One of the earliest would have to be Lavina Fisher (born-1793) and was executed on February 18, 1820 for poisoning several people. Her husband John was also convicted and died at the gallows also.
killing him first.
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Liu Pengli of China (144 BC) could be the firt serial killer in history.
Lavinia Fisher is widely recognized as the first female serial killer in the USA. She was born in 1793 and was executed on February 18, 1820 at the age of either 26 or 27.
Aileen Wuornos, arguably the U.S.'s first female serial killer, was put to death on October 9, 2002 in a state prison outside of Starke, Florida. Convicted for the deaths of six men, the "Damsel of Death" was a known prostitute who claimed her middle-aged victims tried to rape her and that she had killed in self-defense. I have an update. AW was not the first serial killer nor the worse in the us. This was a label the media gave her. In 1906 Belle Gunness placed adds in newspapers to seek company of males. As the adds were corresponded males started dissapearing. She showed male temperament as Aileen did.This is keeping the records from the 1900s to date since there are documented cases of serial killer woman before that.
The origin of the term 'serial killer' is credited to former FBI agent Robert Ressler. While attending a crime seminar in Europe he heard another detective refer to such crimes as a 'series of murders'. From this Ressler shortened it to serial killer. Before the 1970s, there was no specific name for this particular type of killer. By the 1970s and 1980s there seemed to be an explosion of serial murders. Ted Bundy seems to be the first killer that earned the title serial killer. Unfortunately, he was not the last.
He was not a serial killer; the thing was that Steven was kidnapped by child molester Kenneth Parnell in 1972. Cary Anthony Stayner is his older brother who became a serial killer convicted of killing four women in 1999 in Mariposa County near Yosemite, California.
The first documented male serial killer is believed to be Harold Shipman, a British general practitioner who murdered at least 15 of his patients in the 1970s and 1990s.
The Phantom Killer is an unidentified serial killer. He is Texarkana's only serial killer and is credited with a number of attacks in Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas between February 22 and May 3, 1946.
Lyda Southard was an American serial killer. She was suspected of killing her brother-in-law, four husbands and a daughter, but was only convicted of killing her fourth husband, Edward Meyer. Her real name was Lyda Anna Mae Trueblood, born in 1886. In 1906, her family moved from Missouri to Twin Falls, Idaho. On March 17, 1912. She also killed in the state of montana.
Hannibal lecter is the first one to come to mind. In the serial killer category you will find information on serial killers who ate body parts.
In several studies experts report a significant number of male serial killers that are first-born or first-born males. Further research is needed but a facinating finding.