country death_date death_place alias birth_place cause sentence birth_date victims beginyear birthname article_title endyear name apprehended
germany 18 february 1958 west germany the deathmaker germany suicide by hanging life imprisonment july 7 , 1924 10-25 1946 rudolf pleil rudolf pleil
 1947 rudolf pleil april 1947
rudolf pleil

rudolf pleil -lrb- july 7 , 1924 -- february 18 , 1958 -rrb- was a german serial killer known as `` the deathmaker '' .
he was convicted of killing a salesman and nine women .
he claimed to have killed 25 people .
