A list of events in 1974 related to serial killers.
January[]
- 29 — Tana Smith is murdered by the "Zebra murderers".
- ? — Michaiah Shobek is apprehended.
- ? — John Doe #28 is murdered by John Wayne Gacy.
February[]
March[]
- 3 - Sean Lannon is born.
- 15 — Norman Flowers is born.
- 26 — Raymond Eugene Johnson is born.
- 30 — "Abu Tubar" is apprehended.
- ? — Leola Bryant disappeared.
April[]
- 1 — Thomas Rainwater is murdered by the "Zebra murderers".
- 1 — Linda Story is wounded by the "Zebra murderers".
- 4 — Kevin Bright is attacked by Dennis Rader.
- 4 — Kathryn Bright is murdered by Dennis Rader.
- 7 — Cimarron Bell is born.
- 9 — Alexander Pichushkin is born.
- 14 — Ward Anderson and Terry White is wounded by the "Zebra murderers".
- 16 — Nelson T. Shields IV is murdered by the "Zebra murderers".
- 16 — Thérèse Siegenthaler is murdered by Fred West.
- 16 — Mary Earline Bunch is murdered by Richard Valenti.
- 17 — Susan Elaine Rancourt is murdered by Ted Bundy.
May[]
- 3 — Daniel Camargo Barbosa is apprehended.
- 3 — Eric Matthews is born.
- 6 — Roberta Kathleen Parks is murdered by Ted Bundy.
- 12 — Tony Costa died.
- 15 — Erno Soto is apprehended.
- 16 — Themba Sukude is born.
- 27 — Brenda Joy Baker is allegedly murdered by Ted Bundy (suspected victim).
- 29 — Diane Sue Gilchrist is allegedly murdered by Warren Forrest (suspected victim).
- 31 — Brenda Ball (victim) disappeared.
- 31 — Gloria Nadine Knutson is allegedly murdered by Warren Forrest (suspected victim).
June[]
- 1 — Brenda Ball is murdered by Ted Bundy.
- 11 — Georgann Hawkins is murdered by Ted Bundy.
- 11 — Kevin Taylor is born.
July[]
- 1 — Richard Valenti is sentenced to Life imprisonment (x2).
- 15 — Cedric Marks is born.
August[]
- 3 — Mei Leung (victim) is born.
- 15 — Joël Matencio is apprehended.
September[]
- 2 — Marius Csampar is born.
- 6 — Georgann Hawkins (victim) is found.
- 12 — Calvin Jackson is apprehended.
- 24 — Harvey Carignan is apprehended.
- 25 — David Meirhofer is apprehended.
- 27 — Arthur Leigh Allen (Suspect) is apprehended for the second time.
- 29 — David Meirhofer died.
- 30 — Czesław Musiński died.
October[]
- 2 — Warren Forrest is apprehended.
- 10 — Terry Hankins is born.
- 30 — Winona Freeman died.
- ? — Edgar Antonsen is apprehended.
November[]
- 4 — Santosh Pol is born.
- 17 — Paul John Knowles is apprehended.
- 18 — Huang Yong is born.
- 27 — Kanae Kijima is born.
December[]
- 6 — Harvey Miguel Robinson is born.
- 18 — Paul John Knowles died.
- 25 — Lao Rongzhi is born.
Unknown[]
- ? — Nikolai Ageev is born.
- ? — David Avendaño Ballina is born.
- ? — Dragan Bajić is born.
- ? — David M. Bell is born.
- ? — Alexander Burdenko is born.
- ? — Simone Cassandra is born.
- ? — Nangube Charles is born.
- ? — Chen Fuzhao is born (c.).
- ? — Jessie Lee Cooks is apprehended.
- ? — Antonis Daglis is born.
- ? — Vyacheslav Demichev is apprehended.
- ? — Stacy Drake is born.
- ? — Larry Green is apprehended.
- ? — Lee Hargrave is apprehended.
- ? — Mail Malpartida Achón is born.
- ? — Oreeditse Mokoti is born.
- ? — Manuel Moore is apprehended.
- ? — Carlo Mosca is born.
- ? — Oleg Pozharsky is born.
- ? — Hernando Arturo Prada is born.
- ? — Sérgio Brasil Rolim is born.
- ? — Leonid Rubanjak is born.
- ? — J. C. X. Simon is apprehended.
- ? — Marthinus Stapelberg is born.
- ? — "John Doe #28" is murdered by John Wayne Gacy.