This is a list of 327 serial killers who were active in the United States. Responsible for several murders in South Carolina, including the "Superbike Murders". Antwan Pittman has been convicted in one case, Killed young girls and women in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties by offering help with fixing their car tires, before he sexually assaulted them and drowned them in canals, Stabbing attacks against mostly small-framed African-American men, with the main area being, Allegedly responsible for nine murders in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Leonard Christopher was convicted of one murder; another murder was committed in same style while he was incarcerated; believed to still be at large, Raped and strangled six young women and girls in Washington, D.C. in the early 1970s, dumping their bodies by freeways, Strangled a woman and two teenage girls to death with socks, Allegedly responsible for the "Great Basin Murders", in which young girls and women were raped and killed across the, Known as the "San Mateo slasher"; five unsolved killings, of young women in. This is a list of serial killers who were active between 2020 and the present. ", "Death penalty focus of Erskine case: Trial begins today in '93 killing of 2 boys", "The hunt for Scott Erskine The long and costly trail leading to Erskine's conviction in slayings", "Police ID serial killer more than 40 years after the murders of 4 women in Denver, Adams County", "Man who beat homeless men to death in series of L.A. attacks sentenced to life in prison", "Former Isle resident Evans gets death sentence in Miss", "L.A. Man Gets 4 Life Sentences for 2010 Series of Violent Home-Invasion Robbery Killings", "THE EYLER LEGACY: 21 DEATHS MURDERER ADMITTED GRISLY 2-STATE SPREE", "Was Springfield man Neal Falls a serial killer? Since the early 1970s, roughly 30 bodies have been extracted from the fields, mainly consisting of young girls. Some serial killers are known for killing children, like David Meirhofer in Montana. 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. 1960s deaths of 13 women (five young, eight older), mostly with their own stockings as ligature. The map shows serial killers from the 20th century to present day. Here are some of the other most famous serial killers from the area. Suspected of additional murders. Necrophile who killed and raped at least four women in Michigan while on parole for rape from 1991 to 1992. Preyed on women and a 5-year-old girl in and around, Known as "The Skid Row Slayer"; targeted mostly homeless individuals in the. Good luck to us all. According to a 1999 issue of Texas Monthly, the Killing Fields the name given to a strip of abandoned oil fields near Interstate 45 have long been known as a favorite dump site for killers. Washington state investigators have certainly had a difficult job fighting and apprehending serial killers throughout the decades. The map is based on articles gathered from Wikipedia. Each one was at least shot in the head, and each was dumped with a note tied around their neck. And while several major serial killers have been active in the 2000s like Israel Keyes, "D.C. Snipers" Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, and Anthony "Cleveland Strangler" Sowell " the. Known as "The Werewolf of Wysteria"; sadist and pedophile who cannibalized several children. Known as "The Boy Torturer". Harvey Murray Glatman (December 10, 1927 - September 18, 1959) was an American serial killer active during the late 1950s. ", "Steven Gordon receives death penalty for kidnapping, killing 4 women in Orange County", "Miami killer Marshall Lee Gore is executed at the Florida State Prison", "Serial Killer/Rapist Gore Executed Tuesday", "Florida sets execution date for serial killer Marshall Gore", "Abortion provider Kermit Gosnell sentenced to three life prison terms", "Take a Chilling Look Inside the Baseline Killer Case", "Half a century after 4 murders rocked a community and a courtroom, 'Seattle's Forgotten Serial Killer' explores the case of Gary Gene Grant", "Suspect Is Accused of Murdering 4 Young Men in the Last 4 Years", "Killer of 7 Executed After a 20-Year Stay On Texas Death Row", "23 Felony Count Indictments Against Suspected Serial Killer", "Crowd in court applauds death sentence for Shawn Grate", "Serial killer Grate pleads guilty to killing 2 women in Richland County", "Death-row's Grate gets prison term for Marion murder, his first", "Dana Sue Gray, the Shopaholic Who Murdered Old Women to Finance Her Shopping Sprees | First to Know", "Ricky Gray set to be executed for 2006 murder wave that claimed two Richmond families", "Bush approves execution of soldier, first in 50 years", In the Matter of Ricky Lee Green, Petitioner, "AMERICA'S FIRST "PUBLIC ENEMY" The Life & Crimes of Samuel Green", "Police use DNA to link Harry Edward Greenwell, who has Iowa ties, to cold case killings in Indiana, Kentucky", "Arizona Executes Man for Killing Couple in 1973 Rampage", "Condemned killer in Galveston is executed", "Pope County woman says she still loved her father despite his dark and sinister crimes", "20 Years Later, Killer Refuses to Reveal Bodies' Location", "Colo. The Original Night Stalker Suspected of killing four Muslim men in drive-by shootings from November 2021 to August 2022. March 21, 2007", "Five-time killer executed in Alabama electric chair", "Convicted serial killer Gary Michael Hilton's appeal denied", "Man admits in court to strangling 3 women", "Convicted Cop Killer Put To Death Wednesday", "Suspected Slayer's Death Leaves Lot of Loose Ends", "OC man put to death for 1988 double slaying", "From meth to murder: How a small-town Iowa boy became the state's first death row inmate in 50 years", "Serial killer, rapist gets life without parole", "Serial killer says he hopes his "slow, painful death in prison" will comfort families", "7th victim named in Connecticut serial killer case", "COLUMN ONE: A Mother Who Lost Five Babies: One after another, Waneta Hoyt's children died. The given number is proven victims - the exact number of victims assigned to a serial killer in many cases is not known. Nevertheless, according to the Britannica, a few of the most notorious murderers include the following:. Oct 16, 2018", "Angel Maturino Resendiz: The Railroad Killer Terror Near the Tracks Crime Library", "EXECUTED FOR KILLING CHILD; Asbury Respus, Guilford Murderer, Electrocuted; Confessed Eight Murders", "Rhoades addresses the victims' families, his mother, and executioners in final statement", "Former Record reporter discusses investigation into serial killer Stanley Rice on local podcast", "Killer Held on Death Row Since '81 Is Executed", "Suspected Serial Killer Unmasked After Chance Police Encounter", "Man sentenced to death in multiple murders", "Huge Ghoulish Slayer Is Hanged For Murder: Colored Man Grins As Noose Is Put Over Head-Mississippi Troops Guard Prisoner", "Allentown serial killer's death penalty verdict upheld", "SERIAL KILLER J. R. ROBINSON'S SINISTER ALTER EGO", "It'll be 3 lifetimes before Kensington Strangler gets out", "Papeer Gets Confession Letter From Dead Ex-BYU Student", "Dayton Leroy Rogers, Oregon's most prolific serial killer, appealing death sentence", "How Richard Rogers, A Mild-Mannered Staten Island Nurse, Turned Out To Be A Serial Killer Who Dismembered Gay Men", "Text of Rolling's confession to Shreveport murders", "Convicted killer, former football player, says he's sorry for slaying", "Jurors weep as killer given death sentence", "Elderly women face jail over insurance killings", "Nurse's bleach injection deaths trial begins", "She survived her father's vicious attack as an infant. New York State Reception Center in Almira, Sing Sing Correctional Facility and San Quentin State Prison. 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. 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". Transgender woman who was convicted of murdering two of her girlfriends and is being charged murdering another woman. Known as "The Monster of Atwater", he is alleged to have been responsible for at least 12 homicides between 1997 and 2001, three of which led to convictions. serial killings, has died", "Citing new DNA in decades-old murders, lawyers ask for new trial", "Gleason given death penalty for each of two prison inmates strangled to death", "Killer Driver: Gentle Giant Or Wild One? Drifter who admitted to a dozen murders committed across the U.S. Within the US, the state with the most serial killers is California. Also known as the "Double Initial Murders"; murders of three young girls in the. Italian laborer who robbed and murdered other laborers in Maryland and Washington, D.C. 14-year-old Massachusetts boy who killed two younger children. Serial Killers of the World ", "Michigan Parole Board Assailed After Killings", "Union Man Gets Life in Three Killings, Mutilations", "Why did quiet auto thief turn violent as a parolee? Over the two-year period, at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults were killed. 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Remains unsolved but open in the, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 15:35. Murdered three girls in Arkansas; later murdered a woman in Missouri. But is he telling the truth? A series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, between July 1979 and May 1981. 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 Raped and strangled five young women in Hawaii in 1985 and 1986. 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Shot four black men from his Jeep, three of them fatally. Wayne Williams was charged and sentenced for the two adult murders, with 24 of the other murders attributed to him. October 10, 1990", "How Serial Killer Samuel Little Was Caught", "L.A. serial killer gets 3 life terms, screams, 'I didn't do it!'. Now, she faces murder trial amid a swirl of questions", "Pleasanton serial killer parole bid is denied", "Utah woman Megan Huntsman jailed for killing babies", "Utah mom admits killing 6 babies after giving birth", "Babies killed by mother after birth in Utah home, police say", "Notorious killer Leslie Irvin gripped Tri-State in fear in mid-1950s", "Irvin pleads guilty to murders of 3 women, gets life in prison", "Killer of 9 Women On W est Side Gets 4 Life Sentences", "Does Charles Jackson Have More Victims? Shot five people to death during a series of random drive-by shootings in California. Murdered two children following his release. 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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. . Each state has a connection to an infamous serial killer. 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Along with her husband John was a member of a highway gang; allegedly killed travelers visiting her inn, Known as "The Karate Chop Killer"; mental patient who killed his parents in New York, then was released and killed his aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania, Raped, beat, and strangled women in their, Murdered three women and raped two others during a six-month crime spree in Queens, New York, Killed and mutilated four women in California, Known as "The Nightstalker"; home invader who suffocated elderly residents at their homes in, Killed his superior officer in the Philippines, then killed inmates and guards in federal prisons, Known as "The Poughkeepsie Killer"; convicted of the murders of eight women in New York, Known as "The Grim Sleeper"; charged after DNA evidence linked him with ten murders in Los Angeles since 1985, Known as "The Killer Clown"; preyed on young men and boys in and around, Accomplice Charlene Gallego released in 1997, Killed at least three people in Colorado and New Mexico, Known as "The Hollywood Ripper"; stabbed three women to death, Murdered three children, two of which as a child himself, in, Known as "The Stocking Strangler"; raped and murdered elderly women in, Convicted of nine murders; claimed to an author to have killed more than 100, Murdered three people, including his father-in-law and his biological father, during arguments, Killed his girlfriend; paroled and went on a crime spree, resulting in the deaths of two others, Raped and strangled drug-addicted women in, Member of the satanic cult and organized crime group known as "The Ripper Crew" or "The Chicago Rippers". January 21, 2017", "Teen-ager charged in three homicides and 1987 slaying", "Serial Killer Suspect Arrested; 9-11 Set Off Murder Spree", "Murderer Or Serial Killer? A new report from The New Yorker estimates that 2,000 serial killers are currently at large in the United States. Together with two accomplices, killed five people during robberies in Oregon and Washington, Known as "The Ditchbank Killer"; raped and murdered women in Fresno and Sacramento County, California, dumping their bodies in ditches afterwards, Sea merchant who murdered and mutilated three women, including his wife, in New York and California. Bundy was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1946 to a single mother. Muhammad Syed was arrested and charged with two of the murders. Ferguson, George, Emily Downing, Kaylor Eutsler, & David Disque. Killed whole families in their sleep, from the east coast to the west, arriving and departing by train. Active Serial Killer Statistics Top 10 States With Highest Total Victims California: 1, 777 victims Texas: 984 victims Florida: 933 victims Illinois: 680 victims New York: 677 victims Ohio: 505 victims Pennsylvania: 462 victims Michigan: 425 victims Georgia: 409 victims Washington: 396 victims Source: WorldPopulationReview.com