List of Character Deaths

Fairytales aren't always as pleasant as they seem, and magic always comes with a price. This is a list of character deaths within ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Season 1 - 17 deaths

 * Henry Mills (father) - heart ripped out by his daughter Regina Mills
 * Fairy Godmother - killed by Rumplestiltskin
 * Stephen - turned into a marionette with a potion from Jiminy Cricket
 * Donna - turned into a marionette with a potion from Jiminy Cricket
 * Martin - presumably from natural causes
 * Myrna - presumably from natural causes
 * James - stabbed by Behemoth
 * Graham Humbert - heart ripped out and crushed by Regina Mills
 * Zoso - stabbed to death by Rumplestiltskin
 * Hordor - neck snapped by Rumplestiltskin
 * Stealthy - shot and killed by King George's guards
 * Leopold White - poisoned by the Agrabahn Vipers, on orders from Sidney Glass
 * Gaston - turned into a rose by Rumplestiltskin
 * Siren - stabbed by David Nolan
 * Peter Smith - killed and devoured by Ruby Lucas' wolf form
 * Daniel - heart ripped out and crushed by Cora Mills
 * Morraine - presumably from natural causes
 * Maleficent - stabbed by Emma Swan, resurrected

Season 2 - 16 deaths

 * Ruth - poisoned by King George's guards
 * Lancelot - killed by Cora Mills
 * Milah Gold - heart ripped out and crushed on Rumplestiltskin
 * Quinn - shot with an arrow by Regina's guards
 * Anita Lucas - accidentally impaled by her daughter Ruby Lucas
 * Gus - murdered by King George with an axe
 * Gerhardt Frankenstein - shot and killed by graveyard sentry, resurrected
 * Alphonse Frankenstein - beaten to death by his son Gerhardt Frankenstein
 * Jack - stabbed and poisoned by Arlo
 * Arlo - stabbed and poisoned by Jack
 * Seer - drained of her powers by Rumplestiltskin
 * Eva White - poisoned by Cora Mills
 * Johanna - pushed out of a window by Cora Mills
 * Cora Mills - killed when her heart is cursed by Snow White and put back inside of her
 * Kurt Flynn - killed by Regina Mills
 * The Dragon - electrocuted to death by Tamara

Season 3 - 2 deaths

 * Owen Flynn - shadow torn out by Peter Pan's Shadow
 * Tamara - heart ripped out and crushed by Rumplestiltskin

Kill Count

 * 1) Rumplestiltskin - 7 kills
 * 2) Cora Mills - 4 kills
 * 3) Regina Mills - 3 kills
 * 4) Jiminy Cricket - 2 kills
 * 5) Ruby Lucas - 2 kills