Every horror fan knows the story of Michael Myers, the boy who murdered his sister on Halloween and came back years later to wreak havoc on his home town. Everyone knows The Demogorgon from Stranger Things Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare On Elm Street, and Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But there are also a ton of killers in hit horror/survival game Dead By Daylight that fans don't know.

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Every character in Dead By Daylight has a backstory that explains where they came from before the Entity dragged them to its world. The survivors are each unique, but so are the killers. The killers from Dead By Daylight are scary for a reason, and that is due to how fleshed out they really are. Without further ado, here are the 10 best killer backstories from Dead By Daylight.

10 The Wraith

The Wraith, Philip Ojomo, is a killer many new plays use to test out the role of a killer in the game. The Wraith has a pretty dark backstory, one that would make anyone feel bad for him. He worked as a mechanic and worked the car crusher at Autohaven Wreckers. Unbeknownst to him, the owners of the business were insanely corrupt and put living bodies into each car Philip was crushing. Infuriated, Philip snaps. He murders his boss, pulling his skull and spine from his body, which becomes the main weapon of the Wraith, just as the black fog circled around him.

9 The Hag

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The Hag, Lisa Sherwood, grew up in a small village where the elders were kind and kept old traditions alive, using charms and magic to protect themselves and keep the peace. One day, during a horrible and muddy storm, Lisa stumbled as her head landed on a rock. As Lisa was fading in and out of consciousness, she saw a few dark figures approach her. These figures were cannibals and they kidnapped her away from the village. She was imprisoned and forced to watch as the cannibals ate other prisoners in front of her. Lisa eventually breaks free and kills all the cannibals. The villagers eventually go looking for Lisa and only find all the corpses with the charms and hexes drawn in blood all over the room.

8 The Nurse

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After her husband passes away in a work-related accident, Sally Smithson is desperate to find a job to support herself. She doesn't find many opportunities for herself since she didn't go to school and has relied on her husband for most of her life. She lands a job as a nurse during the night-shift at a decrepit insane asylum.

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After years of being exposed to verbal and physical abuse by the insane, Sally snapped. She, too, slowly began to lose her mind. One day, the day shifters came in and found a large number of patients and overnight staff dead and strangled. Sally was the only one alive.

7 The Huntress

the huntress from dead by daylight

Raised in the Northern Woods by her mother alone, Anna learned from a young age how to endure. She learned how to hunt and survive on her own, and after her mother died in a hunting accident, Anna lost her mind. The longer she lived in the woods alone, the more in touch with the wild she became, and slowly her humanity slipped away all together. Her hunting started off as small animals but slowly escalated to the point that animals were not enough for her. She wanted to hunt people.

6 The Oni

the oni from dead by daylight

Kazan Yamaoka was of a family enriched with samurai blood, which had become a dying breed as farmers often taking up the culture themselves. Infuriated by the imposters, Kazan took his fathers blade and killed any faux samurai he could find. Eventually, he was titled Oni-Yamaoka by a noble lord. Kazan hated this name and murdered anyone who dared call him that. His bloodlust was so powerful, that he killed his own father without even realizing it. Driven even further away from sanity, Kazan stayed on his blood hunt for the lord who created the nickname. Once he found him, Kazan ripped his tongue out.

5 The Plague

Adiris had been searching for a sign her entire life from the gods and, after the priests of Babylon fell to the plague, she had found it. She discovered a statue of a beautiful priestess and decided to take on that role and personify the statue.

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With love and care, she gained new followers. These followers believed her to be the new High Priestess of Babylon sent by the gods. But soon, Adiris became infected as well, her beauty being consumed by the plague. The Plague is one of the only killers to have not killed anyone or harbor ill will in their backstory.

4 The Clown

The Clown's story starts off like any other slasher killer (and real serial killer) seems to start out, by having an affixation on killing small animals. Soon, small birds and squirrels proved not to be enough. Kenneth Chase, now going by Jeffrey Hawk ran away to a circus and tried to right himself. After indulging in drinking and drugs, he decided he missed his old hobby of collecting. He adorned the Clown costume and got to kidnapping circus goers and collecting only the best fingers for his collection.

3 The Doctor

The Doctor, also known as Herman Carter, is the typical tale of the crazed doctor conducting electroshock therapy and human experiments. He worked for the CIA, who had turned a blind eye to his methods. He was skilled in getting information out of the spies imprisoned at the institute, but no one ever dared questioned his tactic. That is, until more than just the prisoners were his victims.

2 The Spirit

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The story of the Spirit is a sad tale. Rin Yamaoka, a college student, also took up a job working in order to help her parents pay bills at home. After 22 long years working for the same company, devoting his time and health, Rin's father begged his company for a promotion, vacation, anything, to which they ruthlessly declined and fired him. Rin's father snapped, murdering Rin's mother and then setting his sights on her. He sliced her away with a katana as she dragged herself through glass to escape. In her final moment, Rin swore revenge for herself and her mother's death at the hands of her demented father.

1 The Ghost Face

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The story of Ghost Face in Dead By Daylight is not who or what you would expect. Danny Johnson is a new face behind the ghostly mask that fans of the Scream franchise has never seen before. Danny loves to stalk and hunt his prey before making his big move and does this time and time again as he spreads his name across the United States and the fear of Ghost Face in his wake. The killer takes a selfie with his victims once he is done with them.

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