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Its jack the ripper not stripper thats offencive 90.254.49.119 ( talk) 21:07, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
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Add Osama Bin Laden who killed and orchastrated the killings of many innocent people over many years, one most imfamous occasion being 9/11
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Not done as the lead paragraph clearly states "This list does not necessarily include war criminals or members of democidal governments, such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, or Pol Pot." - Arjayay ( talk) 18:42, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
Need to add Stephen Port, at least four victims. [1] 86.188.127.104 ( talk) 03:01, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
I have added him to the list. Heart of Destruction ( talk) 09:13, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
I can't believe this has to be stated again, but wikipedia is serious. Take it to BJAODN.-- Edittrack121 ( talk) 07:55, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Please, add here Mikhail Popkov. He confessed that he had killed 83 people what makes him Russia's worst serial killer. 95.25.138.55 ( talk) 16:43, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
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Martin Bryant is an Australian serial killer who killed 35 people in a shooting spree in Tasmania, Australia. 2001:8003:1814:7500:5568:FE1C:86C1:3651 ( talk) 16:01, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
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Dr.H. H. Holmes should be added to the highest count killer list, with his kills being said to rank over 200 2600:1:9806:393F:54DE:FE7E:F9F5:BE9A ( talk) 22:16, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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Please change "Wolfgang Schmidt" to "Beate Schmidt" to reflect Schmidt's name change and transition. The link to "Wolfgang Schmidt" already redirects to "Beate Schmidt. Sericea ( talk) 14:10, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
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Change "You can help by expanding this list." to "You can help by expanding this list. Please do not expand the list by killing people." 67.55.158.132 ( talk) 02:39, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
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Amelia Dyer should probably be added by someone... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.166.146.183 ( talk) 13:14, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
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Add the old 'please do not expand this list by killing people'. MandoMagic ( talk) 14:25, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
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49.188.2.208 ( talk) 10:13, 6 July 2017 (UTC) hugo willis is a killer
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Harold Shipman should top this list with 218 kills confirmed. /info/en/?search=Harold_Shipman \ 86.31.134.106 ( talk) 09:51, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
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Add Richard Kuklinski to the list. Convicted of 8 murders and thought to have killed around 200 people. Also known as "the Iceman". 67.81.243.7 ( talk) 04:07, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
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Please remove the unsourced and WP:BLP violating claim that Hu Wanlin is a serial killer with 146 proven victims. His article makes it clear that while he was arrested on suspicion of killing 146 people, when he was tried his only conviction was for practising medicine without a licence 2A02:C7D:3CAF:D900:D9D8:709E:9D49:ED56 ( talk) 20:42, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
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Abul Djabar from Afghanistan killed about sixty people before being caugh and hanged.
He has several wiki pages but none of them is in English : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abul_Djabar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Athanatophobos ( talk • contribs) 13:59, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
I have created a page for German serial killer Niels Högel. He was convicted of killing 6 patients and confessed to 30 murders but a police investigation concluded today that he killed at least 90 patients (41 other deaths still under investigation). They said Högel confessed to some murders but in most of cases he could not remember specific details though he did not deny being responsible for their deaths. How should we define proven victims in the list? 90 seems certain but it appears there won't be a new trial as he was already sentenced to life in prison. Should we keep it at 6 or is 90 acceptable, with 131 as the number of possible victims? Johndavies837 ( talk) 18:38, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
The subject Hu Wanlin does not belong in this article; as can be clearly seen at his WP page. No reliable source was cited here to back the claim that he is / was a "serial killer"; per BLP violation policy "Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion") the content has been removed. All sources referencing the subject states the same claim: "thought to be" or "thought to have"; but was never convicted of any crime related to the arrest to be labeled a "serial killer" here. Until such source is provided that clearly proves otherwise, the subject does not belong on this list. Maineartists ( talk) 15:05, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
Both as an individual killer and as a group killer with Brooks and Henley. Menah the Great ( talk) 04:26, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
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Adam Lanza of the United Statenproved s, 26 proven victims, no unproved victims. No additional notes.
https://www.biography.com/people/adam-lanza-21068899
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I suggest adding Paul Tibbets and Charles Sweeney to the list of not included but mentioned sentence. I believe this addition has merit because no other single people have had unequivocal responsibility for the mass murder of so many people as direct, intentional and unapologetic results of their actions.
Both parties have their own wikipedia pages as mentioned below.
/info/en/?search=Paul_Tibbets /info/en/?search=Charles_Sweeney
The correction is to read as follows
This list does not necessarily include war criminals or members of democidal governments, such as Paul Tibbets, Charles Sweeney, Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, Joseph Stalin, or Pol Pot.
Because changes like this cannot be made without your oversight, because there is clear and convincing evidence that these parties are directly responsible for murdering more people than any other individuals, and because it would be negligent to omit these parties from the annals of history in the most honest representation of how acts of depraved indifference impact the lives of so many people, and because refusing to include these parties on the list indicates that Wikipedia cannot be held to standards of academic integrity, I respectfully submit the proposal to you. 71.222.49.84 ( talk) 16:37, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
What should the order within the same number of proven victims be? Descending alphabetical? Descending chronological? Descending by possible victims? — DocWatson42 ( talk) 08:07, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
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Carl Eugene Watts
This list is missing this man's name: /info/en/?search=Carl_Eugene_Watts 97.118.101.166 ( talk) 14:29, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
Being that the number of victims is the primary measure in this article, the article should include both Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 (Francisco Gonzales, 44 killed) and Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 (David Burke, 43 killed). Both of these occurred in the USA and were intentional and deliberate large-scale acts of murder, involving a firearm, caused by one criminal individual. It would be a deficiency and an oversight in the subject matter not to include them in the list. Starhistory22 ( talk) 00:11, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons.emphasis added Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 and Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 have separate articles. Each was a single event. Neither the weapons used nor the death toll makes a killer a serial killer. Both articles are already part of the Category:Mass murder in the United States. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 00:20, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
How about Richard Speck? 9 November 2017 32.209.120.186 ( talk) 04:02, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
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Edmund Kemper - He committed necrophilia with the dead bodies he dismembered 50.204.11.222 ( talk) 20:05, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Jailed for 15 of a suspected 250 deaths that had probably gone on throughout his medical career. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flaphappy ( talk • contribs) 16:57, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
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Is it possible to add a Russian serial killer Mikhail Popkov to the list? Source for example: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mikhail-popkov-the-werewolf-serial-killer-worst-murderer-soviet-russia-history-worlds-worst-serial-a7654361.html Thank you in advance. 37.157.100.168 ( talk) 18:05, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
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Morgan Denes is also a cereal killer. She killed 15 people!
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Add Elizabeth Báthory (possibly one of the most prolific serial killers). I believe her confirmed kills were zero as some people believe she was framed, but one of her servants claimed to find a list of over 600 victims.
Add H. H. Holmes (one of the most well known serial killers whose identity is known). He was convicted of killing one (but was proven to kill at approximately 9) he might have killed anywhere from 20 to 200 and confessed to killing over 20 (but some were still alive, and he constantly changed it to confuse everybody) BenjaminClaudee ( talk) 22:46, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
The Dandupalya gang consisting of ten men and one woman were convicted of 14 murders. The gang operated mostly in Bangalore-India. They would murder their victims and then indulge in necrophilia. The modus operandi was the woman member would generally knock on doors and ask for a drink of water. When the householder went inside to fetch a glass of water, the gand would barge in and carry out their operations. They generally targeted housewives.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/11-Dandupalya-gang-members-get-death/article15764297.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/mar/17/dandupalya-gang-member-after-three-decades-1582272.html http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-infamous-dandupalya-gang-returns-to-haunt-basavanagudi-police-1496803 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.212.204.87 ( talk) 03:48, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
At the time of this writing, M. Jaishankar's section within this article says that he "is now kept under heavy security measures". However, according to M. Jaishankar's article (at the time of this writing), he died February 27, 2018. If he has died, I am pretty sure that he isn't being kept under "heavy security measures" any more. I think his section within this article should be updated, but I am not sure how the "Notes"-section within his section should be rephrased. Heart of Destruction ( talk) 10:29, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
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Pedro Alonso Lopez shown as #2 with 110 confirmed victims: That number is misleading at best as only 57 victims have ever been confirmed, the rest are assumed. I think that at least a notation of this fact is required.
[Originally charged with 53 murders, Lopez saw the ante boosted to 110 as a result of his detailed confessions. As Major Victor Lascano, director of the Ambato prison, explained: "If someone confesses to 53 you find and hundreds more you don't, you tend to believe what he says." Lascano also told reporters, in response to questions, that "I think his estimate of 300 is very low, because in the beginning he cooperated with us and took us each day to three or four hidden corpses. But then he tired, changed his mind, and stopped helping."] ~ Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers 24.165.55.113 ( talk) 15:26, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
Nikolas Jacob Cruz should be removed from this list because he does not fit the definition of serial killer given in the first paragraph, specifically: "There are gaps of time between the killings" (sometimes called a "cooling off period" between killings). Cruz might be more correctly categorized as a spree killer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.168.161.46 ( talk) 01:58, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
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Can Steven Massof be removed from the "Medical professionals" list? The article lists him with "100+" proven victims, but the evidence is just that he claimed in court to have killed 100 people. I'm also not sure he meets the definition of a serial killer -- his killings were done as a worker at the Kermit Gosnell clinic. So he acted under some kind of instructions, and his killings were not really distinct events. (Also, WikiBlame says Massof was originally inserted into the article by a user who is now banned.) 2607:FEA8:BC9F:F4EB:B9D6:662A:69D0:FD77 ( talk) 05:22, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
I thought there was an Indian serial killer who is believed to have operated all over the country with impunity for 4 decades or more and have heard estimates of 800+ victims. Cant remember his name but I got the impression he was well known. Can we research this? Skamay ( talk) 17:37, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
I put him in thug Behram. Significant member but now I see he might be too early. Can someone put my work in right place if needed? I'm tired now it's late. Skamay ( talk) 18:29, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Haunted Spy, regarding your recent additions, make sure that all of the entries are actually about serial killers. Killing three or more people does not automatically make one a serial killer. It's why the first sentence of this article is defined the way it is. A mass murderer, for example, is not automatically a serial killer. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 21:18, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi, as the article is protected I'd like to suggest some edits to the lead:
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Update citation #783 URL from http://hellhorror.com/killers/serial_killer/51/Henry-Lee-Lucas.html to https://hellhorror.com/serial-killer-51/Henry-Lee-Lucas.html Razorlegacy ( talk) 16:50, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
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Please do not expand the list by killing people. Yeetyeetus65 ( talk) 19:23, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_serial_killers_by_number_of_victims&direction=prev&oldid=526884099 Huff slush7264 talk 10:54, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
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change wwomen to women, Russel Maurice Johnson's text. 64.231.69.192 ( talk) 23:50, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Ansis Kaupēns was added to the list with a body count of 90 when his individual page claims he murdered 19 people. He should be moved to the list of killers with less than 30 victims. Musphaq ( talk) 12:33, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Not too long ago, ex-nurse Niels Högel admitted to killing at least 100 of his patients, and the victim count could even be higher, which is still under investigation. Sources can be found in his article, especially the German version. He should be added to the list of the worst murderers for sure. Noweeaboohoo ( talk) 18:31, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
He was asked if the allegations, that he killed at least 100 people, were "mostly true" ('größtenteils wahr") and he simply answered with "Yes". So he did not confess an exact number (which is might not know at all), but if 100+ is "mostly" true, we can assume that is is at least 90 or so. Keep in mind that the word "mostly" did not come from him, but from the judge. So "mostly" can also include "100% true". The number 30 comes from the 30 cases that the first day of the court hearing was about. The other cases will just be "for the record" as he already would get the maximum possible sentence if convicted for 30 murders. In Germany we do not have something like 600 years prison sentence. Life long is the maximum. From thoses 30 cases on the first days he admitted 14. As he already was convited of 6 murders, that brings the number already to 20 that were explicitly proven. Here some recent articles which you can translate with a software of your choice [1] [2] [3] 87.143.222.146 ( talk) 10:05, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
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Please add Harold Shipman to the list = /info/en/?search=Harold_Shipman he was nickamed Dr. Death with a victim count of 250 victims thank you 188.129.38.50 ( talk) 23:47, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Amelia Dyer or The Reading Baby Farmer reached a total of 12 confirmed victims and a suspected count of 200-400+ victims. All of her victims where unwanted infants that she had taken into her care in order to support herself. She died in 1897, state execution by hanging.
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Vladimir lenin as a war criminal is debated. If so, Ally leaders should be put in as examples of war criminals too, for the bombing of Japan, Hamburg bombardment, etc. The Last Division ( talk) 19:25, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
https://www.leagle.com/decision/19811867517fsupp135011680
On January 12-13, 1977, Johnny Lee Thornton was a Specialist 4 in the United States Army, assigned to the 463rd Military Police Company, and was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Thornton was on active duty as a member of the United States Army, and was working as a military policeman assigned to the Game Warden Section of the Provost Marshal Office at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Thornton's duties consisted of the random and selected patrolling of Fort Leonard Wood. Thornton checked permits, assisted sportsmen, and patrolled for fish and game violators, poachers, and trespassers. He was also to search for illegal trash dumping; the destruction, dumping or cutting of trees; and the destruction of wildlife food plots.
Thornton's work involved a minimal amount of supervision and a high degree of professional competence. In addition to his game and wildlife duties set out above Thornton also had authority to arrest military personnel and to detain civilians for any suspected crimes and could make such arrests or detention on any and all parts of the military base. It was Army policy that the detention of civilians for suspected crimes be limited to only such time necessary to release a civilian to federal or state law enforcement officials. EQUIPMENT: On the evening of January 12, 1977, Thornton reported for duty and was issued several items of United States Army equipment. He was issued a four-wheel drive military police jeep which was utilized by Thornton while he was on duty on January 12-13, 1977. The vehicle was clearly marked as a military police vehicle and Thornton was in full military uniform at all times during this period. He was also issued a U. S. Army 45-calibre pistol, several rounds of ammunition, two pairs of military police handcuffs and one military police badge. It was not unusual for someone acting in Thornton's capacity to check out two pairs of handcuffs or several rounds of ammunition before going on duty.
DETAILS: While on duty on the evening of January 12-13, 1977, Thornton stopped a vehicle by using his red emergency lights on his military police jeep. The vehicle was driven by Anthony Lee Bates and occupied by passengers Wesley Hawkins, Juanita Ann Deckard, and Linda Needham. All the occupants of the car were teenagers who lived in the Fort Leonard Wood area. Thornton informed Bates and Hawkins that the South Gate Texaco station, a nearby gas station which is not on United States property, had been robbed and that Bates' car *1353 matched the description of the car involved in the robbery. While the South Gate Texaco station was not, in fact, robbed on January 12-13, 1977, if the South Gate Texaco station had been robbed, as Thornton alleged, he would have had the authority to stop and detain suspected vehicles on the military base while he was on duty.
After stopping the vehicle, Thornton ordered the two males, Bates and Hawkins, to get out of the car. He handcuffed Bates and Hawkins' hands behind their backs and placed the two youths in the back seat of the military police jeep. Then, without provocation, Thornton shot Anthony Lee Bates and Wesley Hawkins through the chest with his military issue 45-calibre pistol as they sat handcuffed in the back seat of the jeep.
After shooting Bates and Hawkins, Thornton ordered Juanita Ann Deckard and Linda Needham into the jeep and took them to a cabin on a remote part of the Army base. He then forcibly raped the girls and forced them to commit oral sodomy upon each other and to commit oral sodomy upon him.
Afterwards, Thornton took the girls outside, to another area, and shot the two girls. He then buried all four victims in the snow and left them for dead. NOTE: Juanita Ann Deckard, played dead, and when Thornton departed the area, she walked through the heavy snow, and a thickly wooded area, for over five miles, to a residence to seek out help. Anthony Lee Bates, Wesley Hawkins, and Linda Needham died as a result of the gunshot wounds inflicted by Thornton. Juanita Ann Deckard was the only survivor of Thornton's attack. On July 26, 1977, in criminal proceedings, Thornton was convicted of murder in the first degree, assault with intent to kill, rape, and kidnapping for the purpose of committing rape.
Thornton is also a possible person of interest in the October 1976 disappearance of two other teenagers from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Convicted of Killing 3, Attempted Murder of 1 Person of Interest in the Killing of at least 2 others
SENTENCED TO: Consecutive Life Sentences and Serving Time in the B.O.P. Tucson, Arizona.
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ADDITIONAL CASE BACKGROUND: The U.S. District Court was expected to go to the jury early Tuesday afternoon, according to Judge William Collinson. Thornton, a 23-year-old father of three, sat with downcast eyes, surrounded by attorneys throughout the trial, which began on June 18 1977. The defendant's mother, Deanie Thornton, testified in barely audible tones Monday that her son began having frequent headaches after his father, John Warden, choked, beat and shot at him as a preschool child. She said she hid from Warden and lived in 20 to 25 places, including an abandoned car. She said her son lost consciousness at least twice during the healings, and the last time Thornton saw his father was "when he almost choked him to death," requiring the youngster lo have surgery. She later married Bruce Thornton, who gave his name to her children. As the prosecution began its case Monday, Miss Deekard testified that she and Linda Needham, 16, had told Thornton their names during the episode and he never referred to them by other names. Prosecution witness Dr. William Clary of Springfield, Mo., testified last week that the two girls represented in Thornton's mind his wife and mother, while the two boys represented a threat to his relationship with the wife and mother. Testimony showed Thornton told the teenagers their car matched the description of one used in a robbery. He then handcuffed and shot the two boys in his jeep, drove all four to a game warden's cabin, and forced the girls to perform various sexual acts before killing Miss Needham, according to testimony. Miss Needham, 16, Anthony Lee Bales, 18, and Wesley Hawkins, 18, all of Plato, Mo., were shot to death on the night of Jan. 12. Miss Deekard, who was shot twice, was picked up by a passing motorist after struggling through several miles of rugged, snowy terrain. Earlier on Monday, Military Policeman Mike Mason testified that Thornton was "one of the most well-liked people around, a good M.P. and a real good game warden." The trial was moved to Council Bluffs after judges in St. Joseph and Springfield, Mo., ruled impartial juries could not be selected in those cities
James S. Reist (SSG, U.S. Army, Law Enforcement Cmd - Retired 1972-1995)
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You have excluded Harold Shipman 250 victimaa 82.13.86.135 ( talk) 22:44, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
I think you might want to check out Harold Shipman. He’ll be ranked third in your list of most deadly serial killers. Stretchvxr ( talk) 00:12, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
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I noticed that Eric Edgar Cooke wasn't on this list, and he has eight confirmed victims. Is there some reason that he is not on the list of 'Serial killers with fewer than 15 proven victims?' Catmando999 Check out his talk page! 22:20, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
This article is incredibly long, and reads more like an indiscriminate list of serial killers organized by number of murders. Perhaps it should only include serial killers with 10 confirmed or suspected murders? Edit: I think I'll do this without consensus, because the article is even more massive than I thought. Alex of Canada ( talk) 22:54, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Corrl is listed on the page twice, one under the normal listing for 15-30 victims and one under the group listing. He should be removed from one, probably the lone listing. Promestein ( talk) 18:33, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Why is Aileen Wuornos not listed on this page? She is proven to have killed at least seven men in the Florida area and possibly more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunshine611 ( talk • contribs) 04:45, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
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Kenneth Erskine United Kingdom 1986 7 11 Known as "The Stockwell Stranger",
Erskine is known as the Stockwell STRANGLER. Please add the missing L.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpeazbSxF5M HogBum ( talk) 14:37, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
Shouldn't Richard Kuklinski be on a different list? A mob hitman and contract killer should be under a different heading than a list described as: "This part of the list contains all serial killers with fewer than five proven victims who acted alone and were neither medical professionals nor contract killers." (Emphasis mine) Thank you. :) -- 68.47.112.13 ( talk) 09:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
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The Egyptian Serial Killer, Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, is said to have been active in Qalyoubeya, this is a typo, it's Qalyubia, and has a Wiki page on it's own, /info/en/?search=Qalyubia_Governorate Sopyan7 ( talk) 22:29, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
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Giovani Brusca <refAll that’s Interesting ><Time magazine /> 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 22:29, 24 May 2019 (UTC) Giovanni Brusca Number of proven victims 100, suspected up to 200 murders
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Abul Djbar Afghan serial killer proven up to 65 murders, suspected up to 300 murders 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 22:44, 24 May 2019 (UTC) Abul Djbar was on this list, but has been removed! <ref>Murderpedia Thought Catalog</ref>
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Niels Högel - Proven 85 - Convisted for 300+ Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/world/europe/germany-nurse-serial-killer.html?emc=edit_na_20190606&ref=headline&nl=breaking-news Asif2bd ( talk) 10:27, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
Högel is listed with far fewer proven and suspected murders than the Wiki page on him suggests. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_H%C3%B6gel
Why are these in an entirely separate list? Is it valid to exclude them all from the first list of "Serial killers with the highest known victim count"? Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 09:27, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
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For the entry, "Ted Kaczynski" there is (1) no source, (2) editorializing and opinion presented as fact: "...illogically justified..." the word "illogically" is the editor's opinion and has no place in an objective fact-based encyclopedia, and (3) the inclusion of this individual in a list of "serial killers" is disputed: Kaczynski had ideological justifications for his killings and his targets and victims were consistent with this ideology. Moreover, this ideology is not unique to him--it's held by many other thinkers (as is evidenced by the common claim that Kaczynski's ideas are "unoriginal"). This is also why he is often cited as a "terrorist." Do the wikipedia editors acknowledge a distinction between terrorism and serial killing? Qpooqpoo ( talk) 18:50, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
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Elizabeth Wettlaufer should be added under Medical Professionals. /info/en/?search=Elizabeth_Wettlaufer Thanks. JSP 70.52.189.207 ( talk) 23:12, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
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Bruno Ludke German Serial killer, proven number of victims 51 murders, possibly murdered 86. This should be moved up to serial killers with the highest kill count. He confessed to these murders additionally. This should be moved from disputed cases to serial killers with the highest number of victims list! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:39, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
There should be ED GEIN on the list. He was a base for a lot of movies and there is a lot of confusion in the internet. He was a real figure based on which Texas Chainsaw Masacre movie was created. Letherface is also based on him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.11.122.178 ( talk) 14:39, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
There should be : David Berkowitz on the list — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.11.122.178 ( talk) 14:56, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
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Why is the Female homicides in Ciudad Juarez not listed in here? The article is listed in list of serial killers by country, unidentified serial killers list! It involves the unsolved 370 confirmed murders of women and girls in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, México! I thought it should be included in this list of serial killers by number of victims 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:24, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
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Why are the Kotakethana murders not included on this list? Kotakethana murders in Sri Lanka, all 15 cases remain unsolved! Including three double murders. I am wondering why it is not included on here?! Multiple suspects charged, but nobody has been convicted. 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:52, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
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Why has Giovanni Brusca been removed from this list? He was a member of Sicilian mafia, but also committed multiple murders on his own personal terms. I’m not sure why you include hitmen on this list, but take him off the list?! It even states that this list excludes contract killers and medical professionals.
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Carl Grobmann is listed on here with much less victims than the Wikipedia article suggests. He clearly is listed on the wiki article to have committed at least 26 murders. Now he seems to be taken off this list altogether!? He should be listed on here! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:14, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
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Émile Louis
French serial killer, preyed on handicapped women during the 1970s.
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I am just requesting that Mahmoud al Werfalli be included on this list?!
He is an Libyan serial killer, and war criminal, has committed numerous executions, either ordering the executions or executing the prisoners him self! He is responsible for 33 murders
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It does not say at all in the article that Luis garavito committed his murders in Ecuador or Venezuela! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 05:37, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
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Henry Chibueze, Nigerian serial killer, responsible for the murders of 200 people! Led a brutal campaign of kidnap and murder.
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It says that Harold Shipmen actually began his crimes in 1971
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Please remove Andrés Leonardo Achipiz, 30 kills, since he is a hired killer and therefore does not meet the requirement established at the top of that section of not being a contract killer. 1.152.110.120 ( talk) 12:51, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
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Louis Van Schoor should be listed on here. South African serial killer, confessed to over 100 murders, with 39+ proven murders, during apartheid South Africa. 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:13, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
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Richard Kuklinski needs to be removed from this list! Contract killers are not to be included on this list! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:35, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
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The article does not state that Luis Garavito comitted any of his crimes in Ecuador or Venezuela! It only states Colombia! It should only include Colombia! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:27, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
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It says in the Wikipedia article that Samual Little was only convicted of 8 murders, and the article nowhere says he was convicted of 27 additional murders in June of 2019. He needs to be moved to serial killers with 10 to 14 proven murders! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:39, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
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Robert Pickton was only convicted of 6 murders, so he should be moved to serial killers with 10 to 14 proven murders list! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:41, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
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Please include Louis Van Shoor on this list, serial killer who killed 39-40 blacks during apartheid South Africa. Confessed to at least 100. 198.133.167.86 ( talk)
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Please include Giovanni Brusca on this list! Suspected to have committed up to 200 murders, he was a member of the Sicilian mafia, but he also is suspected to have committed many murders on his own terms. 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:14, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
Time magazine > content > article
http://La mafia.wikidot.org/?title=talk
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Please include Mahmoud al-Werfalli on this list! Committed up to at least 33 murders or war crimes. 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:26, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
http://www.icc-cpi.int/Libya/al-Werfalli
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Many sources say that Louis Van Schoor killed 39 people, rather than 9! 39 murders should be listed on here! Possibly as many as 101 people. 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:48, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
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Hermann Duft and Hans Wilhelm Bossier should be included on this list! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:17, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
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Carl Grossman should be included on this list! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:15, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Marianna251 TALK 18:21, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
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The Kokakethana murders from Sri Lanka should be put on this list! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:16, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
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Pedro López is listed with only 3 murders on this list, so that article should be included in serial killers with less than 5 proven victims rather than serial killers with the highest known victim count 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:35, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
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Louis Van Schoor should be listed with at least 39 murders, rather than 9! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:25, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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The Mitsero murders in Cyprus should be included on here! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:36, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
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Nigerian Serial killer Gracious-David West should be included in List of serial killers with 15 to 30 proven murders list! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:30, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
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The Mitsero murders in Cyprus should included on this list! It should be included in List of serial killers with 10 to 14 proven murders list! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:23, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
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Nicos Metaxas should included on this list with 7 proven murders, in Cyprus. 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 14:13, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
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I request that Yves Trudeau should be included in serial killers with the highest number of victims list on this page! He committed 43 murders. 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:19, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
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It should be listed that Pedro López committed some of his murders in Chile as well! 198.133.167.86 ( talk) 04:39, 4 October 2019 (UTC)