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

Warning: Graphic and disturbing content ahead including mentions of sexual assault, abuse, and murder. 1.Jane Toppan, born Honora Kelley, who was a nurse in Massachusetts and became one of the most ...

Contrary to popular myth, not all serial killers are white. Serial killers span all racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. The racial diversity of serial killers generally mirrors that of the overall ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Channel 5's documentary The Railroad Killer: I Escaped a Murderer, Holly revealed: "He took my belt off, pulled my hands ...

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 ...

Communities in Texas are panicking after bodies of multiple young women turned up in local bayous. With pressure on police to solve these killings building, speculation about a possible serial killer ...

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 ...

Our obsession with serial killers and true crime probably has concerning implications for our collective psyche. Why are we so drawn to darkness? The same could be asked of many of the protagonists of ...