Famous Black Serial Killers

Rank the Most Wicked Serial Killers

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Christopher Scarver
(Serial Killer)
Christopher Scarver
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Birthdate: July 6, 1969
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Christopher Scarver is a convicted murderer whose physical assault on Jesse Anderson and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer at the Columbia Correctional Institution resulted in the death of both Anderson and Dahmer. Already sentenced to life for killing a man named Steve Lohman, Christopher Scarver received two more life sentences for killing Anderson and Dahmer.

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Christopher Dorner
(Former Officer of the Los Angeles Police Department Who Committed a Series of Shootings)
Christopher Dorner
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Birthdate: June 4, 1979
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: February 12, 2013
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Lee Boyd Malvo
(American Serial Killer)
Lee Boyd Malvo
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Birthdate: February 18, 1985
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kingston, Jamaica

Lee Boyd Malvo was involved in the Beltway sniper attacks of 2002, which killed 10 people and injured three in the Washington Metropolitan Area. He had befriended his accomplice in the act, John Allen Muhammad, as a juvenile. Malvo is currently serving multiple life sentences at a supermax prison.

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Guy Georges
(French Serial Rapist and Killer)
Guy Georges
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Birthdate: October 15, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Vitry-le-François, France

Known as the Beast of the Bastille, French serial killer and rapist Guy Georges grew up in the social care system and was a troubled youth. He was later convicted of raping and killing 7 women, while he also assaulted at least 13 more women. He was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Elias Xitavhudzi
(Serial killer)
Elias Xitavhudzi
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Birthplace: South Africa
Died: November 14, 1960
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Elifasi Msomi
(Serial killer)
Elifasi Msomi
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Birthdate: 1910 AD
Birthplace: South Africa
Died: February 10, 1956
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Cordell Farrington
(Bahamian serial killer who killed 4 children and his adult lover from 2002 to 2003)
Cordell Farrington
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Birthdate: 1968 AD
Birthplace: Nassau, Bahamas
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Jacques Plumain
(French Serial Killer)
Jacques Plumain
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Birthdate: August 14, 1973
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Guadeloupe

Jacques Plumain is a French serial killer who murdered at least two women in France and Germany between 1999 and 2001. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2005. He served 15 years of his sentence before his release in January 2021. The murders inspired a couple of TV documentaries.