World's Most Evil Killers

In 1982, Barry Prudom sparked Britain's largest ever manhunt, murdering police officers and civilians.

In August 2022, retired teacher Peter Coshan vanished after meeting a man through a dating app in Edinburgh.

In May 2010, mother of three Sarah Thomas was stabbed to death in her Surrey home.

In February 1995, the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire was shaken to the core by the murder of two children.

In 1982, Wilbert Dyce murdered Norma Richards and her two young daughters in a horrific attack.

In April 2003, Phillip Hegarty bludgeoned his friend Derek Bennett to death, motivated by greed and money.

In 1985, George Naylor strangled Deborah Kershaw, just weeks after being freed from prison for rape.

In July 1979, 22-year-old Sally Ann McGrath vanished in Peterborough; her body was found months later.

In 2011, hotel receptionist Attila Ban turned from co-worker to killer when he was alone with his colleagues.

In January 2009, Lakhvir Singh poisoned her former lover, Lakhvinder Cheema and his fiancée Gurjeet.

In 2012, Diane Staudte murdered her husband and son in addition to attempting to kill one of her daughters.

In 1995, mother and daughter Marcia and Elizabeth Honsch went missing.

When 9-year-old Felecia Williams was reported to have run away, the police were immediately suspicious.

Convicted sex offender James Randall was responsible for the murders of two women in Florida in the mid-1990s.

On Mother's Day in 2008, Edward Covington unleashed a horrifying attack on his girlfriend and her children.

In 1992, Leslie Allen Williams was arrested after a witness saw him assaulting and abducting a woman.

In September 2007, 50-year-old Vietnamese immigrant Cuc Tran was raped and murdered while out on a run.

After two couples were brutally murdered three years apart, both cases went cold for almost three decades.

In 1991, the bodies of sex workers started being discovered in Detroit, Michigan.

In 1991, Gregory Green stabbed his first wife to death, killing not only her but also their unborn child.