Gilles De Rais(Gilles de Montmorency-Laval) 1405-1440
Victims: 140 | Span of killings: 1431–1440 | Date apprehended:15 September 1440

In his own confession, Gilles testified that “when the said children were dead, he kissed them and those who had the most handsome limbs and heads he held up to admire them, and had their bodies cruelly cut open and took delight at the sight of their inner organs; and very often when the children were dying he sat on their stomachs and took pleasure in seeing them die and laughed”.