Throughout history, some criminals have committed crimes so shocking that their names became symbols of fear. From trusted ...

Ted Bundy, John Gacy and Dennis Rader may live in infamy for their heinous crimes—but they aren’t the only serial killers to have stalked the streets claiming countless lives. New season of Unknown ...

The Missoula Mauler. The Serial Killer Clown. The Giggling Granny. The BTK Killer. These names may send chills through anyone familiar with America’s true crime history. Each bizarre alias belonging ...

It seems obvious that anyone who willfully and repeatedly commits murder is a psychopath: remorseless, egotistical, manipulative, and cruel. Think of Ted Bundy, Dennis Rader, or John Wayne Gacy.

The new Netflix docuseries Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers, which premiered Thursday, reexamines the story of Aileen Wuornos, one of America's most notorious female serial killers, more than two ...

A man dubbed the “Riverside Prostitute Killer” terrorized the California area in the late ’80s and early ’90s, picking up working girls and discarding their bodies in inhuman ways. Watch Buried in the ...

From Jack the Ripper to John Wayne Gacy to Aileen Wuornos, the horrific legacies of serial killers have managed to both appall and intrigue, as people attempt to explore and understand the darkest ...

People like typologies. They simplify complex subjects and make them easier to discuss. Sometimes, a typology will seem to be the standard. Look up “types of serial killers,” and you’ll likely get the ...

Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy and Ed Gein will appear in a Serial Killer Speakeasy event for true-crime fans.

If Damien McDaniel is convicted of the 18 murders with which he is charged, he would become the most prolific known killer in Alabama’s history. If he is convicted of just two of those 18 killings, he ...

Elizabeth Arnott’s debut thriller “The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives” follows three women in 1966 L.A. who uncover a serial killer before law enforcement. The novel grew from Arnott’s decades-old ...