A list of events in 1983 related to serial killers.
January[]
- 22 — Richard Biegenwald is apprehended.
- 27 — Eric Church is murdered by Randy Kraft.
February[]
- 9 — Dennis Nilsen is apprehended.
- 18 — Nordahl Lelandais is born.
- 21 — Jason Thomas Scott is born.
- ? — Hsu Tung-chih is apprehended.
March[]
- 15 — Thomas Bunday died.
April[]
- 8 — Gustavo Herrera is murdered by Larry Eyler.
- 8 — Lam Kor-wan is sentenced to Death.
- 9 — Tony Protopappas is apprehended.
- 10 — Gail Lynn Mathews is murdered by Gary Ridgway.
- 12 — Denis Pischikov is born.
- 13 — Joe Rapini is allegedly murdered by Mike DeBardeleben (suspected victim).
- 14 — Andrea Marion Childers is murdered by Gary Ridgway.
- 14 — Andrei Chikatilo's victim, Olga Stalmachenok, is found.
- 15 — Larry Eyler's victim, Ervin Dwayne Gibson, is found.
- 17 — Sandra Kay Gabbert and Kimi-Kai Pitsor are murdered by Gary Ridgway.
- 25 — Paula Goulding is murdered by Robert Hansen.
- 29 — Teresa Watson is murdered by Robert Hansen.
- 30 — Marie M. Malvar is murdered by Gary Ridgway.
- ? — DeLynn "Sugar" Frey is murdered by Robert Hansen.
May[]
- 2 — Regina Harrison is murdered by Jack Jones.
- 3 — Carol Ann Christensen is murdered by Gary Ridgway.
- 8 — Terry Lee Gambrel is murdered by Randy Kraft.
- 8 — Gary Ridgway's victim, Carol Ann Christensen, is found in 1983.
- 9 — Larry Eyler's victim, Daniel Scott Mcneive and Jimmy T. Roberts, are found.
- 10 — Ludivine Chambet is born.
- 12 — James Koedatich is apprehended.
- 14 — Terry Lee Gambrel is murdered by Randy Kraft.
- 14 — Randy Kraft is apprehended.
- 14 — Richard Kuklinski's victim, Daniel Deppner, is found.
- 16 — Edmund Kolanowski is apprehended.
- 18 — Richard Bruce is murdered by Larry Eyler.
- 22 — Martina Theresa Authorlee is murdered by Gary Ridgway.
- 22 — Charles Gunnar is murdered by Leonard Lake and Charles Ng.
- 22 — Juan David Ortiz is born.
- 23 — Cheryl Lee Wims is murdered by Gary Ridgway.
- 26 — Stephen Wayne Anderson is apprehended.
- 29 — John Ingram Bradenburg is murdered by Larry Eyler.
- 31 — Yvonne "Shelly" Antosh is murdered by Gary Ridgway.
June[]
- 6 — Dale Cregan is born.
- 9 — Tammie Liles is murdered by "Green River Killer".
- 11 — Henry Lee Lucas is apprehended.
- 11 — Beoria Simmons is apprehended.
- 15 — Ottis Toole is apprehended.
July[]
- 4 — John Bodkin Adams died.
- 17 — Nikolai Chigirinsky is born.
- 24 — Arthur Gary Bishop is apprehended.
- 25 — Tina Thompson is murdered by "Green River Killer".
- 26 — David Alan Gore and Fred Waterfield (the "Killing Cousins") are apprehended.
- 29 — Sek Kim Wah is apprehended.
- ? — Angela Girdner is murdered by "Green River Killer" (suspected).
August[]
- 1 — Anthony Joyner is apprehended.
- 25 — Anthony Sully died.
September[]
- 18 — "Green River Killer"'s victim, Gail Mathews is found.
- 22 — Florisvaldo de Oliveira is apprehended.
- 28 — Maureen Feeney is murdered by "Green River Killer".
October[]
- 15 — "Green River Killer"'s victim, Shelly Antosh is found.
- 27 — Robert Hansen is apprehended.
- 27 — Amos Robinson and Abron Scott are apprehended.
November[]
- 3 — Bevan von Einem is apprehended.
- 21 — Norman Bernard is apprehended.
- 26 — Charles David Shaw died.
- 27 — Rajendra Jakkal, Dilip Sutar, Shantaram Kanhoji Jagtap and Munawar Harun Shah are executed by hanging.
December[]
- 4 — William Dean Christensen is apprehended.
- 15 — "Green River Killer"'s victim, Kimi-Kai Pitsor is found.
- 25 — Toshihiko Hasegawa and Masamichi Ida are apprehended.
Unknown[]
- ? — Roscoe Artis is apprehended.
- ? — Asande Baninzi is born.
- ? — Roman Barkovsky is born.
- ? — Richard Bradley is born.
- ? — Michael Bear Carson and Suzan Bear Carson ("San Francisco Witch Killers") are apprehended.
- ? — Chen Yongfeng is born.
- ? — Vladimir Dolin is born.
- ? — Ramón Daniel Domínguez died.
- ? — Regina dos Santos is born.
- ? — Rubén Villalobos Herrera is born.
- ? — Sergey Karpov is apprehended.
- ? — Alexey Konstantinov is born.
- ? — Jean-Pierre Leymarie and Rolande Leymarie are apprehended.
- ? — Marcellus McCluster is apprehended.
- ? — Angelika O. is apprehended.
- ? — Adolfo Luis Rodríguez died.
- ? — Serhiy Steblyakov is born.
- ? — Michael Wolpert is apprehended.