Gordon Stewart Northcott, the murderer who inspired “Changeling”
In short Between 1926 and 1928 Canadian Gordon Stewart Northcott abducted, abused and murdered at least three boys at his
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Category: serial killers
Alexander Pichushkin, the chessboard killer
In short Alexander Pichushkin, the “chessboard killer”, killed at least 49 people between 1992 and 2006 in Moscow’s Bittsa Park,
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Sergei Ryakhovsky, the hippopotamus
In short Sergei Ryakhovsky (1962-2007), known as the Balashikha Ripper or “the Hippopotamus” because of his size, killed at least
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Anatoly Slivko, the killer who filmed his murders
In short Anatoly Slivko (1938-1989) ran a youth club for boys in Nevinnomyssk, in southern Russia. For over twenty years,
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Earle Nelson
In short Earle Nelson (1897-1928), known as “the Gorilla Man” or “the Dark Strangler”, killed at least 22 people between
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Dennis Rader, the BTK killer
In short Dennis Rader, born in 1945, killed at least ten people between 1974 and 1991 in Wichita and Park
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Fred and Rose West, the Cromwell Street killer couple
In short Fred West (1941-1995) and his wife Rose (born 1953) killed at least 12 girls and young women between
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Mary Ann Cotton, the Black Widow
In short Mary Ann Cotton (1832-1873), born in County Durham, is considered the first female serial killer in British history.
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Joe Ball, theButcher of Elmendorf
In short Joe Ball (1896-1938), owner of the Sociable Inn tavern in Elmendorf, Texas, kept five alligators in a pond
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Nannie Doss The Jolly Black Widow
In short Nannie Doss, nicknamed the “Giggling Granny”, killed 11 people between 1927 and 1954, mostly with rat poison and
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Hu Wanlin the killer healer
Hu Wanlin is a healer doctor who has killed more than 140 people using Chinese medicine The Story of Hu
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Gilles de Rais the real Bluebeard
In short Who: Gilles de Laval, Baron de Rais (Champtocé, c. 1405 – Nantes, 26 October 1440). Who he was:
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