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440 BCE
Procrustes
Procrustes is the earliest mention of a serial killer. As a member of Greek mythology, it's no wonder than he is known for particularly gruesome acts. Procrustes would stretch people, or cut off limbs to make them fit the beds he built. -
430 BCE
Procrustes
Procrustes is a member of Greek mythology. He is knows for tying people to his special bed, then stretching them so that they fit. If the person was too tall, he would lop off appendages to make them fit. -
144 BCE
Liu Pengli
Liu would hunt down slaves and the peasants of his kingdom. He was shortly in charge of a city in China. The body count for Liu Pengli is over 100, but the exact number isn't known for sure. When the emperor of China learned of his crimes, he was exiled. -
69
Locusta of Galt
Locusta is know for the people she poisoned for Roman nobility. She was more of a hit-woman than a serial killer, but it is said that she enjoyed what she did. She was praised for what she did until she was executed. -
70
Aspernas
Aspernas was Roman, like Locasta, and killed 130 people. Very little is known about why or how he killed these people, just that he did. -
500
Zu Shenatir
This rich pedophile would rape young boys, then toss them from towers. The exact body count for him is unknown. According to legend, he was stabbed by one of his intended victims. -
600
Grendel
This killer, like Procrustes, is not likely an actual person. Grendel is a "monster" in the epic Beowulf. He kills and murders at least 30 tribes people, and also eats them. He is taken out by the hero, Beowulf. -
1405
Gilles de Rais
Gilles killed at least 40 different children. after sodomizing them. He was a companion to Joan of Arc for a while before his crimes. -
1564
Peter Stumpp
This man did not actually get tried for the murders he committed, but rather for being a werewolf. That's pretty insane, considering he was murdering and eating people, including the fetuses of pregnant women he also killed. -
1568
Christman Genipperteinga
This man killed 964 people, with his ultimate goal being to get 1000 victims. -
Lewis Hutchinson
A Scottish doctor who shot and killed people as they passed by his home. He made his servants help him throw them off a cliff. -
Micajah and Wiley Harpe
These two Americans tormented the west as highwaymen out to kill. All the killing they did was simply for the pleasure of it, and they killed at least two babies. -
Liver-eating Johnson
After his wife was murdered by the Crow nation, he went on a vendetta killing 300 or more members. He ate their livers, and scalped them. -
Jack the Ripper
Known for killing at least 7 prostitutes, Jack the Ripper was never actually caught. It is speculated that he may have killed 100 or more women. The murders stopped suddenly, and it is possible that a band of prostitutes may have hunted him down. -
H.H. Holmes
He had a "murder castle" where he dissected his victims. He only confessed to 27 murders, but inside the castle there were enough remains to account for more than 250 bodies.
