List of serial killers in the United States

Table columns:
Name
Years active
Proven victims
Possible victims
Status
Notes
Ref

Table rows:
cells: Adam Leroy Lane
2007
2
2+
Sentenced to 50 years
[4][5][6]
cells: Aileen Wuornos
1989 - 1990
7
7
Executed 2002
Shot seven men to death in Florida between 1989 and 1990;
[7]
cells: Albert Fish
1924 - 1932
3
8
Executed 1936
Also known as the "Werewolf of Wysteria". A sadist and pedophile who cannibalized several children.
[8]
cells: Alfred Leonard Cline
1930 - 1945
9
11
Died in Prison
Murdered his wives with a glass of poisoned buttermilk after persuading them to will their possessions to his name.
[9][10]
cells: Altemio Sanchez
1990 - 2006
3
3
Incarcerated 75 years-to-life
Known as "The Bike Path Rapist"; responsible for three murders and numerous rapes spanning a 25-year period in Buffalo, New York
[11][12][13]
cells: Alton Coleman
1984
8
8
Executed 2002
Multi-state killer who along with his accomplice murdered a man and injured another, murdered 4 women, 3 young girls and raped a young girl
[14]
cells: Alvin Neelley
1982
2
2
Died in prison
Committed murders with wife Judith Neelley
[15]
cells: Amy Archer-Gilligan
1910 - 1917
10
50
Died in Connecticut Hospital for the Insane
Poisoned a husband and residents of her nursing home
[16]
cells: Andre Crawford
1993 - 1999
11
11
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[17]
cells: Andrew Cunanan
1997
5
5
Committed suicide while a fugitive
[18]
cells: Andrew Kokoraleis
1981 - 1982
18
18
Executed 1999
Member of the satanic cult and organized crime group known as Ripper Crew or Chicago Rippers
[19][20]
cells: Ángel Maturino Reséndiz
1986 - 1999
10
16
Executed 2006
Also known as The Railroad Killer/The Railway Killer/The Railcar Killer
[21]
cells: Angelo Buono Jr.
1977 - 1978
9
10
Died in Prison
Along with accomplice Kenneth Bianchi known as "The Hillside Stranglers"
[22]
cells: Anna Marie Hahn
1933 - 1937
5
5
Executed 1938
German-born murder-for-profit killer who poisoned five elderly men
cells: Anthony Cook
1973 - 1981
9
9
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Committed crimes with his brother Nathaniel Cook
[23]
cells: Anthony Allen Shore
1986 - 1995
4
30
Executed 2018
Also known as "The Tourniquet Killer"; prime suspect in the I-45 serial murders.
[24] [25]
cells: Anthony Kirkland
1987 - 2009
5
6
Sentenced to Death
[26][27]
cells: Anthony Sowell
2007 - 2009
11
11
Sentenced to Death
Also known as "The Cleveland Strangler" and "The Imperial Avenue Murderer"
[28]
cells: Arthur Gary Bishop
1979 - 1983
5
5
Executed 1988
[29]
cells: Arthur Shawcross
1972 - 1989
12
14
Died in Prison
Also known as "The Genesee River Killer"
[30]
cells: Belle Gunness
1900 - 1908
25
40
Unknown
Norwegian-born murder-for-profit killer who killed her suitors and children
[31]
cells: Bender Family
1869 - 1872
11
11+
Unknown
Family of serial killers who lived and operated in Labette County, Kansas
cells: Benjamin Atkins
1991 - 1992
11
11
Died in Prison
Also known as "The Woodward Corridor Killer"
[32]
cells: Bertha Gifford
1900 - 1928
3
17
Died in Missouri State Hospital #4
Found not guilty by reason of insanity
[33]
cells: Bill Longley
1869 - 1878
32
32
Executed 1878
Racist gunfighter who killed unarmed slaves and Mexicans
[34]
cells: Billy Glaze
1986 - 1987
3
20
Died in Prison
Guilt has come into question by the discovery of DNA evidence excluding Glaze and implicating another man
[35] [36]
cells: Billy Gohl
1902 - 1910
2
100+
Died in Prison
Union official linked with the disappearances of over 40 sailors in Aberdeen, Washington in the early 20th century
[37]
cells: Blanche Taylor Moore
1968 - 1989
3
4+
Sentenced to Death
[38]
cells: Bobby Jack Fowler
1973 - 1996
1
20
Died in Prison
Convicted of one murder, suspected of up to 20 more.
[39] [40]
cells: Bobby Joe Long
1984
10
10+
Sentenced to Death
Also known as "The Classified Ad Rapist"
[41]
cells: Boone Helm
1850 - 1864
11
11+
Executed 1864
Known as the "Kentucky Cannibal"
[42][43]
cells: Brian Dugan
1983 - 1985
2
3
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[44]
cells: Briley Brothers
1979
11
20
Executed 1984 & 1985
Three brothers and an accomplice responsible for 11 murders
[45]
cells: Bruce Mendenhall
2007
1
9
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Sentenced to additional 30 years in prison for soliciting murder while in jail
[46]
cells: Carl Panzram
1920 - 1929
5
22
Executed 1930
murderer, rapist and arsonist; convicted of two murders; confessed to 19 others
[47]
cells: Carl Eugene Watts
1974 - 1982
22
100
Died in Prison
Known as "The Sunday Morning Slasher"
[48]
cells: Carlton Gary
1977 - 1978
7
7
Sentenced to Death
[49]
cells: Carol M. Bundy
1980
7
7
Died in Prison
With accomplice Doug Clark known as the "Sunset Strip Killers."
[50]
cells: Carroll Cole
1948 - 1980
16
35
Executed 1985
[51]
cells: Cary Stayner
1999
4
4
Sentenced to Death
[52][53]
cells: Cathy Wood
1987
5
6
Incarcerated 20 – 40 years
Eligible for parole since 2005
[54][55]
cells: Charlie Brandt
1971 - 2004
3
6+
Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension
[56]
cells: Charles Albright
1990 - 1991
1
3
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Also known as "The Eyeball Killer"
[57]
cells: Charles Cullen
1988 - 2003
10
40+
Incarcerated 127 years
A nurse in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
[58]
cells: Charles Ray Hatcher
1969 - 1982
2
16
Committed Suicide in prison
Convicted of two child murders in 1978 and 1982, also stabbed to death a fellow inmate and another man 20 years apart
[59]
cells: Charles Schmid
1964
3
4
Murdered in prison by unknown assailants
Also known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson"
[60]
cells: Charles Ng
1983 - 1985
11
25
Sentenced to Death
Along with accompilace Leonard Lake collected and murdered female sex slaves
[61]
cells: Chester Turner
1987 - 1998
15
16
Sentenced to Death
Convicted of murdering ten women and a viable unborn baby in South Los Angeles
[62]
cells: Christopher Peterson
1990
4
7
Incarcerated 120 years
Also known as "The Shotgun Killer"
[63]
cells: Christopher Wilder
1984
8
15
Killed by Police during apprehension
Also known as "The Beauty Queen Killer"
[64]
cells: Cleophus Prince Jr.
1990
6
6
Sentenced to Death
Also known as "The Clairemont Killer"
[65]
cells: Craig Price
1987 - 1989
4
4
Incarcerated
Convicted as a minor. Scheduled for release May 2020
[66]
cells: Cynthia Coffman
1986
4
4
Sentenced to Death
Kidnapped 4 women by ATMs before accomplice strangled them
[67]
cells: Dale Hausner
2006
8
8
Committed suicide in prison
Convicted of killing people in random drive-by shootings
[68]
cells: Dallen Bounds
1999
4
4+
Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension
[69][70]
cells: Dana Sue Gray
1994
3
3
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[71]
cells: Daniel Conahan
1993 - 1996
1
14
Sentenced to Death
Convicted of one murder, but was associated with more than a dozen of torture and murders
cells: Daniel Lee Siebert
1979 - 1986
8
12
Died in Prison
Killed nine people across America in three months
[72] [73]
cells: Danny Rolling
1989 - 1990
8
8
Executed 2006
Pleaded guilty to murdering five students
[74]
cells: Darren Deon Vann
2013 - 2014
7
7
Awaiting Trial
[75] [76]
cells: David Alan Gore
1981 - 1983
6
6
Executed 2012
One of the pair known as "The Killing Cousins"
[77]
cells: David Berkowitz
1976 - 1977
6
6
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Also known as the "Son of Sam"
[78]
cells: David Carpenter
1979 - 1981
6
10
Sentenced to Death
Also known as "The Trailside Killer"
[79]
cells: David Edward Maust
1974 -2003
5
5
Committed Suicide in prison
Convicted of killing five teenage boys; one in Germany in 1974, another in 1981, and three he buried in his basement
[80][81]
cells: David Mason
1980 - 1982
4
6
Executed 1993
Killed four elderly neighbours in 1980 and his cellmate in 1982 while imprisoned on lesser charges; suspected of shooting dead his boyfriend
[82]
cells: David Meirhofer
1967 - 1974
4
4
Deceased - Suicide
First serial killer apprehended by offender profiling
[83]
cells: David Parker Ray
1950s - 1999
3
60
Died in Prison
Convicted of kidnapping and torture in 2001, but never convicted of murder.
[84]
cells: Dayton Leroy Rogers
1983 - 1987
6
8+
Sentenced to Death
[85]
cells: Dean Corll
1970 - 1973
28
28+
Killed by accomplice Elmer Wayne Henley
Crimes referred to as the "Houston Mass Murders"
[86]
cells: Debra Denise Brown
1984
8
8
Sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment
[87]
cells: Delphine LaLaurie
1834
?
?
Died in Paris France
Tortured and maimed her slaves
[88]
cells: Dennis Rader
1974 -1991
10
10
Incarcerated - Life imprisonment
Also known as the BTK Killer
[89]
cells: Derrick Todd Lee
1992 - 2003
2
7+
Died in Prison awaiting execution
Known as "The Baton Rouge Serial Killer"; convicted of two murders; linked by DNA evidence to five others
[90]
cells: Diane O'Dell
1982 - 1985
3
4
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Murders of her illegitimate babies
[91]
cells: Donald Harvey
1970 - 1987
37
80
Died in Prison, Killed by unknown assailant
Known as "The Angel of Death"
[92]
cells: Donald Henry Gaskins
1953 - 1982
9
100+
Executed 1991
Convicted of nine murders; claimed to an author to have killed more than 100
[93]
cells: Donald Leroy Evans
1985 - 1991
3
70
Died in Prison, Murdered by a fellow death row inmate
Suspected of another dozen murders but recanted his confessions to over 70 more
[94]
cells: Dorothea Puente
1982 - 1988
9
15
Died in Prison
convicted of three killings; suspected of six others
[95]
cells: Doug Clark
1980
7
7
Sentenced to Death
With accomplice Carol M. Bundy known as the "Sunset Strip Killers."
[96]
cells: Earle Nelson
1926 - 1927
1
22
Executed 1928
Known as "the Gorilla Man"
[97]
cells: Ed Gein
1954 - 1957
2
7
Died while incarcerated at Mendota Mental Health Institute
Gein's life and crimes have inspired, at least in part, the novels/films Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs, and the 1974 movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
[98]
cells: Edmund Kemper
1964 - 1973
6
10
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as "The Co-Ed Killer"
[99]
cells: Edward Edwards
1977 - 1996
5
15
Died in Prison awaiting execution
Sentenced to die for shooting his foster son in 1996 insurance murder
[100][101]
cells: Edward H. Rulloff
1844 - 1870
3
5
Executed 1871
Known as "The Genius Killer"
[102][103]
cells: Edward J. Adams
1920 - 1921
7
7
Killed by police during shootout
Criminal who murdered 7 people, including 3 policemen
[104]
cells: Edward Spreitzer
1981 - 1982
18
18
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Member of the satanic cult and organized crime group known as Ripper Crew or Chicago Rippers
[105] [106]
cells: Efren Saldivar
1988 - 1998
6
50+
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
cells: Elias Abuelazam
2009 - 2010
1
5
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as "The Flint Serial Slasher" and "The Flint Serial Stabber"
[107]
cells: Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh
1833 - 1845
2
2
Executed 1846
Self-confessed poisoner who killed her alcoholic husbands
[108]
cells: Elmer Wayne Henley
1970 - 1973
6
6
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Crimes referred to as the "Houston Mass Murders"
[109][110]
cells: Faryion Wardrip
1984 - 1986
5
5
Sentenced to Death
Death Sentence currently under appeal
[111]
cells: Faye Copeland
1986 - 1989
5
12
Died in Prison awaiting execution
Along with her husband, Ray Copeland, oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States
[112][113][114][115][116]
cells: Felipe Espinosa
1863
32
32
Killed by Tom Tobin
cells: Frederick Mors
1914 - 1915
8
8
Fate Unknown
Committed to Hudson River State Hospital, escaped in May 1916.
[117]
cells: Gary Evans
1985 - 1997
5
5
Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension
[118]
cells: Gary M. Heidnik
1986 - 1987
2
2
Executed 1999
Held 6 women prisoner in his basement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[119]
cells: Gary Ray Bowles
1994
6
25
Sentenced to Death
[120]
cells: Gary Ridgway
1982 - 1998
49
90+
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as the Green River Killer
[121]
cells: Genene Jones
1977 - 1982
2
60+
Due to released March 1, 2018
Texas pediatric nurse who poisoned infants in her care
[122][123][124][125]
cells: Georgia Tann
1924 - 1950
19
19+
Died of uterine cancer before she could be arrested
Child trafficker who sold kidnapped children to the black market
[126]
cells: Gerald Gallego
1978 - 1980
10
10
Died awaiting Execution
Accomplace Charlene Gallego released 1997
[127]
cells: Gerald Parker
1978 - 1978
6
6
Sentenced to Death
Known as "The Bedroom Basher"
[128]
cells: Gerald Stano
1969 - 1980
22
41+
Executed 1998
Guilt has been questioned
[129]
cells: Gerard John Schaefer
1969 - 1973
2
34
Murdered in prison by fellow inmate Vincent Rivera.
Former Police Officer
[130]
cells: Glen Edward Rogers
1993 - 1995
4
5
Sentenced to Death
Death Sentence currently under appeal
[131]
cells: Gordon Stewart Northcott
1926 - 1928
3
20
Executed 1930
His mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, was implicated as an accomplice
[132]
cells: Gwendolyn Graham
1987
5
6
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[133] [134]
cells: H. H. Holmes
1891 - 1894
9
27+
Executed 1896
Convicted of only one murder, but definitively tied to at least eight more. Confessed to a total of 27
[135][136]
cells: Hadden Clark
1986 - 1992
2
2+
Sentenced to 70 years
Cannibal convicted of two murders; confessed to many more
[137]
cells: Harpe brothers
1797 - 1804
39
50+
Murder/Executed
Brothers or cousins. America's first known serial killers
[138]
cells: Harrison Graham
1986 - 1987
7
7
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[139]
cells: Harry T. Hayward
1894
1
4
Executed 1895
[140]
cells: Harry Powers
1931
5
5
Executed 1932
Known as "The West Virginia Bluebeard"
[141]
cells: Harvey Carignan
1949 - 1974
2
5
Incarcerated 150 years
Known as "The Want-Ad Killer"; Escaped hanging for a 1949 killing on a technicality
[142]
cells: Harvey Glatman
1957 -1958
3
4
Executed 1959
Known as "The Lonely Hearts Killer"; Lured women to pose for "bondage photographs"
cells: Harvey Miguel Robinson
1992 - 1993
3
3
Sentenced to Death
Teenager who stalked, raped and killed
[143]
cells: Helen Golay
1999 - 2005
2
2
Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole
Killed vagrants with her partner-in-crime, Olga Rutterschmidt
[144]
cells: Henry Lee Lucas
1960 - 1983
11
200+
Died in Prison
Confessed to approximately 3,000 murders, although most of his confessions are considered outlandish
[145]
cells: Henry Louis Wallace
1990 - 1994
10
10
Sentenced to Death
Known as "The Taco Bell Strangler"
[146]
cells: Herb Baumeister
1980 - 1996
11
20
Committed Suicide while a fugitive
Responsible for murdering at least 11 victims who were found buried on his property.
[147]
cells: Herbert Mullin
1972 - 1973
11
13
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Will be eligible for parole in 2021
[148]
cells: Heriberto Seda
1990 - 1993
3
3
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
New York City copycat of the "Zodiac Killer"
[149]
cells: Herman Petrillo
1930s - 1938
114
114
Executed 1941
Italian immigrant; leader of the Philadelphia poison ring
[150]
cells: Howard Allen
1974 - 1987
3
3
Incarcerated for 60 years
Death Sentence Commuted
[151][152]
cells: Israel Keyes
Late 1990s - 2012
3
11
Committed Suicide while in custody
3 confirmed victims. Linked to 11 victims in 4 states
[153]
cells: J. Frank Hickey
1883 - 1911
3
3
Died in prison
Known as "The Postcard Killer"
[154]
cells: J.C.X. Simon
1973 - 1974
15
73+
Died in prison
Part of the 'Death Angels' cult responsible for the Zebra murders
[155]
cells: Jack Owen Spillman
1994 - 1995
3
3
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as "The Werewolf Butcher"
[156]
cells: Jake Bird
1930 - 1947
2
46
Executed 1949
Sentenced to death for the murders of two people; confessed to 44 other murders
[157]
cells: James Dale Ritchie
2016
5
5+
Killed by Police during apprehension
Known as the "Anchorage Serial Killer"
[158]
cells: James Swann
1993
4
4
Found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to Saint Elizabeths Hospital
Known as "The Shotgun Stalker"
[159]
cells: Jane Toppan
1895 - 1901
12
31
Found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed for life in the Taunton Insane Hospital
[160]
cells: Janie Lou Gibbs
1966 - 1967
5
5
Died in Prison
[161]
cells: Jeffrey Dahmer
1978 - 1991
17
17
Murdered by inmate Christopher Scarver
Milwaukee cannibal who retained various body parts of his victims
[162]
cells: Jerry Brudos
1968 - 1969
4
4+
Died in Prison
Known as "The Lust Killer" and "Shoe Fetish Slayer"
[163]
cells: Jesse Pomeroy
1874
2
9
Died in Prison
Known as "The Boy Torturer"
[164]
cells: Jessie Lee Cooks
1973 - 1974
15
73+
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Part of the 'Death Angels' cult responsible for the Zebra murders
[165]
cells: Joe Ball
1936 - 1938
2
20
Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension
Known as "The Alligator Man"
[166]
cells: Joel Rifkin
1989 - 1993
9
17
Incarcerated for 203 year to life
[167]
cells: Johann Otto Hoch
1890 - 1905
1
15+
Executed 1906
Known as "The Stockyard Bluebeard"
cells: John Allen Muhammad
2002
7
17
Executed 2009
With accomplace Lee Boyd Malvo perpetrated the D.C. sniper attacks
[168]
cells: John Bittrolff
1993 -
2
4+
Sentenced to 25-years-to-life
Suspect in Long Island serial killer case
[169]
cells: John Edward Robinson
1984 - 1999
3
8+
Sentenced to Death
Sometimes referred to as "the Internet's first serial killer"
[170]
cells: John Floyd Thomas Jr.
1972 - 1986
7
15+
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as "The Southland Strangler" and The "Westside Rapist"
[171][172][173]
cells: John Johnson
1843 - ?
?
300+
Died 1900
Known as "Liver-Eating Johnson"; mountain man who allegedly ate the livers of Crows he'd slain
[174]
cells: John Joubert
1982 - 1983
3
3
Executed 1996
Known as "The Nebraska Boy Snatcher"
[175]
cells: John Norman Collins
1967 - 1969
1
7
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as "The Co-Ed Killer"
[176]
cells: John Wayne Gacy
1972 - 1978
33
34
Executed 1994
Known as "The Killer Clown"
[177][178]
cells: Jonathan Preston Haynes
1987 - 1993
2
2
Sentenced to death; commuted to life imprisonment
Known as the 'Aryan Beauty Killer'
[179]
cells: Joseph Christopher
1980 - 1981
12
12+
Died in prison
Known as "The Midtown Slasher"
[180]
cells: Joseph E. Duncan III
1996 -2005
5
7
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Raped at least 17 young boys and 3 young girls
[181][182]
cells: Joseph Kallinger
1974 - 1975
3
3
Died in Prison
Committed these crimes with his 15-year-old son Michael
[183]
cells: Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky
1950 - 1957
7
7
Executed 1960
[184]
cells: Joseph Naso
1977 - 1994
6
10
Sentenced to Death
Also a suspect in the Alphabet murders case.
[185]
cells: Joseph Paul Franklin
1977 -1980
11
22
Executed 2013
Also attempted to assassinate Larry Flynt and Vernon Jordan;
[186]
cells: Josephine Sedita
1930s - 1938
114
114
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Italian immigrant; member of the Philadelphia poison ring
[187]
cells: Juan Corona
1971
25
25+
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Majority of victims had been transient workers
[188][189]
cells: Juan Covington
1998 - 2005
2
3
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[190]
cells: Judith Neelley
1982
2
2
Death sentence commuted to Life imprisonment
Committed murders with Husband Alvin Neelley
[191]
cells: Judy Buenoano
1971 - 1983
3
3+
Executed 1998
Caught in 1983 after poisoning and car bombing a fiancée
[192]
cells: Karl F. Warner
1969 - 1971
3
3
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
cells: Keith Hunter Jesperson
1990 - 1995
8
8+
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as "The Happy Face Killer"
[193]
cells: Kendall Francois
1996 - 1998
8
10
Died in Prison
[194]
cells: Kenneth Bianchi
1977 - 1978
12
12
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Along with accomplice Angelo Buono Jr. known as "The Hillside Stranglers"
[195]
cells: Kenneth McDuff
1966 - 1992
9
14+
Executed 1998
Known as "The Broomstick Killer"; death sentence for 1966 triple-murder commuted; killed three days after 1989 parole
[196][197]
cells: Kimberly McCarthy
1997 - 1998
1
3
Executed 2013
Crack addict who murdered a neighbour; suspect in two similar murders
[198]
cells: Kimberly Clark Saenz
2008
5
10+
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Killed five patients by injecting bleach into their dialysis lines
.[199]
cells: Kristen Gilbert
1989 - 1996
4
4
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Induced cardiac arrest in patients and would then respond to the coded emergency, often resuscitating the patients herself.
[200]
cells: Larry Eyler
1982 - 1984
2
23
Died in Prison awaiting execution
Known as "The Interstate Killer"
[201]
cells: Larry Green
1973 - 1974
15
73+
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Part of the 'Death Angels' cult responsible for the Zebra murders
[202]
cells: Lawrence Bittaker
1979
5
5
Sentenced to Death
With accomplice Roy Norris known as "Tool Box Killers"
[203]
cells: Lee Boyd Malvo
2002
7
17
Life imprisonment without parole (overturned on May 26, 2017; awaiting resentencing)
With accomplice John Allen Muhammad perpetrated the D.C. sniper attacks
[204]
cells: Lee Roy Martin
1967 - 1968
4
4
Died in Prison
Known as "The Gaffney Strangler"
[205][206][207]
cells: Lemuel Smith
1958 - 1981
5
6
Sentenced to Death; Commuted to Life
[208]
cells: Leonard Lake
1983 - 1985
11
25
Committed Suicide while in custody
Along with accompilace Charles Ng collected and murdered female sex slaves
[209]
cells: Leslie Irvin
1954 - 1955
6
6+
Died in Prison
His Supreme Court case set a precedent for fair trials of highly publicized defendants
[210]
cells: Linda Hazzard
1908 - 1911
1
13
Served 2 years
Died in 1938
[211]
cells: Lizzie Halliday
1890s
4
7
Died in Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
First woman sentenced to be executed by the electric chair
[212]
cells: Lonnie David Franklin Jr.
1985 - 2007
10
25+
Sentenced to Death
Known as "Grim Sleeper"; Charged after DNA evidence linked him with ten murders in Los Angeles since 1985
[213]
cells: Loren Herzog
1984 - 1999
3
19
Committed Suicide awaiting parole release
Along with accompliace Wesley Shermantine known as the "Speed Freak Killers"
[214]
cells: Lorenzo Gilyard
1977 - 1993
12
13
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as "The Kansas City Strangler"
[215]
cells: Louise Peete
1913 - 1944
3
3
Executed 1947
Convicted of murdering a man and woman decades apart, four other acquaintances died suspiciously and four husbands committed suicide
[216]
cells: Louise Vermilya
1893 - 1911
9
9
Charges Dismissed
cells: Lyda Southard
1915 - 1920
6
6
Released 1941
Known as "Flypaper Lyda"; serial poisoner who killed four husbands, a young daughter and a brother-in-law
[217]
cells: Lydia Sherman
1863 - 1877
12
12
Died in Prison
[218]
cells: Mack Ray Edwards
1953 - 1970
3
18
Committed Suicide awaiting execution
[219][220]
cells: Manuel Moore
1973 - 1974
15
73+
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Part of the 'Death Angels' cult responsible for the Zebra murders
[221]
cells: Maria Carina Favato
1930s - 1938
114
114
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Italian immigrant; member of the Philadelphia poison ring
[222]
cells: Marie Noe
1949 - 1968
8
8
Sentenced to 20 years probation 1998
Murdered eight of her children; 2 others died of natural causes
[223]
cells: Marion Albert Pruett
1981
5
5
Executed 1999
Committed his crimes while in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program
[224]
cells: Mark Goudeau
2005 - 2006
9
9
Sentenced to Death
Known as "The Baseline Killer"
[225]
cells: Martha Ann Johnson
1977 - 1982
3
4
Sentenced to Death; Commuted to Life
[226]
cells: Martha Beck
1947 - 1949
1
20
Executed 1951
Along with accomplace Raymond Fernandez became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers"
[227]
cells: Martha Wise
1924 - 1925
3
3
Died in Prison
Poisoned seventeen members of her own family
[228]
cells: Marybeth Tinning
1972 - 1985
2
9
Sentenced to 20 years to life
[229]
cells: Maury Travis
2000 - 2002
2
17+
Committed Suicide awaiting trial
[230]
cells: Melvin Rees
1957 - 1959
5
9+
Died in Prison
Known as "The Sex Beast"
[231]
cells: Michael Bear Carson
1981 - 1983
3
12
Sentenced to 75 years to life
[232]
cells: Michael Bruce Ross
1981 - 1984
8
8
Executed 2005
[233]
cells: Michael Gargiulo
1993 - 2008
3
10
Awaiting capital murder trial
[234]
cells: Michael Hughes
1986 - 1993
7
7+
Sentenced to Death
Known as Southside Slayer
.[235]
cells: Michael Lee Lockhart
1987 - 1988
4
6+
Executed 1997
Received death sentences in three states, executed by the state of Texas
cells: Michael Madison
2012 - 2013
3
3
Sentenced to Death
[236]
cells: Michael Swango
1981 - 1997
4
60
Sentenced to life imprisonment
Physician and surgeon
[237]
cells: Michelle Knotek
1994 - 2003
2
3
22 years in prison
Tortured and abused boarders in her home with her husband
[238]
cells: Milton Johnson
1983 - 1984
10
10+
Sentenced to death
Victims included two deputy sheriffs
[239]
cells: Montie Ralph Rissell
1976 - 1977
5
5
Sentenced to life imprisonment
[240]
cells: Morris Bolber
1930s - 1938
114
114
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Russian-Jewish immigrant; member of the Philadelphia poison ring
[241]
cells: Morris Solomon Jr.
1986 - 1987
6
7
Sentenced to death
Known as "The Sacramento Slayer"
[242]
cells: Nannie Doss
1927 - 1954
8
11
Died in prison
Known as "The Giggling Granny" and "The Jolly Black Widow"
[243]
cells: Nathaniel Cook
1973 - 1981
9
9
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Committed crimes with his brother Anthony Cook
[244]
cells: Nathaniel White
1991 - 1992
6
6
Sentenced to 150 years to life in prison
Confessed to beating and stabbing six women to death while on parole.
[245]
cells: Olga Rutterschmidt
1999 - 2005
2
2
Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole
Killed vagrants with her partner-in-crime, Helen Golay
[144]
cells: Orville Lynn Majors
1993 - 1995
6
130
Died in Prison
[246]
cells: Ottis Toole
1976 - 1983
6
6+
Died in Prison
Accomplice of Henry Lee Lucas
[247]
cells: Patrick Kearney
1965 - 1977
21
43
Sentenced to life imprisonment
[248]
cells: Patty Cannon
1802 - 1829
4
25+
Died in prison awaiting trial
Gang leader who kidnapped slaves and free blacks to either sell or torture them
[249]
cells: Paul Dennis Reid
1997
7
7
Died in Prison awaiting Execution
Known as "The Fast Food Killer"
[250]
cells: Paul Durousseau
1997 - 2003
9
9+
Sentenced to death (overturned on January 31, 2017; awaiting resentencing)
German authorities suspect Durousseau may have killed several local women when he was stationed there with the Army during the early 1990s.
[251]
cells: Paul John Knowles
1974
18
35
Killed by police attempting to escape from custody
Known as "The Casanova Killer"
[252][253]
cells: Paul Michael Stephani
1980 - 1982
3
3
Died in Prison
Known as the "Weepy-Voiced Killer"
[254][255]
cells: Paul Petrillo
1930s - 1938
114
114
Executed 1941
Italian immigrant; leader of the Philadelphia poison ring
[256]
cells: Peter Kudzinowski
1924 - 1928
3
3
Executed 1929
cells: Phillip Carl Jablonski
1978 - 1991
5
5
Sentenced to death
cells: Randall Woodfield
1979 - 1981
1
20
Sentenced to Life imprisonment plus 165 years
Known as "The I-5 Killer" and "The I-5 Bandit"
[257]
cells: Randy Steven Kraft
1971 - 1983
16
67
Sentenced to death
Known as the "Scorecard Killer" and the "Freeway Killer"
[258]
cells: Ray Copeland
1986 - 1989
5
12
Died in Prison awaiting execution
Along with his wife, Faye Copeland, oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States
[259][260][261][262][263]
cells: Raymond Fernandez
1947 - 1949
1
20
Executed 1951
Along with accomplace Martha Beck became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers"
[264]
cells: Rhonda Belle Martin
1926 - 1951
1
6
Executed 1957
cells: Ricardo Caputo
1971 - 1977
4
6
Died in Prison
[265]
cells: Richard Angelo
1987
4
10
Sentenced to 50-years-to-life in prison
[266]
cells: Richard Biegenwald
1958 -1983
5
11
Died in Prison
[267]
cells: Richard Chase
1977 -1978
6
6
Committed suicide awaiting execution
Known as "The Vampire of Sacramento"
[268]
cells: Richard Cottingham
1967 - 1980
6
85-100
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known variously as "The Butcher of Times Square", "The Torso Killer", "The New York (city) Ripper", and "The Times Square Torso Ripper"
[269][270][271]
cells: Richard Evonitz
1996- 1997
3
3
Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension
[272]
cells: Richard Kuklinski
1948 - 1986
5
100 - 250
Died in prison
Mafia associate known as "The Iceman"
[273]
cells: Richard Laurence Marquette
1956 - 1975
3
3
Sentenced to life imprisonment
First 11th person named on FBI 10 Most Wanted
[274]
cells: Richard Ramirez
1984 - 1985
13
14
Died in prison awaiting execution
Known as "The Night Stalker"
[275]
cells: Robert Anthony Buell
1981 - 1983
1
3
Executed 2002
[276]
cells: Robert Ben Rhoades
1975 - 1990
3
50
Sentenced to life imprisonment
Known as "The Truck Stop Killer"
[277]
cells: Robert Berdella
1984 - 1987
6
6+
Died in prison
[278]
cells: Robert Hansen
1971 - 1983
17
21+
Died in prison
[279]
cells: Robert Joseph Silveria Jr.
1981 - 1996
9
14+
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as "The Boxcar Killer", alleged member of Freight Train Riders of America
[280][281]
cells: Robert Lee Yates
1975 - 1998
13
16
Sentenced to Death
[282]
cells: Robert Nixon
1937 - 1938
3
5
Executed 1939
Nixon served, in part, as the basis of the character of Bigger Thomas in Richard Wright's 1940 social protest novel Native Son.
cells: Robert Rozier
1981 - 1986
4
7
Serving 25 years to life on a conviction for check kiting under a third strike law.
Former NFL playerl; sentenced to 22 years for murder after agreeing to testify against Yahweh ben Yahweh's organization
[283]
cells: Robert Shulman
1991 - 1996
5
5
Died in prison
[284]
cells: Robert Zarinsky
1958 - 1974
2
10
Died in prison
[285]
cells: Robin Gecht
1981 - 1982
18
18
Incarcerated for 120 years
Member of the satanic cult and organized crime group known as Ripper Crew or Chicago Rippers
[286] [287]
cells: Rodney Alcala
1971 - 1979
8
50-130
Sentenced to Death
Sometimes called the "Dating Game Killer" because of his 1978 appearance on the television show The Dating Game in the midst of his murder spree.
[288]
cells: Roger Dale Stafford
1974 - 1978
9
9
Executed 1995
[289]
cells: Roger Kibbe
1977 - 1987
7
7
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Known as the "I-5 Strangler"
[290]
cells: Ronald Dominique
1997 - 2006
8
23
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[291]
cells: Ronald E. Clark
1967
2
9
Died in prison
[292]
cells: Rory Enrique Conde
1994 - 1995
6
6
Sentenced to death
Known as "The Tamiami Trail Strangler"
[293]
cells: Rose Carina
1930s - 1938
114
114
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Italian immigrant; member of the Philadelphia poison ring
[294]
cells: Roy Norris
1979
5
5
Sentenced to 45 years to life
With accomplace Lawrence Bittaker known as "Tool Box Killers"
[295]
cells: Samuel Dieteman
2005 - 2006
8
8
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
Accomplace Dale Hausner committed suicide in prison
[296]
cells: Samuel Green
1817 - 1821
2
2+
Executed 1822
[297]
cells: Samuel Mason
1797 - 1803
20
20+
Killed/Died from injuries received during a shoot-out
River pirate associated with the Harpe brothers and other outlaws
[298]
cells: Sante Kimes
1996 - 1998
2
3
Died in prison
Criminal who's responsible for numerous crimes committed with her son, Kenneth Jr.
[299]
cells: Scott Erskine
1989 - 1993
3
3+
Sentenced to death
[300][301]
cells: Scott Lee Kimball
2003 - 2004
4
5+
70-year sentence
FBI Informant; Proposed as a suspect in the West Mesa murders
[302]
cells: Scott William Cox
1980s - 1990
2
20
Granted parole in 2013
[303]
cells: Scott Williams
1997 - 2006
3
3
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[304]
cells: Sean Sellers
1985 - 1986
3
3
Executed 1999
One of 22 persons in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 to be executed for a crime committed while under the age of 18, and the lone to have been executed for crime committed under the age of 17
[305]
cells: Sean Vincent Gillis
1994 - 2004
8
8
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[306][307]
cells: Sharon Kinne
1962 - 1964
3
3
Escaped from prison 1969
[308]
cells: Shawn Grate
2005 - 2016
2
5
Awaiting trial
[309]
cells: Shirley Winters
1980 - 2006
2
7
Sentenced to 8 1/3 to 25 years
[310]
cells: Stephen Morin
1969 - 1981
4
48
Executed 1985
Suspected in over 30 unsolved violent crimes across the country
[311]
cells: Stephen Richards
1876 - 1878
9
9
Executed 1879
Known as "The Nebraska Fiend"
[312]
cells: Steven Brian Pennell
1987 - 1988
2
5
Executed 1992
Known as "The Route 40 Killer"
[313]
cells: Steven David Catlin
1976 - 1984
3
3
Sentenced to Death
[314]
cells: Suzan Carson
1981 - 1983
3
12
Sentenced to 75 years to life
[315]
cells: Ted Bundy
1961 - 1978
28
30+
Executed 1989
[316]
cells: Terri Rachals
1980 - 1986
6
9
Sentenced to 17 years imprisonment; Released 2003
Former nurse
[317]
cells: Terry Blair
1982 - 2004
7
9
Sentenced to life imprisonment
Sentenced 25 years imprisonment for one murder, released on parole after serving 21 years and committed additional murders upon release
[318]
cells: Theodore Durrant
1895
2
2
Executed 1898
Known as the "Demon of the Belfry"
[319]
cells: Theresa Knorr
1984 - 1985
2
3
Sentenced to two life sentences
Her sons, William and Robert Jr., were accomplices
[320]
cells: Thomas Dillon
1989 - 1992
5
5
5 terms of 30 years to life
[321]
cells: Thomas Kokoraleis
1981 - 1982
18
18
Awaiting Release
Member of the satanic cult and organized crime group known as Ripper Crew or Chicago Rippers
[322] [323]
cells: Thor Nis Christiansen
1976 - 1979
4
4
Murdered in prison by unknown assailant
[324][325]
cells: Tillie Klimek
1914 - 1921
5
7
Died in prison
cells: Timothy Krajcir
1977 - 1982
9
9
Sentenced to Life imprisonment
[326]
cells: Timothy Wilson Spencer
1984 - 1988
5
5
Executed 1994
Known as the "Southside Strangler"
[327]
cells: Todd Kohlhepp
2003 - 2016
7
7
Sentenced to life imprisonment
[328][329]
cells: Tommy Lynn Sells
1980 - 1999
6
22
Executed 2014
Confessed to murdering dozens of people, possibly in excess of 70, only six are confirmed
[330][331]
cells: Tony Costa
1968 - 1969
4
8
Committed Suicide in prison
[332]
cells: Vaughn Greenwood
1964 -1975
11
11
Sentenced to life imprisonment
Known as the "Skid Row Slasher"
[333]
cells: Velma Barfield
1971 - 1978
1
6
Executed 1984
[334]
cells: Vincent Johnson
1999 - 2000
5
5
Sentenced to life imprisonment
Known as the "Brooklyn Strangler"
[335]
cells: Walter E. Ellis
1986 - 2007
7
7
Died in prison
Known as "The Milwaukee North Side Strangler"
[336]
cells: Waneta Hoyt
1965 - 1971
5
5
Died in prison
Exonerated under New York law because she died before her appeal.
[337]
cells: Wayne Adam Ford
1997 - 1998
4
4+
Sentenced to Death
[338][339]
cells: Wayne Nance
1974 - 1986
4
5+
Killed by intended victim
[340]
cells: Wayne Williams
1979 - 1981
25
31
Sentenced to life imprisonment
Has maintained his innocence from the beginning and conviction is considered controversial
[341]
cells: Wesley Shermantine
1984 - 1999
3
19
Sentenced to Death
Along with accompliace Loren Herzog known as the "Speed Freak Killers"
[342]
cells: Westley Allan Dodd
1989
3
3
Executed 1993
[343]
cells: William Bonin
1979 - 1980
21
36+
Executed 1996
Known as "The Freeway Killer"; was know to murder with several accomplices
[344]
cells: William Dathan Holbert
2007 - 2010
5
5+
Sentenced to 47 years
Committed murders with his ex-wife Laura Michelle Reese
[345]
cells: William Devin Howell
2003
7
Sentenced to life in prison
Convicted of killing 7 people in 2003. Believed to be the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history.
[346][347]
cells: William Henry Hance
1977 - 1978
4
4
Executed 1994
Known as "The Forces of Evil"
cells: William Heirens
1945 - 1946
3
3
Died in prison
Known as "The Lipstick Killer"
[348]
cells: William Richard Bradford
1984
2
3+
Died in prison awaiting execution
[349][350]
cells: William Suff
1974 - 1992
12
22
Sentenced to death
Known as "The Riverside Prostitute Killer"
[351]

Questions about this table:
originalText: who was the united states first serial killer
answer: answerTexts: Harpe brothers