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Yoo Young-chul

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Yoo Young-chul (Korean: 유영철; born 18 April 1970), also known as the Raincoat Killer or Raincoat Man, is a South Korean serial killer, sex offender, and self-confessed cannibal. After he admitted to the murders of multiple people, mostly prostitutes and wealthy old couples, the Seoul Central District Court convicted him of 20 murders, although one case was dismissed when it turned out that the crime had been committed by another serial killer, Jeong Nam-gyu. Yoo burned three and mutilated at least 11 of his victims and admitted that he ate the livers of some of his victims. He committed his crimes between September 2003 and July 2004 and was apprehended on 15 July 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoo Young-chul is the 219th most popular extremist (down from 195th in 2024), the 238th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 180th in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Yoo Young-chul ranks 219 out of 283. Before him are Ahmed Jabari, Richard Speck, Luis Posada Carriles, Dick Turpin, Mary Ann Cotton, and Ernst Zündel. After him are Robert Berdella, William Bonin, Amparo Poch y Gascón, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Mikhail Popkov, and Milorad Ulemek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Yoo Young-chul ranks 128. Before him are Noureddine Naybet, Mehmet Scholl, Warwick Davis, Thomas Lennon, Sonny Anderson, and Julia Quinn. After him are Masahiro Ota, Louis Koo, Nicolas Winding Refn, Paul Potts, Shonda Rhimes, and Gabrielle Anwar.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Yoo Young-chul ranks 238 out of 1,128. Before him are Lee Wan-koo (1950), Ku Hye-sun (1984), Lee Seung-gi (1987), Park Shin-hye (1990), Park Chanyeol (1992), and Yiruma (1978). After him are Chang Taek-sang (1893), Chung Won-shik (1928), Jung Hae-in (1988), Hwang Woo-suk (1953), Yun Chi-young (1898), and Park Sung-soo (1970).

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Among EXTREMISTS In South Korea

Among extremists born in South Korea, Yoo Young-chul ranks 1. After him are Seung-Hui Cho (1984).

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