H.H. Holmes is believed to be the United States’ first known serial killer. In 1886, Holmes, whose original name was Herman ...

In 1996, Jack Spillman (a k a the Werewolf Butcher) confessed to murdering three people, two of them children and one just 9 years old. His brutality was staggering, not just raping his victims but ...

Texas is a state known for its Wild West history — for the outlaws, the criminals and the bandits. People like Sam Bass, the legendary train robber and John Wesley Hardin, notorious gunfighter, are ...

When Ted Bundy was a child in the 1950s, he hunted for frogs in the nearby swamps in Tacoma, Washington. The young Gary Ridgway, the future Green River Killer, grew up just a short drive north. Both ...

BAY CITY, MI — The witching season is upon us, the days before Halloween tantalizing us into revisiting classic horror movies or reading vintage ghost stories. But for the most macabre and ...

Officials have come forward with a definitive culprit for the 1991 quadruple murder of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop, bringing closure to those affected by the 34-year-old cold case.

The last time anybody saw Charlotte Cook was January 3, 1974. That afternoon, the college student and community organizer, a young mother and widow, left her home in Oakland to visit her sister in San ...

In the winter of 2021, “Saturday Night Live” spoofed the true-crime industrial complex with a musical number called “Murder Show.” The sketch sends up the consumption of spectacular depravity as an ...

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 ...

Serial killers captivate the public’s attention. They create community turmoil as one murder unfolds into a series of murders. Infamous serial killers like “Son of Sam” David Berkowitz, “Boston ...