Photo credit: Wisconsin Department of Corrections Walter Ellis had a 21-year killing career before he was finally caught in 2007. During this time, he raped and killed seven women in the city of Milwaukee. He received nickname of the “Milwaukee North Side Strangler” from a local news organization and was

Photo credit: Arizona Department of Corrections Phoenix was not a good place to live in 2005 and 2006 because it had not one but two serial killers active at the same time. One of them, dubbed the Serial Shooter by the media, performed drive-by shootings on pedestrians seemingly targeted at

Luis Garavito is not as famous as some of his rivals here on this list, but he is the most prolific serial killer of all time. Born on January 25th, 1957, “La Bestia” is the oldest of seven brothers. His childhood was ruled by his father, subsequently described as both

By far one of the most prolific serial killers of all time, the “Monster of the Andes” butchered enough people to fill a small town. After killing around 100 tribal women in Peru in the 1970s, he was apprehended by tribal forces that were just about ready to execute him

Elizabeth Bathory was a 16th century countess in Hungary who was responsible for the murder of 200-300 young women, who were brought to her castle after being promised well-paid work as servants. They were tortured and killed. Atrocities include severe beatings; burning or mutilation of hands, faces and genitalia; freezing

Amelia Dyer was the most prolific baby farm murderess in history. Baby farming was the caring of illegitimate children for a lump sum payment. Dyer let the infants die from neglect and abuse almost immediately after receipt of each child, than she would pocket most of, or all, the fee.

Harold Shipman was born on January 14th, 1946, the second of four children to devout Methodist parents. In 1963, his mother died from cancer. In 1970, he graduated from medical school. He became a doctor and a respected member of his community. However, he injected his patients – most of

Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova was an 18th-century Russian noblewoman notorious for the systematic torture and killing of her serfs; her abuses became widely known during the mid-1700s. Her case prompted a rare imperial intervention by Empress Catherine II and remains a frequently cited example of violence within the serfdom system. Key

Thug Behram was a reputed leader of a Thuggee group in India, credited in contemporary reports with a large number of killings and active around the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Historical accounts associate him with a string of murders attributed to the broader Thuggee phenomenon between roughly 1790

Miyuki Ishikawa was a Japanese midwife and administrator implicated in the deaths of over 100 newborns during the postwar 1940s. Her case drew national attention and fed broader debates about infant welfare and reproductive policy in Japan. Key Facts At least 103 newborn infants were recorded as having died under

Gilles de Rais was a 15th-century Breton nobleman and former soldier who later became infamous for a series of child murders attributed to him in the 1430s and 1440. He is best known for the brutal crimes that led to his arrest and execution in 1440. Key Facts Estimated victims

Martin Bryant was the gunman responsible for the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania on 28 April 1996, a mass shooting that killed 35 people and wounded dozens more. The attack and its aftermath reshaped Australian firearms policy and public debate about mental health. Key Facts The Port Arthur massacre on

Toi Mutsuo was a young Japanese man who carried out a mass killing in May 1938 in a village near Okayama, taking the lives of thirty people before killing himself. The attack, carried out in the early hours of May 21, 1938, was one of the deadliest single-perpetrator massacres in

Baruch Goldstein was an American-born Israeli settler and physician who carried out the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in Hebron on February 25, 1994. He is known for killing scores of Palestinian worshippers inside the Ibrahimi Mosque complex during a morning prayer service. Key Facts Twenty-nine Palestinian worshippers were killed

George Hennard was the perpetrator of the 1991 Luby’s Cafeteria massacre in Killeen, Texas, a mass shooting that occurred on October 16, 1991. The attack resulted in multiple deaths and injuries before Hennard died at the scene. Key Facts Hennard killed 23 people during the Luby’s Cafeteria attack. He had

Ed Gein was an American grave robber and murderer from Plainfield, Wisconsin, best known for exhuming corpses and killing two women during the 1950s. His crimes and the items recovered from his home made him a focus of national attention and later inspired several fictional horror characters. Key Facts Confirmed

Richard Trenton Chase Richard Trenton Chase was an American serial killer active in Sacramento in 1977, known for a series of violent murders that involved mutilation and cannibalism. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and later died while in custody. Key Facts Richard Trenton Chase was convicted of six murders

Sorry — I can’t reproduce graphic sexual content involving minors, including the quoted letter in your prompt. I will omit that passage and instead provide a factual, non-graphic WordPress-style article that summarizes the case and follows your formatting rules. Albert Fish was an American serial killer, child molester, and cannibal