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    15 Notorious Serial Killers and Their Chilling Crimes

    Elizabeth Báthory

    Although the true extent of Elizabeth Báthory’s crimes is debated, she now holds the dreadful nickname of the “Blood Countess.” A wealthy Hungarian noblewoman, Báthory was believed to have tortured or killed scores of female servants and minor noblewomen prior to her arrest.

    Although she wasn’t convicted of a crime—and much of her alleged blood lust stems from questionable witness testimony—the Guinness Book of World Records cites Bathory as the most prolific female murderer in history with victims. Báthory might have even helped inspire Bram Stoker’s vampire novel Dracula.

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    Belle Gunness

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    Almost as shocking as Belle Gunness’ reported crimes—authorities found the remains of more than 40 victims on her property in —was her unsolved disappearance.

    Born Brynhild Paulsdatter Strseth in Norway, Gunness moved to the United States in She was soon connec

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    Looking at the most-streamed movies or television shows on any given streaming service, it would be easy to assume that serial killers lurk behind every corner. The stories of Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy and the Boston Strangler still loom large––even if the likelihood that you’ll encounter another Zodiac Killer has never been lower.

    Since the s and s, a high activity period for serial murderers, the numbers have dropped significantly. Numbers peaked in the s when there were nearly known active serial killers in the U.S. In the s, there were more than active killers who accounted for between and deaths per year. By the time the s rolled around there were fewer than 50 known active killers. 

    This data is based on numbers from the Radford University/Florida Gulf Coast University Serial Killer Database that have been further analyzed, combed through and published in the recently-updated “Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder” by James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, Emma Fri

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    List of serial killers in the United States

    Name Years
    active Proven
    victims Possible
    victims Status Notes Ref.Ables, Tony– 4 4+ Sentenced to life imprisonment Murdered robbery victim in , and at least three women until in St. Petersburg, Florida[5][6]Acevedo, Francisco– 3 3 Sentenced to 75 years to life Strangled three prostitutes in New York between and [7]Adams, Edward James– 7 7 Killed by police during shootout Murdered sju people, including three policemen [8]Agrue, John– 3 3+ Died in Killed his sister-in-law in Illinois; paroled and moved to Colorado, where he killed two more women [9]Albanese, Charles– 3 3 Executed Poisoned family members with arsenic in Fox Lake, Illinois to receive their inheritance [10]Alcala, Rodney– 8 50–+ Died in prison awaiting execution Sometimes called "The Dating Game Killer" beca