Cheng Peng (serial killer)

Cheng Peng was a Chinese serial killer, criminal and dog breeder who killed six people in Yinchuan from 1988 to 1995, occasionally with the help of three accomplices. He is best remembered due to the fact that he fed some of his victims' remains to his dogs, one of which was featured in the 1993 film An Old Man And His Dog, directed by renowned Chinese director Xie Jin, in which Peng himself was also cast as a body double to lead actor Tian Xie.

Qian Yongchang

Qian Yongchang was a Chinese serial killer who killed 15 people from 1959 to 1995 across three provinces, out of a self-professed contempt for how society had treated him. At the time of his arrest, Qian's advanced age led to him being labeled the country

Omid Barak

Omid Barak, known as The Highway Killer, was an Iranian serial killer who strangled and then ten women from 2006 to 2008, with most of his killings occurring in the city of Karaj or the surrounding areas

Edgar Antonsen

Edgar Antonsen was a Norwegian serial killer and rapist who was responsible for at least three murders and rapes committed in Vestfold og Telemark and Møre og Romsdal from 1962 to 1974, some with the aid of his half-brother. Convicted and sentenced to

Yevgeny Kolesnikov

Yevgeny Anatolyevich Kolesnikov, known as The Orphan of Solikamsk was a Russian serial killer and robber who, together with his girlfriend Olga Chekotina, robbed and killed six elderly people in Solikamsk from December 2006 to January 2007. For these

Shim Young-gu

Shim Young-gu was a South Korean serial killer who stabbed eleven people during robberies in Gyeonggi Province and Seoul from May to December 1989, killing eight and wounding three. Convicted and sentenced to death for his crimes, he was subsequently

Suitland murders

The Suitland murders refers to a series of murders of young girls and women committed from October 1986 to January 1987 in the unincorporated area of Suitland, Maryland, considered a suburb of Washington, D.C. All victims were black, and each had been

Yanis Baltass

Yanis Baltass is a Greek serial killer who killed at least four people in Kilkis and Thessaloniki from 1995 to 2004 with the help of two accomplices, primarily targetting foreign laborers. For his crimes, he was convicted and sentenced to life

Li Zhanguo

Li Zhanguo, known as The Henan Gay Murderer, was a Chinese serial killer and rapist who raped and murdered 11 mentally-ill teenagers and young men in his native Henan, in order to act out his sexual fantasies. He was convicted and sentenced to death for

Xu Guangcai

Xu Guangcai was a Chinese serial killer who raped and murdered six young women in three different districts of Beijing from 1987 to 1990. He was captured while attempting to commit a new murder, and was later, convicted, sentenced to death and executed in

Robert Wesley Knighton

Robert Wesley Knighton was an American serial killer who, after serving time for kidnapping and manslaughter in Missouri embarked on a four-day, two-state killing spree along with Lawrence Lingle Brittain and Ruth Renee Williams. Brittain and Williams