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    Who is the first serial killer to be recorded in history?

    Question #59861. Asked by doctordolittle. (Oct 08 05 7:26 PM)


    JoshCaleb12

    		"In the 15th century, one of the wealthiest men in France, Gille de Rais, is said to have abducted, raped and murdered at least a hundred young boys. The Hungarian aristocrat Elizabeth Báthory was arrested in 1610 and subsequently charged with torturing and butchering as many as 600 young girls. Although both De Rais and Báthory were reportedly sadistic and addicted to murder, they differ from typical modern-day serial killers in that they were both rich and powerful."

    Quoted from the following...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer#Serial_murder_before_1900

    A movie is billing H. H. Holmes as the "world's first serial killer"... but as the above website explains, it kind of depends on your definition of "serial killer" and what motivations are involved...

    Oct 08 05, 7:54 PM
    my_baby_love

    		Jack the Ripper would be considered the first modern serial killer.

    http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring05/Charney-Perez/history.htm

    Oct 08 05, 11:13 PM

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