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Abraão José Bueno
Abraão José Bueno (born 1977) is a Brazilian nurse and serial killer.
Abraão José Bueno (born 1977) is a Brazilian nurse and serial killer.
Ahmad Ahmadi
Ahmad Ahmadi (1885–1944), also known as Pezeshk Ahmadi, was an Iranian physician who killed numerous political prisoners while employed at Tehran's Qasr prison.
Ahmad Ahmadi (1885–1944), also known as Pezeshk Ahmadi, was an Iranian physician who killed numerous political prisoners while employed at Tehran's Qasr prison.
Aino Nykopp-Koski
Aino Nykopp-Koski is a Finnish serial killer.
Aino Nykopp-Koski is a Finnish serial killer.
Amelia Dyer
Amelia Elizabeth Dyer née Hobley (1838 – June 10, 1896) was the most prolific baby farm murderer of Victorian England.
Amelia Elizabeth Dyer née Hobley (1838 – June 10, 1896) was the most prolific baby farm murderer of Victorian England.
Amy Archer-Gilligan
"Sister" Amy Duggan Archer-Gilligan (1868–1962) was a Windsor, Connecticut nursing home proprietor and serial killer who systematically murdered at least five people by poison; one was her secon...
"Sister" Amy Duggan Archer-Gilligan (1868–1962) was a Windsor, Connecticut nursing home proprietor and serial killer who systematically murdered at least five people by poison; one was her secon...
Arnfinn Nesset
Arnfinn Nesset is a Norwegian nurse who became the most prolific known serial killer in Scandinavian history only surpassed by the terrorist Anders Behring Breivik on July 22nd 2011.
Arnfinn Nesset is a Norwegian nurse who became the most prolific known serial killer in Scandinavian history only surpassed by the terrorist Anders Behring Breivik on July 22nd 2011.
Benjamin Geen
Benjamin Geen is a former nurse convicted of murdering two patients and causing grievous bodily harm to 15 others while working at Horton General Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Benjamin Geen is a former nurse convicted of murdering two patients and causing grievous bodily harm to 15 others while working at Horton General Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Beverley Allitt
Beverley Gail Allitt is an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three other children, and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six children.
Beverley Gail Allitt is an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three other children, and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six children.
Cathy Wood
Gwendolyn Graham (born August 6, 1963) and Cathy Wood (born 1962) are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
Gwendolyn Graham (born August 6, 1963) and Cathy Wood (born 1962) are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
Charles Cullen
Charles Edmund Cullen is a former nurse who is the most prolific serial killer in New Jersey history, and suspected to be the most prolific serial killer in American history.
Charles Edmund Cullen is a former nurse who is the most prolific serial killer in New Jersey history, and suspected to be the most prolific serial killer in American history.
Christine Malèvre
Christine Malèvre (born 1970) is a French serial killer.
Christine Malèvre (born 1970) is a French serial killer.
Colin Norris
Colin Campbell Norris was a Scottish nurse and convicted serial killer from the Milton area in Glasgow who was convicted of murdering four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds, England, in 2002.
Colin Campbell Norris was a Scottish nurse and convicted serial killer from the Milton area in Glasgow who was convicted of murdering four elderly patients in a hospital in Leeds, England, in 2002.
Daisuke Mori
Daisuke Mori is a Japanese nurse, who was convicted for giving lethal doses of the muscle relaxant drug Vecuronium to his patients in a clinic in Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.
Daisuke Mori is a Japanese nurse, who was convicted for giving lethal doses of the muscle relaxant drug Vecuronium to his patients in a clinic in Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.
Dorothea Waddingham
Dorothea Nancy Waddingham (1899 - 16 April 1936) was a nursing home matron and convicted murderer in the United Kingdom.
Dorothea Nancy Waddingham (1899 - 16 April 1936) was a nursing home matron and convicted murderer in the United Kingdom.
Edme Castaing
Edme Castaing was a French physician and is thought to have been the first person to use morphine to commit murder.
Edme Castaing was a French physician and is thought to have been the first person to use morphine to commit murder.
Edson Izidoro Guimarães
Edson Isidoro Guimarães (born 1957) is a Brazillian nursing assistant and convicted serial killer.
Edson Isidoro Guimarães (born 1957) is a Brazillian nursing assistant and convicted serial killer.
Edward William Pritchard
Edward William Pritchard was an English doctor who was convicted of murdering his wife and mother-in-law by poisoning.
Edward William Pritchard was an English doctor who was convicted of murdering his wife and mother-in-law by poisoning.
Efren Saldivar
Efren Saldivar (born September 30, 1969) is an American serial killer who murdered patients while working as a respiratory therapist.
Efren Saldivar (born September 30, 1969) is an American serial killer who murdered patients while working as a respiratory therapist.
Genene Jones
Genene Anne Jones (born July 13, 1950) is a former pediatric nurse who killed somewhere between 11 and 46 infants and children in her care.
Genene Anne Jones (born July 13, 1950) is a former pediatric nurse who killed somewhere between 11 and 46 infants and children in her care.
Gwendolyn Graham
Gwendolyn Graham (born August 6, 1963) and Cathy Wood (born 1962) are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
Gwendolyn Graham (born August 6, 1963) and Cathy Wood (born 1962) are American serial killers who killed five elderly women in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1980s.
H. H. Holmes
Herman Webster Mudgett, better known under the alias of Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, was one of the first documented American serial killers in the modern sense of the term.
Herman Webster Mudgett, better known under the alias of Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, was one of the first documented American serial killers in the modern sense of the term.
Harold Shipman
Harold Fredrick Shipman was an English doctor and one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history with 218 murders being positively ascribed to him.
Harold Fredrick Shipman was an English doctor and one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history with 218 murders being positively ascribed to him.
Karl Brandt (physician)
Karl Brandt (January 8, 1904 – June 2, 1948) was a German Nazi war criminal.
Karl Brandt (January 8, 1904 – June 2, 1948) was a German Nazi war criminal.
Katariina Pantila
Katariina Meri-Tuulia Pantila (born Katariina Lönnqvist born 1981 - died March 8, 2010) was a Finnish murderer and nurse.
Katariina Meri-Tuulia Pantila (born Katariina Lönnqvist born 1981 - died March 8, 2010) was a Finnish murderer and nurse.
Kristen Gilbert
Kristen Gilbert (born November 13, 1967 as Kristen Strickland in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American serial killer who was convicted for three first-degree murders, one second-degree...
Kristen Gilbert (born November 13, 1967 as Kristen Strickland in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American serial killer who was convicted for three first-degree murders, one second-degree...
Lainz Angels of Death
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner (Born 1960) made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe.
Marcel Petiot
Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot was a French doctor and serial killer.
Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot was a French doctor and serial killer.
Marianne Nölle
Marianne Nölle (born 1938) is a German serial killer from Cologne.
Marianne Nölle (born 1938) is a German serial killer from Cologne.
Marie Fikáčková
Marie Fikáčková (September 9, 1936 in Sušice - April 13, 1961) was a Czech serial killer.
Marie Fikáčková (September 9, 1936 in Sušice - April 13, 1961) was a Czech serial killer.
Maxim Petrov
Maxim Vladimirovich Petrov (Максим Владимирович Петров; born 1965) is a Russian doctor and serial killer.
Maxim Vladimirovich Petrov (Максим Владимирович Петров; born 1965) is a Russian doctor and serial killer.
Michael Swango
Joseph Michael Swango (born October 21, 1954, Tacoma, Washington) is an American serial killer and former licensed physician.
Joseph Michael Swango (born October 21, 1954, Tacoma, Washington) is an American serial killer and former licensed physician.
Miyuki Ishikawa
Miyuki Ishikawa was a Japanese midwife and serial killer who is believed to have murdered many infants with the aid of several accomplices throughout the 1940s.
Miyuki Ishikawa was a Japanese midwife and serial killer who is believed to have murdered many infants with the aid of several accomplices throughout the 1940s.
Orville Lynn Majors
Orville Lynn Majors is a former licensed practical nurse from Clinton, Indiana who was convicted of murdering his patients.
Orville Lynn Majors is a former licensed practical nurse from Clinton, Indiana who was convicted of murdering his patients.
Petr Zelenka (serial killer)
Petr Zelenka is a Czech serial killer.
Petr Zelenka is a Czech serial killer.
Skin Hunters
The "Skin Hunters" ("Łowcy skór" in Polish) is the media nickname for four hospital casualty workers from the Polish city of Łódź, who were convicted of murdering at least five patients and sell...
The "Skin Hunters" ("Łowcy skór" in Polish) is the media nickname for four hospital casualty workers from the Polish city of Łódź, who were convicted of murdering at least five patients and sell...
Stephan Letter
Stephan Letter (born 17 September 1978 in Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German serial killer known to be responsible for the killings of at least 29 elderly patients while he was workin...
Stephan Letter (born 17 September 1978 in Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German serial killer known to be responsible for the killings of at least 29 elderly patients while he was workin...
The Angel Makers of Nagyrév
"The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary who between 1914 and 1929 poisoned to death an estimated 300 people.
"The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary who between 1914 and 1929 poisoned to death an estimated 300 people.