The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: A Study of the Chilling Criminal Phenomenon from the Angels of Death to the Zodiac Killer (Facts on File Crime Library)

Product Information

Known as the Ogre or Beast of Ardennes. He was caught after a failed kidnapping in 2003. [106] Sentenced to life and died of respiratory problems while in prison in 2021. Unidentified serial killer who shot gay men in the head (except one, who was bludgeoned) in the Paturis Park of Carapicuiba. [177] Rayner, J.L.; Crook, G.T, eds. (1926). "Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Tried for the Murder of Nathaniel Cony by his Brother Peers in 1678 and found guilty of Manslaughter later". The Complete Newgate Calendar. London, UK: Navarre Society . Retrieved 24 November 2019– via Ex-Classics.com.

John, Adam (17 February 2018). "George Joseph Smith and the notorious 'Brides in the Bath' murders". Kent and Sussex Courier . Retrieved 24 November 2019. Canadian serial killer convicted of murdering six women. Twenty further charges were stayed in 2010. [288] Reportedly claimed to have killed 49. [289] Paranoid schizophrenic who killed people who beat him in chess games; sentenced to compulsory treatment. [175]Little was convicted of killing three women, but later investigations linked 31 other murders to him. He is now thought to be America's most prolific serial killer. He claimed he killed as many as 93 victims total, three above his initial confession of 90; the FBI later confirmed a total of 60 murders linked to Little. The investigations into his crimes are ongoing. [22] [23] Powell, G. H., ed. (1905). Memoirs of Robert Carey, Earl of Monmouth. London, UK: Alexander Moring Ltd. The De La More Press. pp.42–45 . Retrieved 24 November 2019.

Strangled two men, one in Tilbury and another in Denmark, in 1979; sentenced to life, but released in 1994, and later killed a prostitute in Woodsetton in 1999. Supposedly murdered prostitutes and exotic dancers; his first victim was Marcia King, who was identified in 2018. [248] [249] Known as The Cleveland Strangler, he was convicted of killing 11 women between 2007 and 2009, and is suspected in another series of murders in the 1980s, with the two sets of killings separated by a 15-year stint in prison. Sentenced to death. [198]Known as "El Chaquero"; the first captured serial killer in Mexico, who killed prostitutes in Mexico City; died in 1910 from cerebral thromboembolism and another, unspecified cause. [72] Killed eight women during a spree before accidentally shooting himself; suspected in the disappearance and murder of more than five more. [263]