A list of events in 1972 related to serial killers.
January[]
- 3 — Timothy McCoy is murdered by John Wayne Gacy.
- 7 — Vladimir Belov is born.
February[]
- 4 — Vincent Hudson is born.
- 4 — Robledo Puch is apprehended.
- 15 — Peter Lundin is born.
- 18 — John Eichinger is born.
- 28 — Robert Wayne Harris is born.
- ? — Czesław Zakrzewski died.
- ? — Józef Zakrzewski died.
March[]
- 3 — Errol Lindsey (victim) is born.
- 4 — Peter Mangs is born.
- 10 — Orlando Sabino is apprehended.
April[]
- 14 — Paul Denyer is born.
- 15 — Stanislava Kupava is murdered by Gennady Mikhasevich.
- 21 — Mark Scott is murdered by Dean Corll.
- 25 — Jeannette Kamahele is allegedly murdered by the "Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Killer" (suspected victim).
May[]
- 7 — Mary Ann Pesce and Anita Mary Luchessa are murdered by Ed Kemper.
- 21 — Johnny Delome and Billy Baulch are murdered by Dean Corll.
- 22 — Irina Gaidamachuk is born.
- 31 — Lee Roy Martin died.
June[]
- 11 — Scott Brodie is born.
- 21 — Joseph Baldi is apprehended.
- 25 — Vladimir Zhukov is born.
- 26 — Yevgeny Nagorny is born.
- 27 — Larme Price is born.
- 30 — Sergei Dovzhenko is born.
July[]
- 11 — Ralph Harris is born.
August[]
- 14 — Christopher Revak is born.
September[]
- 17 — Ronald Hinton is born.
October[]
- 24 — Bryan Patrick Miller is born.
November[]
December[]
- 3 — Alexander Artyomov is born.
- 5 — Farit Gabidullin and Timur Gabidullin are born.
- 8 — Billy Chemirmir is born.
- 8 — Dmitry Golubev is born.
- 20 — Alexey Ryzhkov is born.
Unknown[]
- ? — Dennis Ray Anderson is apprehended.
- ? — Alexander Artyomov is born.
- ? — Gertraud Arzberger is born.
- ? — Akhmat Azimov is born.
- ? — Mariusz B. is born.
- ? — Alexander Bagaev is born.
- ? — Nicolai Bonner is born.
- ? — Charles Eugene Burns is born.
- ? — Antonio Cabrera is apprehended.
- ? — Chan Ka-chun is born.
- ? — Chang Jen-bao is born.
- ? — Elias Chauke is born.
- ? — Ivars Grantiņš is born.
- ? — Miguel Ángel Lencina is born.
- ? — Zdzisław Marchwicki is apprehended.
- ? — Alexander Maslich is born.
- ? — Carolyn McCrary is apprehended.
- ? — Sherman McCrary is apprehended.
- ? — Sylvester Mofokeng is born.
- ? — Bilal Musa is born.
- ? — Oh Yi-gyun is born.
- ? — Sergey Pugachev is born.
- ? — Joaquin Rams is born.
- ? — Ginger Taylor is apprehended.
- ? — Raymond Carl Taylor is apprehended.
- ? — Sergio Truglio is born.
- ? — Sjonny W. is born.
- ? — Johan Williams is born.
- ? — Adam Zakrzewski died.
- ? — Nikolai Zorin is born.