Thug Behram, of the Indian Thuggee cult, was said to be the world's most prolific serial killer. He is said to have murdered 931 victims by strangulation by means of a ceremonial cloth, used by his cult between 1790-1830. Thuggee (or tuggee) (from the Sanskrit root sthag (PÄli, thak), to conceal, mainly applied to fraudulent concealment) was an Indian cult, operating from the 13th to the 19th centuries, worshipping Kali whose members were known as Thugs. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
It is believed that the Thuggee cult may have been responsible for 2,000,000 deaths. Thuggee (or tuggee) (from the Sanskrit root sthag (PÄli, thak), to conceal, mainly applied to fraudulent concealment) was an Indian cult, operating from the 13th to the 19th centuries, worshipping Kali whose members were known as Thugs. ...
ThugBehram (or Buhram), of the cult in India known as the Thuggee cult, is deemed as the worlds most prolific serial killer.
It was later said that Behram was merely present during the 931 murders as he was the leader of the Thuggee cult.
Behrams statements have never been verified and Thug never went to trial for any of the murders due to the fact of having turned Kings Evidence and agreed to inform on his companions.
ThugBehram, a gang leader of the Indian Thuggee cult of assassins, has frequently been said to be the world's most prolific serial killer.
According to numerous sources, he was believed to have murdered 931 victims by strangulation by means of a ceremonial cloth (or rumal, which in Hindi means handkerchief), used by his cult between 1790 and 1830, thus holding the record for the most murders directly committed by a single person in history.
In total, the Thugs as a whole were responsible for approximately 2 million deaths according to Guinness.
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