Fall 2014, Columbia University Journalism School
US vs. Russia Serial Killers

Photo by Ian Britton, Flickr Creative Commons
In class, we have been examining serial killer data, a spooky subject in honor of Halloween. Here are some of the graphics I made using D3.

The light orange circles represent the number of possible victims for a given serial killer. The dark orange circles represent the number of proven victims. The size of the circles represent how many victims there were for each killer.

Click on this image to see the full list of serial killers. The light gray lines represent a timescale from 1900 to 2014. The dark gray lines represent the duration of the killing spree for a particular serial killer.