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List of 31 Serial Killers
Active Between
1917 and 1935
Sorted by Most Confirmed Victims

This is a list of 31 Serial Killers that were active between 1917 and 1935. Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database, an ongoing research project which aims to sort and classify serial killers based on documented references from books written about serial killers as well as other online resources listed at the bottom of each killers profile page.

Confirmed Victims: the number of victims killed in association with a killers serial spree. Some serial killers may have other possible victims that were either unproven or the killers motives and/or methods were unrelated to the spree the killer is being documented as.

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1

Karl Denke
The Cannibal of Ziębice, Vatter Denke

42

Victims

16

Years

2

Vasili Komaroff
The Wolf of Moscow, Shabolovka Street Killer

33

Victims

3

Years

3

Ali Asghar Borujerdi
Asghar the Murderer, Ashare Qatel

33

Victims

28

Years

4

Marcel Petiot
Captain Valery, Docteur Satan

27

Victims

19

Years

5

Vasile Tcaciuc
The Butcher of Iasi, The Basarabian

26

Victims

19

Years

6

Fritz Haarmann
Butcher of Hannover, the Vampire of Hannover

24

Victims

7

Years

7

Earle Leonard Nelson
Gorilla Killer, the Dark Strangler

22

Victims

1

Years

8

Cleveland Torso Murderer
The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run

13

Victims

5

Years

9

Jake Bird
The Tacoma Ax-Killer

12

Victims

18

Years

10

Henri Désiré Landru
Bluebeard, Bluebeard of Gambais

11

Victims

5

Years

11

Martin Lecián
Terror of Moravia, Moravian horror

11

Victims

1

Years

12

Nannie Doss
Giggling Nanny, Giggling Granny, Jolly Black Widow

11

Victims

28

Years

13

Amy Archer-Gilligan
Amy E. Duggan, Sister

10

Victims

8

Years

14

Dagmar Overbye
Englemagersken

9

Victims

8

Years

15

Peter Kurten
The Vampire of Düsseldorf, the Düsseldorf Monster

9

Victims

18

Years

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The Serial Killers listed above were active between 1917 and 1935.
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Nathaniel White

6
VICTIMS
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(by a Serial Killer)

Luis Garavito

La Bestia, The Beast

147
VICTIMS
LONGEST YEARS ACTIVE
(as a Serial Killer)

John Floyd Thomas

Westside Rapist, The Southland Strangler

52
YEARS