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Kuklinski, Richard
Richard Kuklinski
American criminal
Richard Ramirez
Richard Ramirez
American serial killer
Cotton, Mary Ann
Mary Ann Cotton
British serial killer
Rader, Dennis
Dennis Rader
American serial killer
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Jack the Ripper
English murderer
Andrei Chikatilo
Soviet serial killer
Harold Shipman
British physician and serial killer
Gary Ridgway
Gary Ridgway
American serial killer
H.H. Holmes
H.H. Holmes
American serial killer
Marcel Petiot
French serial killer
Boston Strangler
American serial killer
Ed Gein
Ed Gein
American serial killer
Marc Dutroux
Belgian serial killer
Aileen Wuornos
American serial killer
Zodiac killer
Zodiac killer
American serial killer
David Berkowitz
David Berkowitz
American serial killer
John Wayne Gacy
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer
Luis Garavito
Colombian serial killer
Javed Iqbal
Pakistani serial killer
Peter Kürten
German serial killer

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