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Infamous Serial Killers & Murderers - By Weight

17/7/2017

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Ever wondered what weight many of the world's most infamous serial killers and murderers were? Probably not. It's certainly not the first fact you'd want to jump to when you think about serial killers. You'd probably expect them to be larger than average so they can overpower their victims, but - having compiled a (non- exhaustive) list below - it appears that very few serial killers are of an abnormally large frame, with many actually being of average/under weight, which helps them to blend in with everyday people and not appear frightening to their next potential victims. This also helps explain why many serial killers chose victims of a stature smaller to themselves, who were also vulnerable, weak and - often - incapacitated by a head-trauma, terror, drink or drugs first. 

​Obviously, it's very difficult to accurately calculate a person's weight, as their body mass fluctuates across their lifetime, so the majority of these weight measurements were taken from prison medicals, executioner's notes, arrest records, police descriptions and other reliable sources, with a few based on their height and then compared to reliable data given about their frame size, age, diet and era. As always, this is not a comprehensive list, and will be updated as-and-when new information comes to light and I can confirm a person's accurate weight. 

Serial Killers by Weight (lightest to heaviest, rounded up/down)
  • Kristen Gilbert – 102lbs (46kgs / 7 stone 3lbs) - "The Angel of Death"
  • John Reginald Christie– 112lbs (50.8kg / 7 stone 13lbs) -"10 Rillington Place"
  • Myra Hindley – 112lbs (50.8kg / 7 stone 13lbs) - "Moor's Murderer"
  • Peter Kurten – 113lbs (51kg / 8 stone) - "Vampire of Dusseldorf"
  • Henri Desire Landru – 115lbs (52.1kg / 8 stone 2lbs) - "The Ladykiller"
  • Peter Manuel – 118lbs (53.5kg / 8 stone 5lbs) - "Beast of Birkenshaw"
  • Donald Henry Gaskins – 120/155lbs* (54.6kg / 8 stone 6lbs) - "Pee Wee"
  • David Copeland – 124lbs (56.2kg / 8 stone 11lbs) - "London Bomber"
  • George Joseph Smith – 125lbs (57kg / 8 stone 13lbs) - "Brides in the Bath"
  • Judy Buenoano – 130lbs (58.9kg / 9 stone 3lbs) - "The Black Widow"
  • Albert Fish – 130lbs (59kg / 9 stone) 4lbs - "Werewolf of Wysteria"
  • Beverley Allitt – 130lbs (59kg / 9.stone 4lbs) - "Angel of Death"
  • Ed Gein – 132lbs (60kgs / 9 stone 8lbs) - "Butcher of Plainfield"
  • Aileen Wuornos – 137lbs (62kg / 9 stone 10lbs) - read her biog
  • Dorothea Puente – 138lbs (62.5kg / 9 stone 12lbs) - read her biog
  • Fred West – 138lbs (62.5kg / 9 stone 12lbs) - "Gloucester House of Horrors"
  • Henry Lee Lucas – 141lbs (64kgs / 10 stone 1lb) - read his biog
  • Peter Sutcliffe – 145lbs (65.5kg / 10 stone 4lbs / 20st later) - "Yorkshire Ripper"
  • Herbert Mullin – 148lbs (67.1kg / 10 stone 8lbs) - read his biog
  • Herman Webster Mudgett – 148lbs (67.1kg / 10 stone 8lbs) - "Dr H H Holmes"
  • John George Haigh – 150lbs (68kg / 10 stone 10lbs) - "Acid Bath Murderer"
  • Rodney Alcala – 150lbs (68kg / stone 10lbs) - "The Dating Game Killer"
  • Ted Kaczynski – 150lbs (68kg / 10 stone 10lbs) - "Unabomber"
  • John Straffen – 155lbs (70kg / 11 stone) - read his biog
  • Colin Ireland - 155lbs (70kg / 11 stone) - "The Gay Slayer"
  • Gary Ridgway – 155lbs (70.3kg / 11 stone 1lb) - "The Green River Killer"
  • Andrei Chikatilo – 156lbs (70.7kg / 11 stone 2lbs) - "The Rostov Ripper"
  • Ted Bundy – 160lbs (72kg / 11 stone 5lbs) but lost 35lbs to escape prison
  • Glen Edward Rogers – 164lbs (74.3kg / 11 stone 10lbs) - "Casanova Killer"
  • Larry Eyler – 164lbs (74.3kg / 11 stone 10lbs) - "The Highway Killer"
  • John Allen Muhammad – 165lbs (75kg / 11 stone 11lbs) - "Washington Sniper"
  • David Berkowitz - 168lbs (76kg / 11 stone 13lbs) - "Son of Sam"
  • Stephen Port – 168lbs (76kg / 11 stone 13lbs) - "The Grindr Killer"
  • David Ray Parker – 168lbs (76.2kg / 12 stone) - "The Toybox Killer"
  • Paul Bernardo – 168lbs (76.2kg / 12 stone) - "The Schoolgirl Killer"
  • Randall Woodfield – 170lbs (77.1kg / 12 stone 2lbs) - "The I-5 Killer"
  • Kenneth Bianchi – 172lbs (78kg / 12 stone 4lbs) - "The Hillside Strangler"
  • Ian Brady – 176lbs (79.8kg / 12 stone 8lbs) – (fell to 50kg on hunger strike) - biog
  • Robert Black – 179lbs (81kg / 12 stone 11lbs) - read his biog
  • Albert DeSalvo – 180lbs (81.5kg / 12 stone 11lbs) - "Boston Strangler"
  • Jeffrey Dahmer - 180 lb (82 kg / 12 stone 13lbs) - "Milwaukee Cannibal"
  • Richard Ramirez – 182lbs (82.5kg / 13 stone) - "Night Stalker"
  • Joel Rifkin – 182lbs (82.5kg / 13 stone) - "Joel the Ripper"
  • Stephen Griffiths – 185lbs (84kg / 13 stone 3lbs) - "Crossbow Cannibal"
  • Dean Arnold Corll - 190lb (86 kg / 13 stone 8lbs) - "Candyman"
  • Dennis Rader – 196lbs (88.9kg / 14 stone) - "The BTK Killer"
  • Dr Harold Shipman – 208lbs (95kgs/ 15 stone) - "Dr Death"
  • Dennis Nilsen- 210lbs (95.2kg / 15 stone) -"The Kindly Killer"
  • Anthony Hardy – 225lbs (102kg / 16 stone 1lbs) - read his biog
  • John Wayne Gacy - 230lbs (104 kg / 16 stone 5lbs) - "Killer Clown"
  • Martha Beck – 230lbs (104kg / 16 stone 5lbs) - "Lonely Hearts Killer"
  • Levi Bellfield – 280lbs (127kg / 20 stone) - "The Bus Stop Killer"
  • Arthur Shawcross - 300 lb (136kg / 21 stone 6lbs) - "Genesee River Killer"
  • Edmund Kemper – 306lbs (138.8kg / 21 stone 12lbs) - "The Co-Ed Killer"
* at their heaviest/lightest
If you "enjoyed" this blog post, why not take a peek at my other articles: such as serial killers and their diets, favourite drinks, height, IQ, star signs, lunar cycles, dates of birth, reasons for killing, music, nicknames, last meals and whether they're alive or dead... to name but a few. ​​

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Michael J Buchanan-Dunne is a writer, crime historian and tour-guide who runs Murder Mile Walks, a guided tour of Soho’s most notorious murder cases, hailed as “one of the top ten curious, quirky, unusual and different things to do in London” and featuring 12 murderers, including 3 serial killers, across 15 locations, totalling 75 deaths, over just a one mile walk.
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