List of criminals by nickname

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This is a list of nicknames of notable criminals.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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• ".22 Caliber Killers" — Gary Lewingdon and Thaddus Lewingdon, U.S. serial killers[1]
• ".44 Caliber Killer" — David Berkowitz, U.S. serial killer, better known as the "Son of Sam"[2]

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• "Abbadabba" — Otto Berman, U.S. Mafia accountant
• "Aboudamita" — Anthony Loria, Sr. - French Connection drug smuggler (Lucchese Family) Fourth Amendment defendant (1961)
• "The Acid Killer" or "The Acid-Bath Killer" — John George Haigh, British serial killer
• "Action" — William Jackson, U.S. Mafia loansharking collector
• "Al Capone of Los Angeles" — Jack Dragna, boss of the "Mickey Mouse Mob" Mafia family in California
• "Alligator Man" — Joe Ball, serial killer
• "Allie" — Albert Tannenbaum, U.S. hitman
• "American Bluebeard" — Helmuth Schmidt, U.S. serial killer
• "Angel of Death" —
  • Richard Angelo, U.S. serial killer
  • Kristen Gilbert, U.S. serial killer
  • Josef Mengele, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Ant" — Tony Spilotro, U.S. mafioso
• "Apples" — Hugh MacIntosh, U.S. gangster
• "Arkansas Tom Jones" — Roy Daugherty, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Arsenic Anna" — Anna Marie Hahn, U.S. serial killer[3]
• "Atlanta Child Murderer, The" - Wayne Williams, American serial killer
• "Auntie Thally" — Caroline Grills, Australian serial killer

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• "Baby Face" — George Nelson, U.S. bank robber
• "The Backpack-murderer" — Ivan Milat, Australian serial killer
• "Bad News", Barry Brown, British, mafioso
• "Bambi" — Lawrencia Bembenek, U.S. murderer
• "Bandit Queen, The" - Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit
• "Barbarossa" ("Red Beard") — Khair ad Din, Ottoman pirate
• "The Baseline Killer" or "Baseline Rapist" — Unknown U.S. serial killer [4][5]
• "The Beast" — Frankie Falanga, U.S. mafioso
• "The Beast Of The Andes" — Daniel Barbosa, Colombian serial killer
• "The Beast of Bastille" — Guy Georges, French rapist and serial killer
• "The Beast of Montmartre" — Thierry Paulin, French serial killer
• "Bebe" — Charles Rebozo, U.S. gangster
• "Bender" — Anthony Strollo, U.S. mafioso
• "Beppo" — Josef Mengele, Nazi German war criminal
• "Big Bill" — Bill Dwyer, U.S. gangster and bootlegger
• "Big Eared Du" or "Big Ears Du" — Du Yuesheng, Chinese gang leader
• "Big Greenie" — Harry Greenberg, U.S. gangster
• "Big Jim" — James Colosimo, U.S. gangster
• "Bill O" — William O'Dwyer, corrupt Mayor of New York City
• "Billy the Kid" — Henry McCarty, U.S. outlaw
• "The Birdman of Alcatraz" — Robert Franklin Stroud, U.S. murderer
• "Bittercreek" — George Newcomb, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Black Angel" — Timea Faludi, Hungarian serial killer
• "Black Bart" — Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate
• "Blackbeard" — Edward Teach, English pirate
• "The Black Panther" — Donald Neilson, British serial killer
• "Black Sam" — Samuel Bellamy, British pirate
• "The Black Widow" — Audrey Marie Hilley, U.S. poisoner
• "Blackie" — James Licavoli, U.S. mafioso
• "The Blond Angel of Death" (Spanish: "El ángel rubio de la muerte") — Alfredo Astiz, Argentine torturer and "dirty warrior"
• "The Blond Beast" — Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Blonde Tigress" — Eleanor Jarman, U.S. murderer and fugitive
• "The Blood Countess" — Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer
• "Bloody Angelo" – Angelo Genna, U.S. mafioso
• "The Bloody Benders" – Bender family, U.S. family of serial killers
• "The Bloody Lady of Čachtice" — Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer
• "The Bluebeard of Gambais" (French: "le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais") — Henri Landru, French serial killer
• "Bootsy" (sometimes "Butesy" or "Butsy") — Frank Morelli, U.S. mafioso
• "The Boozing Barber" — Gilbert Paul Jordan, Canadian serial killer
• "The Boston Strangler" — unknown U.S. serial killer
• "Bottles" — Ralph Capone, U.S. mafioso
• "The Brain" —
  • Arnold Rothstein, U.S. gangster, pioneer in National Crime Syndicate
  • Johnny Torrio, U.S. mafioso
• "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss" — Vannie Higgins, U.S. bootlegger
• "The Brooklyn Strangler" — Vincent Johnson, U.S. serial killer
• "The Brooklyn Vampire" — Albert Fish, U.S. serial killer
• "The Brownout Murderer" — Eddie Leonski, Australian serial killer
• "The BTK killer" — Dennis Rader, U.S. serial killer
• "Bug" — Charlie Workman, U.S. gangster
• "Bugs" — George Moran, U.S. gangster
• "Bugsy" — Benjamin Siegel, U.S. gangster
• "The Bull" — Salvatore Gravano, U.S. Mafia underboss and FBI informer
• "Bumpy" — Ellsworth Johnson, U.S. gangster
• "Buster" — Leo V. Brothers, U.S. gangster
• "Butch Cassidy" — Robert LeRoy Parker, U.S. outlaw
• "The Butcher of Hanover" (German. "Der Schlächter von Hannover") — Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer
• "The Butcher of Prague" — Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Butcher of Rostov" — Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian serial killer

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• "Cable" — Chris Spaulding , U.S. Hitman
• "Calico Jack" — Jack Rackham, British pirate
• "The Camel" — Murray Humphreys, U.S.-Welsh gangster
• "The Camouflage Bandit" — Danny William Miller, a Canadian bank robber [6]
• "The Canadian Rob Roy" — Donald Morrison, Canadian folk hero
• "Cargo" — Joe Valachi, U.S. mafioso and informer
• "Carlos" or "Carlos the Jackal" (Spanish: "Carlos el chacal") — Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, Venezuelan terrorist
• "The Cavalier" –
  • Giusepe Nerone, U.S. mafioso
  • Antonio Spano, U.S. mafioso
• "Cell Phone Bandit" — Candice Rose Martinez, U.S. bank robber
• "Chicken Man" — Phil Testa, U.S. mafioso
• "Chicken Head" — Vito Gurino, U.S. mafioso
• "Chin" — Vincent Gigante, U.S. mafioso and hitman
• "Chopper" — Mark Brandon Read, Australian criminal and author
• "Chuckie" — Charles Inglese, U.S. mafioso
• "Cigar" — Carmine Galante, U.S. mafioso
• "The Claw" — Paul Hadley, U.S. serial killer
• "Clutching Hand" — Peter Morello, U.S. mafioso
• "Cockeyed Ben" – Philip Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
• "Cockeyed Phil" – Philip Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
• "Cockeyed Nick" – Nicholas Ratteni, U.S. mafioso
• "Colonial Parkway Killer" — unknown U.S. serial killer
• "The Correggio Soap-maker" (Italian "La saponificatrice di Correggio") — Leonarda Cianciulli, Italian serial killer
• "Countess Dracula" — Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer
• "Crazy Dave" — David Edward Maust, U.S. serial killer
• "Crazy Joe" or "Crazy Joey" — Joe Gallo, U.S. mafioso
• "Crazy Patsy" — Pat Steffanelli, U.S. mafioso
• "Creepy" — Alvin Karpis, U.S. thief
• "'Crooked Nose' Jack" — Jack McCall, U.S. outlaw
• "Curly" — Hyman Holtz, U.S. gangster
• "The Cyber-Sex Killer" — John Edward Robinson, Sr., U.S. serial killer

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• "Dago" — Lawrence Mangano, U.S. mafioso
• "Dandy Jim" — James Walker, Tammany Hall lawyer, later Mayor of New York City
• "Dandy Phil" — Phil Kastel, U.S. gangster
• "The Dapper Don" — John Gotti, U.S. mobster
• "The Dark Strangler" - Earl Nelson, American serial killer
• "Dasher" — Frank Abbandando, U.S. mobster and hitman
• "Il Diavolo" (Italian, "the devil") — Salvatore Cardinella, U.S. Black Hand member
• "DeadPool" — William Spaulding, U.S. Crack Kingpin
• "Dimples" — Moe Wolensky, U.S. gangster
• "Dio" — John Dioguardi, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Doc" —
  • Joseph Stacher, U.S. Jewish gangster (top lieutenant of Meyer Lansky)
  • Arthur Barker, U.S. bank robber
• "The Doctor" — Carmine Lombardozzi, U.S. mafioso
• "Doctor Death" — Jack Kevorkian, U.S. right-to-die advocate and assister of suicide; convicted of second-degree murder
• "Don Vito" – Vito Genovese, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Don Cheech" — Frank Scalise, U.S. mafioso
• "Donnie Brasco" – cover identity of Joe Pistone, FBI Special Agent
• "Donnybrook Serial Killer, The" - Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode, South African serial killer
• "Dopey" — Benny Fein, U.S. gangster
• "Dracula" or "Drac" — Joseph Guglielmo, U.S. mafioso
• "Duchess of Death" — Louise Peete, U.S. serial killer
• "Dusseldorf Vampire" (German, "Der Vampir von Düsseldorf") — Peter Kürten, German serial killer
• "Dynamite Dick" — Dan Clifton, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member

[edit] E

• "The Enforcer" — Frank Nitti, U.S. mobster

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• "Fat Man" — Joseph Magliocco, U.S. mafioso
• "Fat Tony" — Anthony Salerno, U.S. mafioso
• "Fat Vinnie" — Vince Teresa, U.S. mafioso
• "Fifi" — Fiore Buccieri, U.S. Mafia hitman
• "The Finchley Baby Farmers" — Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, British serial killers
• "Flail of the Spaniards" (French, "Fléau des Espagnois") — Jean-David Nau, French pirate
• "Flat-Nose" — George Curry, U.S. outlaw
• "The Folsom Wolf" — Greg Marlow, U.S. serial killer
• "François l'Ollonais" — Jean-David Nau, French pirate
• "Frankie Loc" — Frank Locascio, U.S. mafioso
• "Frankie Shots" — Frank Abbatemarco, U.S. mafioso
• "The Frankford Slasher" — unknown U.S. serial killer
• "The Freeway Killer" —
  • William Bonin, U.S. serial killer
  • Randy Steven Kraft, U.S. serial killer
• "Funzi" —
  • Alphonse Mosca, U.S. mafioso, Castellano bagman
  • Frank Tieri, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Fur" — James Sammons, U.S. gangster
• "Fury" — Fiore Siano, U.S. mafioso

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• "Gambit"— Preston Clayborn, U.S. Mafioso
• "The Gainesville Ripper" — Danny Rolling, U.S. serial killer
• "The Gap" – Dominick Petrelli, U.S. mafioso
• "The General" — Martin Cahill, Irish criminal
• "The Gent" — Jimmy Burke, U.S. thief
• "The Gentle Don" — Angelo Bruno, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Gentleman Jack" — Jack Diamond, U.S. gangsterand bootlegger
• "Gentleman Johnny" — Johnny Ramensky, Scottish burglar
• "Gentleman Jimmy" —Jimmy Burke, U.S. thief
• "The Gentleman Killer" (Polish, "Eleganckim mordercą") — Władysław Mazurkiewicz, Polish serial killer
• "The Gentleman Pirate" — Stede Bonnet, British pirate
• "The Giggling Granny" — Nannie Doss, serial killer
• "Globus" — Odilo Globocnik, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Gray Man" — Albert Fish, U.S. serial killer
• "The Greaser" — Joseph Rosenzweig, U.S. labor racketeer
• "Greasy Thumb" — Jake Guzik, U.S. gangster
• "The Green River Killer" — Gary Leon Ridgway, U.S. serial killer
• "The Godfather of Matamoros" — Adolfo Constanzo, Mexican serial killer
• "Golf Bag" — Sam Hunt, U.S. gangster and hitman
• "Gorilla Murderer, The" - Earl Nelson, American serial killer
• "Gurrah" — Jacob Shapiro, U.S. mobster
• "Gyp" — Angelo DeCarlo, U.S. mafioso

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• "The Handcuffman" — Robert Lee Bennett Jr., U.S. serial killer
• "Handsome Jack" — Theodore Klutas, leader of Chicago gang The College Kidnappers
• "The Hanover Vampire" (German, "Der Vampir von Hannover") — Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer
• "Happy" — Harry Maione, U.S. hitman
• "The Hawk" — Ernest Rupulo, U.S. mafioso
• "Der Henker" (German, "The Hangman") - Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Hillside Strangler" — Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, U.S. serial killer
• "High Priestess of Blood" — Magdalena Solis, Mexican serial killer
• "Hippopotamus, The" - Sergei Ryakhovsky, Russian serial killer
• "Hop Toad" — Joseph Giunta, U.S. gangster
• "Hotseattle" — Patrick Naughton, sex offender
• "The Hump" — Murray Humphreys, U.S.-Welsh gangster
• "Hymie" — Earl Weiss, U.S. gangster

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• "Iceman" — Richard Kuklinski, U.S. mobster
• "Ice Pick Willie" — Israel Alderman, U.S. mobster
• "Immortal" — Carmine Persico, U.S. mafioso
• "the Italian Meyer Lansky" — Carmine Lombardozzi, U.S. mafioso

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• "Jake" — Alfred Lingle, corrupt Chicago Tribune reporter and Mafia murder victim
• "Jambe-de-bois" (French, "Wooden-leg") — François le Clerc, French pirate
• "Jack the Hat" — Jack McVite, British gangster, associate and victim of the Kray brothers
• "Jack the Ripper" — unknown British serial killer
• "Jack the Stripper" — unknown British serial killer
• "Jake the Barber" — John Factor, U.S. gangster and bootlegger
• "Jerry" — Gennaro Angiulo, U.S. mafioso
• "Jerry Lang" — Gennaro Langella, U.S. mafioso
• "Jiggs" — Nicholas Forlano, U.S. mafioso and "shylock's shylock"
• "Jimmy the Weasel" — Aladena Fratianno, U.S. mafioso and FBI informer
• "Jimmy Blue Eyes" — Vincent Alo, U.S. mafioso
• "Jimmy Nap" — Jimmy Napoli, U.S. mafioso
• "Joe Batters" — Anthony Accardo, Chicago Mafia boss
• "Joe the Boss" — Joe Masseria, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Joe Beck" — Joe DiPalermo, U.S. mafioso
• "Joey A." — Joe Adonis, U.S. mobster
• "Joey Bananas" — Joseph Bonanno, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Joey Flowers" — Joseph Tangorra, U.S. mafioso
• "Johnness" — Dominique You, Haitian pirate
• "Johnny Boy" — John D'Amato, mafioso
• "Johnny the Fox" — Johnny Torrio, Chicago Mafia boss
• "JoJo" — Joseph Corozzo, U.S. Mafia boss
• "The Jolly Black Widow" — Nannie Doss, U.S. serial killer
• "Jolly Jane" — Jane Toppan, U.S. serial killer
• "Junior" — Carmine Persico, U.S. mafioso

[edit] K

• "The Kansas City Vampire" — Marc Sappington, U.S. serial killer
• "The Ken and Barbie Murderers" — Paul Bernardo, Canadian rapist and serial killer, with Karla Homolka, Canadian serial killer
• "Kid Blast" — Albert Gallo, U.S. mafioso (brother of "Crazy Joey" Gallo)
• "Kid Curry" or "The Kid" — Harvey Logan, U.S. outlaw
• "Kid Dropper" — Nathan Kaplan, U.S. labor racketeer
• "Kid Twist" —
  • Abe Reles, U.S. mobster and informer
  • Max Zwerbach, U.S. mobster
• "Killer" — Owney Madden, U.S. gangster
• "The Killer Clown" — John Wayne Gacy, U.S. serial killer
• "Killer from the Shadows" (French. "Tueur de l'ombre") — Marcel Barbeault, French serial killer
• "King of Wall Street" — Carmine Lombardozzi, U.S. mafioso
• "Klondike" — William O'Donnell, U.S. gangster

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• "The Lackey" — Jackie Cerone, U.S. mafioso
• "Lady Rotten" — Mary Ann Cotton, UK. serial killer
• "The Laser Man" (Swedish, Lasermannen) — John Ausonius, Swedish racist murderer and attempted serial killer
• "Last Call Killer" — Richard W. Rogers, U.S. serial killer
• "The Last Don" — Joseph Massino, U.S. mafioso
• "Lefty Guns" Benjamin Ruggiero, U.S. mafioso
• "Legs" — Jack Diamond, U.S. gangster and bootlegger
• "Lepke" — Louis Buchalter, U.S. mobster
• "Lips" — Leo Moceri, U.S. mafioso
• "Little Augie" —
  • Jacob Orgen, U.S. gangster and labor racketeer
  • Anthony Carfano, U.S. mafioso
• "Little Bill" — William F. Raidler, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Little Dick" — Richard West, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Little Farvel" — Philip Kovalick, U.S. gangster
• "The Little Man" — Meyer Lansky, U.S. Jewish gangster
• "Little New York" — Louis Campagna, U.S. Mafia enforcer
• "The Lonely Hearts Killers" — Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, U.S. serial killers
• "Longy" — Abner Zwillman, U.S. Jewish gangster
• "Lord High Executioner" — Albert Anastasia, U.S. mafioso
• "Lucky" — Charles Luciano, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Lupo the Wolf" — Ignazio Saietta, U.S. Black Hand member and hitman
• "The Lust Killer" — Jerry Brudos, U.S. serial killer and necrophiliac

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• "Ma" or "Marm" — Fredericka Mandelbaum, U.S. fence
• "Machine Gun" —
  • Jack McGurn, U.S. mobster
  • George Kelly, U.S. mobster
• "Mad Dog" — Vincent Coll, U.S. Irish gangster and hitman
• "The Mad Mick" — Vincent Coll, U.S. Irish gangster and hitman
• "The Mad Slasher" — Christian Magee, Canadian serial rapist/killer
• "The Mad Hatter" — Albert Anastasia, U.S. mobster
• "La Madrina" (Spanish, "The Godmother") — Sara Aldrete, Mexican serial killer
• "Mataviejitas" (Spanish, "Old Lady Killer") — Juana Barraza, Mexican serial killer
• "Matty the Horse" — Matthew Ianniello, U.S. mafioso
• "The Megantic Bandit" (or "The Megantic Outlaw") — Donald Morrison, Canadian folk hero
• "Metal Fang" — Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, Kazakhstani serial killer
• "Mikey Scars" — Michael DiLeonardo, U.S. mafioso and informer
• "Milwaukee Phil" — Felix Alderisio, U.S Mafia boss
• "The Molalla Forest Killer" — Dayton Leroy Rogers, U.S. serial killer
• "Momo" — Sam Giancana, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Mops" — Tony Volpe, U.S. mafioso
• "The Monster of the Andes" — Pedro Lopez, international serial killer
• "The Monster of Florence" — Pietro Pacciani, Italian serial killer
• "The Monster of the Miramichi" — Allan Legere, Canadian serial killer
• "The Moon Maniac" — Albert Fish, U.S. serial killer
• "The Moors Murderess" — Myra Hindley, UK serial killer
• "Mr. Neil" — Aniello Dellacroce, U.S. Mafia underboss
• "Ms. Crime" — Frederika Mandelbaum, U.S. fence
• "Mucko" — Michael McDermott, U.S. spree killer
• "Mutt & Jeff of Murder" — Albert Anselmi and John Scalise, Mafia hitmen

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• "Nails" — Samuel Morton, U.S. hitman
• "Nevada-tan" — Japanese schoolgirl murderer who became an internet phenomenon.
• "News" — Will Carver, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Nicky" — Leroy Barnes, U.S. black narcotics kingpin
• "Nightstalker" — Richard Ramirez, U.S. serial killer
• "The North Shore Granny Killer" — John Wayne Glover, Australian serial killer

[edit] O

• "The Oddfather" — Vincent Gigante, U.S. mafioso
• "The Olive Oil King" — Joe Profaci, U.S. mafioso
• "The Otaku Murderer" — Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer
• "Ol" — Oliver Yantis, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Oczko" Marek Krużel, Polish gangster
• The Old Man" — Vincent Papa, Major Drug Traffic Distribution Luchesse Family
• "The Ox" — Charles Reiser, U.S. mobster and safecracker

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• "Paddy Mac" — Pasquale Maccriole, U.S. mafioso
• "Pangaman" — Elias Xitavhudzi, South American serial killer
• "Papa Johnny" — Johnny Torrio, U.S. mafioso
• "Papillon" (French, "butterfly") — Henri Charrière, French safecracker and fugitive
• "The Park Maniac" (Portuguese, "Maniaco do parque") — Francisco de Assis Pereira, Brazilian serial killer
• "Pegleg" — Richard Lonergan, U.S. gangster
• "Peppy" — Joseph Genero, U.S. mafioso
• "The Phantom Sniper" — Sipho Agmatir Thwala
• "The Pied Piper of Tucson" — Charles Howard Schmid, Jr., U.S. serial killer
• "El Pirata Cofresi" (Spanish, "The Pirate Cofresi") — Roberto Cofresi, Puerto Rican pirate
• "Pittsburgh Phil" — Harry Strauss, U.S. hitman
• "The Plumber" — Sam DeCavalcante, U.S. mafioso
• "Pogo the Clown" — John Wayne Gacy, U.S. serial killer
• "Polack Joe" — Joe Saltis, U.S. gangste
• "Las Poquianchis" —ФDo not copy text from other websites without permission. It will be deleted. Delfina and Maria de Jesus Gonzales, Mexican serial killers
• "Potatoes" — Willie Daddano, U.S. mafioso
• "Pretty" — Louis Amberg, independent Jewish racketeer
• "Pretty Boy" — Charles Arthur Floyd, U.S. bank robber
• "Prime Minister" — Frank Costello, U.S. mafioso

[edit] Q

• "Queen Poisoner" — Lydia Sherman, serial killer
• "Quiet Dom" — Dominick Cirillo, U.S. Mafia boss

[edit] R

• "The Railroad Killer" — Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer[7]
• "The Rajah" — John Boysie Singh, Trinidadian pirate
• "The Recipe Card Bandit" — see "Alleged criminals", below
• "Red" —
  • George Barker, U.S. gangster
  • Sam Levine, U.S. hitman
• "Red Buck" — George Waightman, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Red Spider" — Lucian Staniak, serial killer
• "Rhondy" — Lou Rothkopf, U.S. gangster
• "Richie the Boot" — Ruggiero Boiardo, U.S. Mafia boss
• "The Rifleman" — Stephen Flemmi, U.S. mafioso
• "The Riverside Killer" — William Suff, U.S. serial killer
• "The Robin Hood of the West" – Robert LeRoy Parker, U.S. outlaw
• "Ruby" — Charles Stein, U.S. loan shark
• "The Ruhr Hunter" — Joachim Kroll, German serial killer
• "Rusty" — Phillip Rastelli, U.S. mobster

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• "Saca" — Salvatore Catalano, Sicilian drug smuggler
• "The Sacremento Vampire" — Richard Trenton Chase, U.S. serial killer
• "Sally the Sheik" — Salvatore Mussachia, U.S. mafioso
• "Sam" —
  • Salvatore Cardinella, U.S. Black Hand member
  • Sylvestro Carolla, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Sammy the Bull" — Salvatore Gravano, U.S. Mafia underboss and FBI informer
• "Samoots" — Samuzzo Amatuna, Chicago mafioso
• "Sawney" — Alexander Bean, Scottish serial killer and cannibal
• "The Scarborough Rapist" — Paul Bernardo, Canadian rapist and serial killer
• "Scarface" — Al Capone, U.S. mafioso
• "The Schemer" — Vincent Drucci, U.S. mafioso
• "The Schizophrenic Vampire" — James Riva, U.S. murderer
• "The Score-Card Killer" — Randy Kraft, U.S. serial killer
• "The Scourge" — Antonio Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
• "Sepp" — Josef Dietrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Serpent" (French: "Le Serpent") — Charles Sobhraj, French serial killer
• "The Shadow" — Ferdinand Boccia, U.S. mafioso
• "Shadows" — Louis Kravits, U.S. gangster
• "The Shoe Fetish Slayer" — Jerry Brudos, U.S. serial killer and necrophiliac
• "Shotgun" — George Ziegler (né Fred Goetz), U.S. gangster
• "Slaughter Kid" — George Newcomb , U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Slick Willie" — Willie Sutton, U.S. bank robber
• "The Snake" — Carmine Persico, U.S. mafioso
• "Snorky" — Al Capone, U.S. mafioso
• "Soapy Smith" — Jefferson Randolph Smith, infamous American nineteenth century confidence man.
• "Socks" —
  • Joseph Lanza, U.S. mafioso
  • mistaken identification of Meyer Lansky, U.S. gangster^[1]
• "Son of Sam" — David Berkowitz, U.S. serial killer
• "Sonny Black" — Dominick Napolitano, U.S. mafioso
• "Sonny Red" — Alphonse Indelicato, U.S. mafioso
• "The Southern California Strangler" —
  • Patrick Kearney, U.S. serial killer
  • Randy Steven Kraft, U.S. serial killer
• "Spike" — Edward O'Donnell, U.S. gangster
• "Spring Heeled Jack", British sexual predator (possibly an urban legend)
• "Squeaky" — Lynette Fromme, U.S. failed assassin and member of the Manson "family"
• "The Sphynx" — Betty Butler, U.S. murderer[8]
• The Stoneman, unindentified Indian serial killer(s).
• "Stupid Marty" — Martin Bryant, Australian spree killer
• "The Sundance Kid" — Harry Longabaugh, U.S. outlaw
• "The Sunset Strip Killers" — Carol M. Bundy and Douglas Clark, U.S. serial killers
• "Swango The Experimenter" — Michael Swango, U.S. serial killer

[edit] T

• "Teets" — Sam Battaglia, U.S. mafioso and narcotics kingpin
• "The Teflon Don" — John Gotti, U.S. mobster
• "The Tehran Desert Vampire" — Mohammed Bijeh, Iranian child-rapist and serial killer
• "Terrible " — Roger Touhy, U.S. bootlegger
• "The Terror of Paris" — Joseph Philipe, French serial killer
• "Thomas Ryan" — Thomas Eboli, U.S. mafioso
• "The Terminator" — Anatoly Onoprienko, Ukrainian serial killer
• "Three-Finger Brown" — Tommy Lucchese, U.S. mafioso
• "Tick-Tock" — Albert Tannenbaum, U.S. hitman
• "Todesengel" (German, "Angel of Death") — Josef Mengele, Nazi German war criminal
• "Tony Ducks" — Anthony Corallo, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Tony the Gentleman" – Anthony Genna, U.S. mafioso
• "The Torch Murderer" — Henry Colin Campbell, U.S. bigamist and murderer
• "The Torture Mother" — Gertrude Baniszewski, U.S. murderer
• "Tough Tony" — Anthony Anastasio, U.S. mafioso (brother of Albert Anastasia)
• "Trigger Mike" — Michael Coppola, U.S. Mafia capo
• "The Truro murderers" — James Miller and Christopher Worrell, Australian serial killers
• "Tulsa Jack" — William Blake, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Turk" — James Torello, U.S.. mafioso
• "Two Gun" — Louis Alterie, U.S. gangster

[edit] U

• "Unabomber" — Theodore Kaczynski, U.S. serial killer

[edit] V

• "Vacher the Ripper" — Joseph Vacher, French serial killer
• "The Valley Killer" — Richard Ramirez, U.S. serial killer, more commonly known as "The Night Stalker"
• "The Vampire of London" — John George Haigh, UK serial killer
• "The Vampire of Dusseldorf" — Peter Kürten, German serial killer
• "The Vampire Rapist" — Wayne Boden, Canadian serial killer

[edit] W

• "The Waiter" — Paul Ricca, U.S. mafioso
• "The Walk-in Killer" — Richard Ramirez, U.S. serial killer, more commonly known as "The Night Stalker"
• "The Want-ad Killer" — Harvey Carignan, serial killer
• "Wearside Jack" — John Humble, British hoaxer
• "The Weasel" — Jimmy Fratianno, U.S. mafioso and FBI informer
• "The Werewolf" — Francis Leroy, French serial killer
• "Werewolf of Châlons" — Unnamed French serial killer
• "The Werewolf of San Francisco" — William Johnson, U.S. serial killer
• "The Werewolf of Wysteria" — Albert Fish, U.S. serial killer
• "Wild Bill" — William Lovett, U.S. Irish gangster
• "Willie the Actor" — Willie Sutton, U.S. bank robber
• "Willie Potatoes" — Willie Daddano, U.S. mafioso
• "The Witch of Corregio" — Leonarda Cianciulli, Italian serial killer
• "The Wolf Man" — Michael Lupo, British serial killer
• "The Wolf of Moscow" — Vasili Komaroff, Russian serial killer

[edit] X

[edit] Y

• "The Yorkshire Ripper" — Peter Sutcliffe, British serial killer

[edit] Z

• "Zagłębie vampire" — Zdzisław Marchwicki, Polish serial killer
• "The Zodiac Killer" — unknown U.S. serial killer

[edit] Alleged criminals

The following people have been accused of or charged with criminal activity by authorities, but not convicted. They are listed here because they have been linked by authorities or the press to the nicknames. However, they are presumed innocent until lawfully convicted.

• "The Recipe Card Bandit" — Kenneth Calver, Canadian arrested for bank robbery[9]
• "Vampire Witch" — Diana Semenuha, alleged Ukrainian child abuser

[edit] Sources

• Serial Killer Nicknames
• CrimeZZZ.net Nicknames

[edit] See also

• Nickname
• List of athletes by nickname
• List of entertainers by nickname
• List of monarchs by nickname
• List of nicknames of historical personages
• List of military figures by nickname