British Serial Killers Trivia Quiz

Answer: Myra Hindley

Brady and Hindly were a team of serial killers who targeted children between the ages of 10 and 17. The murders were called the Moors murders because four of the five victims were buried on the North side of the A635 over Saddleworth Moor, between Oldham (then in Lancashire) and the Wessenden Road junction to Meltham (then in the West Riding of Yorkshire).

The murders caused an outrage at the time and Brady and Hindly were generally known as the most hated couple in the UK.

Answer: Harold Shipman

Harold Frederick "Fred" Shipman, born on 14 January 1946, was an English doctor who became the most prolific serial killer in British history. Shipman committed 236 known murders, but many feel that the dastardly doctor killed many more.

On 31 January 2000, a jury of Shipman's peers found the doctor guilty of 15 murders. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a recommendation that he not be released. Two years later the Home Secretary confirmed the life tariff. Shipman committed suicide in prison in 2004.

Answer: Rose West

Rose West was convicted of the murders of ten women and girls, including her daughters and stepdaughter at her home in Gloucester. Her husband, Fred West, committed suicide in jail before he could go to trial for a total of twelve murders.

Rose West's trial judge had originally recommended that she serve a minimum of 25 years, however, she was sentenced with a whole life tariff.

Following the Lord Chief Justice's ruling in November 2002, West has the possibility of an early release if the parole board decides she no longer presents a danger to the public.

Police believe the Wests many have murdered as many as 30 people.

Answer: Archibald Hall or Roy Fontaine

Archibald Hall, also known as Roy Fontaine, murdered people while working for members of British aristocracy as a butler. Hall was a Glaswegian thief and conman, with many convictions before he committed his first murder. Hall's first murder victim was an ex-cellmate who he shot and buried after having an argument over stolen jewelry, which was taken from Hall's employer.

Hall moved to London where he began working for an ex-MP and his wife. Hall, along with his accomplice Michael Kitto, killed and buried them after their late night plan to rob the couple was interrupted.

Hall and Kitto then killed a female acquaintance and dumped her body in a nearby barn, after she refused to let the pair destroy a fur coat, which was incriminating evidence.

Hall, along with Kitto, then decided to kill his half brother, who was a convicted child molester, because his brother was asking too many questions and Hall felt that his brother had figured out what he was up to. Hall originally wanted to bury his brother's body, and decided to take the corpse with him to Scotland, with the intention of burying his brother on the way; however, when the weather turned nasty, Hall and Kitto stopped at a motel for the night and were caught when the hotelier, concerned that two suspicious looking guests many not pay their bill, called the police. They found the body of Hall's brother in the car boot, and Hall later showed the police the three burial sites of his previous victims.

Hall received four life sentences, with a recommendation that he never be freed. Kitto received three life sentences.

Answer: Cromwell

The house in Cromwell Road is almost has famous as its previous dwellers, Fred and Rose West. Some say that the house was haunted. (In the meantime the house has been completely demolished).

Answer: 13

Peter Sutcliffe, also known as The Yorkshire Ripper, murdered 13 women and severely attacked seven others between 1975 and 1980. The Ripper committed the bulk of his crimes across West Yorkshire and committed two murders in Greater Manchester.

Sutcliffe was caught while sitting in his car with a prostitute, and potential victim, in Sheffield, and made a full confession to the police. Sutcliffe flapped his gums, even though he was only arrested for false license plates.

Sutcliffe pleaded guilty to manslaughter; however, he was convicted of 13 murders and was originally sentenced to a 30-year minimum by his trial judge, but later the government gave him a whole life tariff. The Ripper was remanded to a high security mental hospital after being declared criminally insane.

Answer: 2002

In August 2002, Ian Huntley murdered two ten-year old girls, Holly Wells and Jessical Chapman, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. The Soham Murders was a high profile case because the killer was a local school caretaker.

Answer: Donald Neilson

Donald Neilson was nicknamed "The Black Panther" because of his habit of wearing all black clothes. He killed three postmasters during robberies in different areas of the country. He came to the media's attention when he abducted a 17-year old heiress from her Shropshire home. The heiress was later found dead after several unfortunate coincidences and police mistakes. Neilson also shot a security guard, who died over a year later from his injuries.

The trial judge recommended that Neilson only be released from prison when he is of great age or infirmity. Neilson was given a 30-year minimum. In 2002, the Home Secretary increased Neilson's 30-year minimum to a whole life tariff.

Answer: Richardson

In the 1960s The Krays were bitter rival with the Richardson Gang in South London, England. The Richardsons were known for vicious murders

Answer: Charlie

Reginald "Reggie" Kray And Ronnie were identical twin brothers and the leaders of an organized crime family that held the attention of London's East End in the 1960s. The brothers were involved in many different areas of crime, including racketeering, arson, assaults with deadly weapons and murder. The brothers had Jack "The Hat" McVitie and George Cornell murdered.

The Krays owned a nightclub in London's West End and the club had many famous personalities appear there, such as Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. The owning of the nightclub gave a false impression of the Krays to the public.