Known as "The Crossbow Cannibal" convicted of murdering three prostitutes in Bradford Known as "The Sunderland Strangler" murdered four teenage boys in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Known as "The Stockwell Strangler" gerontophile who murdered elderly citizens in London Known as "The Ogress of Reading" baby farmer who murdered infants in her care Together with accomplice David Mulcahy, known as "The Railway Rapists" killed three women near railway stations in Southern England Stabbed three men to death and tried to kill two others selected at random in what became known as the " Peterborough ditch murders". Known as "The Blackout Ripper" murdered four women in London during the wartime blackout in 1942, and suspect in two previous murders from 1941 Murdered two people and later two police officers in Manchester Known as "The Lambeth Poisoner" Scottish-Canadian doctor who poisoned women with strychnine in the United States and then England Poisoned family members and acquaintances for their insurance policies Known as "The Rillington Place Strangler" gassed, raped and strangled at least five women from 1943 to 1953, hiding the bodies at his house in Notting Hill, London also strangled his wife Ethel, as well as the wife and baby daughter of neighbour Timothy Evans, who was wrongfully executed for their murders. Known as "The Borough Poisoner" Polish-born barber who poisoned his wives in London's East EndĪpparent contract killer who killed six people in East London, although none of the bodies were ever found Murdered three young girls in Beenham originally convicted of two murders, he was released in 1996, only to be convicted of the third murder in 2012 after new DNA evidence was found. Institutionalized for fatal hammer attack on woman in 1993 re-apprehended for cannibalizing a friend in 2004, but able to batter a fellow patient to death months later Strangled two men, one in Tilbury and another in Denmark, in 1979 sentenced to life, but released in 1994, and later killed a prostitute in Woodsetton in 1999.
Poisoned her daughter, husband, and the wife of her lover in 1886 first woman to be executed by hanging at Strangeways Prison Scottish bandit who killed seven people around the East English MarchesĬommitted the so-called Moors murders with girlfriend Myra Hindley, killing five children and burying their bodies in the Saddleworth Moor Leader of "The London Burkers" together with Thomas Williams and two accomplices, formed a gang of body snatchers that drugged and killed victims for money Known as "The Bus Stop Stalker" convicted of the 2002 murder of Amanda Dowler and two fatal hammer attacks on young women in South West London. Sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order
Poisoned relatives and acquaintances with arsenic in Happisburgh Known as "The Angel of Death" Lincolnshire paediatric nurse who killed children in her careĬommitted suicide prior to identification Known as "The Cul-de-sac killer" Nigerian immigrant suspected of killing elderly people in Blackpool and the Isle of Man Known as "The Moon Mad Murderer" killed three women and injured two others around the Warwick Parish area Sentenced to death commuted to life imprisonment Bermuda Nameīlack militant who shot five White men, including Governor Richard Sharples, with accomplice Larry Tacklyn
#Active serial killers series#
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial killing as "a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone". ( March 2023)Ī serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items.
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