Infamous British Serial Killers

Beverley Allitt, known as the "Angel of Death," was aA pediatric nurse killed four babies.She also attempted to murder at least nine other people.

She received a life sentence in 1993.

Leslie Bailey is known to havekilled at least three young boys.done this near London in the 1980s.

Bailey wasmurdered by two fellow inmates.This happened at Whitemoor prison in 1993.

Scottish schoolgirl killer Robert Black wasconvicted of four murders.He is suspected of far more killings.

One-half of the "Moors Murderers," along with Myra Hindley, were involved.Ian Brady murdered five childrenaged 10 to 17 and buried them in Saddleworth Moor.

She was the girlfriend and accomplice of Ian Brady.Myra Hindley murdered five small children..

The couple became known as the "Moors Murderers."

William Burke sold the corpses of his victims inEdinburgh.during the 19th century.

George Chapmanhe poisoned three women..

He is suspected of being Jack the Ripper.

John Christie killed at least six women, including his wife, between 1943 and 1953. He hid the bodies in his house.

He was implicated in the murders of one other woman and her infant child. Christie's fellow tenant, Timothy Evans, was convicted of those crimes in 1950.

Mary Ann Cotton was a Victorian killer who reportedlyshe poisoned more than 20 victims..

Thomas Neill Cream, AKA "Lambeth Poisoner,"began his killing spree in North America.He then moved to London.

He was hanged in 1892 in London.

Amelia Dyershe murdered infants in her care..

She was executed in 1896.

Kenneth Erskine, AKA the "Stockwell Strangler," was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988 formurdering seven pensioners..

John George Haigh, AKA the "Acid Bath Murderer" and the "Vampire of London," was active in England during the 1940s.

He wasconvicted of six murders.He claimed to have killed nine, but he was executed in 1949.

Anthony Hardy, AKA the "Camden Ripper," wasconvicted of three murders.He may have committed up to six more.

He died in prison at age 69.

Trevor Hardy, AKA "The Beast of Manchester,"he killed three teenage girls.These killings occurred in Manchester between 1974 and 1976.

Colin Ireland, AKA the "Gay Slayer,"he killed five gay men.This happened in the early 1990s.

Bruce George Peter Lee was a serial arsonist and killer.

A total of26 people perished in fires Lee set..

Patrick Mackay was charged with themurders of five individuals.He was convicted on three counts of murder.

He confessed to killing 11 people.

Scottish killerPeter ManuelHe was convicted on seven counts of murder; however, he was suspected of killing many more.

He was executed in 1958.

Robert Maudsleyhe killed four people.three of them while in prison.

He has been in solitary confinement for the past four decades.

John Duffy and David Mulcahy, AKA the "Railway Killers,"they killed three women.They killed victims near railway stations in the 1980s.

Steven Grieveson, AKA "The Sunderland Strangler,"he murdered three teenage boys.These murders took place in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in 1993 and 1994.

Archibald Hall, AKA the "Monster Butler,"he killed five people.He killed three people in the 1970s, three with accomplice Michael Kitto.

Michael Lupo, known as "Wolf Man," washe was convicted of four murdersattempted two murders.

He died in 1995 from an AIDS-related illness.

Mark Martin, AKA "The Sneinton Strangler," killed three sex workers in Nottingham from December 2004 to January 2005.

Robert Napper, AKA the "Plumstead Ripper," was convicted of killing three people between 1992 and 1993.

He is also believed to be the "Green Chain Rapist," responsible for at least 70 brutal attacks on women in southeast London.

Donald Neilson was AKA "Black Panther."he killed four people.including heiress Lesley Whittle.

Dennis Nilsen.he killed at least 12 young men.these murders occurred between 1978 and 1983.

Colin Norris was convicted of.he killed four patients.he worked as a nurse in Leeds hospitals.

William Palmer, AKA "Palmer the Poisoner," was a.he was suspected of numerous murders.though he was only convicted of one.

He was hanged on June 14, 1856.

One-half of the "Finchley baby farmers."Amelia Sach.operated a "lying-in" house where unwed mothers could give birth and adopt their children.

Sach and her partner, Annie Walters, took in and later fatally poisoned possibly dozens of orphaned babies.

Annie Walters operated a "lying-in" house with Amelia Sach where unwed mothers could give birth and adopt their children.

the duo is suspected of.murdering dozens of babies..

Harold Shipman was a.doctor convicted of 15 murders..

A later inquiry stated he had killed at least 215 and possibly more over a 25-year period.

George Joseph Smith was the man behind the infamous "Brides in the Bath" murders.

He was.convicted of killing three womenwhile they were in the bath.

John Straffen was a child killer and.Britain's longest-serving prisoner.he remained imprisoned until his death on November 19, 2007.

Peter Sutcliffe, AKA the "Yorkshire Ripper," was convicted in 1981 of.murdering 13 women.he attacked seven more between 1975 and 1980.

He died at age 74 after contracting COVID-19.

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright was an artist believed to havehe poisoned four people..

Fred West is believed to have.he murdered at least 12 young women.committed between 1967 and 1987. Many of these murders involved his second wife Rosemary West at their home in Gloucester, later called the "House of Horrors."

He died by suicide in 1995 while awaiting trial.

Rosemary West committed a series of murders with her husband Fred West at their Gloucester home, which became known as the "House of Horrors."

She was.convicted on 10 counts of murder.in 1995.

Catherine Wilson was a nurse believed to havehe poisoned seven people.the murders occurred in the 19th century.

Steve Wright, AKA "The Suffolk Strangler," was.he killed five women in six weeks.this took place around Ipswich in late 2006.

Graham Young, AKA "The Teacup Poisoner," was.he killed at least three people.the killings occurred between 1962 and 1971.

Peter Moore, AKA "The Man in Black," was.he killed four men in 1995.the murders took place in North Wales.