Every Serial Killer Caught In The Past 10 Years
Serial killings make up a small percentage of the murders that happen in the U.S., but they happen every decade.
Read MoreSerial killings make up a small percentage of the murders that happen in the U.S., but they happen every decade.
By Nick Vrchoticky Read MoreSerial killers are rare, though it's hard to think of a time when they didn't exist. Just about every century has some. Here are those caught in the '00s.
By Nick Vrchoticky Read MoreSister Catherine Cesnik was a teacher in Baltimore, attempting to help students who were allegedly being abused. Her murder remains unsolved.
By Mina Nakatani Read MoreEd Gein was only convicted of one murder, but he likely had more victims than that.
By Amy Beeman Read MoreMadeleine McCann, a few days shy of her fourth birthday, vanished from her bedroom while her family visited Praia de Luz, Portugal, in May 2007.
By Emilia David Read MoreAs with most things involving the mafia, proof is hard to come by. And if you asked Gotti's lawyers, he was a plumbing contractor who earned $60,000 a year.
By Allen McDuffee Read MoreTed Bundy's arrest in Utah, however, was only the beginning. He wasn't just a terrifying murderer and master of manipulation. He was also a master of escape.
By Aimee Lamoureux Read MoreTom Horn: cowboy, Army scout, Apache translator, miner, hunter of cattle rustlers, sharpshooter, detective, and assassin-turned-wrongfully-accused murderer.
By Richard Milner Read MoreDespite a "200-strong ripper squad," the capture of Peter Sutcliffe, the man known as the Yorkshire Ripper, could effectively be chalked up to dumb luck.
By Samantha Sanders Read MoreIt turns out that what most of us have long assumed anecdotally about the connection between heat and bad behavior is now being borne out by science.
By Samantha Sanders Read MoreThe unidentified Atlantic City Serial Killer, sometimes called the Eastbound Strangler, brutally murdered four women in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 2006.
By Aimee Lamoureux Read MoreThe New York Tristate area has seen its fair share of serial killers. One of the biggest unsolved cases in the region relates to the Long Island serial killer.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreThis year will mark 14 years since the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old British girl who went missing while on vacation with her parents.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreOne of the creepiest and most famous unsolved murders in German history happened in 1922 on an isolated farmstead in Bavaria, known as Hinterkaifeck.
By Benito Cereno Read MoreGiven the long, downward trend in the numbers of working serial killers, it's likely that 2021's number is far fewer than 30, though no one knows for certain.
By Samantha Sanders Read MoreGerman authorities have a suspect in jail they believe is possibly responsible for the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreFor over 20 years, residents of Long Island, New York, have been haunted by several unsolved murders, and John Bittrolff may be involved.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreFemale assassins have made it into the history, and they each have their own tales to tell, wielding guns, blades, or poisons against high-profile targets.
By Mina Nakatani Read MoreIn 1847, the Duke of Praslin murdered his wife, and it brought down France's government the next year. This is the French murder that started a revolution.
By Noemi Arellano-Summer Read MoreEven though the serial killer is a worldwide phenomenon, there's two countries that have given birth to way more of these inexplicably fascinating criminals.
By DB Kelly Read MoreCanada's Yellowhead Highway (also called Highway 16) earned itself the moniker 'Highway of Tears,' after a series of vanishings and murders along the route.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreUnlike his relatives who also were nurses, Niels Högel would use the workplace to satisfy his curiosity about -- perhaps even thirst for -- death.
By Allen McDuffee Read MoreTwenty-three-year-old Ronnie DeFeo barged into his local bar on November 13, 1974, howling, "You got to help me! I think my mother and father are shot!"
By Richard Milner Read MoreAs is usually the case with serial killers, authorities believe the Chameleon Killer was responsible for many more murders than they were able to tie him to.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreThe Cecil Hotel has a reputation of death, including suicide, murder, and providing a place to stay for serial killers like Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreAuthorities in the town of Rostov tied Chikatilo to the killings of 43 people. He claimed to have killed more than 50, but his count could have been higher.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreBecause of his ability to change into someone else and integrate himself into people's lives, Rasmussen has gone down in history as the Chameleon Killer.
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