Post by Totheleft on Feb 6, 2024 2:32:08 GMT
The most prolific serial killer in Britishu history – by a considerable margin – is Harold Shipman. The former GP was found guilty of killing 15 of his patients in January 2000, but an inquiry into his crimes confirmed he had at least 218 victims, with many believing the true total to be around 250.
Bruce George Peter Lee was responsible for 12 confirmed deaths during acts of arson he committed in Hull in the 70s,
Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980.
Many of the women he killed were sex workers, whom he saw as particularly vulnerable in part due to a perceived lex attitude among police to their safety.
e Dennis Nilsen, known as the “Muswell Hill Murderer” has the same number of confirmed victims from a killing spree he went on between 1978 and 1983.
Fred and Rose West are two of the most notorious serial killers in British history. Fred was charged with the murder of 12 people
Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in prison after being found guilty of murdering seven babies, and attempting to kill six moret
Letby's attacks make her the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history, and police are investigating whether she may have harmed dozens more
World's most serial killers
2. England — 166
Running a distant second is England, the home of arguably the most famous serial killer of all time, the Victorian-era slasher Jack the Ripper, who violently murdered and mutilated at least five and possibly as many as eleven London prostitutes from 1888 to 1891. Even the Ripper's horrific actions, however, arguably pale in comparison to the reported 400 victims claimed by Amelia Dyer, who developed a pattern of adopting and then murdering unwanted and orphaned children and may have been the most prolific serial killer of all time. Other notable serial killers in England include Fred and Rosemary West, Mary Ann Cotton, and Peter Sutcliffe.
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Bruce George Peter Lee was responsible for 12 confirmed deaths during acts of arson he committed in Hull in the 70s,
Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980.
Many of the women he killed were sex workers, whom he saw as particularly vulnerable in part due to a perceived lex attitude among police to their safety.
e Dennis Nilsen, known as the “Muswell Hill Murderer” has the same number of confirmed victims from a killing spree he went on between 1978 and 1983.
Fred and Rose West are two of the most notorious serial killers in British history. Fred was charged with the murder of 12 people
Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in prison after being found guilty of murdering seven babies, and attempting to kill six moret
Letby's attacks make her the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history, and police are investigating whether she may have harmed dozens more
World's most serial killers
2. England — 166
Running a distant second is England, the home of arguably the most famous serial killer of all time, the Victorian-era slasher Jack the Ripper, who violently murdered and mutilated at least five and possibly as many as eleven London prostitutes from 1888 to 1891. Even the Ripper's horrific actions, however, arguably pale in comparison to the reported 400 victims claimed by Amelia Dyer, who developed a pattern of adopting and then murdering unwanted and orphaned children and may have been the most prolific serial killer of all time. Other notable serial killers in England include Fred and Rosemary West, Mary Ann Cotton, and Peter Sutcliffe.
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