List of serial killers by number of victims
Serial killers with 15 to 30 victims
This part of the list contains all serial killers with 15 to 30 proven victims who acted alone and were neither medical professionals nor contract killers.

List of serial killers by number of victims

Section Title: Serial killers with 15 to 30 victims
Table Section Text: This part of the list contains all serial killers with 15 to 30 proven victims who acted alone and were neither medical professionals nor contract killers.

Name	Country	Years active	Proven victims	Possible victims	Notes

Karl Denke	German Empire Germany	1900 to 1924	30	42+	Killed and cannibalized poor travelers and homeless vagrants. Kept a ledger recording his murders with at least 31 names in it (including Vincenz Olivier, his only surviving victim), thus confirming at least 30 victims.

Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito	Brazil	1989 to 2003	30	42	Pedophile who sexually abused, murdered and mutilated children in Maranhão and Pará; sentenced to 217 years imprisonment.

Luis Gregorio Ramírez Maestre	Colombia	2010 to 2013	30	30	Killed motorists in various municipalities before his 2012 capture.

David Thabo Simelane	Swaziland	2000 to 2001	28	45	Sexually assaulted women he befriended in forests, stabbing or strangling them afterward; sentenced to death.

Dean Corll	United States	1968? to 1973	28	29+	Corll was responsible for the Houston Mass Murders, the torture and murder of young boys in Pasadena, Texas, and elsewhere in southeast Texas.

Zhang Jun	China	1993 to 2000	28	28	Robbed 22 stores in several Chinese provinces, killing 28 people in the process. Executed in 2001.

Maoupa Cedric Maake	South Africa	1996 to 1997	27	35+	Known as the "Wemmer Pan Killer" and "Hammer Killer". He killed his victims with different instruments such as guns, rocks, a knife, and a hammer.

Bruce George Peter Lee	United Kingdom	1973 to 1979	26	26	Epileptic arsonist who killed people in the town of Hull; sentenced to life imprisonment, but was later institutionalized.

Juan Vallejo Corona	United States	1971	25	25+	Corona was convicted of murdering ranch laborers and burying them in orchards. He was sentenced to 25 terms life imprisonment.

Fritz Haarmann	Germany	1918 to 1924	24	27+	Also known as the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover, because of his preferred method of killing by biting through his victim's throat, sometimes while sodomizing them.

Béla Kiss	-	1912 to 1916	24	24+	Evaded arrest and conviction after the discovery of 24 bodies hidden in large metal drums on his property in 1916. At that time he was serving in the Austro-Hungarian Army, and deserted when the military was notified of the murders by civilian authorities.

Majid Salek Mohammadi	Iran	1981 to 1985	24	24	Killed mainly women he considered unfaithful to their husbands, sometimes the children accompanying them too; committed suicide before he could be sentenced.

Yvan Keller	France Germany (suspected) Switzerland (suspected)	1989 to 2006	23	150	Known as the "Pillow Killer"; killed and robbed old women in France's Alsace region, but also confessed to up to 150 murders, including in Germany and Switzerland; committed suicide before trial.

Ronald Dominique	United States	1997 to 2006	23	23+	Louisianian serial killer, known locally as the Bayou Strangler and murdered victims in the Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish, Iberville Parish and Jefferson Parish.

Earle Nelson	United States Canada	1926 to 1927	22	25	Necrophiliac who primarily targeted boarding house landladies on the US West Coast during 1926; he was also known as "Gorilla Killer" or "the Dark Strangler".

Mikhail Novosyolov	Soviet Union Russia Tajikistan	1977 to 1995	22	22	Known as the "Necrophile Rebel"; killed his victims with blows from heavy objects, then had sexual intercourse with their corpses; sentenced to civil commitment.

Manuel Octavio Bermúdez	Colombia	1999 to 2003	21	50+	Colombian pedophile and serial killer. Known as "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" (The Monster of the Cane Fields).

Patrick Kearney	United States	1965 to 1977	21	43+	Would pick up young male hitch-hikers or young men from gay bars near Redondo Beach, California, and kill them. Sentenced to imprisonment for life.

William Bonin	United States	1979 to 1980	21	36+	Bonin and three accomplices are known to have murdered a minimum of 21 youths aged between 12 and 19 in and around Los Angeles.

Vasile Tcaciuc	Romania	1917 to 1935	21	26+	Romanian man who lured victims and then murdered them with an axe. He was arrested in 1935 after a dog found a dead body in his house.

Yoo Young-chul	South Korea	2003 to 2004	21	26	Used a hammer to murder mostly older victims, until his focus shifted to the decapitation and mutilation of escorts after being dumped by a girlfriend who worked in that profession.

Abdullah Shah	Afghanistan	1990s	20	20+	Killed travelers on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad serving under Zardad Khan. Also killed his wife.

José Paz Bezerra	Brazil	1960s to 1970s	20	20+	Known as the "Morumbi Monster"; sexually violated, tortured and then murdered at least 20 women in São Paulo and Pará; sentenced to 30 years imprisonment and later released in 2001.

Bulelani Mabhayi	South Africa	2007 to 2012	20	20	Known as the "Monster of Tholeni"; killed women and children in the village of Tholeni; sentenced from 25 years to life imprisonment.

Mohan Kumar	India	2005 to 2009	20	20	Lured female victims with promises of marriage and gave them cyanide, claiming they were contraceptive pills, Sentenced to death in 2013.

Alexander Nikolayevich Spesivtsev	Russia	1991 to 1996	19	82+	Cannibal known as "The Novokuznetsk Monster"; admitted to 19 murders, but 82 bloody sets of clothes were found in his home, along with jewels and photographs of possibly unidentified victims.

Larry Eyler	United States	1982 to 1984	19	23+	Known as "The Interstate Killer"; sentenced to death for the 1984 murder and dismemberment of 15-year-old Daniel Bridges. He confessed to other homicides of young men and boys in five separate states.

Georgia Tann	United States	1924 to 1950	19	19+	Child trafficker who sold children to the black market; multiple children died due to the harsh abuse caused by Tann; died of uterine cancer before she could be arrested.

El Psicópata	Costa Rica	1986 to 1996	19	19+	Alleged serial killer who killed 19 people with an M3 submachine gun in three Costa Rican towns, always south of the Florencio del Castillo Highway.

Sergei Ryakhovsky	Soviet Union Russia	1988 to 1993	19	19+	Known as the Balashikha Ripper, he was convicted for the murders of at least 19 victims. Died from tuberculosis in 2005.

Yevgeny Chuplinsky	Russia	1998 to 2006	19	19+	Known as the "Novosibirsk Maniac"; killed prostitutes in Novosibirsk; despite extensive police search and the capture of another serial killer, he was only arrested in 2016; sentenced to life imprisonment.

M. Jaishankar	India	2008 to 2011	19	19+	Accused of killing at least 19 women. Charged with 13 murders, he escaped during a trial transport.

Ansis Kaupēns	Latvia	1920 to 1926	19	19	Army deserter who committed 30 robberies and killed 19 people; the most infamous Latvian criminal; executed by hanging in 1927.

Vadim Ershov	Russia	1992 to 1995	19	19	Known as the "Krasnoyarsk Beast"; committed 70 crimes around the Krasnoyarsk area, including 19 murders and eight attempted murders; sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment.

Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu	Turkey	1994 to 2002	18+	40+	Killed in various cities of Turkey. 18 murders proven and accused of more than 40 by eyewitnesses and relatives.

Paul John Knowles	United States	1974	18	35+	Killed 18 people in various states in 1974. Claimed 35 murders.

Thierry Paulin	France	1984 to 1987	18	21	Known as "The monster of Montmartre". Killed and robbed elderly women. Died of AIDS in 1989 in prison before trial.

Randall Woodfield	United States	1979 to 1981	18	44	Known as "The I-5 Killer" and "The I-5 Bandit." Suspected of as many as 44 murders. Sentenced to imprisonment for life.

Umesh Reddy	India	1996 to 2002	18	18+	Confessed to 18 rapes and murders. Sentenced to death.

Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode	South Africa	1994 to 1995	18	18+	Known as "Donnybrook Serial Killer" murdered 18 people in Donnybrook, KwaZulu Natal from 1994–1995.

Asande Baninzi	South Africa	2001	18	18	Killed 18 people in three months, including a family of four; given 19 life sentences and 189 years of imprisonment.

Huang Yong	China	2001 to 2003	17	25	Lured and murdered 17 teenage boys, although he is suspected of 25 murders between September 2001 and 2003. Executed by firing squad in 2003.

Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña	Peru	2005 to 2006	17	25	Known as "El Apóstol de la Muerte" ("The Apostle of Death"). Convicted of 17 murders and claimed 25.

Sergei Dovzhenko	Ukraine	1992 to 2002	17	19	Killed people because they were "mocking" him; sentenced to life imprisonment.

Donato Bilancia	Italy	1997 to 1998	17	17	Burglar who murdered 17 people, mainly prostitutes, between 1997 and 1998, during a six-month period. Known as the "Prostitutes Killer" and the "Liguria Monster".

Irina Gaidamachuk	Russia	2002 to 2010	17	17	Known as "Satan in a skirt". Killed 17 elderly women between 2002 and 2010. Sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Randy Steven Kraft	United States	1971 to 1983	16	65–67	Convicted of 16 counts of murder but left a cryptic "score card" referring to at least 65 victims. May have had an accomplice.

Mohammed Bijeh	Iran	2004	16	20	Raped and killed at least 16 boys and teenagers. Nicknamed the "Tehran Desert Vampire".

Michel Fourniret	France Belgium	1987 to 2001	16	19	Known as the Ogre or Beast of Ardennes. He was caught after a failed kidnapping in 2003.

Sipho Agmatir Thwala	South Africa	1996 to 1997	16	19	Nicknamed the Phoenix Strangler after the area in which he committed his crimes; he raped and strangled 19 females; arrested, he was found guilty of 16 murders.

Saeed Hanaei	Iran	2000 to 2001	16	19	Confessed to luring 16 prostitutes to his home and killing them in an attempt to "cleanse" the city of Mashhad. His actions were dubbed "The Spider Murders".

Jeffrey Dahmer	United States	1978 to 1991	16	17	Dahmer ate some of his victims and kept their body parts in his freezer. Was sentenced to life imprisonment; murdered in prison in 1994.

José Antonio Rodríguez Vega	Spain	1987 to 1988	16	16+	Nicknamed El Mataviejas (The Old Lady Killer), he raped and killed at least 16 elderly women, aged from 61 to 93 years old, in and around Santander, Cantabria.

Elias Xitavhudzi	South Africa	1950s	16	16	Nicknamed Panga man for his use of a machete (locally known as a "panga"). He stabbed and robbed his victims between 1953 and 1959; arrested, he was executed by hanging in 1960.

Jimmy Maketta	South Africa	2005	16	16	Pleaded guilty to and convicted of 16 murders and 19 rapes committed over the nine-month period of April to December 2005.

Jack Mogale	South Africa	2008 to 2009	16	16	Raped and strangled females in the Donnybrook area. Convicted of 16 murders and 19 rapes, nine kidnappings, robbery and assault.

Robert Lee Yates	United States	1975 to 1998	16	16	Killed prostitutes in the "Skid Row" area of E. Sprague Avenue in Spokane, Washington.

Carroll Cole	United States	1948 to 1980	16	16	Killed 16 people in California, Nevada, Texas. Executed by lethal injection in 1985.

Charles Ray Hatcher	United States	1969 to 1982	16	16	A habitual criminal, confessed to the rape and murder of over 20 young and adolescent males. Escaped from prison several times and was declared a "manipulative institutionalized sociopath".

Yuri Ivanov	Soviet Union	1974 to 1987	16	16	Known as the "Ust-Kamenogorsk Maniac"; Kazakhstani rapist who killed girls and women who spoke negatively of men; executed 1987.

Vladimir Mirgorod	Russia	2003 to 2004	16	16	Known as "The Strangler"; raped and strangle women in Moscow, also killing one of the victims' son; sentenced to life imprisonment.

Ravinder Kumar	India	2008 to 2015	15	30+	Serial rapist who killed children of poor families.

Atlanta Ripper	United States	1911	15	21	Unidentified serial killer(s) who killed at least 15 Atlanta women in 1911, possibly as many as 21 in total.

Robert Hansen	United States	1980 to 1983	15	21	Prostitutes he kidnapped were released into the Alaskan wilderness for him to hunt down like animals. Based on discovered remains, police suspect him of six murders in addition to the 15 for which he was convicted.

Ángel Maturino Reséndiz	United States Mexico	1986 to 1999	15	18	Known as the "Railroad Killer" because his killings were committed near the railroad tracks he used to traverse the country. He was charged with and/or confessed to 15 murders occurring from 1986 to 1999 in Texas, Florida, Illinois, Georgia, and Kentucky.

Chester Turner	United States	1987 to 1998	15	15+	Convicted of killing 15 people in Los Angeles, California in the 1980s and 1990s. Sentenced to death.

Elifasi Msomi	South Africa	1950s to 1956	15	15	Killed his victims with an axe or a knife in the 1950s; executed by hanging in 1956.

Florencio Fernández	Argentina	1950s	15	15	Stalked his victims, then would beat and bite them while they were asleep. Died from natural causes a few years after his 1960 arrest.

Bai Baoshan	China	1983 to 1997	15	15	Robber who killed 15 people while robbing several police stations; executed by hanging in 1998.

Maurizio Minghella	Italy	1978 to 2001	15	15	Killed five prostitutes; imprisoned and released, after which he killed 10 more; sentenced to life imprisonment.

Alexander Labutkin	Soviet Union	1933 to 1935	15	15	Known as the "One-Armed Bandit"; killed people in the forest near the Prigorodny settlement using a revolver; executed 1935.

Sentence(s)

Kearney was a serial killer in the U.S.

final_sentence: Kearney was a serial killer in the U.S.