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Fred West

1941 - 1995

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Frederick Walter Stephen West (29 September 1941 – 1 January 1995) was an English serial killer, who committed at least twelve murders between 1967 and 1987 in Gloucestershire, the majority with his second wife, Rose West. All the victims were young women. At least eight of these murders involved the Wests' sexual gratification and included rape, bondage, torture, and mutilation; the victims' dismembered bodies were typically buried in the cellar or garden of the West residence in Gloucester, which became known as the "House of Horrors". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred West has received more than 9,293,529 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred West is the 172nd most popular extremist (down from 157th in 2019), the 2,415th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,482nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Fred West ranks 172 out of 209Before him are Joseph Kony, Viktor Bout, Mary Surratt, Charles Starkweather, Luis Posada Carriles, and Yigal Amir. After him are Stanley Williams, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, John Haigh, Frank James, John Christie, and Herbert Mullin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Fred West ranks 260Before him are Margitta Gummel, Martine Beswick, Cristina Peri Rossi, Ahmed al-Mirghani, Michael Berry, and Hernando de Soto Polar. After him are Pedro Carmona, Pasqual Maragall, Wu Bangguo, Dirk Frimout, Dragoljub Ojdanić, and Alla Kushnir. Among people deceased in 1995, Fred West ranks 141Before him are Savely Kramarov, Claudio Brook, Dany Robin, Michael V. Gazzo, Alberto Burri, and Heinrich Sutermeister. After him are Masashi Watanabe, Karel Píč, Lev Polugaevsky, Jack Clayton, Georges Candilis, and Mordechai Gur.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fred West ranks 2,415 out of 7,765Before him are Philip Catherine (1942), Dorian Yates (1962), Alfred Deller (1912), William Jackson Hooker (1785), May Whitty (1865), and Dorothy Manley (1927). After him are Cynegils (575), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), John Madden (1949), Bill Ivy (1942), Blaze Bayley (1963), and Blanche of England (1392).

Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Fred West ranks 10Before him are Dennis Nilsen (1945), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), and Guy Burgess (1911). After him are John Haigh (1909), John Christie (1899), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Jonathan Wild (1683), Dick Turpin (1705), and Howard Marks (1945).