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Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer active between 1891 and 1894. By the time of his execution in 1896, Holmes had engaged in a lengthy criminal career that included insurance fraud , forgery , swindling , three or four ...
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America is a 2003 historical non-fiction book by Erik Larson presented in a novelistic style. . Set in Chicago during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, it tells the story of World’s Fair architect Daniel Burnham and of H. H. Holmes, a criminal figure widely considered the first serial killer in the United ...
Empire of Japan: 1895–1899: 3–9+ Serial killer from the Meiji era who committed more than 50 robberies, killing at least three people. He was nicknamed Lightning Boy and Lightning Robber due to the wide scope of his crimes. Hanged on February 14, 1899. [218] Cayetano Domingo Grossi: Argentina: 1896–1898 5 The first known serial killer in ...
Miyuki Ishikawa (石川 ミユキ, Ishikawa Miyuki, 5 February 1897 – 30 May 1987) was a Japanese midwife, real estate agent and serial killer.During the US occupation of Japan, she and several accomplices are believed to have murdered dozens of infants, a crime spree known as the Kotobuki San'in incident.
Futoshi Matsunaga (松永 太, Matsunaga Futoshi, born April 28, 1961) is a Japanese serial killer who both defrauded and tortured his victims in what is collectively known as the Kitakyūshū Serial Murder Incident (Japanese: 北九州連続殺人事件).
John Ingram Brandenburg Jr. was among four "young men" whose bodies were found on an abandoned farm in rural Lake Village almost 38 years ago, according to Newton County Coroner’s Office.
Kanae Kijima (木嶋 佳苗, Kijima Kanae, born November 27, 1974), known as The Konkatsu Killer, is a Japanese fraudster and serial killer, convicted for poisoning three would-be husbands and suspected of four more, spanning from 2007 to 2009.
Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison ...