The Texarkana Moonlight Murders: The Phantom Killer & Lovers’ Lane Attacks
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Unidentified serial killer (known as “The Phantom Killer”, “The Phantom of Texarkana”) Active Period: February 22, 1946 –...
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Month: October 2026
The Cleveland Torso Murderer: The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run & Eliot Ness
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Unidentified serial killer (known as “The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run”, “The Cleveland Torso Murderer”) Active Period: 1934...
The Axeman of New Orleans: Italian Grocer Attacks, The Jazz Letter & Manhunt
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Unidentified serial killer (known as “The Axeman of New Orleans”) Active Period: May 1918 – October 1919 (Preceded...
Bible John: The Barrowland Ballroom Murders, Glasgow Manhunt & DNA Forensics
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Unidentified serial killer (nicknamed “Bible John”) Active Period: February 1968 – October 1969 Jurisdiction: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom...
Jack the Stripper: The Hammersmith Nude Murders, Thames Paint Flecks & Scotland Yard
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Unidentified serial killer (nicknamed “Jack the Stripper”, “The Hammersmith Murderer”) Active Period: 1964 – 1965 (Six confirmed victims;...
Peter Nirsch: The 1581 Bavarian Serial Killer, Inn Murders & Nuremberg Execution
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Peter Nirsch (also recorded as Peter Niersch or Niers) Active Period: 1575 – 1581 (Captured September 1581) Jurisdiction:...
Christman Genipperteinga: The 1581 Kerpen Cave Murders & German Renaissance Chronicles
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Christman Genipperteinga (also spelled Gniperteinga) Active Period: 1568 – 1581 (Captured May 1581) Jurisdiction: Kerpen and the Duchy...
Leonarda Cianciulli: The Soap-Maker of Correggio, Caustic Soda & Reggio Emilia Trial
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Leonarda Cianciulli (“The Soap-Maker of Correggio”, la Saponificatrice di Correggio) Active Period: 1939 – 1940 (Arrested late 1940)...
Vera Renczi: The Black Widow of Berkerekul, 35 Zinc Coffins & The Crypt Exhumation
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Vera Renczi (“The Black Widow of Berkerekul”, “The Chatelaine of Berkerekul”) Active Period: 1920s – early 1930s (Arrested...
Jane Toppan: ‘Jolly Jane’, Boston Poisonings & Morphine-Atropine Forensic Toxicology
Executive Case Factsheet Perpetrator: Jane Toppan (born Honora Kelley; known as “Jolly Jane”) Active Period: 1885 – 1901 (Arrested October 29, 1901)...