This section of the list of rampage killers contains all cases that either occurred mostly within a single household, or where most of the victims were members of a single family not related to the perpetrator. Cases where the primary motive for the murders was to facilitate or cover up another felony, like robbery, are not included.
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. | |
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1. | Guo Zhongmin, 36° (郭忠民) |
Feb. 18 | 2003 | Yangxiaoxiang | China |
13
|
0
|
M | Committed suicide | [1] |
2. | Kido, Kumatarō, 36 Tani, Yagorō |
May 25 | 1893 | Osaka | Japan |
10-11
|
0
|
FM | Both committed suicide | [2] |
3. | Wan Yu Ciang, 40 | Aug. 3 | 1956 | Fenglai | China |
10
|
1-2
|
M | Shot by police | [3] |
3. | Thomas, Christopher, 34 ‡ | April 15 | 1984 | New York City | U.S. |
10
|
0
|
F | Sentenced to 83 to 250 years Killed an unborn child |
[4] |
4. | Akşit, Nurettin, 28 † | Aug. 11 | 1986 | Dağmarmara | Turkey |
9
|
1
|
F A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [5] |
5. | Hoffman, Victor Ernest, 21 †‡ | Aug. 15 | 1967 | Shell Lake, SK | Canada |
9
|
0
|
F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |
6. | Matic, Mile, 30 (Миле Матић) |
Feb. 27 | 1986 | Doboj, Derventa & Zenica | Yugoslavia |
9
|
0
|
F A | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [6] |
7. | Nakamura, Kiichiro, 36 †‡ (中村喜市郎) |
Sep. 7 | 1954 | Toyotsu | Japan |
8
|
3
|
M | Sentenced to death and executed | [7] |
8. | Unknown †‡ | Sep. 13 | 1878 | Hockley, TX | U.S. |
8
|
1
|
FMA | [8] | |
9. | Gallo, Bemon, 20 ‡ | Dec. 17 | 2000 | Bacolod | Philippines |
8
|
1
|
FM | Sentenced to 200 years in prison | [9] |
10. | Nelson, Dale Merle, 31 | Sep. 5 | 1970 | Creston, BC | Canada |
8
|
0-2
|
FM | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [10] |
11. | Unknown ‡ | June 10 | 1912 | Villisca, IA | U.S. |
8
|
0
|
M | Might be connected to 18 other murders | [11] |
12. | Layer, Henry ‡ | April 22 | 1920 | Turtle Lake, ND | U.S. |
8
|
0
|
FM | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [12] |
13. | Speck, Richard Franklin, 24 ‡ | July 14 | 1966 | Chicago, IL | U.S. |
8
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to death, later changed to 300 years in prison | |
14. | Jian Xueliang, 35 † (简学良) |
Aug. 13 | 2004 | Mingxing Village | China |
8
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to death and executed | [13] |
15. | Koszinski, --- †‡ | Feb. | 1910 | Boguslawice | Russian Empire |
8
|
?
|
M | Arrested | [14] |
16. | Unknown †‡ | April 2 | 1948 | Fukagawa | Japan |
8
|
?
|
[15] | ||
17. | Dantzler, Rodrick Shonte, 34° | July 7 | 2011 | Grand Rapids, MI | U.S. |
7
|
2
|
F | Committed suicide | [16] |
18. | Nelson, Martin, 24 | May 5 | 1885 | Bonito City, NM | U.S. |
7
|
1
|
F | Shot dead | [17] |
19. | McCallum, Frederick Moses, 19 ‡ | Jan. 30 | 1969 | Buffalo Narrows | Canada |
7
|
1
|
M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [18] |
20. | Rovansek, Cyril J., 31° | Nov. 4 | 1973 | Cleveland, OH | U.S. |
7
|
1
|
F | Committed suicide | [19] |
21. | Abeyta, Ricky, 28 | Jan. 26 | 1991 | Chimayo, NM | U.S. |
7
|
1
|
F | Sentenced to 146 years | [20] |
22. | Hance, Michael E., 51 | Aug. 7 | 2011 | Copley Township, OH | U.S. |
7
|
1
|
F | Shot by police | [21] |
23. | Malmelin, Karl Emil, 27 | May 10 | 1899 | Nurmijärvi | Finland |
7
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [22] |
24. | Unknown † | Sep. 11 | 1912 | Arraiolos | Portugal |
7
|
0
|
Arrested | [23] | |
25. | Unknown ‡ | April 24 | 1930 | Shanghai | China |
7
|
0
|
M | Arrested | [24] |
26. | Ughetto, Paul, 18 | Oct. 21 | 1936 | Lardiers | France |
7
|
0
|
F | Killed | [25] |
27. | Unknown †‡ | Oct. 25 | 1967 | Arcadia, FL | U.S. |
7
|
0
|
P | [26] | |
28. | Freeman, John Gilbert, 41 †‡ | Sep. 3 | 1971 | Phoenix, AZ | U.S. |
7
|
0
|
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [27] |
29. | Workman, William, 43° | June 26 | 1973 | Palos Hills, IL | U.S. |
7
|
0
|
F | Sentenced to 100 to 300 years in prison Killed an unborn child |
[28] |
30. | Coronado, Manuel Martinez, 39 † | May 17 | 1995 | El Palmar | Guatemala |
7
|
0
|
Sentenced to death and executed | ||
31. | Kaya, Mehmet, 34 †‡ | Nov. 9 | 1999 | Bielefeld | Germany |
7
|
0
|
F | Committed suicide | [29] |
32. | Moss, Adam Matthew, 23 | Aug. 30 | 2001 | Sioux City, IA | U.S. |
7
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to seven consecutive life terms | [30] |
33. | Meyer, Paul Johannes, 35° | June 2/3 | 2004 | Johannesburg | South Africa |
7
|
0
|
F | Committed suicide Killed an unborn child |
[31] |
34. | Zheng Lu, 32 †‡ (鄭魯) |
Sep. 3/4 | 2011 | Xuyi County | China |
7
|
0
|
M | Sentenced to death Killed two unborn children |
[32] |
34. | Amara Ben Ahmed | May | 1937 | Edough | Algeria |
7
|
?
|
[33] | ||
34. | Vasquez, Ignacio^ | Jan. 31 | 1960 | San Francisco Piletas | Mexico |
7
|
?
|
F | Committed suicide | [34] |
35. | Mohawk, Samuel | July 1 | 1843 | Slippery Rock, PA | U.S. |
6
|
2
|
M | Sentenced to death and executed | [35] |
36. | Harris, Frank, 56 †‡ | Dec. 20 | 1963 | Trumann, AR | U.S. |
6
|
2
|
F A | Sentenced to death | [36] |
37. | Barreto, Miguel° | Oct. 5 | 1991 | Hatillo | Puerto Rico |
6
|
2
|
M | Killed | [37] |
38. | Baumberger, Albert F., 22 †‡ | July 7 | 1893 | Cando, ND | U.S. |
6
|
1
|
FM | Sentenced to death and executed | [38] |
39. | Majka, Marian, 35° | Feb. 18 | 1957 | Brisbane | Australia |
6
|
1
|
FMA | Committed suicide | [39] |
40. | Roldán Concha, José Misael, 27 †‡ | July 7 | 1957 | Pupunahue | Chile |
6
|
1
|
MA | Sentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment | [40] |
41. | Davis, Arthur James, 26 ‡ | Aug. 26 | 1966 | New Haven, CT | U.S. |
6
|
1
|
F | Sentenced to death | [41] |
42. | Dolique, Pascal, 23 † | Oct. 6 | 1983 | Saint-Martin-le-Noeud | France |
6
|
1
|
M | Arrested Witness died from heart attack |
[42] |
43. | Baker, Malcolm George, 45° | Oct. 27 | 1992 | Terrigal, Bateau Bay & Wyong | Australia |
6
|
1
|
F | Sentenced to life imprisonment Killed an unborn child |
|
44. | Marks, Cyrano, 39 †‡ | July 12 | 1999 | Atlanta, GA | U.S. |
6
|
1
|
F | Committed suicide | [43] |
45. | Liu Hongwei, 31 † (刘洪伟) |
July 10 | 2000 | Yuhong District | China |
6
|
1
|
M | Arrested | [44] |
46. | James, Llewelyn, 16° | Feb. 4/5 | 2002 | Winslow Township & Lindenwold, NJ |
U.S. |
6
|
1
|
FM | Sentenced to 315 years in prison | [45] |
47. | Yu Qiang †‡ (余强) |
May 3 | 2005 | Nanchang | China |
6
|
1
|
M | Sentenced to death and executed | [46] |
48. | Xu Lian, 19 †‡ (徐立安) |
June 26 | 2007 | Yangshuo | China |
6
|
1
|
M | Sentenced to death | [47] |
49. | Jones, Thomas †‡ | March 21/22 | 1900 | Garner, NC | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
MA | Sentenced to death and executed | [48] |
50. | Batson, Albert Edward, 20 † | Feb. 13 | 1902 | Welsh, LA | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
FM | Sentenced to death and executed | [49] |
51. | Davis, Walter Chesley, 48 ‡ | May 7 | 1907 | San Francisco, CA | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [50] |
52. | Silva, George David, 27 † | Nov. 17 | 1911 | Mackay, QLD | Australia |
6
|
0
|
FM | Sentenced to death and executed | [51] |
53. | Unknown †‡ | Oct. 24 | 1912 | Wadowice | Austria-Hungary |
6
|
0
|
P | [52] | |
54. | Miller, Alex †‡ | Dec. 21 | 1919 | Gilcrest, CO | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
F | Arrested | [53] |
55. | Bannon, Charles, 22 †‡ | Feb. | 1930 | Schafer, ND | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
M | Killed by angry mob | [54] |
56. | Cook, William Edward, 22 | Jan. 2-5 | 1951 | Joplin, MO & Ogilby, CA | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
F | Sentenced to death and executed Also shot a dog |
|
57. | Posidio, Rufino B., 26 | Jan. 14 | 1960 | Manila | Philippines |
6
|
0
|
F | Committed suicide | [55] |
58. | Simants, Erwin Charles, 29 †‡ | Oct. 19 | 1975 | Sutherland, NE | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
F | Sentenced to death | [56] |
59. | Geschwendt, George, 24 ‡ | March 12 | 1976 | Trevose, PA | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
F | Sentenced to death Also shot a dog |
[57] |
60. | Shearing, David, 24 † | Aug. | 1982 | 18 km north of Clearwater, BC | Canada |
6
|
0
|
F A | Sentenced to 25 years to life; denied parole in 2008 | [58] |
61. | Unknown | Oct. 11 | 1982 | Berry & Mallemort | France |
6
|
0
|
F | Attempted suicide | [59] |
62. | Concepcion, Ramon, 28 ‡ | May 2/3 | 1993 | New York City | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
MA | Sentenced to 37½ years in prison | [60] |
63. | Capan, Josip, 44 | July 6 | 1995 | Vidovci | Croatia |
6
|
0
|
F | Killed by explosion | [61] |
64. | Medina Gordillo, Juan, 53° | Nov. 27 | 1996 | San Millán de Lara | Spain |
6
|
0
|
F | Committed suicide | [62] |
65. | Harris, Westley Devon, 22 †‡ | Aug. 26 | 2002 | Rutledge, AL | U.S. |
6
|
0
|
F | Sentenced to death | [63] |
66. | Devoe, Paul Gilbert, 43 | Aug. 24/27 | 2007 | Marble Falls & Jonestown, TX State Line, PA |
U.S. |
6
|
0
|
F | Sentenced to death | [64] |
67. | Karlik/Kirilik, Damian, 38 †‡ | Oct. 17 | 2009 | Rishon LeZion | Israel |
6
|
0
|
M | Arrested (wife Natalia Karlik/Kirilik was sentenced to 13 years in jail in a plea bargain) | [65] |
68. | Kiselev, Maksim, 27 (Максим Киселёв) |
Feb. 26 | 2008 | Orton | Russia |
6
|
?
|
M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [66] |
69. | Pilkington, --- †‡ | Oct. 31 | 1892 | Ballinadrimna | Ireland |
5-6
|
2-4
|
FMA | Committed suicide | [67] |
70. | Fenniel, Shad, 31 | July 3 | 1914 | Branchville, TX | U.S. |
5
|
5
|
FM | Shot by police | [68] |
71. | Ranga | Aug. 1/2 | 1930 | Naruja | Romania |
3-7
|
0-4
|
FM | Shot by police | [69] |
° – At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant
^ – Assailant was a member of the military, police, or a comparable force at the time of the rampage
† – All the victims were members of the same family
‡ – All the victims were killed in the same household
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders
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