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The following is a list of known serial killers, in roughly chronological order.

  • Locusta (?- A.D. 69)[1]
  • Gilles de Rais (1404–1440) some 40 bodies found, generally suspected of 80-200 murders
  • Gilles Garnier (?-1573) Confessed to 4 murders
  • Peter Niers (?-1581) Confessed to 544 murders, including 24 pregnant women whose fetuses he cut out for purposes of cannibalism and black magic
  • Peter Stumpp (?-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 known victims, may have been responsible for another 9-16 murders.
  • H. H. Holmes (1860–1896) 27 murders confessed, found guilty of 4.
  • Joseph Vacher (1869–1898) Suspected of 11-27 murders
  • John and 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

References

  1. ^ Newton, Michael (2000). The encyclopedia of serial killers. New York: Facts on File. p. 140. ISBN 0-8160-3978-X.
  2. ^ 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 http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=GHgF0Xz2fcYC&pg=PA63&dq=francisco+guerrero+chalequero&hl=es&sa=X&ei=HEbiT9aOMuji2AWqqs2xCw&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=francisco%20guerrero%20chalequero&f=false. Retrieved 20 July 2012. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |tltle= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Del Castillo Troncoso, Alberto (1888). "13. El Chalequero". Libro Rojo, Vol. 1 (in Spanish) (1st. ed.). Mexico City, Mexico: Gerardo Villadelángel. pp. 128–145. ISBN 9681686152. Retrieved 20 July 2012. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editorial= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Sánchez González, Agustín (2011). The Sweet Taste of Death (1st. ed.). Mexico City, Mexico: Martínez Roca. ISBN 978-607-07-0141-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editorial= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Chávez Castañeda, Ricardo (1892). "15. El País de la madre". Libro Rojo, Vol. 1 (in Spanish) (1st. ed.). Mexico City, Mexico: Gerardo Villadelángel. pp. 173–182. ISBN 9681686152. Retrieved 20 July 2012. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editorial= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Kidd, Paul B. "The Baby Farmers". TruTV.com. p. 2. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
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