Inside Ted Bundy's Escapes From Police Custody
Ted 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.
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.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreDespite innovative forensic technology that has closed mysterious chapters of once unexplainable crimes, every year thousands of cold cases go unsolved.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreThanks to DNA analysis and genetic genealogy, unsolved murders and cold cases have a new chance at being put to the test and to rest.
By Mina Nakatani Read MoreAuthorities would arrest Terry Rasmussen under his many false names for over 40 years. His arrests included crimes such as child abandonment and child abuse.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreChristman Genipperteinga was a German man of questionable fact who reportedly killed an unthinkable number of people before he was brought to justice.
By DB Kelly Read MoreThings escalated and a shot rang out. Hawkins had been hit. The crowd dispersed. Sixteen-year-old Yusuf Hawkins was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
By Samantha Sanders Read MoreIn the 1990 classic crime film Goodfellas, Henry Hill's life story is told from the perspective of a former Lucchese crime associate turned FBI informant.
By Branden C. Potter Read More