Christie John Reginald (1898-1953) English. Killed perhaps 8. Death sentence. Hanged.
Cotton Mary Anne (1832-1873) English. Killed 20. Death sentence. Hanged.
Cream Thomas Neill Dr. (1850-1892) Scottish-born. Killed perhaps 6 in Chicago and London. Death sentence. Hanged. (His last words were ‘I am Jack …’ meaning Jack the Ripper. He could not have been as he was in jail when Jack was killing.
Cunanan Andrew (1969-1997) American of Italian and Filipino descent. Killed 5 people including Gianni Versace. Committed Suicide.
Jeffrey Dahmer (1960-1994) American. Killed at least 17. Sentenced to 15 life sentences. Beaten to death by fellow prisoner.
De Melker Daisy (1886-1932) South African. Killed 3 with poison. Death sentence. Hanged.
Denke Karl (1870-1924) German. Killed at least 30 and cannibalised their flesh. Committed Suicide.
DeSalvo Albert Henry (1931-1973) American. Aka the Boston Strangler. Killed 13 women. Life sentence. Was murdered in Maximum Security Section of Walpole State Prison.
Fish Albert Hamilton (1870-1936)American. Aka the Gray Man; Werewolf of Wysteria; Brooklyn Vampire. Killed at least 5 and cannibalised their flesh. Death sentence. Died/electric hair in Sing Sing.
Gacy John Wayne (1942-1994) American. Aka the Killer Clown. Killed 33 boys and men. Death sentence. Died/lethal injection.
Haigh John George (1909-1949)English. Aka the Acid Bath Murderer. Killed at least 9. Death sentence. Hanged.
Hindley Myra (1942-2002) English. Died of natural causes while serving life sentence. (See Brady Ian.)
Holmes H.H. (1860-1898) American. Real name Mudgett Herman Webster. Killed 27 women. Death sentence. Hanged.
Jack the Ripper (?) Identity unknown. Killed between 5-11 London prostitutes.
Kacynski Theodore John (1942-) Aka Unabomber. Killed by mail bombings. Serving life sentence.
Kearney Patrick (1940-) American. Aka the Freeway Killer. Killed 28 men. Serving life sentence.
Kiss Bela (1877-?) Hungarian. Killed at least 24 women. Fate unknown. Thought to have set off for USA.
Kurten Peter (1833-1931) German. Killed at least 9 with another 7 possibles. Death sentence. Guillotined.
Landru Henri-Desire (1869-1922) French. Aka Modern Bluebeard. Killed 11 women. Death sentence. Guillotined. His story was the inspiration for the Charlie Chaplin film Monsieur Verdoux (1947).
Loeb Richard (1905-1936) American. With Leopold Nathan killed a boy to prove they were supermen. Life sentence. Stabbed to death in prison. His death inspired the newsman Ed Lahey to write in the Chicago Daily News, "Richard Loeb, despite his erudition, today ended his sentence with a proposition."
Leopold Nathan (1904-1971) American. Died in prison of heart attack.
Manson Charles (1934-)American. Real name Charles Milles Maddox. Leader of Manson Family commune. Killed Sharon Tate, wife of Roman Polanski. Life sentence.
Pacciani Pietro (1925-1998) Italian. Aka Monster of Florence. Killed 8 young couples. Life sentence. Died mysteriously while awaiting retrial in prison.
Paulin Thiery (1963-1989) French. Aka Old Ladies’ Killer; Beast of Montmartre; Dandy of Death. Died of AIDS while awaiting trial for killing between 18-21 old ladies in Paris.
Petiot Marcel (1897-1946) French. Aka Dr. Satan. Killed an estimated 200. Sentenced to death for the murder of 26. Guillotined.
Ramirez Richard (1960-) American. Aka the Night Stalker. Killed at least 13. Death sentence. Awaiting execution at San Quentin.
Speck Richard (1941-1991) American. Killed 8 student nurses in Chicago. Death sentence. Died in prison of heart attack.
Shawcross Arthur (1945-) American. Killed at least 11 prostitutes. Serving life sentence.
Shipman Harold Dr. (1946-2004) English. Might have killed 215 patients. Life sentence. Committed suicide.
Sithole Moses (1964-) South African. Aka the ABC Murderer. Killed 38. Serving life sentence.
Stano Gerald (1951-1998) American. Killed 41. Death sentence Died/electric chair.
Starkweather Charles (1938-1959) American. Killed 11 in spree killing. Death sentence. Died/electric chair.
Sutcliff Peter (1946-) English. Aka the Yorkshire Ripper. Killed 13 women. Serving life sentence.
Taborsky Joseph (1924-1960) American. Aka Mad Dog or The Chin. Exact number of victims unknown. Death sentence. Died/electric chair.
Vacher Joseph (1869-1898) French. Aka the French Ripper. Killed 11. Death sentence. Guillotined.
West Fred (1941-1995) English. With wife Rosemary killed 12. Life sentence. Committed suicide. Rosemary West is serving her life sentence.
Wournos Aileen (1956-2002) American. Killed 7 men. The 2003 film Monster, starring Charlize Theron tells her story. Death sentence. Died/lethal injection.
Yang Xinhai (1968-2004) Chinese. Killed 67. Sentenced to death. Executed.
Zodiac Killer Identity still unknown. Case still open. Killed at least 5 in California.
