Serial Killer Information Center
Project Description
► Serial Killer Demographics
► Serial Killer Birth Order
► Serial Killer Childhood
► Serial Killer Criminal History
► Serial Killer Types
The serial killer information center was created to provide students, researchers, and the media with accurate data on serial killers. The project began in 1992 and data are added and revised on a continual basis. To date, the Radford Serial Killer Database contains data on 1,756 serial killers.
The database was created using information collected by Radford University students from a variety of sources including prison records, court transcripts, media sources, true crime books, and the Internet. Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information.
For this project, serial killers were defined as individuals who killed at least three people (or killed two and were caught prior to a third), representing three or more individual events, with a cooling off period between the events. The motivation (e.g., economic, power, thrill) was not considered in the definition but will be addressed by placing serial killers into subtypes.
Information on this page was last updated on October 8, 2007
Dr. Mike Aamodt ● Department of Psychology ● Radford University ● Radford, VA 24142-6946
(540) 831-5513 ● maamodt@radford.edu