British Serial Killers

[Mike Covell]

A thread to discuss the overall caases which have shocked us at some point in the past.

With the sentancing of the "Suffolk Strangler" taking up countless Newspaper columns and Airtime on TV I thought it would be a good idea to look at the Evil that has walked the darkest of paths before.

I think everyone remembers when Harold Shipman was caught and tried for the murder of hundreds* of patients, he had served in his capacity as doctor.

And the capture and Trial of Fred and Rosemary West, and the shocking story of "The House of Horrors", were children were taken, beaten, raped, tortured and killed.

The "Moors Murders" with Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, again focusing on children, again no one has a true idea of the actual victim count.

Peter Sutcliffe aka "The Yorkshire Ripper" who worked his way through Yorkshire attacking and killing women, until his capture and sentance.

These were seen as ordinary people, yet did extraordinary things.

Here are some link from the newspapers this morning,

Sky News
A look at DNA in the hunt for killers

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91221-1306549,00.html

A picture gallery of some of the UK's worst killers,

http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/0,,30100-1306432,00.html

BBC
DNA database rejected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7260164.stm

A look at prostitute murders in the UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7226330.stm

*True figure still not known,

[sdreid]

Hi Mike,

At least a couple of those administered their own death penalty.

There were the, at least partially, legendary Sawney Beane and Sweeney Todd.

The possibly earliest John Williams.

My main interest would be in the unsolved ones like Bible John and Jack the Stripper but I assume they'll have their own threads pretty soon.

[DarkPassenger]

I count about 80 British serial killers in the 20th Century. David Wilson's count of 20 is flawed.

[Mike Covell]

I count about 80 British serial killers in the 20th Century. David Wilson's count of 20 is flawed.

Hi DP.

I would love to see a list of them on here, I have loads of books on serial murder but they all cover the same old cases!

Mike

[DarkPassenger]

77 British Serial Killers

This is an incomplete list of every British serial killer I can find. There are just as many more unproven serial killers, who murdered once but are suspected of more, including David Smith, John Taylor, Mark Dixie, you name it.

Please add to this list - I am fully aware it is incomplete.

Jack the Ripper
Jack the Stripper
Neil Cream
George Chapman
Reginald Christie
Gordon Cummins
John Bodkins Adams
John Childs
“Big” Harry
Peter Sutcliffe
Dennis Nilsen
Levi Belfield
Peter Moore
Michael Lupo
Peter Scripps
Andrew Roundtree
Fred West
Rose West
Steve Wright
Robert Maudsley
Peter Dinsdale
Robert Black
John Duffy
Peter Mulcahy
Peter Manuel
Patrick Mackey
Anne Griggs Booth
Steven Akinmurele
Harold Shipman
Anthony Hardy
John Straffon
Michael Copeland
Ian Brady
Myra Hindley
Colin Ireland
Mark Martin
Daniel Gonzalez
Beverly Allit
Bible John
Benjamin Green
Colin Norris
Kenneth Erskine
Burke and Hare
Bishop and Head
Mary Bell
Donald Nielson
John Haige
Neville Heath
Graham Young
Paul Brumfitt
Glen Wright
George Smith
Russell Keyes (alleged)
Mark Hobson
Tony King
Colin Pitchfork
William Palmer
Steven Grieveson
Mary Ann Cotton
Alun Kyte
Peter Tobin
William McNamee
Allan Grimson
Ronald Jebson
Raymond Morris
Robert Napper
Philip Smith
Malcolm Green
Nicholas Vernage
William Burkitt
Robert George Clements
Harold Jones
Frederick Field
William Beggs
Barry Peter Pruden
Paul Bostock
Joseph Kappen
Kiernan Kelly

[sdreid]

Thames Torso

By British do you mean British Isles, just the island of Britain, British colonies, British citizens or what?

[DarkPassenger]

British Isles - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland (technically not Britain but y'know)

Thames Torso?

[sdreid]

Hi Dark,

Thames Torso - Jack's contemporary - Elizabeth Jackson etc.

RoI was technically British until 1948 or whatever; still part of the British Isles. They'll have to lobby the geographers if they want that changed.

In that case add Alice Kyteler

[Krys Titania]

Mark Dixie

Well seems you can add Mark Dixie to you list of english serial killers with his recent conviction but what about Australia?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/23/2170658.htm?section=justin

seems like he lived here for a while and is suspected of more

[sdreid]

Hi all,

I'll add the team of Amelia Sach and Annie Walters as well as 4 unsolved cases.

Devon Slasher
Ham Vanishings
Croydon Poisonings
Bingham Poisonings

I have 32 more solo killers I'll add later which should raise the tally to well over 100.

[sdreid]

1-10 Please forgive if already listed.

Amelia Dyer
Leslie Bailey
Catherine Wilson
Mary Wilson
Thomas Wainwright
Edward Pritchard
Peter Bryan
Albert Burrows
James Campbell
Horace Carter

[sdreid]

11-22

Sidney Cooke
Mark Corner
Margaret Davey
Peter Drinkwater
Archibald Hall
Ian Huntley
Alison Johnson
Hyu Soo Kim
Joseph McGinley
John Merrett
Walter Miller
Jason Mitchell

[sdreid]

23-32

Charles Peace
Maxine Robinson
Walter Rowland
Angus Sinclair
David Stuchberry
Lucas Swann
Dorothea Waddingham
Alfred Warder
Margaret Waters
Alfred Whiteway

That's all folks - for now.

[Krys Titania]

Research on Serial Killers

Hi guys
was doing a search and came across this website which list 127 serial killers in United Kingdom.

http://www.crimezzz.net//serialkiller_index/by_country/uk.php

[Mike Covell]

Here is a listing from "Yorkshire's Multiple Killers, Yorkshire Cases 1915-2006, By Charles Rickell.
I will just add the names as some were spread out geographically, others through time.
William Burkitt
Annie Neath
Anthony O'Rourke
Donald Sheldon
Margaret Anne Wiggins
George Anthony Morgan
John Robinson
Peter Dunford
Brian Wade
John George Auckland
George Dennis Unsworth
Douglas Wakefield
John Paton
Robert John Mawdsley
John Hope Dudgeon (aka Taylor)
Paul Patrick Magee
Keith John Ward
George Stuart Naylor
David Simmonds
Anthony McCullagh
Christopher Annes (akaKenneth Valentine)
David Sandham
Stephen Crowther
James Paton

Peter Sutcliffe (the yorkshire ripper) visited Hull as did Charles Pearce and Frederick Bailey Deeming!

Mike