Serial Killers

Episode 75: Béla Kiss. Béla Kiss was a Hungarian serial killer who murdered at least 23 women and one man between 1912 and 1916. He is also known as the "Vampire of Cinkota" because he was suspected of drinking the blood of his victims. Kiss was a master manipulator and a skilled craftsman, and he was able to elude capture for several years. He was eventually arrested in 1916 and confessed to his...

Episode 74: Juan Corona. Juan Corona was a Mexican serial killer who murdered at least 25 migrant farmworkers in California's Feather River area between 1971 and 1972. At the time of his conviction, his crimes were among the most horrific and notorious in U.S. history. Corona was known as the "Machete Murderer" because he used a machete to kill most of his victims.

Episode 73: The Stoneman. The Stoneman of Mumbai was a serial killer who murdered at least 23 people in Mumbai, India, between 1985 and 1988. The killer's victims were primarily homeless men who were sleeping on the streets. The Stoneman would bludgeon his victims to death with a heavy stone, often crushing their skulls. The murders caused widespread panic in Mumbai, and the police were unable to...

Episode 72: Bruce George Peter Lee. Bruce George Peter Lee, also known as Peter Tredget, was a British serial killer and arsonist who confessed to a total of 11 acts of arson, pleading guilty to 26 counts of manslaughter. He was born in Manchester, England, on July 31, 1960. Lee was brought up in children's homes and suffered from epilepsy and congenital spastic hemiplegia in his right limbs, whic...

Episode 71: Cedric Maake. Cedric Maake was a South African serial killer who was convicted of 27 murders but was suspected of killing many more. Maake was known as the "Wemmer Pan Killer" because it was in the Wemmer Pan area of Johannesburg that he targeted most of his victims, beginning in April 1996. Maake committed at least 27 murders throughout 1996 and 1997. He was known for using five diffe...

Episode 70: Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun is a Chinese serial killer who murdered at least 11 women in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, between 2007 and 2008. Zhang was known as the "Harbin Serial Killer" and the "Monster of Harbin". He was arrested on August 21, 2008, and confessed to his crimes. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death on January 29, 2009. Zhang was executed on March 19, 2009.

Episode 69: David Thabo Simelane. David Thabo Simelane is a Swazi serial killer who was sentenced to death for the murder of 28 women, but is suspected of murdering 45. Simelane was arrested on April 25, 2001 on a street near the graves and led the police to more graves, from which 45 bodies were found. Even the bodies of four babies were among the dead. Because of the highly advanced decay, Simel...

Episode 68: Luis Gregorio Ramírez Maestre. Luis Gregorio Ramírez Maestre is a Colombian serial killer who has been convicted of murdering at least 30 people in various municipalities and cities in Colombia, including Tenerife, Sabanalarga, Aguachica, Santa Marta, Valledupar and Puerto Wilches.

Episode 67: Milton Sipalo. Milton Sipalo, also known as the Lusaka Strangler, was a Zambian serial killer who murdered at least 29 women and girls in Lusaka between 1980 and 1981. He was the country's first recorded serial killer, and his crimes terrorized the city. Sipalo was eventually caught and sentenced to death, but he was executed by hanging in 1980.

Episode 66: The Monster of the Mangones. The Monster of the Mangones was the name given to an unidentified Colombian serial killer who, between the 1960s and 1970s, murdered between 30 and 38 preadolescent and teenage boys in Cali. The killer's modus operandi consisted of inserting needles into the heart and thorax, assaults, rapes and torture. It is believed that he used syringes to draw blood fr...

Episode 65: Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito. Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito was a Brazilian mechanic and serial killer who confessed to the murder of at least 71 children between 1989 and 2003. He was known as the "Maranhão Vampire" and the "Moise Killer". Brito was convicted of 42 murders and sentenced to life in prison. He committed suicide in his cell on January 13, 2004.

Episode 64: Radik Tagirovich Tagirov. Radik Tagirovich Tagirov, dubbed the Volga Maniac, is a Russian serial killer who murdered at least 31 elderly women in and around the republic of Tatarstan between 2011 and 2012. In March 2024, he was sentenced to life in prison.

Episode 63: Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour. Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, also known as al-Tourbini, was an Egyptian street gang leader and serial killer who raped and murdered at least 32 children and youths in the course of seven years, throughout several locations in Egypt including Cairo, Alexandria, Qalyoubeya and Beni Sueif.

Episode 62: Vasili Ivanovich Komaroff. Vasili Ivanovich Komaroff was a Russian serial killer who murdered at least 33 people in Moscow between 1921 and 1923. He is considered one of the most prolific serial killers in Russian history. Komaroff was captured in 1923 and confessed to his crimes, but he was only convicted of 29 murders. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison, but he was released in 19...

Episode 61: Ali Asghar Borujerdi - Serial Killers. Ali Asghar Borujerdi, better known as Asghar the Murderer was the first Iranian serial killer and rapist reported in the 20th century. Following his relocation to Iraq as a child with his family, he began assaulting, sodomizing, and later murdering, young boys and teenage men in Baghdad from the age of fourteen.

Episode 60: Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi. In the annals of serial killers, few figures embody the depths of human depravity quite like Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi. A Moroccan shoemaker and serial killer who terrorized the city of Marrakesh from 1991 to 1996, Mesfewi's crimes were marked by a level of brutality that shocked and horrified the nation. With a total of 36 confirmed murders and 23 rapes, Mesfewi ear...

Episode 59: Omar Abdul Razeq Abdullah Rifai. In the annals of mass shooters, few figures stand as chilling and tragic as Omar Abdul Razeq Abdullah Rifai. An Egyptian poultry dealer and ex-convict who terrorized his village in the Meet al Attar shooting on August 21, 2013, Rifai's crime spree left 15 people dead and several others wounded. With a total of 38 confirmed murders over a span of five ye...

Episode 58: William Unek. In the annals of true crime, there are few figures as chilling and depraved as William Unek. A Ugandan police officer and serial killer who terrorized the countryside of East Africa from 1954 to 1957, Unek's crimes were marked by a level of brutality that shocked and horrified the nations of Uganda and Tanganyika. With a total of 57 confirmed murders, Unek earned the moni...

Episode 57: Hoshang Amini. In the annals of serial killers, few figures have struck as much fear and fascination as Hoshang Amini.  An Iranian serial killer and rapist who terrorized the city of Varamin from 1954 to 1962, Amini's crimes  were marked by a level of brutality that shocked and horrified the nation. With a total of 67 confirmed  murders, Amini earned the moniker of "The Ghost of the Qa...

Episode 56: Abul Djabar. In the annals of serial killers, few figures embody the depths of human depravity quite like Abul Djabar. An Afghan serial killer and rapist who terrorized the streets of Kabul during the 1960s and 1970s, Djabar's crimes were marked by a chilling blend of sadism and sexual violence that left a trail of fear and devastation in his wake. With a confirmed death toll of at lea...

Episode 55: Harold Shipman. Harold Frederick Shipman was a British general practitioner and serial killer who is thought to have  murdered over 250 of his patients between 1975 and 1998. He was convicted of 15 murders in 2000  and sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order. Shipman hanged himself in his prison cell  on January 13, 2004, aged 57.

Episode 54: Luis Garavito. Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos was a Colombian serial killer, rapist, and pedophile who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 172 young boys and men between 1992 and 1999 in Colombia. He is considered one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history. Garavito was motivated by a desire for power and control, and he often tortured his victims before killing the...

Episode 53: Pedro López. Pedro López, also known as "The Monster of the Andes," was a Colombian serial killer who is believed to have murdered over 300 young women and girls between 1962 and 1980. He is considered one of the most prolific serial killers in history. López was captured in 1980 and confessed to his crimes, but he was only convicted of 110 murders. He was sentenced to 16 years in pris...

Episode 52: Miyuki Ishikawa - Serial Killers. Miyuki Ishikawa was a Japanese midwife and serial killer who is believed to have murdered over 100  infants between 1947 and 1948. She was known as the "Demon Midwife" and the "Angel of Death"  because of the way she preyed on vulnerable newborns and their trusting parents. Ishikawa was  eventually arrested and convicted of her crimes, and she was sent...

Episode 51: Javed Iqbal - Serial Killers. Javed Iqbal was a Pakistani serial killer and child molester who confessed to the sexual abuse and  murder of over 100 young boys between the ages of 6 and 16. His victims were strangled,  dismembered, and then dissolved in acid to destroy any evidence. Iqbal was arrested in 2001 and  sentenced to death, but he was killed in prison in 2003. Iqbal's crimes...