Unsolved Serial Killer Murders
- 1800–1899
- Servant Girl Annihilator (aka Austin Axe Murderer), Austin, Texas, 1884–1885.
- Jack the Ripper murders, London, England, 1888.
- 1900–1949
- Axeman of New Orleans murders, 1918–1919.
- Cleveland Torso Murderer (aka The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run), Cleveland, Ohio, 1935–1938.
- Phantom Killer, Texarkana (Texas and Arkansas), 1946.
- 1950–1999
- Jack the Stripper, London, 1963–1964.
- Zodiac Killer, Northern California, 1968–1969.
- Bible John, Glasgow, Scotland, 1968–1969.
- Monster of Florence, Florence, Italy, 1968–1985.
- Freeway Phantom, Washington, D.C., 1971–1972
- Alphabet murders, Rochester, New York, 1971–1973.
- The Doodler, San Francisco, California, 1974–1975.
- Oakland County Child Killer, Oakland County, Michigan, 1976–1977.
- Connecticut River Valley Killer, 1978–1987.
- Original Night Stalker, Southern California, 1979–1986.
- Chicago Tylenol murders, Chicago area, 1982.
- Paraquat murders, Japan, 1985.
- Frankford Slasher, Philadelphia, 1985–1990.
- Honolulu Strangler, Hawaii, 1985–1986.
- Hwaseong serial murders, South Korea, 1986–1991.
- New Bedford Highway Killer, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1988–1989.
- Stoneman, Kolkata, India, 1989.
- Lisbon Ripper, Lisbon, Portugal, 1992–1993.
- Claremont serial murders, Claremont, Western Australia, 1996–1997.
- 2000–2009
- The Smiley face murder theory (variations include Smiley face murders, Smiley face killings, Smiley face gang, and others) is a theory advanced by two retired New York City detectives, Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte, that a number of young men found dead in bodies of water across several states over the last decade did not accidentally drown, as concluded by law enforcement agencies, but were victims of a serial killer or killers.
- West Mesa Murders, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003–2005.
- Daytona Beach killer, Daytona Beach, Florida, 2005–2007.
- 2010–present
- The Long Island serial killer dumped 10 bodies of sex workers in and around Gilgo Beach over the last 15 years.
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