Serial Killers have been around in soap operas for decades. Some characters are considered former or "reformed" villains.
- For a complete list of villains, see the following link, Villains.
Gallery of serial killers in their heyday[]
List of Serial Killers[]
Serial killer monikers are in bold.
- Kevin O'Connor - [1985-86] (deceased)
- 3 kills as the Laurelton Murderer
- Cesar Faison - [1990–92, 1999–2000, 2012–14, 2018] (deceased)
- Unknown # of kills as the Director of DVX
- Dr. Ryan Chamberlain [1992-95, 2018-23] (deceased)
- 17 kills
- Greg Cooper - [1997-98, 1999, 2000] (deceased)
- 3 kills as the General Homicide Killer
- Stephen Clay - [2001-03, 2013] (deceased)
- Unknown # of kills as Vampire Caleb Morley
- Joshua Temple - [2002-03] (deceased)
- 1 known kill as The Vampire King
- Mary Bishop [2004] (deceased)
- 2 kills
- Diego Alcazar - [2004-08] (deceased)
- 4 kills as The Text Message Killer
- Franco Baldwin - [2009-2013] (deceased)
- Unknown # of kills as Franco / CO77X
- Paul Hornsby - [2015-16] (incarcerated)
- 5 kills as Angel of Mercy Killer
- Heather Grant - [2022-present] (incarcerated)
- 5 kills as The Hook Killer