Serial killers may seem like a modern phenomenon tied to the 20th century, but history reveals that humans have been fascinated—and horrified—by repeat murderers for centuries. While recordkeeping in ...

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 ...

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 question "Are serial killers born or made?" inevitably comes up in almost any discussion of the most notorious and most barbaric serial killers in human history (that is, serial killers who not ...

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers, by Caroline Fraser, Penguin Press, 480 pages, $32 The Pacific Northwest produced an appalling roster of serial killers in the 1970s and ...

John Wayne Gacy is among the most infamous serial killers of all time, having been convicted of as many as 33 murders between 1972 and 1978. Now, a Peacock limited series, Devil in Disguise: John ...

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 ...