List of Famous Serial Killers

Mukosi Freddy Mulaudzi, also known as The Limpopo Serial Killer, is a South African robber, rapist and serial killer who murdered a total of 13 people from 1990 to 2006, until his capture in July 2006. He was given 11 life sentences for his crimes.

Anísio Ferreira de Sousa was a Brazilian doctor appointed by the courts as responsible for several homicides against children in the interior of the state of Pará. Spiritist, De Sousa was indicted based on the controversial testimony of an evangelical pastor who claimed to have witnessed a "satanic cult" at his residence. At the same event, according to the witness, De Sousa would also have said prayers to the "god of darkness".

Mohan Kumar Vivekanand, also known as Cyanide Mohan, is a serial killer who preyed on women looking for marriage. A Mangalore fast track court tried and convicted him for the murder of 20 women.

Yuri Anufrievich Ivanov (Russian: Ю́рий Ану́фриевич Ивано́в; 1956–1989), known as The Ust-Kamenogorsk Maniac, was a Soviet rapist and serial killer. In the span of 13 years, he raped and killed 16 girls and women. He committed his crimes in Ust-Kamenogorsk, in the area of the "Combine of silk fabrics" factory.

Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu is a Turkish serial killer and arsonist nicknamed "The Screwdriver Killer". He is considered the most prolific serial killer in Turkish history, being responsible for the deaths of 18 people between 1994 and 2002 according to police records, or as many as 40 according to eyewitnesses and his relatives.

Elifasi Msomi a.k.a. The Axe Killer was a South African serial killer who was convicted in 1955 of 15 murders and sentenced to death by hanging. His victims all came from the Umkomaas and Umzimkulu valleys of Natal.

Majid Salek Mahmoudi was an Iranian serial killer, who killed 24 people between 1981 and 1985.

The Lisbon Ripper was an unidentified serial killer who, between 1992 and 1993 murdered three prostitutes in Lisbon, Portugal.

Aaron Juan Saucedo, also known as the Maryvale Street Shooter and the Serial Street Shooter is an accused American serial killer who was linked to twelve separate shootings resulting in nine deaths and three injuries across Phoenix, Arizona from August 2015 to June 2016, mainly in the Maryvale neighborhood.

Giulia Tofana was an Italian professional poisoner. She was famous for selling poison to women who wanted to murder their abusive husbands. She was the inventor of the famous poison Aqua Tofana, which is named after her.