John Christie (murderer) John Christie (murderer) John Reginald Halliday Christie (8 April 1899 – 15 July 1953), known to his family and friends as Reg Christie, was an English serial killer and necrophile active during the 1940s and early 1950s. He murdered at least eight people – including his wife, Ethel – by strangling them in his flat at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London. Christie moved out of Rillington Place during March 1953; soon afterward the bodies of three of his victims were discovered hidden in a wallpaper-covered alcove in the kitchen. Two further bodies were discovered in the garden, and his
Serial killer Jr., Peter Kürten, Clifford Olson, Ottis Toole, Rodney Alcala, Donald Henry Gaskins, Peter Tobin, Albert Fish, Fred West, Richard Ramirez, David Berkowitz, Aileen Wuornos, Edmund Kemper, Charles Starkweather, Rosemary West, David Parker Ray, Paul Bernardo, Dennis Rader, and Gary Ridgway. Ed Gein is often included on such lists, but with two victims most authorities would not classify him as a serial killer. 76% of all known serial killers in the 20th century were from the United States. Some commonly found characteristics of serial killers include the following: There are exceptions to these criteria, however. For example, Harold Shipman was a