Joseph James DeAngelo is an American serial killer, rapist and burglar who carried out his crimes for many years in 1970s and 1980s and was finally captured by the police in 2018. The former police officer and auto mechanic, who was known by various names like Golden State Killer and Visalia Ransacker, was sentenced to life in prison in 2020. Long Island Killer. Area: Long Island, New York; Murders: 10 to 17; Years Active: 1996 to Unknown; Long Island is not exactly known for its serial killers and it’s far from a crime riddled region. You won’t find many notorious serial killers here, but there is a major unsolved serial murder case that has hung over this area for many years.

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Recent Serial Killers 1970 to present (AP list)
10/11/02 | AP

Posted on 10/11/2002 1:58:11 PM PDT by alisasny

Oct. 11 — Some well-known serial killers in recent U.S. history:

1997-1999: Angel Maturino Resendiz was convicted of murdering a Houston woman, but was linked by confessions and evidence to at least 12 other killings nationwide. He's on death row in Texas.

1996-1998: Robert L. Yates Jr. was convicted of two murders but admitted to 15. He's on death row in Washington state.

1990-1993: Heriberto Seda, aka 'the Zodiac Killer,' killed three people and wounded four in New York City and is serving a 235-year sentence.

1989-1990: Aileen Wuornos, a rare female serial killer, was convicted of murdering six men while working as a prostitute along highways in central Florida. She was executed Wednesday.

1984-1985: Charles Ng and Leonard Lake were convicted of murdering 11 people. Ng is on death row in California; Lake committed suicide.

1984-1985: Richard Ramirez was convicted of killing 14 people during break-ins in the Los Angeles area. He is on California's death row.

1979-1981: Wayne B. Williams of Atlanta was convicted and sentenced to two life terms for killing two boys, but police believed he may have been responsible for up to 28 deaths.

1978-1995: Theodore Kaczynski, aka 'the Unabomber,' carried out a series of mail bombings that killed three people and injured 23. He is serving a life sentence at a federal prison in Colorado.

1978-1992: Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 16 consecutive life terms for killing 17 men and boys, most in Milwaukee. He was killed in prison in 1994.

1977-1978: Ted Bundy was convicted of three Florida slayings, including that of a 12-year-old girl. He confessed to more than 30 and was executed in 1989.

1977-1978: Angelo Buono Jr. was convicted of murdering nine young California women and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Kenneth A. Bianchi pleaded guilty to five of the murders, agreeing to testify against his cousin in return for being spared a possible death sentence. He was sentenced to five concurrent life terms in prison.

1976-1977: David Berkowitz, aka 'Son of Sam,' killed six people and wounded seven others in New York City. He is serving six consecutive 25-years-to-life sentences.

1972-1978: John Wayne Gacy of suburban Chicago killed 33 young men and boys. He was executed in 1994.

February-May 1971: Juan Corona was convicted of murdering 25 farm workers whose bodies were found buried near Yuba City in northern California. He is serving a life sentence.

2002 The Associated Press.

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Is this your guy???

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Florida executes second killer in 2 days (From top) Jones, Buenoano, Stano and Remeta 2 more executions due soon March 24, 1998 Web posted at: 12:09 p.m. EST (1709 GMT) In this story: Last words 'Long overdue' Flames from electric chair led to delay Related stories and sites STARKE, Florida (CNN) -- Florida has carried out its second execution in two days, putting to death a man convicted in the 1981 murder of a Jacksonville police officer. Leo Jones, 47, who had argued that the use of a 75-year-old electric chair was cruel and unusual punishment, died in it on Tuesday morning. Jones' attorneys objected after the fiery death of another inmate on March 25, 1997, when flames leaped from the head of an inmate during an execution in the wired, wooden chair known as 'Old Sparky.' The attorneys had filed an appeal, arguing that Florida's method of execution was cruel and unusual and therefore in violation of the state and U.S. constitutions. The problem led to a yearlong halt in executions in Florida, which ended on Monday when Gerald Stano, 46, died in the state's electric chair for the 1973 murder of a 17-year-old girl. Stano had confessed to 41 killings. Last words 'I bear witness that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger,' Jones said repeatedly during preparations while staring at his religious adviser, El Hajj Rabbani Muhammad. When the jolt hit, Jones' fingers tightened and he flinched. As a physician's assistant held a stethoscope to his chest afterward he breathed at least once. Jones' execution was the 41st since Florida's death penalty was upheld in 1976. The last time the state had back-to-back executions was in December 1995. Two more executions are scheduled for next week: Judy Buenoano, 54, the 'Black Widow,' is scheduled to be executed next Monday for the murder of her husband. She would be the first woman put to death by Florida in 150 years. Twenty-four hours later, the state plans to execute Daniel Remeta, 40, for the 1985 fatal shooting of Mehrle Reeder, a convenience store clerk in Ocala. 'Long overdue' Jones was condemned for the 1981 slaying of Thomas Szafranski, who was struck in the head by a sniper's bullet while sitting in his patrol car in downtown Jacksonville. 'In the hearts of all us, it's long overdue,' Thomas Pialorsi, who was president of the Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police when Szafranski was shot, said Monday. Jones confessed to the shooting, saying he killed the officer because of police beatings. But he later denied the killing, saying the confession was coerced. In his appeals, he noted the statements of a dozen people who said another man had confessed to the killing. Jones' appeal for a stay to the Florida Supreme Court and a separate appeal to a federal judge were rejected Monday. Flames from electric chair led to delay The delay in Florida executions began last year after flames up to a foot long burst from behind the mask covering the face of Pedro Medina during his execution. The death chamber filled with acrid smoke. No problems with the electric chair were reported as Stano and Jones were put to death. 'We've been assured that the chair and all the components are in very good working order,' Florida State Prison spokesman Gene Morris told CNN earlier this week. The Florida Supreme Court in October 1997 cleared the way for resumed use of the chair but if such a method for capital punishment is ever ruled unconstitutional, Florida lawmakers have approved execution by lethal injection. In 1990, a sponge in the headpiece caught fire during the death of Jesse Tafero. That also led to a temporary halt in Florida executions. Correspondent Susan Candiotti, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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The Crime Archives catalogues its serial killers by their number of proven hits. Some killers are suspected of much higher body counts. Others bragged about crimes they never committed. Check in the morgue for the latest entries. Because of its ever-increasing size, the Serial Killer Hit List has been broken into four sections according to number of hits.

Serial Killer - A serial killer is a typical white male, 20-30, and most of them are usually in the USA. Their main motives are sex(even though the act of sex may or may not take place), power, manipulation, domination and control. The sex motive is usually rape for an organized killer and sadism for a disorganized killer. They act in a series of 5 or more murders with a cooling off period between each murder. Serial killers can go on for months and years before they are usually caught. The victim is usually the same for every killer - prostitute, hitch-hiker etc. Their victims may also have the same or similar attributes in gender, age, race, general look, residence etc. Serial killers also stick by their modus operandi very closely and may change it with experience. Most murders occur by strangulation, suffocation, stabbing etc. Serial killers act by a sex-murder fantasy based with their control, they usually live in this dream world in their teens until they act it out for real when they get into the adult stage. As each murder occurs a serial killer may be disappointed by his murder fantasy and may act it out again to achieve it to their own satisfaction. Mass Killer - A mass killer is a a very angry and frustrated white male, 25-40, who may be suffering from some sort of mental problem. They are wholey disorganized and show a similar lifestyle to that of a disorganized serial killer. Their lifestyle usually includes such things as - they have a large array of weapons at home, are heavily into violence(on TV or videogames etc), live by themselves or with a parent, have no partner and may have been rejected by the opposite sex too much, would have tried to get into the army, plus many other common factors. They usually attack restaurants, schools, or other public places(they may at some time have been affiliated with this place because they could of been stressed, fired there, or rejected by the opposite sex there) wearing army camouflague gear and armed to the teeth. They have a blitz style attack involving machine guns or sometimes explosives. Although mass killers usually have guns there have been a few cases like Richard Speck - where all victims(considered to be over 3 for a mass kill) may be killed by stabbing or strangulation. The blitz attack has them with an automatic weapon with many spare rounds firing at any person in their path. The victims may or may not be related(some mass killers kill their entire families), but usually they just kill anyone. In many cases the killer has killed more females than males, this goes with the rejection factor. As they become suddenly stressed and act out this large murder in a short time of usually minutes to hours, they may commit suicide or get shot by police. No mass killer ever intends or knows he is going to escape the carnage. Spree Killer - A spree killer is like a serial killer at warp speed(without the sex motive) or a mass killer at a snails pace. There havn't been too many spree killers and people havn't usually heard of them. A spree killer is usually a white male 20-30 who acts like a mass killer, killing alot of people by shooting, and this murdering usually happens over a period of time from a week/s to a month, with the killer fleeing the police and public fear at the same time. Spree killers usually flee with someone else and are like the typical mass killer but who intends to go uncaptured. Some cases of spree killers are Charles Starkweather or Andrew Cunanan. They are alike to mass killers in ways of victims and methods but lifestyles may have the spree killer with a criminal record and a partner. I have also read that spree killers may also be the type of killer who advertises to, or personalises with a victim, kills that victim to collect some profit, and hides the remains of that body to start with the process again; many of these killers are called Bluebeards and go back into the late 1800's - early 1900's. These 'Bluebeard' type killers are sort of like spree killers but operate for profit and can go for a longer time, although, the classifcation of a spree killer may be put to them because a Bluebeard isn't an official murderer classification.

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Bob Berdella
Dahmers twin

'At Berdella's arraignment in the courtroom of Judge Alvin Randall, Berdella shocked everyone by entering a plea of guilty to the charge of murder in the first degree. Eventually, Berdella confessed to the murder and torture of six young men between the years of 1984 and 1987. With an uncanny ability to recall detail, he told his frightening story as Court Reporter Ruth Emma Pietro recorded each grisly event of the carnage in the court record. He enjoyed his moment in the limelight while in the courtroom confessing because he was in total control of the stage. '

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The 1800’s brought about some of the most extreme serial killers known. Names, such as Jack the Ripper, Dr. Thomas Neil Cream, were just a few of the murderers we look back on in History. The murders these killers committed were not only grotesque at times, but also more ‘motive’ orientated; sometimes even more cunning.

Poisoning was a popular way of killing. A lot of serial killers in the 1800’s took advantage of light regulations or none at all; such as the regulations on Arsenic.

Another thing that came about in the 1800’s was certain advances in Forensic Science. These advances proved troubling for serial killers of the era. It meant proving certain crimes such as poisoning, became easier. Some of these new advances in Forensic Science included:

The first use of photography in identification of a crime scene, evidence and criminals.

The first use of fingerprints in solving a crime.

The first use of arsenic detection in a jury trial. (James Marsh in 1930 developed a method for arsenic dectection and was the first one to use it in a trial basis.)

Bullet comparison to catch a murderer.

Though these new developments occurred and made things somewhat tricky for serial killers in this time, it didn’t stop them. There are well known serial killers such as Jack the Ripper, and others who killed and were never discovered. Serial killers were also not limited to one country. The killings occurred through out Europe, The United States and in other countries such as Canada.

The killings by these murderers brought shock and anger; sometimes even a mystery to the present day that is still questioned by experts and interested parties a like. The list of serial killers in the 1800’s are from any age group and from any gender as woman often killed too, poison often being their weapon of choice.

The list below is some of the recorded history and research of serial killers in that time period. Due to information that was not kept properly, or crimes not solved, some killers were never discovered and will always remain hidden to us.

Serial Killers of the 1800’s

Austin Axe Murderer

1854-1885
United States

There were at least 7 women who were murdered, most were servants. The murderer would drag the victims from whatever room they were in and proceed to rape them before slashing them to death. There were several of these victims who ended up being stabbed or even spiked in the ears or face. The first victim, Mollie Smith was in 1884. The last two victims were Eula Phillips and Sue Hancock in 1885. The murders were devastating and shocking. There was no one who was convicted of the crimes.

Patty Cannon

United States

She was part of a gang that kidnapped slaves and those who were not to sell, transport them to plantation owners. Thought to have murdered at least 25 victims, many slave traded. Bodies were found on the farm that was owned by Cannon in Delaware by the tenant farmer. The bodies included an infant female, an adult male, a male child and a boy. She was indicted for the four murders in 1829. Cannon died in her cell on May 11th, 1829. Authorities at the time suspected suicide.

Mary Ann Cotton

Approx.1865-1872
United Kingdom

Cotton killed those who were in her care. It is estimated that she had killed between 15-20 victims. Her choice of murder was poison. Cotton would extract arsenic from rat poison as the sale of it was not controlled at the time and give it to people in her care or that she wanted dead. Mary would move about in different areas marrying as she did so her name would change. The deaths were said to be contributed to gastric fever until traces of arsenic were found. She was finally caught trying to unload one of her victims into a warehouse. Arrested on July 18th, 1872 and was hung on March 24th, 1873.

Dr. Thomas Neil Cream

1880-1892
The United States and United Kingdom

It is said he has poisoned at least 7 women; the first being his wife Flora. However, with Flora it wasn’t discovered until later where traces of poison were found in her system. It was assumed she had died of consumption in 1877.

Cream had traveled away from Canada to England where he pursued his studies in medicine. A few years after, he returned to Canada where he went into being an
abortionist..

In May 1879, patient Kate Gardener was found dead behind a woodshed smelling of chloroform. She was pregnant at the time of her death. It was later discovered the chloroform was administered by force.

In August 1879 Cream went to Chicago. Another patient, Eleen Stack he gave anti-pregnancy pills that he designed. These pills were laced with strychnine. She died soon afterwards.

Julia Slott had an affair with Cream that would later lead to his capture. After the killing of her husband by poison in the pills, Slott would later turn state’s evidence to convict Cream in 1881. However, Cream was released in July of 1891 and went back to England.

Back in England he posed as a doctor and chose the name Thomas Neil. He poisoned at least two more women while there. He was finally caught again. Cream would not be released this time, but hung on Nov 16th, 1892.

Sarah Dazely

In March 1843, authorities charged Sara Dazely with murder. She had 3 husbands before who had died suspiciously. It was thought that she killed her husband just so she could marry again. Dazely was suspected of poisoning her past husbands as two of her previous husbands’ examination showed lethal doses of arsenic.

On August 5th, 1843 she was hanged after the conviction of two murders. The other corpses of the husbands were too decomposed to test for anything.

Frederick Deeming

1891-1892
Australia

Deeming was noted as having more than one family and disposing of the victims he murdered.

On March 3, 1892, police caught a smell coming from a house numbered 57 Andrew Street. What happened next started the process of catching Deeming. They unearthed the body of a young woman whose throat had been slashed, Emily Williams. It was estimated she had been dead for at least 3 months. The police also found children embedded in the cement laying at the woman’s feet.

Emily Mather was thought to be his wife after the murder of Emily Williams and the children. He took her to Australia where he married her and eventually murdered her.

He was caught on March 1892 in Perth, Australia. On May 23rd 1892 he was hung.

Amelia Dyer

Beginning unknown to 1896
United Kingdom

Amelia Dyer was thought to be trained as a nurse. The money she made was due to baby farming. She would advertise to adopt a baby or nurse a baby for one time payment and clothing. Dyer would then let them starve. If they did not go quickly, she would murder them and collect the fee.

In 1879, she was caught under suspicions of a doctor investigating the sudden deaths of children under her care. She was convicted and served hard labor for the crimes. Upon release she went back to her nursing duties and fell back and forth into mental hospitals.

After her last release from being in a mental hospital, Dyer went back into baby farming. She went further into disposing the bodies herself. She was eventually caught and later hung on June 10th, 1896.

Champ Ferguson

United States

During the height of the civil war, Fergsuson killed union soldiers and civilian supporters. It is thought that he killed over 100 people. He had claimed it was part of his military duty.

On May 1865 he was tried for the murders of only 53 people. He was hanged on October 20, 1865

Hare/Burke

Scotland

William Burke and William Hare started acquiring bodies from graves to sell to universities for money. There were no questions asked, so it was a good deal for them. However, after awhile that proved too difficult and time consuming for them. Instead of digging up the graves of already dead people, they chose to murder. The fresh bodies got them more money and were easier for them.

They strangled their victims in such a way as to suspect no foul play. They were suspected of killing at least 16 people. It was the 16th victim that led to their arrest.
William Hare and his wife gave evidence against Burke for immunity. The evidence sent Burke to the gallows on Jan 28th, 1829. Hare was thought to have died penniless in 1859.

John Hoch

United States

Born in Germany, came to United States in his youth. He moved through out the country marrying illegally and killing them for their money. Hoch would poison them and afterwards remove their organs for no traceable evidence.

He was thought to have murdered 15 people. He was only convicted of the Marie Walcker's murder in which investigators found poison in her body. Hoch was later hung on Feb 23rd, 1906.

In 1955, many of his missing wife’s bones were founding a Chicago home once occupied by him.

H.H. Holmes

1888–1894
United States

In 1884, he was enrolled in Michigan Medical School where he stole corpses and disfigured them under his medical experiments. After graduation he moved to Chicago to practice a more pharmaceutical tendency.

In 1893, Holmes had purchased a 3-story house. This 3-story house was later to be known as his ‘castle’. In the castle, he would lure victims in there. His office was located in the upper two floors. At times his victims would be locked in a vault by his office where he would then proceed to hear them panic, and hear them scream to eventually suffocate.

The victims would then be sent via a secret chute into the basement where at times skin would be removed, dissected or even bone skeletons made. Holmes through his connections was then able to sell organs, bones and even poisons. He also preformed illegal abortions, which in some cases the patients died and he sold their bodies as well.

It is thought that he had killed at least 20 people, possibly more. He was arrested on November 17th, 1894. On May 7th, 1896 he was hung in Philadelphia County Prison.

Frances Knorr

Australia

She was a baby farmer who got the babies from unwed mothers. She also advertised for mothers who wanted babies to contact her. If Knorr was not able to sell the babies, she was thought to have killed at least 13 of them.

There was in inquest held after 3 bodies were found in the backyard of one of her residencies. The doctor who examined one of the children found that it had been suffocated to death. Knorr denied all charges of murdering and hiding the babies.

She was convicted of 3 murders and hung on January 15, 1894.

Delphine La Laurie

United States

Laurie owned slaves in her Louisiana home. With these slaves, she abused them, killed them, mutilated them and often experimented on them.

In 1834, after a fire broke out at her estate, the fire brigade broke into the home to discover many horrible sightings. It was said that she had many slaves chained to the walls, some alive and in cages, some were obviously altered, such as a man who was changed into an attempt to be a woman, and some were medically experimented on. There were even some slaves who had their organs removed and reattached in other areas of their bodies or on other bodies.

After the discover of all the bodies in her home, a lynch mob was formed. However, Laurie escaped never to be found.

John Lynch

1840-1841
Australia

He had told police and others that ‘God’ had told him to commit the murders.
Lynch had killed whole families; including sons, fathers and mothers with a tomahawk. He always killed them from behind. The amount of killings that was thought to be done by Lynch is a total of 9 people.

He was finally caught and put to death by hanging on April 22nd, 1842.

Sarah and John Makin

Australia

The Makins put an advertisement out looking to adopt babies and give them a good home. They would kill the babies after a certain time, but still collect the money for fees. The mothers, often unable to take care of the babies themselves, would go to the Makins to allow them to adopt the baby. They were not allowed to see the babies, told different things that were not true to hide them from their mothers.

On October 1892, James Hanoney was digging into the ground for a clogged drain. In this ground he discovered two babies hidden in clothing that were dead. The police investigated and the property was found to be owned by the Makins. Upon removal of more ground, the police had discovered more bodies; total number of buried bodies at 12.

They were arrested and charged with murder a time later after the bodies were discovered.
The Makins tried to appeal a couple of times, but both were denied. John Makin was sentenced to the gallows and Sarah Makin was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor. She was released after 19 years.

Malachi Martin

Australia

On June 14th, 1856, William Robinson’s body was discovered with throat cut. It was thought that Martin was having an affair with Robinson’s wife. He also killed Jane Macmanamin, her body was discovered in May 1862. Later on two men from Salt Creek city bodies were discovered and attributed to Martin.

However, he was only tried for Jane’s murder and convicted. In 1862, he was hung for his crime.

Alfred G. Packer

United States

In 1872, was hired as a guide by a group of 20 men for a prospect trip into the Suan Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado.

Later a discovery of five missing men and strips of human flesh on the trail Packard had led these men. It was also found later that the five men had been cannibalized. The authorities tracked Packard down under a different name in 1883 to stand trail for the five missing men.

He claimed his innocence as a murderer, saying it was for self-defense and survival. Jury had found him guilty and he was charged with manslaughter. In 1901 he was released where there was nothing more documented of any crimes by him.

Jack the Ripper

1888
The United Kingdom

Jack the Ripper is noted for what is considered ‘The White Chapel Murders’. He was thought to have killed only prostitutes and 5 in total ending with Mary Kelly in November 1888. He would remove organs, slash their throats and leave them there to be found without leaving a trace of who he was. The last victim was brutally mutilated which gave suspicion of motives.

The mystery behind Jack the Ripper has caused many experts to debate who the killer was. However, it has not been found who Jack the Ripper really was.

Lydia Sherman

1858-1872
United States

She had poisoned 7 husbands and 3 children.
Sherman went on trail in 1872 and was convicted of second degree murder. She spent the rest of her life in prison.

Jane Toppan

1885–1901
United States

She trained as a nurse. Toppan enjoyed experimenting with combining different drugs. She liked to inject morphine first to put them in a coma state, and then used atropine to revive them which would end up killing them.

However, one victim didn’t die, Ameila Phinney who was one of her patients at the hospital she was at. Later, Toppan confessed to 31 victims. On October 29th, 1901, state police arrested her for the murder of Minnie Gibbs.

In 1902 she confessed to only 11 murders claiming she had an insatiable desire to watch death. Toppan was committed to a mental institution by not guilty by means of insanity.

John Williams and the Ratcliff Highway Murders

1811
United Kingdom

The first attack of the ‘Ratcliff Highway Murders’ took place December 7, 1811 on Ratcliff Highway in east end of London. The victims murdered were Timothy Marr, his wife Celia and 3 month son, Timothy and James Gowan their shop boy.

On December 19th, 1811, the second murders were committed of Williams’s wife, Elizabeth and Bridget Anna Harrington.

Williams was arrested because of a grievance against Timothy Marr when they were shipmates. The full extent of the crimes remain a mystery.

Catherine Wilson

1853-1862
United Kingdom

Wilson befriended people of wealth who would leave their possessions to her after they died. Her husband she had killed. The doctor wanted to do an examination, but she pleaded saying he didn’t wish to be cut up. He was buried with no further information gathered.

She killed what was thought to be 7 people after they had rewrote their wills to include her by poisoning.

Wilson was only tried for the murder of Mrs. Soames that died in 1856. On September 22nd, 1862 she was the last woman to be publicly hung.

Anna Zwanziger

Germany

Though she mostly committed her murders in the 1700’s, some were spread into the 1800’s.

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She was employed as different judges as caregivers to their families. Anna started killing by poisoning either the judges or family members of the judges. Her one appointment with a family turned to be her downfall, as she tried to poison the servants as well, but they survived. She left that house and then wrote letters to the family saying she was so sorry about their infant’s death. It so happened she had poisoned the infant.

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Judge Gebhard had the food analyzed after Anna had left and it was discovered to have poison in it. On October 18th, 1809 she was arrested. After 6 months of questioning she broke down and confessed. She was beheaded in July of 1811.

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