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Gold Sock Killer
The Gold Sock Killer is the moniker of an unidentified American serial killer who murdered a woman and two teenage girls in Broward County, Florida, between July and August 1973. His nickname came from how he strangled his victims to death with socks; however, a gold-colored sock was only used in two instances.
1990 · VirginiaUnsolvedGolden Years Murders
The Golden Years Murders is the name given to an unsolved series of murders in the West End of Richmond, Virginia, from 1990 to 1996. During this period, at least thirteen elderly women were murdered in a similar manner, leading local authorities to suspect that they were dealing with a serial killer. Since then, multiple suspects have emerged and one even confessed to several of the killings, although his actual…
1964 · FloridaUnsolvedMiami Strangler
The Miami Strangler is the name attributed to an unidentified serial killer who murdered at least nine women in Miami, Florida, between 1964 and 1970. Despite the nickname, not all victims were strangled, and some died from bludgeoning and smothering. Although no victim was directly sexually assaulted, the murders appear sexually motivated given how the victims were posed.
2000 · HawaiiUnsolvedKauai serial killer
The Kauai serial killer is an unidentified murderer and rapist who murdered two women and injured another on the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, between April and August 2000. Despite a composite sketch of the perpetrator and the availability of his DNA, he was never caught, and the murders remain unsolved.
1965 · OhioUnsolved1965–1966 Columbus murders
The Columbus murders are a series of shootings that occurred in Columbus, Ohio, and its surrounding areas between 1965 and 1966, leaving three men dead in a span of four shootings. The male victims were connected to one another via ballistic evidence, but despite one of the victim's survival and a facial composite being drawn of his assailant, no suspect was ever identified and all cases remain cold to this day.
1993 · CaliforniaUnsolved
Harbor City serial shootings
The Harbor City serial shootings were an unsolved series of drive-by shootings committed in the Harbor City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, during the early months of 1993. A total of four black men were shot within a two-block radius, three of them fatally. Despite a detailed description of the perpetrator and his car given by the surviving victim and witnesses to the murders, he remains…
2011 · TennesseeUnsolvedSouth Memphis prostitute killings
The South Memphis prostitute killings were a series of killings that occurred throughout South Memphis, Tennessee, in early 2011. Within the span of a month, four female sex workers were shot, three of them fatally, by an unidentified assailant. The murder of a fourth woman in the same area in 2015 may also be linked to the case, but no arrests have been made thus far.
1959 · CaliforniaUnsolved
Bouncing Ball Killer
The Bouncing Ball Killer, also known as the Bouncing Ball Slayer, the Bouncing Ball Strangler, and the Rubber Ball Strangler, was an unidentified serial killer who is believed to have raped and murdered at least six women between May 1959 and June 1960 in Los Angeles, California. A majority of the victims were elderly, and all but one were strangled to death. During the investigation, a multitude of suspects were…
1976 · OklahomaUnsolvedOklahoma City Butcher
The Oklahoma City Butcher is an unidentified serial killer who murdered three women between 1976 and 1986 in Oklahoma City. The killer murdered, dismembered, and mutilated young homeless Native American women.
Year unknown · LouisianaUnsolvedStoryville Slayer
The Storyville Slayer is the nickname given to an American serial killer who murdered at least 12 prostitutes in New Orleans, Louisiana. Through the course of the investigation, two separate suspects were considered, one of whom was convicted of one murder, leading investigators to believe that multiple killers are responsible.
1979 · MissouriOverturnedKevin Strickland
Kevin Bernard Strickland (born June 7, 1959) is an American man who, in 1979, was wrongfully convicted, by an all-white jury, of killing three people in Kansas City, Missouri. No physical evidence linked him to the crime scene and the only alleged witness later recanted her testimony that Strickland was involved, stating that she had been coerced by police. Strickland was given a life sentence.
1980UnsolvedCastration serial murders
The castration serial murders were a series of murders of young men committed in at least five American states between 1980 and 1986. All the victims were kidnapped, shot in the back of the head and castrated post-mortem, from which the case got its namesake. They were initially considered unrelated due to the crime scenes' geographic remoteness until 1989, when forensic evidence concluded that two of the victims…
1998 · CaliforniaUnsolvedPittsburg serial murders
The Pittsburg serial murders refers to the killings of one man and four women in Pittsburg, California, in late 1998 and early 1999. At the time of the killings, the city had a high crime rate, which coupled with the recent murders of several people, culminated in public outcry from both the public and the media for a resolution to the situation and capture of the supposed serial killer. Despite an investigation by…
1980 · IndianaUnsolvedI-70 Strangler
The I-70 Strangler is the nickname of an unidentified American serial killer who murdered at least twelve boys and men in the Midwest between 1980 and 1991. All of the victims' bodies were discovered in areas along Interstate 70 (I-70). Though officially unsolved, it is believed that deceased businessman Herb Baumeister, a suspect in over a dozen homicides in Indiana, might have been the perpetrator.
1975UnsolvedBigfoot Killer
The Bigfoot Killer is the name given to an unidentified American serial killer who raped and murdered seven girls and women in Detroit between February and October 1975. All of the victims were engaged in prostitution and impoverished, with their killings taking place in the Cass Corridor neighborhood.
2019OverturnedArchie Williams
Archie Charles Williams (born March 23, 1961) is an American singer who appeared on season 15 of America's Got Talent. He was wrongfully incarcerated for 37 years in prison and released on March 21, 2019.
Year unknown · MichiganOverturnedMurder of Jodi Parrack
Jodi Christine Parrack (September 2, 1996 – November 8, 2007) was an 11-year-old girl from Constantine, Michigan who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle on a local street, then sexually assaulted and murdered. Her case drew considerable media attention not only due to the heinous nature of the crime but also due to the wrongful conviction and incarceration of an innocent man, Ray McCann.
1981 · OhioUnsolved
Dr. No
Dr. No is the nickname given to a suspected American serial killer thought to be responsible for the murders of at least ten women and girls in Ohio, between 1981 and 1990. As victims, Dr.
2001 · IllinoisUnsolvedChicago Strangler
The Chicago Strangler is a suspected serial killer, or group of killers, believed by some to be responsible for the deaths of women in Chicago, Illinois. The Murder Accountability Project has identified 51 strangulation and asphyxiation deaths in the city between 2001 and 2018. Most of the victims were Black women, and many of the bodies were found on the city’s South and West Sides.
1979 · IdahoUnsolvedLewis–Clark Valley murders
The Lewis–Clark Valley murders refer to a cluster of unsolved murders and disappearances that occurred in the Lewiston-Clarkston metropolitan area of northern Idaho between 1979 and 1982. Law enforcement investigators have identified four victims and possibly a fifth that are connected to a single suspect.
1900 · OhioUnsolvedDayton Strangler
The Dayton Strangler was an unidentified early 20th-century serial killer, responsible for the murders of five women and one man in Dayton, Ohio from 1900 to 1909. Although a multitude of suspects were arrested, including one who was wrongfully convicted, the murders remain officially unsolved to this day. Theories have surfaced tying the murders in Dayton to the Cumminsville Killer, another unidentified serial…
1904 · OhioUnsolved
Cumminsville Killer
The Cumminsville Killer, also known as the Cumminsville Ripper, the Slouch Hat Man and the Man Gorilla, was an unidentified serial killer who is believed to have claimed five victims in the Cumminsville neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, between 1904 and 1910. Theories have surfaced tying the murders in Cumminsville to the Dayton Strangler, another unidentified serial killer believed to have been…
1982 · New MexicoUnsolved1980s Franciscan priest murders
The 1980s Franciscan priest murders refers to the mysterious disappearances and murders of two Catholic priests, one of whom was a Franciscan, in the western United States between 1982 and 1984. On August 5, 1982, Father Reynaldo Rivera, a priest at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was murdered in an unknown location and his body found three days later.
1903 · ColoradoUnsolvedDenver Strangler
The Denver Strangler was an unidentified serial killer operating in Denver, Colorado from 1894 to 1903. He was responsible for killing three prostitutes in the span of 10 weeks in 1894, and although many suspects were arrested, nobody was convicted. The Strangler is also supposedly responsible for the 1898 murder of clairvoyant Julia Voght and 1903 murder of Mabel Brown, but this remains only speculation.