A list of events in 1982 related to serial killers.
January[]
- 3 — Kendra Page is murdered by Raul Meza.
- 6 — James Winkles is apprehended.
- 8 — John Paul Phillips is apprehended.
- 14 — David Bullock is apprehended.
- 23 — Christopher Clements is born.
- 25 — Gustavo Adolfo Morales is born.
- 28 — Dmitry Baksheev is born.
February[]
- 1 — Tina Foglia is last seen alive.
- 3 — Tina Foglia's partial remains are found.
- 24 — Henry Brisbon is sentenced to Death.
March[]
- 8 — "Viña del Mar psychopaths" (Jorge José Sagredo and Carlos Alberto Topp Collins) are apprehended.
- 12 — Robert Hayes is born.
- 25 — Cleophus Cooksey Jr. is born.
April[]
- 12 — Ruby Burkett is murdered by Nathaniel Burkett.
- 27 — Jean McPhaul is allegedly murdered by Mike DeBardeleben (suspected victim).
- 28 — Bruce Lindahl's suspected victim, Debra Elizabeth Colliander, is found.
- 29 — Paul Hoffman is murdered by Richard Kuklinski.
- ? — Charles Rodman Campbell is apprehended.
May[]
- 8 — Bogusława Ludyga is murdered by Joachim Knychała.
- 9 — Margaret J. Miller is allegedly murdered by Lorenzo Gilyard (suspected victim).
- 15 — Lorraine Borowski is murdered by the "Ripper Crew".
- 19 — Blanca Isela Arreola Guerrero is murdered by Michael Sharp.
- 23 — Carl Watts is apprehended.
- 26 — Sue Luna is murdered by Robert Hansen.
- 29 — Shui Mak is murdered by the "Ripper Crew".
- ? — Joachim Knychała is apprehended.
June[]
- 3 — Arwed Imiela died.
- 5 — Kelly Cochran is born.
- 7 — Violette K. is attacked by Guy Georges.
- 16 — Michael Sharp is apprehended.
- 28 — Joseph Breslin died.
July[]
- 7 — Amina Agisheff is murdered by "Green River Killer" (suspected).
- 7 — Robert MacMichael is born.
- 15 — John Agrue is apprehended.
- 30 — Charles Ray Hatcher is apprehended.
August[]
- 17 — Lam Kor-wan is apprehended.
- 21 — Paul Stephani is apprehended.
- 28 — Heather Pressdee is born.
- 28 — Artyom Varushkin is born.
- 29 — Terry Milligan is murdered by "Green River Killer".
- ? — Joanna Dennehy is born.
September[]
- 20 — Debra Estes is murdered by "Green River Killer".
- 28 — Robert Stansbury is apprehended.
October[]
- 9 — Judith Neelley is apprehended.
- 10 — Johannes-Andreas Hanni is apprehended.
- 14 — Alvin Neelley is apprehended.
- 31 — Bruce Davis is apprehended.
November[]
- 5 — Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer, Andrew Kokoraleis and Thomas Kokoraleis (the "Ripper Crew") are apprehended.
- 6 — Johannes-Andreas Hanni died.
- 17 — Asher Raby is apprehended.
- 30 — Clarence McCutcheon died.
December[]
- 7 — Michael Darnell Harris is apprehended.
- 13 — Kyriakos Papachronis is apprehended.
- 24 — Colleen Brockman is murdered by "Green River Killer".
Unknown[]
- ? — Francis Alimoso is born.
- ? — Joshua Andrews is born.
- ? — Glenn Haslam Barker is apprehended.
- ? — Michel Bellen is apprehended.
- ? — Richard Delmer Boyer is apprehended.
- ? — Robert Edward Brown is apprehended.
- ? — Alexey Falkin is born.
- ? — John Gambill is apprehended.
- ? — Keith Gibson is born.
- ? — Audrey Marie Hilley is apprehended.
- ? — Genene Jones is apprehended.
- ? — Yunus Kahraman is born.
- ? — Alexander Makarkin is apprehended.
- ? — Alexander Makarkin died.
- ? — Jesse Ray Otañez is born.
- ? — Carloes Andrés Rivera is born.
- ? — Ryan Sharpe is born.
- ? — Paul Michael Stephani is apprehended.
- ? — Lisa Jane Turner is apprehended.
- ? — Fredy Armando Valencia is born.
- ? — William Wickline is apprehended.
- ? — Özkan Zengin is born.