Dozens of serial killers have terrorized American communities over the decades, from H. H. Holmes becoming “the Beast of Chicago” in the 19th century to “the Hillside Stranglers” inciting fear across ...

The disturbing psychology behind some of history’s most notorious killers is being revisited as investigators and experts ...

When most people think of serial killers, infamous male names like Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer come to mind. However, history is also filled with women who committed shocking acts of violence, often ...

Some of the most fascinating serial killer performances were born in twisted TV shows that enthralled audiences.

A new exhibition in Atlanta will allow true crime aficionados to be up close and personal with some of the world’s most notorious serial killers. Serial Killer: The Exhibition traces the evolution of ...

”The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer and Paris on the Eve of WWII,” By Mark Braude. Publisher: Grand Central, 415 pages. $27. One half of “The Typewriter ...

ODESSA, Texas -- Convicted murder and former boxer Samuel Little has confessed to killing 90 people since the 1970s. If the number of killings Little claims to have committed proves true, it would ...

A New England serial killer has been unmasked — but he doesn’t appear to be connected to rampant rumors in the region sparked by the discovery of over a dozen bodies. Kevin Lino, 38, was charged in ...

In January 1991, drifter Aileen “Lee” Wuornos, the 34-year-old suspect recently arrested for a string of murders along highways in central Florida, was heard on a taped phone call from jail as she ...

Obviously, The X-Files is a show filled with fictional serial killers guaranteed to make your skin crawl. But one forgotten ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: March 13, 2017 ...