20 Of Historys Worst Serial Killers

Charles Ng and Leonard Lake

Charles Ng and Leonard Lake together raped, tortured, and murdered anywhere between 11 and 25 victims in Calaveras County, California. The two were discovered when police searched Lakes ranch, finding human remains within.

John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy sexually assaulted and killed 33 teenage boys and young men throughout Chicago between 1972 and 1978. He lured his victims to his own home with the promise of work or money before he strangled them with a tourniquet. He buried 26 of the bodies in the crawl space below his own house.

Andrei Chikatilo

Chikatilo became known as The Butcher of Rostov for sexually assaulting, murdering, and mutilating at least 52 women and children throughout Russia between 1978 and 1990. He confessed to 56 murders, but was only tried for 53 of them. The victims relatives demanded that police release the man so they could kill him themselves. He was executed by firing squad in 1994.

Tommy Lynn Sells

Sells claims to have killed at least 70 people, and is considered one of the most dangerous men in Texas. He was convicted of numerous murders between 1985 and 1999, including the stabbing of a 13-year-old girl a total of sixteen times. He broke into the bedroom of a 10-year-old, stabbed her and left her for dead, and then was captured. The young girl survived, thankfully.