Elizabeth Báthory

female, deceased (1614)
Countess Erzsébet Báthory ", was a Hungarian countess from the renowned Báthory family. She is considered the most infamous serial killer in Hun...
Joseph Vacher

Joseph Vacher

male, deceased (1898)
Joseph Vacher was a French serial killer, sometimes known as The French Ripper, or as L'éventreur du Sud-Est (The South-East Ripper) due to c...
H. H. Holmes

H. H. Holmes

male, deceased (1896)
Herman Webster Mudgett, better known under the alias of "Dr. Harry Howard Holmes," was an American serial killer. Holmes trapped and murdered...
Gilles de Rais

Gilles de Rais

male, deceased (1440)
Gilles de Rais (also spelled Retz was a French noble, soldier, and one time brother-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He was later accused and ultimately...

Thug Behram

Thug Behram (or Buhram), of the Thuggee cult in India, has frequently been said to be the world's most prolific serial killer. According to...
Servant Girl Annihilator

Servant Girl Annihilator

male
The Servant Girl Annihilator or Austin Axe Murderer is the given name of a notorious serial killer or killers who terrorized Austin, Texas between...
Thomas Neill Cream

Thomas Neill Cream

male, deceased (1892)
Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was a Scottish-born serial killer, who claimed his first victims in the United States and the rest in England, and possibly...
George Chapman

George Chapman

male, deceased (1903)
George Chapman was the English name taken by serial killer Seweryn Antonowicz Kłosowski. He was originally from Poland but later relocated to E...

Darya Saltykova

female, deceased (1801)
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (née Ivanova, commonly known as Saltychikha was a Russian Countess and serial killer. Saltykova was a young noblewoman f...
Locusta

Locusta

female, deceased (69)
Locusta was a woman thought to be the first documented serial killer. She was a professional poisoner in Rome sometime during the first century...