TikTok video from conspiracy and Mystery (@wetheconspiracy): "Ted Bundy, born Theodore Robert Cowell, was one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. The FBI defines a serial killer as one person acting alone who commits two or more murders in separate events, often with a psychological motive or sadistic sexual component. Over the two-year period, at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults were killed. Multi-state killer who, along with his accomplice, murdered a man and injured another, murdered four women and three young girls, and raped a young girl . Died: December 2020. Page 1 of 22 ( 327 Killers ) # 1 Samuel Little Samuel McDowell 60 Victims 36 Years # 2 Gary Ridgway The Green River Killer, The Riverman 49 Victims 19 Years # 3 The case became known as the "Freeway Phantom Murders," and frighteningly, the killer was never caught. He was known in the media as the Lonely Hearts Killer and the Glamour Girl Slayer. Washington state investigators have certainly had a difficult job fighting and apprehending serial killers throughout the decades. As of August 2022, four of the cases have been definitively solved, and authorities now believe that multiple offenders are involved. JULY 4, 1986", Keith Hunter Jesperson: Happy Face Killer, "Arrest in Murder Brings 'Butcher Slayings' Checkup", "Police solve two cases from 1980s tied to 1984 Halloween murders", "Suspected serial killer/rapist gets another 100 years in prison", "Man who killed girlfriend, infant loses final appeal", "Connected in Friendship, and in Shared Addictions", "Ryan Commutes All Illinois Death Sentences", "Texas Nurse Suspected of Killing Up to 60 Children Is Charged With Murder", "Five Given Injections Quit Breathing, Doctor Says In Nurse's Trial", "Former Nurse Indicted in Texas Child Injury Case", "Even in death, 'The Mule' confused with more prolific serial killer", "A serial rapist took the blame for South Florida woman's murder. Criminal who's responsible for numerous crimes committed with her son, Kenneth Jr. Known as "The Boy Torturer". September 25, 2014", "Confessions made him the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. ", "FBI launches task force for "Gypsy Hill Murders", "Jury finds alleged 'Gypsy Hill Killer' guilty of killing two teens in 1976", "Hog Trail Murders: New Technology Helps Create Sketch That May Help Identify Potential Victim", "Could 4 women's murders on the N. Freeway be connected? First 11th person named on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. Years later, Hoyt said she killed themthen recanted. Most of their killers got away.JAN 16, 2018", "Author investigates Cincinnati Strangler", "New Investigator Looking into the Colonial Parkway Murders", "New details published in Colonial Parkway murders", "Giant Wanted Posters Put Up In Columbus", "New England Unsolved: The Valley Killer, part 1", "Seek One Woman-Slayer for Five Mystery Murders", "Hideous Girl Murders in Dayton, O; Resemble London's Famous Whitechapel Crimes of Years Ago", "Serial killers worked Denver streets from '75 to '95, police say. May 2019", "Detectives: 40 Drowning Victims May Have Been Murdered by 'Smiley Face Gang", "Exclusive: Detective Tries To Solve 25-Year-Old Serial Killer Cold Case. Two of the four women have never been identified. In 1984, news went national with the discovery of four naked, carefully posed, female murder victims. 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Killed vagrants with her partner-in-crime, Killed five patients by injecting bleach into their dialysis lines, Respiratory therapist who murdered his patients at, Killed one of his friends, his son, and his daughter, Known as "The Bike Path Rapist"; responsible for three murders and numerous rapes spanning a 25-year period in, Juvenile who murdered two cousins and a girl during "mad spells", Rapist who murdered women and children around, Murdered in prison by fellow inmate Vincent Rivera, Imprisoned in 1973 for the murders of two women while he was a sheriff's deputy in, Known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson"; murdered three teenage girls in Arizona with the aid of local teenagers, German-born bigamist known as "The American Bluebeard", Raped and killed young girls and women in the Fort Worth area, Confessed to murdering dozens of people, possibly in excess of 70, only six are confirmed, Abducted, raped and killed women and children across, Murdered victims selected at random in Portland, Oregon; confessed to additional murders, including one in California, Known as "The Derby Poisoner"; poisoned eight children in her care, six of which were her own, and her three husbands in, Known as "The Tourniquet Killer"; murdered three young girls and a young woman in Texas, Killed nine people across America in three months; responsible for at least one of the Southside Slayer murders, Known as "The Monster"; killed an acquaintance as a teenager; paroled and went on to kill two teenage runaways and his half-sister, Known as "The Boxcar Killer"; alleged member of, Preyed on women and teenage girls in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Known as "The Coin Shop Killer"; targed coin shop owners in order to rob them of valuable coin collections, Killed his girlfriend and two wives during violent outbursts, First convict to kill an on-duty female corrections officer, Convicted of killing at least four women in Illinois and Arkansas; claimed in his book to have murdered eight women while stationed in Germany, Killed his father, wife and two children in Missouri in separate incidents; fled to Oregon, where he killed another young child before his capture, Known as "Flypaper Lyda"; serial poisoner who killed four husbands, a young daughter and a brother-in-law, Known as "The Cleveland Strangler" and "The Imperial Avenue Murderer", Known as "The Southside Strangler"; committed three rapes and murders in, Neo-Nazi sympathizer who shot people during a racist and anti-Semitic shooting spree at, His wife implicated him in 34 different murders in seven different states, After being paroled for murdering his first wife in 1975, he married twice more, murdering both, Murdered five people in three states from 1965 to 1966; was controversially released from prison in 1985 and later killed a sixth person, Known as "The Weepy-Voiced Killer" due to a series of telephone calls he made to police, anonymously reporting his crimes in a remorseful and high-pitched voice; active in the, Murdered four people from April to July 1989 on, Known as "The Kelso Killer"; murdered three people during robberies in, Career criminal and prison escapee who murdered people in St. Louis, Known as "The Riverside Prostitute Killer", Ex-policeman who tortured and killed prostitutes and drug dealers at his, Raped and murdered women in the Boston area, including. Actively working on a B.S in Criminal Justice I have knowledge in a wide range of topics including but not limited to Forensic Science, American Law, CPTED, Active Shooter Prevention, Sex Crimes . Poisoned two husbands and four children, Suspected in various murders across Oregon, Washington and possibly Canada, Responsible for at least two of "The Southside Slayer" murders in, Transient who killed people in various states, some allegedly as part of a biker gang or for human sacrifices, Murdered three people during a five month crime spree in 1980 and a cab driver in 1982; confessed to murders dating back to 1956, Nurse in New Jersey and Pennsylvania who murdered patients, Shot and killed three men in Southern California for no apparent reason, Murdered two women and a teenage girl in Oregon, Milwaukee cannibal who retained various body parts of his victims, Died in a car crash prior to apprehension, Murdered people at campsites across three states, Murdered his cellmate while serving a life sentence for murdering six homeless men during a stabbing spree, Murdered two men during robberies, and later a prison guard; confessed to numerous sexually-motivated murders of men across the country, Ambulance dispatcher who abducted, raped and killed women in Baltimore, Nurse who killed patients at the hospital where he worked, Known as "The Golden State Killer", "The Visalia Ransacker", "The East Area Rapist", and "The Original Night Stalker"; murdered three people in Sacramento and 10 people in Southern California from 1975 through 1986; also linked to more than 50 rapes in the Sacramento area from 1976 to 1979, Itinerant gambler who killed female acquaintances during arguments, Murdered a neighbor in Delaware; paroled, then murdered two homeless women along the, Indonesian national who killed two business associates and his brother in Los Angeles, stashing their bodies in storage facilities, Convicted sex offender who sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in, Known as "The Giggling Granny" and "The Jolly Black Widow"; serial poisoner who killed four husbands, two children, her two sisters, her mother, a grandson, and a mother-in-law, Robbed, raped, and murdered women across two Georgia counties, Raped at least 17 young boys and three young girls, Burglar who raped and violently beat elderly women in, Murdered three young boys in California, including his friend's younger brother, Eaton is also suspected of being behind the killings known as "The Great Basin Murders", Murdered transients in alcohol-induced rages, Sentenced to death for shooting his foster son in 1996 insurance murder, Pedophile who preyed on children in Los Angeles County, California, Stabbed to death women who rejected his romantic advances, Known as "The Parkersburg Murderer"; German emigrant who killed fellow emigrants in violent robberies, Known as "The Milwaukee North Side Strangler", Dentist who worked as a contract killer and plotted with women to kill their husbands so they could share the insurance money, Shot and killed a police officer in Denver, Colorado while avoiding a murder warrant in Texas; posthumously linked to four additional murders in the, Murdered various people across the Colorado Territory, Died in prison; murdered by a fellow death row inmate, Suspected of another dozen murders but recanted his confessions to over 70 more, Known as "The Northwood Murderer"; vagrant who murdered at least two young girls in New Hampshire, and possibly more in Maine and Massachusetts, Committed suicide after escaping police custody, Leader of a ring of jewelry and antique thieves who operated in and around, Kidnapped, raped and murdered three girls in, Known as "The Interstate Killer" and the "Highway Killer"; preyed on boys and young men in the Midwest, Epileptic who strangled infants because of voices in her head, Suspected of killing up to 10 women before being killed in, Befriended, murdered and robbed people across four states, Raped and murdered a woman and five children in Wisconsin and Illinois, Nurse's aide who smothered patients to "end their suffering", Brazilian flight attendant who killed prostitutes in Miami, Florida; suspected in other deaths, Known as "The Backwoods Sniper"; Self-styled survivalist who shot three people to death across Southern California. Harvey Murray Glatman (December 10, 1927 - September 18, 1959) was an American serial killer active during the late 1950s. Remains unsolved but open in the, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 15:35. Rulloff's brain is said to be the second largest brain on record and is on display at the, Strangled young women and teenage girls in California's, Sexually assaulted and murdered women and one girl in, Known as "The Charmer"; raped and murdered women in Seattle suburbs, mutilating and having sex with the corpses afterwards. Proportional to its population, Alaska is, without a doubt, the most popular state among serial killers, with 15.65 serial killings per one million inhabitants. He was raised to believe his grandparents were his parents and . Each one was at least shot in the head, and each was dumped with a note tied around their neck. This is a list of serial killers who were active between 2020 and the present. A serial killer is typically a person who kills three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. Transgender woman who was convicted of murdering two of her girlfriends and is being charged murdering another woman. List of serial killers in the United States, Henderson (2008), "Rescuing African Americans", p. 328. Strangled four known victims in 1980 and sexually assaulted some. But is he telling the truth? 1960s deaths of 13 women (five young, eight older), mostly with their own stockings as ligature. ", "Unwanted Woman Back to Jail Where She Has Spent 37 years", "Death in the Desert: The David Leonard Wood murders 30 years later", "Wanted to 'Ride the Lightning', Killer Executed in Electric Chair", "Execution of Isaac L. Wood, for Murder of Brother's Wife", "Ex-Hurst man gets life term in father's slaying", "Oregon and South Carolina Execute Killers", "Robert Zarinsky: Why he's 1 of N.J.'s most notorious killers", "Suspect in the killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque makes his first court appearance", "The Murders at Ann Arbor's Veterans Hospital; What Went Right and What Ultimately Went Wrong in the - Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, Inc", "How the Bag Murders and the Last Call Killer Put in Focus the Dangers the New York LGBTQ+ Community Faces", "Bigfoot Suspect Is Cleared: Mayweather still held in 3 rapes", "Authorities: DNA test of remains confirms link between Boston Strangler suspect, last victim", "LA Strangler Of Women Strikes Again, Leaves No. Two nurses, Filipina Narciso and Leonora Perez, were convicted but a new trial was ordered because of prosecutorial misconduct. Also known as the "Double Initial Murders"; murders of three young girls in the. By In Touch Staff. Yes, Ted Bundy primarily operated in the western part of the United States, raping and murdering girls and young women in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. AP-75,049)", "An Inmate On Death Row Pleads Guilty In More Killings", "Murderer in Alabama Confesses 2 L.A. Killings", "Serial killer who fled to Mexico gets life in prison for murdering 3 women in Dallas", "Murderer to plead guilty to killings in two states", "Plea deal changes death sentence to life sentence for convicted killer", "Sims Guilty for Murder of Fresno Teenage Girl", "Texan suspected of masterminding coin shop slayings", "Cold case of Salem woman missing from Oregon Museum Tavern solved in 2012", "California Handyman Charged in 6 Murders", "Anthony Sowell guilty of killing 11 women found at Imperial Avenue home, attacking three others", "Man Pleads Guilty To Mutilation Slayings", "Yosemite killer sentenced to death / Terrible details of Stayner case stun even the judge", "The case of a lifetime / For Cary Stayner, there was something about Jeff Rinek that put him at easeand made him want to talk", "Serial Killer's Push for Freedom: I'm a 'Better Person', "Obituary:'Weepy-voiced killer' Paul Stephani, 53, dies in prison", "Jury Assesses Penalty At Death For Slaying Of U. The exact messages varied, but the gist was the same: They had been accused of rape, and they were killed for it. Known as "The Metro Detroit Serial Killer", Killed three relatives as a teenager; paroled, and later killed and mutilated his girlfriend and her young daughter, Missionary convicted for two murders; confessed to murdering 49 women, Known as "The Lust Killer" and "The Shoe Fetish Slayer", Raped and strangled three women in Texas with an accomplice, Serial rapist who raped and strangled young girls in Ohio, Caught in 1983 after poisoning and car bombing a fianc, Known as "The .38 Caliber Killer"; shot people at random around New York City to "amuse himself", Never arrested, as he was released after interrogation on a technicality, Preyed on young white women throughout the United States, Schizophrenic vagrant who killed fellow homeless men; prime suspect in the, Murdered women in Mississippi and Nevada during a 24-year period. Imprisoned at. Child murder victims' families question Wayne Williams guilt (May 2, 2015). Among the most well-known serial murderers who terrorized California's citizens include cult leader Charles Manson, the so-called "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez, "Freeway Killer" William Bonin, Charles Ng, and the still unidentified "Zodiac Killer". Series of murders targeted towards elderly women in Los Angeles; convicted murderer Raymond Ward Clemmons confessed to the murders, but he was never charged due to a, Strangulations of five black women, mostly prostitutes and drug addicts, in, Series of murders of men who were shot in the back of the head and then castrated post-mortem, Murders of five boys in Manhattan in 1972 and 1973. [1] Raped and strangled five young women in Hawaii in 1985 and 1986. 1. Published in 2016, the book combs Rader's early years and seemingly mundane adult family life in an attempt to pinpoint his evolution into a serial murderer who killed 10 people over three. Serial Killers of the World Martin Priest's Troubling History", "Appeals Exhausted, Alfredo Prieto, Serial Killer, Is Executed", "11: Profiling the Clairemont Serial Murder Case, A Collaborative Investigative Effort", "Wicked witness got federal protection to turn into 'mad-dog killer', "Serial killer and rapist Larry Ralston makes a bid for parole", "Kalamazoo man who as a teen killed 3 women in the 1970s is up for parole", "Serial killer who terrorized Kalamazoo in 1970s dies in prison", "Police Say Youth, 19, Admits 5 Slayings", "Drifter Bob Evans Eyed as Serial Killer, Tied to N.H. 2. THERE may be up to 4,000 unidentified serial killers in the United States, experts say, with as many as 50 active at any one given time. Executed for a murder he committed in Canada, Raped and killed four women and a young boy in, Murdered carjacking victims during a three-state crime spree, Known as the "Brick Moron"; confessed to five murders and multiple assaults in, Pennsylvania woman who murdered eight of her children; two others died of natural causes, Convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering three young boys in, Former marine suspected of killing six people around, Robbed and murdered elderly women primarily in, Murderer, rapist, and arsonist; convicted of two murders, but confessed to 19 others, Killed four acquaintances and one accomplice for money and to cover up his crimes, Convicted of murdering a man and woman decades apart; four other acquaintances died suspiciously and four husbands committed suicide, Known as "The Route 40 Killer"; abducted and murdered women from Route 40 in, Murdered his stepmother in 2000 and two other women in Fort Worth in 1991. Four stabbings also involving mutilation remain unsolved, Raped and strangled predominantly African-American prostitutes and other vulnerable women in Chicago; could possibly be multiple serial killers, Raped and strangled seven mostly elderly women in, Also known as the "Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run"; responsible for 1213 murders in the, Believed to have murdered at least eight people in Virginia between 1986 and 1989; left three couples dead and one couple missing and presumed dead, Stabbed at least six women to death in New England in the 1980s, severely injured one, Series of brutal murders and mutilations of women in the Cincinnati neighborhood of, Abducted, raped and strangled young girls and women around Denver and its various suburbs, Sketched then stabbed to death gay men in San Francisco, California in the 1970s, Suspected of raping and strangling prostitutes alongside the, Murders of nine women and disappearance of another since 2005 around Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Jack the Ripper. Within the US, the state with the most serial killers is California. the Vampire of Sacramento", "Man Who Killed 5 L.A. Gays in 1980s Gets Life Sentence", "Tied to 12 deaths, Dallas "thrill killer" executed", "Man charged with killing 22 Texas women gets 2nd conviction", "Man serving life in prison indicted on third murder", "FBI calls serial killer suspect in cold case", "Aptos serial killer Terry Childs convicted of two new murders from 1980s", "Convicted killer pleads guilty to 1984 murder", "Triple murder ends serial killer's rampage", "Condemned and Waiting: Cynthia Coffman Came West for a New Life; Now She Faces 2nd Death Sentence", "Claims He Killed 3 S.D. October 31, 1958. As of June 2020, there are no known active serial killers in the state, but there are still a few unsolved cases that may be attributed to them. Responsible for several murders in South Carolina, including the "Superbike Murders". Murdered six women in California; suspect in the, Known as "The Gorilla Man". "A Murderous Maniac The Many Crimes Charged Against Lizzie Halliday, A mania Like Jack The Ripper", Musgrave, Jon. Murdered three women around Arlington and Fort Worth, Texas between 1985 and 1986; suspected of up to 18 murders. ", "Serial killer Darren Vann sentenced to life in prison for killing 7 women", "Jury convicts California serial killer Horace Vaultz, who eluded police for decades", "California 'serial killer' convicted of 1980s rape-murders of two women", "Nebraskan convicted of 3 separate killings dies in prison", "Exceptional account traces path of Alaska serial killer Joshua Wade", "Michigan man ordered to serve 3 life sentences, admits to more deaths", "The Serial Killer the Cops Ignored: The Henry Louis Wallace Murders", "Fiend Hangs By The Neck: Frank Johnson Pays The Penalty on the Gallows at State Prison", "Convicted Double-Killer Admits to Three More Slayings", "Man convicted of killing Scotch Plains woman dies in Montana prison", "33-year-old Portland murder solved with DNA match", "Stewart Weldon To Serve 3 Consecutive Life Sentences", "Serial Killer Gets 160 Years After Victim's Sister and Friends Help Solve Case", "Convicted Essex County serial killer faces new murder charge in death of 15-year-old", "Thomas Whisenhant executed for 1976 kidnapping, rape and murder", "First Jefferson County death sentence since '06", "Parolee Charged with the Killing of 6 in New York", "State executes man who killed, dismembered 2", "Syracuse serial killer's conviction upheld", "Gangster by 9, Murderer by 19, Minister by 26. What makes . Executed by 39? Runners Up Killed whole families in their sleep, from the east coast to the west, arriving and departing by train. The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Existence (and probable but not proven identity) discovered over 100 years after the murders, by analysis of contemporary records, showing a markedly common, Attacked at night from a car using a handgun, killing seven people and injuring two between August 2015 and July 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona; Aaron Saucedo was arrested for all murders in 2017 and is awaiting trial, Raped, stabbed, and strangled young women between the ages of 13 and 21 in the, Murders of nine women and disappearance of two others between 1988 and 1989, Also known as the "Babysitter"; responsible for the murders of four or more children in Oakland County, Michigan in 1976 and 1977, Murders of three female sex workers between March and September 1990, Suspect in custody on September 19, 2022, Single or multiple offenders who murdered one man and four women over three months in the city of, Series of unsolved homicides believed to have been committed by an unidentified serial killer in Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, also known as "The Bible Belt Strangler", A series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa of the North Bay area of California in 1972 and 1973, Shot and killed four people, seemingly at random, in the, Also known as the "Austin Axe Murderer"; responsible for at least seven murders in Austin, Texas between 1884 and 1885, Theoretical serial killer(s) thought by some sources to have drowned college-aged young men across the northern part of the country since 1997; most experts suggest that the deaths were accidental, Abducted, strangled and drowned predominantly female prostitutes around, Abducted, raped and stabbed to death women around. The given number is proven victims - the exact number of victims assigned to a serial killer in many cases is not known. Among the latest and active serial killers in New York is Kevin Gavin, a 66-year-old man who slew most of his elderly neighbours. According to archivist and researcher Thomas Hargrove, tracking the habits and . 1. The size of the circles reflects the number of victims they have killed. women", "Stranger Than Fiction: The Best True-Crime Stories", "STATE SAYS IT CONVICTED THE WRONG SERIAL KILLER", "Serial killer John Getreu pleads guilty to 1973 murder of Leslie Perlov", "Why Did Janie Lou Gibbs Murder Her Entire Family? One of the most famous serial killers of all time, Ted Bundy, was a former University of Washington student and Tacoma man who confessed to murdering at least 30 young women . ", "Negro Ready To Hang Confesses To Ten Murders", "Death Row 2018 with Trevor McDonald review clear-eyed detachment from the veteran journalist", "Bernard Giles: Story behind the serial killer and the crimes he committed", "Judge: Gillis Jury Can See Confession Letters", "Baton Rouge Serial Killer Sean Vincent Gillis Finally Goes to Trial", "Kansas City man guilty of murdering six women", "Billy Glaze, convicted in 1980s Mpls. Serial killers such as the Green River Killer, the BTK Killer and the Golden State Killer are remembered for their heinous acts. Ex-Sergeant who raped and murdered four women in New Jersey and North Carolina, Mostly preyed on sex workers in New York City and Long Island, Grave robber and cannibal convicted of a double murder; also suspected of murdering four women, Teenager who stalked, raped and killed women in, Sometimes referred to as "The Internet's first serial killer", Murdered his girlfriend; later paroled and choked to death his wife and stepdaughter before dismembering their bodies, Known as "The Boston Borgia"; Irish-born poisoner who murdered family members and associates for profit in, Known as "The Kensington Strangler"; raped and killed drug-addicted women in, Known as "The Molalla Forest Killer"; raped and murdered sex workers in Oregon, Known as "The Last Call Killer"; murdered and dismembered gay and bisexual men, Pleaded guilty to murdering five students in, Known as "The Dreaded Strangler"; Manhattan youth who murdered women during home invasions, Serving 25 years to life on a conviction for, Known as "The Genius Killer"; Canadian-born doctor, lawyer, schoolmaster, photographer, inventor, carpet designer, phrenologist, philologist and career criminal active in New York.

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