List of Serial Killers By Number of Victims - Serial Killers With 30 Victims or Fewer

Serial Killers With 30 Victims or Fewer

This part of the list contains all serial killers with at least 15 proven victims that acted alone and were neither medical professionals nor contract killers.

Name Country Years active Proven victims Possible victims Notes
Karl Denke Germany 1900 to 1924 30 40+ Cannibal mainly targeting travellers, probably striking them with an axe.
Maria Swanenburg Netherlands 1880 to 1883 27 90+ Dutch serial killer who poisoned at least 102 people with arsenic of which 27 died between 1880 and 1883
Maoupa Cedric Maake South Africa 1996 to 1997 27 35+ Known as the "Wemmer Pan Killer" and "Hammer Killer". He killed his victims with different instruments such as: guns, rocks, a knife and a hammer. Authorities attributed the murders to two serial killers because of the Modus Operandi. In some cases he killed his victims with a rock, in others he shot them, and in others he murdered tailors with a hammer. Maake was arrested after Moses Sithole was found guilty of 38 killings and sentenced to 27 life sentences and 1159 years which amounted to 1,340 years all together.
Dean Corll United States 1969-72 27 28+ Corll was responsible for the Houston Mass Murders and was murdered by accomplice Elmer Wayne Henley when Corll turned on him. Corll is responsible for the torture and murder of young boys in Pasadena, Tx and elsewhere in southeast Texas.
Juan Vallejo Corona United States 1971 25 25+ Corona was convicted of murdering ranch laborers and burying them in orchards. He was sentenced to 25 terms of life imprisonment.
Fritz Haarmann Germany 1919 to 1924 24 27+ Also known as the Butcher of Hannover and the Vampire of Hannover, because of his preferred method of killing by biting through his victim's throat, sometimes while sodomizing them. He would then dump the bodies in the nearby river Leine. Is believed to have been responsible for the murder of 27 boys and young men. He was convicted, found guilty of 24 murders and executed.
Béla Kiss Hungary 1912 to 1916 24 24+ Convicted after the bodies of 24 women were found in his home. Escaped from prison in 1916. Fate unknown
Ronald Dominique United States 1997 to 2006 23 23+ Known locally as the Bayou Strangler and murdered victims in the Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish, Iberville Parish and Jefferson Parish.
Earle Nelson United States 1926 to 1927 22 25 Necrophiliac who targeted and strangled landladies throughout the West Coast during 1926; he was hanged on January 1928; also known as "Gorilla Killer" or "the Dark Strangler".
William Bonin United States 1979 to 1980 21 36+ Bonin and three accomplices are known to have murdered a minimum of 21 youths aged between 12 and 19 in and around Los Angeles. As the majority of his victims were discarded alongside various southern California freeways, Bonin became known as the Freeway Killer. Bonin was convicted of 14 of the freeway murders and was executed in 1996.
Vasile Tcaciuc Romania 1917 to 1935 21 26+ Romanian man who lured victims and then murdered them with an axe; he was arrested after a dog found a dead body in his house on 7 September 1935. He confessed to have committed at least 26 murders. He was shot dead by a policeman while trying to escape from prison.
Yoo Young-chul Republic of Korea 2003 to 2004 21 26 Used a hammer to murder mostly older victims, until his focus shifted to the decapitation and mutilation of escorts after being dumped by a girlfriend who worked in that profession.
Patrick Kearney United States 1965 to 1977 21 28 Would pick up young male hitch-hikers or young men from gay bars near Redondo Beach, California, and kill them.
Sergei Ryakhovsky Soviet Union/ Russia 1988 to 1993 19+ Known as the Balashikha Ripper.
Paul John Knowles United States 1974 18 35 Killed 18 people in various states in 1974. Claimed 35 murders. Known as the "Casanova Killer"; shot dead by FBI agents.
Huang Yong China 2001 to 2003 17 25 Lured and murdered 17 teenage boys, although he is suspected of 25 murders between September 2001 and 2003.
Joel Rifkin United States 1989 to 1993 17 17
Jeffrey Dahmer United States 1978 to 1991 17 17 Dahmer ate some of his victims and kept their body parts in his freezer. Was sentenced to life imprisonment; murdered in prison in 1994.
Donato Bilancia Italy 1997 to 1998 17 17 Burglar who murdered 17 people, mainly prostitutes, between 1997 and 1998, during six months. Known as the "Prostitutes Killer" and the "Liguria Monster". Sentenced to life.
Vladimir Kondratenko Ukraine 16 20+ Kondratenko and his friend Vladislav Volkovich, dubbed the Nighttime Killers, shot, stabbed, and bludgeoned 35– to 40-year-old male victims.
Randy Steven Kraft United States 1969 to 1983 16 65–100 Convicted on 16 counts of murder but left a cryptic list of 65 murders. May have had an accomplice.
Mohammed Bijeh Iran 2004 16 20 Raped and killed at least 16 boys and teenagers. Nicknamed the "Tehran Desert Vampire". Was convicted and executed after being lashed in front of a crowd in 2005.
Sipho Agmatir Thwala South Africa 1996 to 1997 16 19 Nicknamed the Phoenix Strangler after the area in which he committed his crimes; he raped and strangled 19 females; arrested, he was found guilty of 16 murders.
Elias Xitavhudzi South Africa 1950s 16 16 Nicknamed Panga man for his use of a machete (locally known as a "panga"). He stabbed and robbed his victims between 1953 and 1959; arrested, he was hanged on 14 November 1960.
Jimmy Maketta South Africa April–December 2005 16 16 Pleaded guilty to and convicted of 16 murders and 19 rapes committed over a nine-month period in 2005.
Jack Mogale South Africa 2008 to 2009 16 16 Raped and strangled females in the Donnybrook area. Convicted of 16 murders and 19 rapes, nine kidnappings, robbery and assault.
Robert Lee Yates United States 1975 to 1998 16 16 Killed prostitutes in the "Skid Row" area of E. Sprague Avenue in Spokane, Washington.
Michel Fourniret France 1987 to 2001 16 3 Known as Ogre or Beast of Ardennes. He was caught after a failed kidnapping in 2003.
The Monster of Florence Italy 1968 to 1985 16 Pietro Pacciani was convicted of the murders in 1994, but the decision was controversially overturned in appeal. However this last decision was overturned by the Supreme Court which ordered a re-trial. This couldn't be held as Pacciani died in 1998. Two of his alleged accomplices were also convicted.
Charles Ray Hatcher United States 1969 to 1982 16
Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega Spain 1987 to 1988 16 Nicknamed El Mataviejas (The Old Lady Killer), he raped and killed at least 16 elderly women, ranging in age from 61 to 93 years old, in and around Santander, Cantabria.
Robert Hansen United States 1980 to 1983 15 21 Prostitutes he kidnapped were released into the Alaskan wilderness for him to hunt down like animals. Based on discovered remains, police suspect him of six murders in addition to the 15 for which he was convicted.
Angel Maturino Resendiz United States 1986 to 1999 15 18 Known as the "Railroad Killer" because his killings were committed near the railroad tracks he used to traverse the country. He was charged with and/or confessed to 15 murders occurring from 1986 to 1999 in Texas, Florida, Illinois, Georgia, and Kentucky. He was also suspected in a 1997 California murder case and claimed two additional killings he refused to elaborate on.
Dennis Nilsen United Kingdom 1978 to 1983 15 15–16 Picked up young men in London between 1978 and 1982 and dismembered them, keeping various body parts around his home.
Elifasi Msomi South Africa 1950s to 1956 15 15 He killed his victims with an axe or a knife in the 1950s; hanged in 1956.

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