What is Freddy Krueger's background story?

This is about the Freddy played on-screen by Robert Englund. If you are looking for an alternate version of Freddy, please check the Freddy Krueger Disambiguation. Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger is a serial killer and the main antagonist of the Nightmare on Elm Street series. read more

Freddy Krueger is a serial killer that kills bunch of kids on Elm Street, before the residents chase him and the murdered children parents burn him somewhere. read more

Freddy's back story is revealed gradually throughout the series. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the protagonists learn that Freddy's mother, Amanda Krueger, was a nun who worked in Westin Hills mental hospital caring for the inmates. read more