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leader Zhang Jun; one confessed killing a man to SEX: ?M/?W RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: GC-prove her love

cult

DISPOSITION: All executed in May 2001

DATE(S): 1981–90 VENUE: Fla./Ill./Mich./N.J.

VICTIMS: 25+ suspected

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Unknown AKA: “Servant Girl Annihilator”

Unknown

SEX: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DATES: 1884–85 VENUE: Austin, Tex. VICTIMS: 8

DATE(S): 1888–89 VENUE: London, England VIC-

MO: Police and reporters credited one unknown killer TIMS: Two

for the Ripper-style murders of six blacks and two MO: Mutilation-slayer of women, presumed prostitutes, whites. Despite the killer’s nickname, not all victims whose torsos were found in or near the Thames

were servants—or females

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:

Sex./Sad.

Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1889 VENUE: Nicaragua VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1885 VENUE: Moscow, Russia VIC-

“Several”

TIMS: “Several”

MO: “Ripper” of prostitutes

MO: “Ripper” of prostitutes

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown AKA: Jack the Strangler

Unknown

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:

Sex./Sad.

Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1894/1903 VENUE: Denver, Colo. VIC-

DATE(S): 1887 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: “Several”

TIMS: Four

MO: “Ripper” of black prostitutes

MO: Strangled/bludgeoned prostitutes

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown AKA: Servant Girl Annihilator

Unknown

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DATE(S): 1884–85 VENUE: Austin, Tex. VIC-

DATE(S): 1904–10 VENUE: Cumminsville, Ohio

TIMS: Eight

VICTIMS: Five

MO: Home invader who attacked nine victims, killing MO: Women bludgeoned to death

seven women and one man; axes used in all but one DISPOSITION: Unsolved

case, where an 11-year-old girl was raped and

stabbed in the ear with an iron bar

Unknown AKA: Shotgun Man

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

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DATE(S): 1910–11 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

MO: Newborn infants drowned in Hudson River

TIMS: 15

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Unidentified “Black Hand” assassin

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

Unknown

DATE(S): 1921 VENUE: Austria VICTIMS: Six

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

MO: Hikers missing, presumed murdered in separate DATE(S): 1910–46 VENUE: Northwest Territories, incidents

Canada VICTIMS: 10+

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Trappers/prospectors beheaded in Nahanni Valley DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-domes-

Unknown

tic?

SEX: Unk. RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.

DATE(S): 1921–22 VENUE: Cleveland, Ohio VIC-

DATE(S): 1911 VENUE: Lancaster, England VIC-

TIMS: Five

TIMS: Three

MO: Alleged “black widow” slayer of husbands/chil-MO: Members of Bingham family poisoned at home dren

DISPOSITION: Family member acquitted; unsolved DISPOSITION: Unknown; files “lost”; no media follow-up

Unknown

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-extrem-

Unknown

ist

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DATE(S): 1911–12 VENUE: Tex./La. VICTIMS: 49

DATE(S): 1922 VENUE: Warsaw, Poland VIC-

MO: Home invader slaughters black families with ax TIMS: 11

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Mutilation-slayer of women found in nearby woods

Unknown AKA: Jack the Ripper

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1911–12 VENUE: Atlanta, Ga. VIC-

Unknown AKA: Headless Murders

TIMS: 20

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

MO: Mutilation-slayer of black women, some prostitutes DATE(S): 1924–39 VENUE: Lawrence County, Pa.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

VICTIMS: Five+

Unknown

MO: Victims beheaded, dumped in local “murder

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sad.?

swamp”

DATE(S): 1911–12 VENUE: Colo. VICTIMS: Four

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; possible link to Cleveland’s to seven

“MAD BUTCHER”

MO: Women bludgeoned in Denver and Colorado

Springs

Unknown AKA: Toledo Clubber

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1925–26 VENUE: Toledo, Ohio VIC-

Unknown AKA: Jack the Ripper

TIMS: Five or six

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

MO: Women bludgeoned and raped

DATE(S): 1915 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Two

MO: Mutilation-slayer of five-year-old girl and four-Unknown

year-old boy

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1928–29 VENUE: South Croydon, Eng-

land VICTIMS: Three

Unknown

MO: Members of one family poisoned over time

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Possi-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

ble “BABY FARMING

DATE(S): 1915

VENUE: New York City

VIC-

Unknown AKA: 3X

TIMS: 14

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

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DATE(S): 1930 VENUE: Queens, N.Y. VICTIMS:

MO: Weekend passengers shoved from moving trains Two

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Men shot in lover’s lane attacks; one woman raped; letters to the press hint at international politi-Unknown

cal intrigue

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1949–52 VENUE: Somersworth, N.H.

VICTIMS: Four

Unknown

MO: Mummified newborns found in suitcase, 1982

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unnamed female suspect deceased

DATE(S): 1930 VENUE: Mexico City VICTIMS:

Five

Unknown

MO: Male victims apparently hanged, then buried on SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.

Pachuca Road

DATE(S): 1950s VENUE: Adelaide, Australia VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Three

MO: Skeletal remains of infants found under house in
Unknown
AKA: Mad Trapper

2000

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1930–31 VENUE: Ark. VICTIMS: 15

MO: Sportsmen killed at random

Unknown
AKA: Atteridgeville Mutilator

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DATE(S): 1956 VENUE: Atteridgeville, South Africa
Unknown

VICTIMS: Six

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:

MO: Young boys castrated, with tongues removed Sex./Sad.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1931–36 VENUE: San Diego, Calif. VIC-

TIMS: Seven

Unknown

MO: Rape/torture slayer of females age 10–22

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1956–57 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Three

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

MO: Slayer of teenage girls; one victim dismembered DATE(S): 1935 VENUE: Berlin, Germany VIC-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: “Several”

MO: Steel cables strung across highways, causing fatal
Unknown

accidents

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1963–64 VENUE: Cali, Colombia VIC-

TIMS: 10

Unknown

MO: Boys age 10–18 found drained of blood

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1942 VENUE: Hamamatsu City, Japan

VICTIMS: Nine

Unknown

MO: Deaf-mutes killed between Oct. and Dec.

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE?

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1965–66 VENUE: Columbus, Ohio VIC-

TIMS: Three

Unknown
(Town Hospital)

MO: Three men shot, two in apparent robberies

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1944–47 VENUE: Macon, France VIC-

TIMS: 17

Unknown
(Riverdell Hospital)

MO: Female patients killed with lethal injections SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1965–66 VENUE: Oradell, N.J. VIC-

TIMS: Nine

Unknown

MO: Patients killed with curare injections

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; Dr. Mario Jascalevich

DATE(S): 1948 VENUE: Sweden VICTIMS: Four

acquitted, 1978

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Unknown

MO: Victims killed on/near dates of astrological signifi-SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

cance

DATE(S): 1965–66 VENUE: Monmouth/Ocean

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

counties, N.J. VICTIMS: Six

MO: Lust murders of victims age five to 44, both sexes
Unknown
AKA: Death Angels

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: Cult/PC-

extremist

Unknown

DATE(S): 1969–?? VENUE: Calif. (and beyond?)

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

VICTIMS: 64+ by 1974

DATE(S): 1967–69 VENUE: London, Ontario VIC-

MO: Black racist cult, kills whites at random to earn TIMS: Three to five

“wings”

MO: Murders of unnamed women linked in official DISPOSITION: Four prospects convicted of “ZEBRA”

reports

murders

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown
AKA: Truckstop Killer

Unknown

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DATE(S): 1969–92 VENUE: Eastern USA VIC-

DATE(S): 1967–69 VENUE: London, Ontario VIC-

TIMS: 27+

TIMS: 10

MO: Stalker of truckstop hookers and stranded female MO: Rape-murders of women linked by crime scene motorists

evidence

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; probably involves several DISPOSITION: Unsolved

killers

Unknown
AKA: Four P Movement or Four Pi
Unknown
(Salem Veterans Medical Center) SEX: Mixed RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Cult

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.

DATE(S): 1967–?? VENUE: USA nationwide VIC-

DATE(S): 1970s VENUE: Roanoke, Va. VICTIMS:

TIMS: “Numerous”

Three reported

MO: Satanic cult practitioners of human sacrifice; MO: Skeletal remains of missing patients found on alleged to deal narcotics and “snuff” films; accept hospital grounds, 1992

murder contracts

DISPOSITION: Results of investigation unreported DISPOSITION: Confessed member STANLEY BAKER

convicted of murder in Mont., 1970; links to MAN-Unknown
AKA: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

SON “FAMILY”; confessed member DAVID BERKOWITZ

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Cult

convicted of six N.Y. murders, 1978; alleged mem-DATE(S): 1970–?? VENUE: Santa Barbara, Calif.