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Deadliest Serial Killers & Murders in History  
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This is a list of the most prolific recorded murderers by confirmed number of victims. Both serial killers and spree killers are included, but acts of terrorism are excluded. Counting victims of very prolific murderers is by no means an exact science, so individuals are listed here by the most common consensus figures, where possible. In cases of murder-suicide, the perpetrator is not included in the victim count.

	612 - Erzsébet Báthory, Cachtice, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Slovakia), (1585 - 1610) - total disputed
	300+ - Pedro López, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, (1978 - 1980) - total unknown
	250 - Dr. Harold Shipman, Hyde, United Kingdom, (1975 -1998)
	172 - Luis Garavito, Colombia, (1992-1998)
	163+ - Dr John Bodkin Adams, Eastbourne, United Kingdom, (1946-1956). Acquitted controversially but an inquiry by pathologist Francis Camps concluded that he had killed at least 163 patients.
	125 - Thug Behram (Thugee cult leader), India, (1790 - 1830) - Total disputed
	100 - Donald Henry "Pee Wee" Gaskins, Johnsonville, South Carolina, United States (1969-1978) - figure gained from confessions prior to execution, thought to be much higher.
	91 - Delfina and Maria de Jesus Gonzales, Guanajuato, Mexico
	67 - Yang Xinhai, Henan, People's Republic of China (1999 - 2003)
	58+ - Giuseppe Greco, Sicily, Italy (1977 - 1985) - At least 58 murders, exact total unknown
	57 - Woo Bum-kon, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea (April 26-April 27, 1982)
	53 - Andrei Chikatilo, Rostov-on-Don, Russia (1978 - 1990)
	52 - Anatoly Onopriyenko, Lviv, Ukraine (1989-1996)
	51 - Bruno Lüdke, Köpenick, Germany, (1928 - 1943) - There is evidence that Lüdke may have been framed by the Nazis
	48 - Alexander Pichushkin (The Chessboard Killer), Moscow, Russia (2001 - 2006) - Confessed to 15 more
	48 - Gary Ridgway (The Green River Killer), Green River Valley, Washington, U.S. (1982-2000)
	38 - Moses Sithole, South Africa (1994 - 1995)
	36 - Donald Harvey, Kentucky and Ohio, United States (1970 - 1987) - Claims responsibility for another 51 murders
	35 - Martin Bryant (Port Arthur massacre), Tasmania, Australia (April 28, 1996)
	35 - Ted Bundy, Washington, Utah, Florida and other states, United States (1974-1978)
	35 - Vera Renczi, Bucharest, Romania (1920s-1930s).
	34 - Ahmed Bragimov, Mekenskaya, Chechnya, Russia (October 8, 1999)
	33 - John Wayne Gacy, Chicago, U.S. (1972-1978)
	32 - Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech Massacre), Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. (April 16, 2007)
	29+ - Charles Cullen, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, U.S. (1988 - 2003) - Cullen has admitted to more murders, which authorities believe are likely but cannot verify
	27 - Dean Corll, Houston, Texas, USA (1970 - 1973)
	27 - Fritz Haarmann, Hanover, Germany (1919-1924)
	27 - H. H. Holmes, Chicago, USA (1893-1895) - Total disputed
	27 - Cedric Maake, Johannesburg, South Africa (1996 -1997)
	27 - Maria Swanenburg Leiden, Netherlands, (1880-1883)
	26 - Marcel Petiot, Paris, France, (1926 - 1944) - Petiot is suspected of having killed up to 63 in total
	24 - Béla Kiss, Cinkota, Hungary (1912 - 1916)
	21 - William Bonin, California, United States (1979 - 1980)
	21 - James Oliver Huberty (San Ysidro McDonald's massacre), San Ysidro, California, U.S. (July 18, 1984)
	21 - Patrick Kearney, California, United States (1965 - 1977)

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