 and 1919. Found Dead in a cave 1940
Edgar Watson U.S. 1 4 Florida Plantation owner alleged to have killed his own farm workers {Urban legend?}. Shot by his own neighbors October 1910.
John Williams U.S. 11 7+3? Georgia Plantation owner convicted in 1921 for killing his own farm workers
Juan Vallejo Corona U.S. 25 0 California Contractor convicted in 1971 for killing migrant workers
Randy Steven Kraft U.S. 67 67-100 Convicted on 15 counts of murder, left a cryptic list of 65 murders. May have had an accomplice.
Ted Bundy U.S. 30 100+ Estimated that he may have killed more than 100.
Dr.Marcel Petiot France 26 1+37 Active 1926 and from 1942 to 1944. Executed 1946
Andrei Chikatilo USSR/Russia 53 56 Convicted of the murder of fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990. 3 people were previously convicted & executed for his crimes
Anatoly Onoprienko Ukraine 52 52+ Convicted of the murders of nine people in 1989, and 43 people in 1995-1996. Traveled through Europe illegally from 1990-1995, whether he killed during this time is unknown.
Zodiac Killer U.S. 5 37 Targeted young couples, was never apprehended
Moninder Singh Pandher India 0 30+ Investigation currently underway after 15 partial skeletal remains were discovered in December 29, believed to have raped and killed at least 30, mostly children
Gary Leon Ridgway U.S. 48 48 Truck painter who confessed to killing 48 women (mostly prostitutes), and dumping many of them along the Green River, near Seattle, Washington.
Amy Archer-Gilligan U.S. 5 48? Active 1910 to 1917; died in Mental hsopital 1928
Belle Gunness U.S. 40? 6? Of La Porte, Indiana and possibly Los Angeles, California
Charles Cullen U.S. 18 40 Nurse in New Jersey and Pennsylvania who murdered 40 patients between 1988 and 2003.
John Wayne Gacy U.S. 33 33 The 'Killer Clown' who kept bodies buried under his Chicago home
Joseph Paul Franklin U.S. 8 20 Confessed to 20 murders and several attempted murders, awaiting trial for most of these crimes
Jeffrey Dahmer U.S. 17 17 Dahmer ate some of them; he kept body parts in his freezer
Dennis Nilsen United Kingdom 15 15 Picked up young men in London between 1978 and 1982 and dismembered them, keeping various body parts around his home.
Herbert Mullin United States 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.
Kaspars Petrovs Latvia 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.
Fred West and Rosemary West United Kingdom 12 12+ Mainly targeted young females but was also found guilty of the murder of their own daughter. Also found guilty of raping another daughter. Buried the victims around their house and local area. Fred West said there were more victims, shortly before he committed suicide on New Year's day, 1995.[2]
John Wayne Glover Australia 12 12 Targeted elderly women
Edmund Kemper United States 10 10 A victim of Herbert Mullin was attributed to him originally.
Dennis Rader United States 10 10 Known as the BTK Killer, murdered at least ten people in Sedgwick County (in and around Wichita), Kansas, between 1974 and 1991
Ivan Milat Australia 7 7 Backpacker murders
Christopher Worrell Australia 7 7 Died before capture
James Miller Australia 6 7 Sentenced to life imprisonment for 6 murders
Robert Pickton Canada 6 29+ Ongoing case. Charged with at least 6 murders, but there are possibilities he may have killed over 29.
Kristen Gilbert United States 5 5+ Targeted patients. Sentenced to life without parole.
Jack the Ripper Great Britain 5 4-16 Nobody was ever caught for the murders, and the identity of the killer has never been discovered. Preyed on prostitutes in Whitechapel, London in 1888.
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Great Britain 5 5 The 'Moors Murderers'. Abducted children in northern England. They were found guilty of two and three murders respectively.
'Suffolk Ripper' Great Britain 5 5-14 Still an unsolved case. Referred to as 'Suffolk murders', 'Ipswich murders', 'Ipswich Ripper', 'Suffolk Ripper', 'Suffolk Strangler', 'East Anglia Ripper', 'Red Light Ripper' and 'the Suffolkator'. Five prostitute murders in late 2006 have been linked by police. Steve Wright is currently awaiting trial. There are possible links to other, previous Suffolk prostitute killings.
Peter Woodcock Canada 4 4 born 1937. Sexual sadist and child rapist. Killed three young children in Toronto, Canada in the 1950s. Sentenced to a psychiatric facility. Murdered a fellow inmate in 1991.
Lam Kor-wan Hong Kong 4 4 born 1955. Male taxi driver and one of Hong Kong's only serial killers, famous for keeping body parts in his parents home.
Eddie Leonski Australia 3 3 Confessed to three murders after being picked out of a line of American servicemen by witnesses. Was sentenced to death, and hanged in 1942.
Danny Rollings United States 5 8 Known as the "Gainesville Ripper," murdered 5 students in the quiet University of Florida town in August of 1990. Executed October 6, 2006.

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Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... . Danny Harold Rolling (May 26, 1954 – October 25, 2006), the Gainesville Ripper, was a convicted U.S. serial killer. ...

See also

This is a list of notable serial killers, by their country of origin or activity. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a murderous assault on his victims in a short time in multiple locations. ...

References

  1. ^ Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9
  2. ^ "Murder UK - Rosemary and Fred West" Murder UK Retrieved 12 July 2007

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