Podcast
- The "Heavy Hitter" episodes of The Last Podcast on the Left are spotlights on serial killers throughout history. Typically running three episodes long on average, every profile follows a formula of describing the central figure's childhood, with the first episode typically concluding at their first murder, the middle episode(s) going into their careers and how they avoided being caught, and the final episode describing their ends. They do all this while treating the horrible people involved with all the respect and gravitas they deserve: Absolutely none.
- The Magnus Archives: The episode "A Father's Love" is narrated by a serial killer's daughter, who describes spending her childhood under his care as, unbeknownst to her, he commits his murders. Ultimately subverted though, as even though he is repeatedly referred to as a serial killer, statements involving Robert Montauk show that he was being threatened into performing the killings to fuel a monster by the People's Church of the Divine Host, making him not a serial killer in the strict sense of the term.
Roleplay
- Unexpectedly used in Survival of the Fittest. Johnny "Mordread" Lamika of version one and Walter Smith of version two were both serial killers despite being high-school age teenagers. Johnny was explained as having initially never left enough evidence for the deaths to be considered anything but an accident but was eventually caught and sent to a mental institution after a successful insanity plea on the part of his defense. Walter got away with his actions because his father was a Senator and used his influence to cover up Walter's actions and get him out of trouble on the few occasions he was suspected. In return, his father would sometimes bring him political enemies to torture and/or dispose of.
Web Animation
- RWBY: Tyrian is one of Salem's primary assassins, sent to murder in her name and his own sadistic glee. He, along with Hazel, systematically killed off most of Mistral's professional Huntsmen to deprive Haven of protectors. His mission in Mantle is to murder protestors speaking out against Atlas and General Ironwood, framing Ironwood in Mantle's eyes. Per the general, he's killed at least three targets within a single week - and goes on to kill at least ten more victims in as many seconds at Robyn Hill's election rally. His Amity Arena bio and the information Winter's got on him reveals that he was captured for a string of murders in Mistral before getting picked up by Salem.
- Spooky Month:
- When he was alive, Dexter Erotoph was a pest exterminator who killed certain kinds of animals just for his own pleasure (i.e. rats, bats, and cats). After dying and getting his soul sucked into a children's toy, Dexter loses what sanity he had from being unable to kill animals, and attempts to upgrade to killing humans, though ultimately he's stopped before he manages to seriously harm anyone.
- Bob Velseb is a cannibalistic murderer who is known to have butchered and eaten at least 8 people in one night alone, with his total body count implied to be much higher. When he prepares to attack a potential victim, he shares a bit of trivia related to the consumption of (animal or human) meat, before he tries to slash and stab them with his knives. During the course of the night, he successfully kills one more person and severely injures another while following Skid and Pump.
Web Original Fiction
- The "Alice Killer" from the creepypasta of the same name has killed a total of five people, leaving playing cards with the word "Alice" written on them as part of his M.O.
- Every lich in Angel of Death is in the Supernatural category.
- Cody, however, is notable for how well known he becomes to the Public.
- As is Valthakar when he begins to kill innocent civilians, (unlike Cody, who only killed criminals,) in order to hurt Cody's public image.
- Then there's the Blue Butterfly, who, despite also being a lich seems to have every desire to kill in any case.
- Despite the series' name, none of the characters introduced so far are actually Angels of Death as defined on this page.
- Can You Spare a Quarter?: A serial killer appears to be targetting street boys, who have nicknamed him "The Blade". He has nine victims so far and the police have no idea who it might be.
- The Heaven Cycle has Ashton Sharpe, who had a habit of purchasing victims from a human trafficking ring so he could rape them, and then torture them to death.
- Jeff the Killer: Jeff was driven insane and killed his family before going on a killing spree. Arguably the most well-known creepypasta example of this trope.
- The Kindness of Devils:
- Under The Cold Moon has Sieglinde Nomura, who spent her long life kidnapping and murdering hundreds of thousands of victims via painful scientific experimentations.
- Only A Lonely Heart has Y'golonac the Defiler, who occasionally murdered his victims after raping them as well.
- Legatum:
- Help Not Wanted has Ogrell Syn'Gorrsh, who is revealed to be a cannibalistic killer who frequently kidnapped and tortured his victims to death, or simply drove them into becoming cannibals themselves.
- Scrambled Egg has Trellorv, a hedonistic swamp troll who spent several years killing and raping indiscriminately for personal pleasure.
- Migraine reveals that Ken Muntz is one, having already killed at least seven women using the same M.O. with each victim.
- Slimyswampghost: Of his cryptids there are:
- The Cartoon Cat is a murderous abomination who is seemingly conscious of his malice.
- The Man with the Upside-Down Face if he does cause the accidents that he appears at, then he not only feeds on the negative emotions of the victims, but he derives pleasure in bringing harm to them.
- Tails of Fame has Rast Racklyn, who raped and murdered several innocents over a period of many weeks so he could create snuff films and become "famous".
- Worm features the Slaughterhouse Nine, a gang of thrill killers with high-end superpowers who rampage across North America attacking cities and subjecting random people to hideous torture and carnage. They likely have a higher body count than the rest of this page combined; their visit to Brockton Bay kills hundreds inside of a week, and they've been active for more than ten years.
Web Videos
- Episode 3 of Anime Crimes Division features a serial killer... of Gundam figurines.
- Cause of Death is all about this
. The very first episode shows the nameless killer bust into the victim's house and kill him... with a granola bar. There seems to be some mystery behind who the woman is in the picture, but the story is ongoing. - A Black Comedy example from Echo Chamber: In Terrible Interviewees Montage, there was one terrible interviewee known only as "???" who might have been one. He had a large knife, seemed Ax-Crazy, and talked about a large freezer...
- The Human Pet: Sam Deercot had been kidnapping, torturing, and killing people since at least the 70s.
- Terrence of KateModern is revealed to be a serial killer in "Precious Blood".
- My Dad's Tapes: The father, donotcontinue, and Uncle Don each have a massive body count, mostly made up of young women. The Zodiac Killer is also mentioned, having been the father's mentor.
- RedLetterMedia: Mr. Plinkett is a 119-year-old serial killer who murders women in his creepy basement. He's also a very opinionated movie critic.
- The Veronica Exclusive has Jane, a teenage serial killer as its main villain. She's also the protagonist's girlfriend. This turns out about as well as you'd expect.
- There is a Black Comedy example in the Yogscast miniseries "Yogtours". Turpster, the host, will go around various offices and give the audience a tour of that office in each episode, only to kill the owner of that office when the episode reaches its end. Every person involved has died, bar Turps, although Hat Films fought back and Duncan Jones has been shown to appear alive again with no explanation.
