Infamous Serial Killers
Name↕ | Nickname↕ | Country↕ | Active Years↕ | Confirmed Victims↕ | Fate↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Bundy | The Lady Killer | United States | 1974-1978 | 30 | Executed by electric chair in Florida, 1989 |
Jeffrey Dahmer | The Milwaukee Cannibal | United States | 1978-1991 | 17 | Beaten to death by fellow inmate in prison, 1994 |
John Wayne Gacy | The Killer Clown | United States | 1972-1978 | 33 | Executed by lethal injection in Illinois, 1994 |
Gary Ridgway | The Green River Killer | United States | 1982-1998 | 49 | Serving life without parole in Washington |
Harold Shipman | Dr. Death | United Kingdom | 1975-1998 | 218 | Hanged himself in prison, 2004 |
Pedro Lopez | The Monster of the Andes | Colombia | 1969-1980 | 110 | Released from Ecuadorian prison in 1998; current whereabouts unknown |
Luis Garavito | La Bestia | Colombia | 1992-1999 | 193 | Died in prison, 2023 |
Andrei Chikatilo | The Rostov Ripper | Soviet Union | 1978-1990 | 52 | Executed by gunshot in Russia, 1994 |
Dennis Rader | BTK Killer | United States | 1974-1991 | 10 | Serving 10 consecutive life sentences in Kansas |
Richard Ramirez | The Night Stalker | United States | 1984-1985 | 13 | Died of natural causes on death row, 2013 |
Albert Fish | The Gray Man | United States | 1924-1932 | 3 | Executed by electric chair in New York, 1936 |
H.H. Holmes | America's First Serial Killer | United States | 1891-1894 | 9 | Hanged in Philadelphia, 1896 |
Ed Gein | The Butcher of Plainfield | United States | 1954-1957 | 2 | Died in a mental hospital, 1984; inspired Psycho and Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
Peter Sutcliffe | The Yorkshire Ripper | United Kingdom | 1975-1980 | 13 | Died in prison of COVID-19, 2020 |
Anatoly Onoprienko | The Terminator | Ukraine | 1989-1996 | 52 | Died in prison, 2013 |
Aileen Wuornos | The Damsel of Death | United States | 1989-1990 | 7 | Executed by lethal injection in Florida, 2002 |
Javed Iqbal | The Kukri Gang Leader | Pakistan | 1998-1999 | 100 | Found dead in prison cell, 2001 |
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