The following is a list of known serial killers, in roughly chronological order.
- Bob Wellington (1822-1864) 9 dead, bullet surgically removed in brain and died 1 hour later.
- Locusta (?- A.D. 69)[1]
- Melissa (1404–1440) some 40 bodies found, generally suspected of 80-200 murders
- Marcus Heizenburg (?-?1440)
- Christman Genipperteinga (?-1581) Admitted to 964 murders.
- Lalo (?-1589) Confessed to killing and having eaten 18 individuals
- Axlar-Björn (?-1596) Suspected of killing 9-18 persons
- Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614) Suspected of torturing up to 650 servants to death
- La Quintrala (1604–1665) Accused and tried for over 40 murders of servants
- Marie de Brinvilliers (1630–1676) Poisoned at least 3 persons
- Darya Saltykova (1730–1801) Suspected to killing about 138 servants, convicted on 38 accounts of murder
- Anna Maria Zwanziger (1760–1811) Poisoned at least 8 persons, 4 of whom died.
- Harpe Brothers (1768–1799, and 1770–1804) Murdered at least 40 men, women and children
- William Burke (1792–1829, and William Hare c. 1804–?) Murdered 17 individuals
- Delphine LaLaurie (c. 1775–1842) Tortured and maimed her slaves, at least 3 died.
- Thug Behram (1765–1840) May have been involved in 931 murders, confessed to about 125.
- Hélène Jégado (1824–1856) Convicted of 3 murders by poisoning, believed responsible for 36
- William Palmer (1803–1852) Suspected of 6-7 murders by poisoning, convicted of 1
- Manuel Blanco Romasanta (1809-1863, active 1844-1853) Confessed to having killed 13 people in the shape of a wolf, found guilty of 9 murders
- Mary Ann Cotton (1832–1873) Suspected of 21 cases of fatal poisonings, convicted on murdering her own children
- Filipe Espinosa (1836–1863, active in 1863) Involved in the killings of 26 persons
- Francisco Guerrero (1840–1910, active 1880-1888 and 1908)[2][3] killed 21 women, 20 reported as prostitutes
- Guadalupe Bejarano (?-?, active 1887-1892)[4][5] Murdered 3 children
- The Bloody Benders (active 1872–1873) 11 known victims
- Thomas Neill Cream (active 1881–1892) 5 known victims
- Servant Girl Annihilator (active 1884–1885) 16 known victims
- Jane Toppan (active 1885–1901) 31 victims
- Jack the Ripper (active 1888) 5 victims
- H. H. Holmes (1860–1896) 27 murders confessed, found guilty of 4.
- Joseph Vacher (1869–1898) Suspected of 11-27 murders
- John & Sarah Makin (active in late nineteenth century, to 1892)[6] Remains of 12 dead infants found at their homes.
- George Chapman (active 1897–1902) Poisoned 3 women
- Johann Otto Hoch (1862–1906) Found guilty of 1 murder, police suspected at least 15 cases of murder.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Newton, Michael (2000). The encyclopedia of serial killers. New York: Facts on File. p. 140. ISBN 0-8160-3978-X.
- ^ Pilcher, Jeffrey M. (2006). "2. THe Porfirian Jungle". (1 st. ed.). New Mexico, USA: University of New Mexico Press. pp. 62–65. ISBN 978-0-8263-3796-2. Retrieved 20 July 2012. Unknown parameter
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