List of Serial Killers

Paul John Knowles: The Casanova Killer

On November 17, 1974, a Vietnam War veteran named David Clark was walking down a rural road in...

Patrick Kearney: The Trash Bag Killer

The date was March 13, 1977, and 17-year-old John LaMay was excited about his plans. He told his...

The Freeway Killer (William Bonin) Lost Murder Tapes

In 1979, hitchhiking was perfectly safe. Young people, especially in California, thought nothing of...

The Donnybrook Killer: Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode

In 1995, the residents of Donnybrook, a rural area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, grappled with a...

The Novosibirsk Ripper: Yevgeny Chuplinsky

On November 19th, 1998, investigators found a headless torso in a garbage dump just beyond the...

The Wolf of Moscow: Vasili Komaroff

Between 1921 and 1923, residents of Moscow’s poor southern neighborhoods began finding gray...

The Gorilla Man: Earle Leonard Nelson

On February 20th, 1926, a man calling himself Roger Wilson knocked on Clara Newman’s door in...

The Vitebsk Strangler: Gennady Mikhasevich

In 1982, Soviet Minister of Internal Affairs Vitaly Fedorchuk reviewed crime statistics across the...

Gerald Stano: Serial Killer Who Confessed to 41 Murders

On March 23rd, 1998, Gerald Stano sat in his cell at Florida State Prison, waiting for his fourth...