The 20 Most Deadly Serial Killer Couples

James and Susan Carson, sometimes called Suzan, became known in the San Francisco Bay Area for their murders.They killed at least three people.They killed people, perhaps as many as a dozen, claiming they waged "psychic attacks." They called themselves "vegetarian Muslim warriors.""vegetarian Muslim warriors."The duo took huge amounts of drugs, became Muslims, and lived on a pot farm. Then they began killing.

The first murder happened in Haight-Ashbury in 1981. They killed their female roommate. They killed at least two more people, trying to end witchcraft. They kept a list of others to kill. Police caught them and held a press conference. They admitted the murders, claiming they broke evil spells cast on them. Both received 75 years to life in prison.

Fred started a career as a petty criminal. He got involved in disappearances before meeting Rose. It is suspected Rose killed one of Fred's children from a past relationship while Fred was briefly jailed. The couple kept murdering, raping, and abusing their children and others for many years.Finally, in 1994, Fred faced 12 murder counts and committed suicide while in custody. Rose went to trial in 1995 and got a life sentence for 10 murder counts.Fred became a petty criminal and disappeared a couple of times before meeting Rose. People suspect Rose killed one of Fred's children from an earlier relationship while Fred was briefly in jail. The couple kept murdering, raping, and abusing their children and others for many years.

In 1994, Fred faced 12 murder charges and committed suicide while in custody. Rose went to trial in 1995 and received a life sentence for 10 counts of murder.

SistersDelfina and Maria GonzalesThe Mexican sisters caused destruction unmatched in the history of horrible murder. Together, the sisters were responsible for80 or 90 murders in the 1950s and 1960s. The sisters ran a brothel that also enslaved local girls. The sisters eventually murdered these girls along with some men.The sisters murdered 80 or 90 people in the 1950s and 1960s. The sisters ran a brothel that also enslaved local girls. These girls, plus some men, were eventually murdered by the sisters.

The pair received a sentence of40 years in prison.

Starting in 1984, the killer couple worked together.Alton Coleman and Debra BrownAlton Coleman and Debra Brown committed many murders, rapes, kidnappings, and armed robberies over two months across the Midwest. Their victims included many young African-American girls.

Jury found both guilty on multiple counts and sentenced them to death. Brown's sentence changed to life in prison, but Coleman was executed in 2002.

Judith met Alvin when she was 15Alvin was 26 and had a long record as a thief in the early 1980s. The two started their crime spree with an armed robbery. Then they attempted murder when they shot at and firebombed the homes of two employees at a youth community center where Judith was jailed. Finally, they escalated things by being accused of kidnapping, torturing, and murdering two females.

Alvin accepted a plea deal to avoid the death sentence and died in 2005 while in prison. Judith went to trial and received life in prison without parole, though she briefly faced the death penalty.

AGwendolyn Graham was a young lesbian couple.They came from Grand Rapids, Michigan.Gwendolyn Graham and Catherine May Wood were involved.They weren't content with a normal relationship.The couple started murdering elderly patients at a local nursing home. They killed five victims. In 1987, the couple split up. Wood confessed their crimes to her husband years later. Graham got five life terms. Wood received a sentence for one conspiracy to commit murder and one second-degree murder. She got parole in 2018.

The couple developed a habit of murdering elderly patients at a local nursing home. They killed five victims. In 1987, the couple split up, and Wood confessed their crimes to her husband a few years later. Graham was sentenced to five life terms, while Wood received a sentence for one count of conspiracy to commit murder and one count of second-degree murder. She was granted parole in 2018.

The Moors Murders get that name because of the five dead children.The five dead children were found in Saddleworth Moor, England, in the 1960s. Ian Brady and Myra Hinsley caused the crimes. After the arrest, Hinsley claimed she lured the children to an area where Brady could assault and kill them. Hinsley also accused Brady of threatening, blackmailing, and abusing her.Ian Brady and Myra Hinsley were found in Saddleworth Moor, England, during the 1960s. These two caused the crimes. After their arrest, Hinsley claimed she lured the children to an area where Brady could assault and kill them alone. Hinsley also accused Brady of threatening, blackmailing, and abusing her.

Hinsley died in prison in 2002. She was convicted of two murders and an accessory charge. Brady died in 2017, also in custody, at age 79.Police caught the Copelands when they got a tip about human remains on their land. Faye's lawyers argued she could not leave Ray due to his abuse. When police closed in, Faye swore she did not know her husband was a murderer.An investigation found a written list of victims; those killed had an "X" next to their names. Faye made a quilt from the dead men’s clothing. Faye’s death sentence changed to life, and she lived until 2003. Ray died in 1993 while on death row.

In 1990, Faye and Ray Copeland became infamous as the oldest couple in America.The couple faced the death penalty. Ray was 76 and Faye was 69 when they were convicted of murder. The elderly couple murdered.They were sentenced to death. Ray was 76 and Faye was 69 during the murder conviction.Carol M. Bundy and Doug Clark conducted a horrific sex-killing spree.Ray hired women to use fake checks to buy livestock for the Copelands.

Police caught them after a tip showed human remains on the Copelands' land. Ray had a history of crime. Faye’s lawyers argued Ray’s abuse trapped her. When police closed in, Faye claimed she did not know her husband was a murderer.

An investigation found a written list of victims, marking those killed with an "X." Faye made a quilt from the dead men’s clothing. Faye’s death sentence was changed to life, and she lived until 2003. Ray died in 1993 while on death row.

David and Catherine Birnie were an Australian couple.They murdered at least four women.They killed women in their homes during the 1980s. Living at 3 Moorhouse Street, the press called their crimes the “Moorhouse Murders,” referencing the '60s “Moors Murders” in England.

After raping and killing four women together, they tried to kill a fifth. That woman escaped and turned the couple in. David.David killed himself in prison.Catherine remains in prison.As of 2018..

Carol M. Bundy and Doug Clark engaged in a horrific sex-killing spree.This spree earned them the nickname "the Sunset Strip Killers.This name comes from the Los Angeles area they terrorized in the summer of 1980.

Chasing ex-boyfriend Jack Murray, Bundy met local gigolo and one-night stands Doug Clark at a bar. They soon lived together, sharing dark sexual kinks. In June, Clark killed two runaway girls, then two more weeks later, taking a trophy—one of their heads. Bundy put makeup on the head and violated it. They cleaned it and put it in a box. Bundy kept being obsessed with Jack Murray and told him about her crimes.

Clark planned for Bundy to kill Murray by luring him into a van for sex. Bundy followed the plan, shooting and decapitating him. Bundy confessed to her coworkers, who contacted the police after she broke down. Clark denied his guilt during his trial, but the jury found him guilty and put him on death row. Bundy died in prison in 2003 after getting a life sentence.

Michelle Michaud and James Daveggio were a Northern California couple.The court sentenced them to death.In December 1997, they kidnapped, raped, tortured, and strangled a 22-year-old student. Sadistic sexual impulses drove the couple. They grabbed the woman. They drove to Lake Tahoe in a Dodge van rigged with ropes and hooks. James tortured and raped her repeatedly.

Prosecutors also claimed the pair kidnapped, raped, and tortured at least six other women. Both remain on death row.

Charles Starkweather was 19; his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate was only 13. The pair began a two-month killing spree that shocked the nation. Their first killing involved a service station clerk in December 1957. In January 1958, Starkweather visited Fugate at her parents’ house. When they tried to remove him, he shot both of them with a shotgun, then strangled Caril’s 2-year-old half-sister.

Over the next two months, they raped, robbed, and murdered nearly randomly, killing at least five more people. A fight with a passing motorist who stopped to help them brought them to justice. A deputy sheriff approached the scene, and Caril ran to him screaming.Caril screamed, “It’s Starkweather! He’s going to kill me!” Both were arrested, and Charles was executed on June 25, 1959.Charles Starkweather said, “It’s Starkweather! He’s going to kill me!” Both men were arrested. Charles was executed on June 25, 1959.

Caril Ann Fugate received a life sentence. She served 17 years and was paroled in 1976. She now lives under an assumed name.She lives in Michigan..

Charlene Williams and Gerald GallegoCharlene Gallego first met Gerald at a poker club in Sacramento, California, in 1977. Both men had troubled pasts involving domestic abuse and drug addiction. Charlene moved in with Gerald just a week after meeting him. The couple began luring teenage runaways to their home for sex with both Charlene and Gerald. After abusing their victims, they killed them. Charlene and Gerald practiced this over several months, leaving dead bodies behind. In July, witnesses helped track down the couple after they had kidnapped a couple.

Charlene flipped on Gerald. After a long prison term, she is.Charlene lives in Sacramento.Gerald passed away.Gerald died while incarcerated in 2002.

Cynthia Coffman and James Gregory Marlow appear in 'The 20 Most Deadly Serial Killer Couples'.Cynthia Coffman and James Gregory Marlow were accused ofCynthia Coffman and James Gregory Marlow killed three women.in 1986. Marlow was a career criminal and an Aryan Brotherhood member who had already done time.Marlow was an Aryan Brotherhood member.Coffman instantly fell under Marlow’s influence. They began traveling and committing terrible crimes together.

They faced trial in 1989 for one murder. Both men got the death sentence.Both men received the death sentence.

Depending on the story you believe, the couple ofHenry Lucas and Ottis Toole were convicted of 11 counts.Henry Lucas and Ottis Toole are responsible for three to 600 murders. Both men were career drifters. They led brutal lives full of sexual degradation and drunken violence when they met in 1976 in a soup kitchen.They met in 1976 in a soup kitchen.

What happened next is unclear. But in 1983, both men were arrested. They confessed to a staggering number of murders, including the famous killing of Adam Walsh.

Many of these confessions proved false. People recanted them. Telling the truth from the lies became hard. Eventually, Toole was convicted of six murders, and LucasHenry Lucas and Ottis Toole were convicted of 11 counts..Toole died in 1996., Lucas died in 2001.

This duo includes Paul Bernardo.became well known in Canada, so they were called the “Ken and Barbie Killers.” Paul Bernardo grew up in sexual misery. His father was a child molester who may have raped his own daughter. WhenPaul met Karla., she encouraged his sadism. He then went on a savage rape spree in Toronto between 1987 and 1990.

Things soon turned to murder. The duo first raped and killed Homolka’s younger sister, who died, allegedly by accident. The couple then tortured, raped, and killed two women.

Police caught them in 1993. Naturally, both blamed the other for the killings. Homolka testified against Bernardo and got a lighter sentence. Bernardo remains in prison. She was released in 2005 and disappeared into a normal life.

Unlike many killer couples, Ricky Davis and Dena Riley...Ricky Davis and Dena Riley.Ricky Davis and Dena Riley were older when they first met. Both were in their 40s. Davis and Riley started torturing, raping, and killing women in their home. Police hunted the couple for eight days. They kidnapped and assaulted a 5-year-old girl. The couple also recorded many of their crimes.

The court sentenced Davis to death. Riley received nine life sentences.

Jens Soering was the well-heeled son of a German diplomat.Jens Soering went on a killing spree with his girlfriend, Elizabeth Haysom. In 1985, while living in Virginia, they murdered her parents.Jens Soering killed with his girlfriend, Elizabeth Haysom. In 1985, while living in Virginia, they...Police reports and published documents confirm the murders.Her parents stabbed and slashed them. Then they fled to London. Authorities arrested them for a check fraud scheme and brought them back to the United States. Jens thought his father could get him diplomatic immunity for the murder, or at least trial him as a minor.

The attempt failed. Soering blamed Haysom for the murder. Haysom claimed Soering started it. Both deny full responsibility for the crimes, but courts found them guilty.The court granted Soering and Haysom parole in 2019.

According to police and published reports,Inessa Tarverdiyeva, a Russian nursery school teacher, and her husband, dentist Roman Podkopayev, committed at least 30 murders over six years. Police finally arrested them in 2013.Russian nursery school teacher Inessa Tarverdiyeva and her husband, dentist Roman Podkopayev, committed at least 30 murders over six years. They were finally arrested in 2013.

Victims of the family included many innocent people: cops, security guards, and homeowners. After police raided the couple's home, they found large amounts of cash, stolen gold, gems, and recordings of some killings.

The teenage coupleSamantha Bachynski and Patrick SelepakSamantha Bachynski and Patrick Selepak seemed like the charmed romance every teen girl dreams of. This relationship had a brutal murder element no typical rom-com has. Selepak had already served time for assaulting a former girlfriend, and he was mistakenly released in January 2006.Patrick Selepak was mistakenly released in January 2006.

The couple quickly killed Scott and Melissa Berels before targeting other victims. Police arrested them soon after. Selepak pleaded guilty and Berels was found guilty. Both received life in prison.The couple received life in prison.