World's Most Evil Killers

Delve into the gripping real life stories of the world's most terrifying and prolific killers, investigating the triggers that drove them to kill, and the chilling legacy that they left behind.

Steve Wright

Steve Wright killed five women, all of whom had been working as prostitutes, over a six week period, without motive or explanation.

Peter Sutcliffe

Peter Sutcliffe, aka The Yorkshire Ripper, was convicted of killing thirteen women and attempting seven more. He claimed the voice of God told him to kill prostitutes.

Ian Huntley

Ian Huntley abducted and murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, attempting to burn their bodies, then pretending to help the Police in their search.

Fred and Rose West

Fred & Rose West raped, tortured and killed young women, including their own daughter. Between them they murdered twelve girls in their house of horrors.

Levi Bellfield

Levi Bellfield killed two women by bludgeoning them to death with a hammer, and also attempted to murder a third by running her down in his car.

Joanne Dennehy

Joanne Dennehy stabbed three men to death in March 2013, killing for her own entertainment. She was later diagnosed as a psychotic sadomasochist.

Stephen Griffiths

Stephen Griffiths, the self-proclaimed 'Crossbow Cannibal', had always fantasized about murder, and in 2009 acted on these instincts and killed three women.

Dennis Nilsen

Dennis Nilsen killed at least 12 men, dressing up the corpses and having sex with them before dismembering and flushing the bodies down the toilet.

Stuart Hazell

Stuart Hazell feigned tears and begged for the safe return of Tia Sharpe, his partner's daughter. Eventually it was discovered that he had sexually assaulted and murdered her.

Peter Tobin

Peter Tobin was imprisoned in 1993 for raping two schoolgirls. After his release he murdered two women, and was convicted for another murder from 1991.

Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan went on a killing spree in a small town, firing randomly at anyone he saw. By the time he turned the gun on himself, he'd murdered 16 people.

Beverley Allit

Beverley Allit killed four children and attempted nine more when working as a nurse. Detective Stuart Clifton helped to prove that the deaths weren't accidental.

John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy murdered 33 boys and young men during a six year period in the 1970s, hiding their bodies in his suburban home. He was executed in 1994.

Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeffrey Dahmer raped, murdered and ate young male victims across 13 years. He was sentenced to 957 years in prison after human skulls were found in his closet.

Ed Gein

Ed Gein murdered two women and was a body snatcher, fashioning items from body parts and skin. He was confirmed insane and sectioned.

Joachim Kroll

Joachim Georg Kroll murdered at least 13 people, raping, disembowelling and eating his victims. When arrested, parts of a 4-year olds body was simmering in a pan on his stove.

Volker Eckert

Volker Eckert, a German truck driver, strangled and killed as many as 19 women across Europe. He told Police it was a relief when he was finally arrested.

Marc Dutroux

Marc Dutroux kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls, murdering four of them. He accomplice was his wife Michelle Martin.

Fritz Honka

Fritz Honka killed four prostitutes in Hamburg, storing their corpses in his flat. He was only caught when firefights discovered the bodies when his home burned down.

Thierry Paulin

Thierry Paulin murdered 21 elderly women during the 1980s, living a lavish lifestyle with their stolen money, only apprehended when he mistakenly left one victim alive.