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Authors: Michael Newton
Tags: #True Crime, #Murder, #General, #Serial Killers
DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1987
MO: Necrophile slayer of female victims
DISPOSITION: Life terms on three counts, 1974; life
Giugliano, Maurizio
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Rome term on fourth count + 15 years on lesser felonies, SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./PC
1977
DATE(S): 1983–84/92 VENUE: Rome, Italy VIC-
TIMS: Eight
Gillis, Lester M.
(1908–34) AKA: George (“Baby MO: Strangled/stabbed/shot women; smothered cell-Face”) Nelson
mate with pillow after capture
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
DISPOSITION: Confined to lunatic asylum, 1984
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Glanton, John Joel
(1815–50)
MO: Career criminal and contract killer; possible parSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
ticipant in 1929 St. Valentine’s Day massacre
DATE(S): 1841–50 VENUE: Tex./Mexico VIC-
DISPOSITION: Murdered by BARKER-KARPIS GANG,
TIMS: 100+
Mar. 22, 1934
MO: Ex-convict and gunman for hire; later led scalp-hunting gang that often murdered Mexicans and
Goldstein, Martin
(?–1941) AKA: Buggsy
sold their hair as “Apache” scalps
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
DISPOSITION: Killed by Indians, with most of his DATE(S): 1930s–40 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:
gang, Apr. 1850
30+
MO: Contract killer for “MURDER, INC.”
Glatman, Harvey Murray
(1928–59)
DISPOSITION: Executed at Sing Sing, June 12, 1941
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1957–58 VENUE: South Calif. VIC-
Golovkin, Anatoly (?– )
TIMS: Three
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
MO: Rape-murders of young women
DATE(S): 1986–94 VENUE: Moscow, Russia VIC-
DISPOSITION: Executed Sept. 18, 1959
TIMS: 11
MO: “Straightforward maniac” who killed boys
Glaze, Billy Richard
(1953– )
DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1994
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1986–87 VENUE: Minneapolis, Minn.
Gomez, Lloyd
(d. 1953)
VICTIMS: Three
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
MO: Bludgeon slayer of Native American women
DATE(S): 1949–51 VENUE: Calif. VICTIMS: Nine
MO: Killed/robbed hoboes
DISPOSITION: Life term with 50-year minimum, 1989
DISPOSITION: Executed Oct. 17, 1953
Glover, John Wayne
(1932– ) AKA: Granny Killer
Goodin, Anthony J.
(1965– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
DATE(S): 1989–90 VENUE: Sydney, Australia VIC-
DATE(S): 1982–87 VENUE: Okla./Ala./Ga./Fla.
TIMS: Six
VICTIMS: Seven suspected
MO: Bludgeoned elderly women with hammers in pub-MO: Drifter linked to random murders; three identified lic places, then strangled them with their own under-victims were male, including two gays
wear
DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count in Ga., DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty in November 1991 and 1988
received a life prison term
Gore, Marshall Lee
(1963– )
Goble, Sean Patrick
(1967– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1988 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two
DATE(S): 1980s–95 VENUE: Southern U.S. VIC-
MO: Killed robber/kidnap victims in Columbia and TIMS: “Dozens” suspected
Dade Countries; child victim raped
MO: Long-haul trucker; rape-slayer of women
DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts, 1990 and DISPOSITION: Two consecutive life terms in Tenn., 1995; seven life terms + 110 years on other felony 1995
counts.
Goebbels, Peter
(1961– )
Gorobets, Paval
(?– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
DATE(S): 1984–85 VENUE: Berlin, Germany VIC-
specific
TIMS: Four
DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
MO: Rape-slayer of females age 17–22
VICTIMS: Two
DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1985
MO: Killed a male tenant and his own girlfriend, dismembering and cannibalizing their bodies
Goetz, Fred
(1897–1934)
DISPOSITION: Condemned on March 5, 1999
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
DATE(S): 1920s–34 VENUE: Midwestern U.S.
Gorton, Jeffrey W.
(?– )
VICTIMS: 12+
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
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DATE(S): 1986/1991 VENUE: Eastern Michigan
Graham, William Brocius
(1857–82) AKA: Curly Bill VICTIMS: Two
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC
MO: Rape-slayer of women in Flint and Wayne
DATE(S): 1870s–82 VENUE: Mexico/Ariz. VIC-
County
TIMS: “Numerous”
DISPOSITION: Three life terms in Wayne County, MO: Old West outlaw and feudist
August 2002; pleaded guilty in Flint on second DISPOSITION: Killed by WYATT EARP, Mar. 24, 1882
count, 2003
Grant, Gary G.
(?– )
Goss, Dean Neel
(1936–92)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC-
specific
domestic
DATE(S): 1971 VENUE: Renton, Wash. VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1982–85 VENUE: Houston, Tex. VIC-
Four
TIMS: Three suspected
MO: U.S. Navy enlistee who stabbed/strangled two six-MO:Alleged “Bluebeard” slayer of two wives and male year-old boys and two teenage girls, all dumped in employee
woods near his home
DISPOSITION: Shot dead in disputed circumstances, DISPOSITION: Life prison term
Nov. 1992
Grant, Sam
(d. 1876)
Gossman, Klaus
(1941– )
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/Sad.
DATE(S): 1870s VENUE: Western U.S. VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1960–64 VENUE: Nuremburg, Germany
“Numerous”
VICTIMS: Six
MO: Hired killer and scalp hunter
MO: Self-proclaimed “death’s agent”; shot victims in DISPOSITION: Killed by JOHN JOHNSTON, 1876
holdups and random street attacks
DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1965
Granviel, Kenneth
(1950– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
Gottfried, Gessina Margaretha (1798–1828)
DATE(S): 1976 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Four
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-domes-
MO: Stabbed two women and two children in random tic/CE
attacks
DATE(S): 1822–25 VENUE: Bremen, Germany
DISPOSITION: Executed Feb. 27, 1996
VICTIMS: 16 confessed
MO: “Black widow” poisoner of relatives and
acquaintances
Grasso, Thomas Joseph
(1962–95)
DISPOSITION: Beheaded, 1828
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-
specific
Grace, James Willie
(1946– )
DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: Okla. N.Y. VICTIMS:
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
Two
specific
MO: “Thrill killer” of 87-year-old woman (Okla.) and DATE(S): 1976 VENUE: Durham, N.C. VICTIMS:
84-year-old man (N.Y.)
More than two suspected
DISPOSITION: Executed in Okla., Mar. 20, 1995
MO: Schizophrenic sniper; shot men in random attacks DISPOSITION: Three consecutive 10-year terms for
Gravano, Salvatore
(1945– ) AKA: Sammy the Bull attempted murder and assault with deadly weapon, SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC
1977 (released 1993)
DATE(S): 1970–90 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VIC-
TIMS:19–36 admitted
Graham, Harrison
(1959– )
MO: Mafia “enforcer” and hit man
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Granted immunity in return for testi-DATE(S): 1983–87 VENUE: Philadelphia, Pa. VIC-
mony, 1990; 19-year sentence for drug offenses, TIMS: Seven
Oct. 30, 2002
MO: Retarded addict; strangled prostitutes and kept the remains in his apartment
Gray, Dana Sue
(1958– )
DISPOSITION: Convicted on all counts, 1988: life SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
term followed by six death penalties (to prevent DATE(S): 1977–78 VENUE: Riverside County, Calif.
parole)
VICTIMS: Three
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MO: Ex-nurse; robbed/strangled women aged 66–87; MO: Killed female prostitute (1971) and male stranger one victim also stabbed
(1990)
DISPOSITION: Life term without parole, 1998
DISPOSITION: Life term, 1971 (paroled 1989); life term, 1991
Gray, Josephine
(1946– ) AKA: Black Widow SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony
Green, Ricky Lee
(1960–97)
DATE(S): 1974–96 VENUE: Maryland VICTIMS:
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
Three alleged
DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: Fort Worth, Tex. VIC-
MO: Named by police and prosecutors as the slayer of TIMS: Four
two husbands and a cousin-lover, shot for life insur-MO:Bisexual torture-slayer of two men and two women ance payments
DISPOSITION: Executed Oct. 9, 1997
DISPOSITION: Charged with murders of both hus-
bands in 1991, charges dismissed when witnesses
Green, Samuel
(d. 1822)
vanished or recanted testimony; convicted of mail SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.
fraud in federal court, August 2002; received the DATE(S): 19th century VENUE: New England VIC-maximum 40-year sentence on Dec. 2, 2002, with TIMS: “Numerous”
an order to repay $170,000 in life insurance proMO: Career criminal; killed rape and robbery victims ceeds
DISPOSITION: Hanged in Mass., Apr. 1822
Gray, Marvin
(1955– )
Greenawalt, Randy
(1949–97)
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE
DATE(S): 1980s–1993 VENUE: Denver, Colo. VIC-
DATE(S): 1973–74/78 VENUE: Ariz./Colo. VIC-
TIMS: 23 confessed
TIMS: Nine suspected
MO: Random slayer of victims in personal confronta-MO: Shot sleeping truckers for personal amusement; tions
helped TISON family kill five victims after prison DISPOSITION: Received life sentence as habitual crim-break
inal in 1993, for a 1992 armed robbery; received life DISPOSITION: Life term for death of one trucker, term with 30 years minimum in 2000, for a 1984
1974 (escaped 1978); condemned, 1979; executed in murder; confessed 23 murders in court, June 2001, Ariz. Jan. 23, 1997
while on trial for a second murder; convicted and received two more life terms, June 6, 2001
Greenberg, Bertram
(d. 1971)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./CE-
Gray, Ronald Adrian
(1966– )
felony
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1971 VENUE: Calif./Ariz. VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1986–87 VENUE: Fayetteville, N.C. VIC-Three
TIMS: Four
MO: Raped/strangled woman; shot policemen during MO: Soldier at Fort Bragg; rape-slayer of women age manhunt
18–24
DISPOSITION: Killed running police roadblock in N.
DISPOSITION: Three consecutive life terms after Mex.
guilty plea, 1987; condemned by military court-martial, 1988
Greeson, Lloyd Donald, Jr.
(1924– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
Green, Cleo Joel, III
(1958– ) AKA: Red Demon DATE(S): 1964 VENUE: Fla./Pa. VICTIMS: Two
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
MO: Robbed/murdered women age 37 and 44
DATE(S): 1983 VENUE: Louisville, Ky. VICTIMS:
DISPOSITION: 20 years on one count of second
Three
degree in Fla., 1964
MO: “Possessed” home-invader; rape-slayer of elderly women
Grenier, Jean
(?–?)
DISPOSITION: Ruled incompetent for trial, 1984
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
specific
Green, Malcolm
(1946– )
DATE(S): 1603 VENUE: Landes, France VICTIMS:
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-
“Several”
specific
MO: Deranged “werewolf” slayer of children
DATE(S): 1971/90 VENUE: Wales VICTIMS: Two
DISPOSITION: Confined to monastery for life, 1603
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Gribble, Timothy Lane
(1964–2000)
Gross, Dr. Heinrich
(1916– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-
DATE(S): 1985–87 VENUE: Galveston, Tex. VIC-
extremist
TIMS: Three confessed
DATE(S): 1930s VENUE: Austria VICTIMS: More
MO: Rape-slayer of women aged 23–36
than nine
DISPOSITION: Executed on one count, March 15,
MO: Nazi physician who killed “defective” children 2000
under state euthanasia program
DISPOSITION: Murder trial aborted on March 2,
Grieveson, Steven
(1970– )
2000, due to defendant’s advanced senile dementia SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1993–94 VENUE: Sunderland, England
Grossmann, Georg Karl
(1863–1921)
VICTIMS: Three
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: Sex./CE
MO: Repressed homosexual who raped, murdered, and DATE(S): 1910–21 VENUE: Berlin, Germany VIC-burned three teenage male students from the same TIMS: 50+ suspected
school in separate incidents