Charles Quansah began killing women as early as 1986. Ghanaian police had no experience with this scale of possibly related murders – 34 in all. That enabled Quansah to continue his murdering ways until getting caught in 2001. Read more about Charles Quansah, and how the FBI helped capture the serial killer, here.
Aeman Lovel Presley murdered three sleeping homeless men and one woman he saw walking alone. If not for trying to skip his $2.50 train fare, he might not have been caught. If he hadn’t been using rare ammunition for his gun – and carrying it with him when he was caught – he might not have been linked to the crimes. Find out more about Aeman Lovel Presley here.
Rage-filled serial killer Edwin Bernard Kaprat III was dubbed The Granny Killer by media because he targeted elderly women. Find out more about Kaprat and his victims on this page.
Franz and Rosalie Schneider were a couple who worked together to kill young women. They targeted women looking for work as maidservants. Although the killing spree did not last long, the evidence shows they tried often, and would have kept killing if they hadn’t been caught.
Find out more about Franz and Rosalie Schneider from 1890s Austria.
Now deceased, nursing aide Jeffrey Lynn Feltner murdered at least five people. He claimed more murders, but those claims were debunked or unproven by authorities. He took advantage of his job to kill vulnerable people. Find out more about Jeffrey Lynn Feltner.
John Charles Bolsinger murdered four women, but was convicted of killing only one. In fact, Bolsinger wasn’t identified as a serial killer until 2022, 34 years after his last murder. Find out more about John Charles Bolsinger.
After his suicide, 77-year-old Jonathan Balls was investigated. He is suspected of poisoning 21 family members over 15-20 years, and one suspicious neighbour. Read more about this family annihilator, Jonathan Balls.
England’s “Cannibal Killer”, Graham Fisher, has been added to the website. He committed 2 murders, and he was sent to Broadmoor.
Barry Peter Prudom went on a killing spree. When he was done, two police officers were dead, and another wounded. He murdered another man, and left the man’s wife clinging to life.
Find out more about the subject of one of Britain’s largest manhunts, Barry Peter Prudom.
Robert Charles Browne undoubtedly liked the attention he got from authorities. Once caught for his first murder, he began a years-long confession to Charlie Hess. Hess worked as a volunteer in the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office’s cold-case unit in Colorado Springs. He became Browne’s rapt audience, listening to confession after confession. Over time, most – but not all – of Browne’s confessions were excluded from him being the possible killer. Find out more about Browne in this Dispatch.
