Caroline Grills, an Australian serial killer, poisoned her victims, predominantly well-off family members, as a comfort killer to sustain her lifestyle. Later murders had unclear motives, suggesting a shift in her criminal behavior.
Carroll Edward Cole, born in 1938, was an American serial killer executed in 1985 for strangulating at least 15 women and one boy between 1947 and 1980.
Cary Anthony Stayner, an American serial killer, was convicted of murdering four women in Mariposa County, California, in 1999. The victims included Carole Sund, her daughter Juli Sund, Silvina Pelosso, and Joie Ruth Armstrong. He received a death sentence and remains on death row at San Quentin Penitentiary.
Cayetano Santos Godino, an Argentine serial killer and arsonist, murdered four children, attempted to kill eight others, and set fires to seven buildings, deriving psychological pleasure from arson.
Charles Frederick Albright, known as the Eyeball Killer, was an American serial killer from Texas convicted in 1991 for murdering one woman and suspected of killing two others. He is incarcerated at the John Montford Psychiatric Unit in Lubbock, Texas.
Charles Edmund Cullen, an American nurse, confessed to murdering 40 patients in New Jersey over 16 years. Subsequent interviews revealed he likely killed many more, with experts estimating up to 400 deaths, making him the most prolific serial killer, though 29 victims remain confirmed.
Serial Killer Documentary: Charles Ng & Leonard Lake examines the crimes of Charles Ng and Leonard Lake, whose partnership was responsible for a series of kidnappings, murders, and other violent offences in California during the 1980s. The documentary explores their criminal collaboration, the investigation that uncovered their crimes, and the...
Charles Sobhraj, a French thief and serial killer of Vietnamese and Indian origin, targeted Western tourists in Southeast Asia during the 1970s. Nicknamed "The Serpent" and "Bikini Killer," he allegedly murdered a dozen victims. Convicted in India in 1976, he served 21 years before retiring in Paris. He was arrested again in Nepal in 2003 and received a life sentence.
Christopher Bernard Wilder, an Australian serial killer, abducted at least twelve young women and girls, torturing some and killing at least eight during a six-week U.S. crime spree in early 1984. His murders spanned Florida to California, with police killing him in New Hampshire on April 13, 1984.
Cleophus Prince, Jr., known as The Clairemont Killer, was convicted in 1993 for murdering six women in San Diego County between January and September 1990. He had been court-martialed in 1989 for larceny while in the U.S. Navy and was recommended for discharge after serving his sentence. Multiple books detail his crimes and convictions.
Cody Alan Legebokoff, a Canadian serial killer, was convicted in 2014 for murdering three women and a 15-year-old girl near Prince George, British Columbia, between 2009 and 2010. His case, linked to the Highway of Tears murders, made him one of Canada’s youngest convicted serial killers, with the victim’s identity confirmed as Loren Donn Leslie.
Craig Chandler Price, an American serial killer, committed four murders in Warwick, Rhode Island, between ages 13 and 15. He killed a woman and her two daughters in 1989 and another woman two years earlier. Arrested in 1989, he had a prior criminal record for petty theft.