John Nichols and Sam Russell

John Nichols and Sam Russell were a pair of serial killers who appeared in The Black Queen.

History
See the John Nichols and Sam Russell articles

Modus Operandi
Nichols and Russell targeted prostitutes, whom they would call over before incapacitating them by drugging them with a drink. Then, they would kill them by either stabbing them or strangling them, depending on who killed them. Judging by the crime scene photos, they would then dispose of their bodies by dumping them in alleyways.

Real-Life Comparison
Nichols and Russell seem somewhat similar to Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, a.k.a. "The Hillside Stranglers", in the sense that both pairs killed their victims together, but one member of each pair also murdered victims alone: Nichols killed three women in response to Russell's impending execution, while Bianchi killed two women in Bellingham, Washington, for unknown reasons.

Mutual Victims

 * 2004: Eight unnamed prostitutes

Appearances

 * Season Nine
 * The Black Queen