World's Most Evil Killers

In 2007, single mother of three Paige Birgfeld went missing. Police in Grand Junction, Colorado investigating her disappearance discovered she'd been secretly working as an escort and suspected one of her clients of abducting and killing her.

In 1999 and 2000, John Eric Armstrong cruised the streets of Detroit, Michigan looking for sex workers. Seen as an ordinary husband, father and co-worker, no one in Armstrong's life suspected that he was a serial killer.

Along with his accomplice, Frank Cano, Steven Dean Gordon murdered at least four sex workers in California between 2012 and 2013. The body of Gordon's fourth victim was found in a pile of trash on a conveyor belt at a recycling centre.

In January 1973, 20-year-old mother of one Dawn Magyar vanishes while on a shopping trip.

In 1989, Randy Kraft is convicted of murdering 16 men.

New Jersey native Richard Kuklinski ran a burglary ring, distributed pirated pornography and dealt in weapons and drugs. He also claimed to have murdered over 100 people while working as a hit man for New York and New Jersey's crime families.

Over a 25-year career of murder, Richard Biegenwald kills at least six people.

Police in Colorado find the body of a young man in his own home with a bullet wound to the head.

Billy Mansfield Jr. moved between Florida and Michigan, targeting vulnerable women and girls.

Wayne Adam Ford is an American serial killer who strangled and dismembered three of his victims.

When 47-year-old Carol Jarvis disappeared, her husband Harry told their friends and family, including the couple's four children, that she'd simply gone on a little holiday to Dundee. Detectives weren't convinced.

Jane Longhurst vanishes after making a plan to go swimming with her friend's boyfriend.

Jordan Monaghan killed his 24-day-old daughter Ruby on New Year's Day in January 2013. In August of that year, when his partner tried to end their relationship, he killed his son Logan, who was 21 months old.

In 2022, Danville Neil is finally jailed for 1993 murders.

In April 1997, 27-year-old Rachel McGrath is stabbed to death by an unknown attacker in a car park.

Less than 20 minutes after dropping her children off at school, Rachel O'Reilly is murdered.

When Mary Gough is found dead in her family home, her husband Colin Whelan appears shocked.

In March 2005, the gardai recover human body parts from the Royal Canal in Dublin.

Catherine Nevin reports a break-in and violent attack at her pub, which leaves her husband dead.

Dublin man Eric Locke refuses to accept it when Sonia Blount ends their relationship.