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
Viktor Sotnikov (serial killer) Viktor Sotnikov (serial killer) Viktor Viktorovich Sotnikov (; born 1961) is a Russian serial killer, convicted for the killing of 8 people in Lipetsk Oblast and Tambov Oblast between 2000 and 2011. Viktor Viktorovich Sotnikov was born in 1961, in Gryazi, Lipetsk Oblast, Soviet Union. Sotnikov grew up in an unstable household, and during his childhood he began to torture animals, even hanging the family dog. In his early adulthood he started abusing his parents and sisters, and sold illegal moonshine. Sotnikov was accused of raping two women, but paid the women to drop their accusations. On 30 September 2000,