The Bizarre True Story Of The Convicted Serial Killer Who May Be Innocent After All
Folbigg said her children died of natural causes -- by sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), epilepsy, and cardiac arrest. The courts did not believe her.
Read MoreFolbigg said her children died of natural causes -- by sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), epilepsy, and cardiac arrest. The courts did not believe her.
Read MoreAileen Wuornos confessed to shooting seven men to death in five Florida counties. Her reason, she said, was that her victims either raped or tried to rape her.
Read MoreDespite the fact that he claimed the lives of six young girls between April 1971 and October 1972, the Freeway Phantom's identity remains a mystery.
Read MoreHe was known as "The Butcher of Rostov" and "The Rostov Ripper." That's because the police had no leads. But Andrei Chikatilo was operating in plain sight.
Read MoreIt's often said that war is hell, and it turns out that it provides the perfect cover for doing something just as awful -- committing serial murders.
Read MoreAileen Wuornos shattered the myth that serial killers can only be men. This is the true story of female serial killer Aileen Wuornos.
Read MoreSerial killings make up a small percentage of the murders that happen in the U.S., but they happen every decade.
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.
Read MoreThe unidentified Atlantic City Serial Killer, sometimes called the Eastbound Strangler, brutally murdered four women in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 2006.
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.
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.
Read MoreUnlike his relatives who also were nurses, Niels Högel would use the workplace to satisfy his curiosity about -- perhaps even thirst for -- death.
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.
Read MoreChristman Genipperteinga was a German man of questionable fact who reportedly killed an unthinkable number of people before he was brought to justice.
Read MoreThe mystery of the bodies found around Gilgo Beach continues to haunt Long Island. What's the real reason the Long Island serial killer murders remain unsolved?
Read MoreConvicted three times for murder, Rodney Alcala gained notoriety with an appearance on The Dating Game. He's thought to have murdered over 100 people.
Read MoreCurrie had come from a difficult background, and her upbringing appeared to set the stage for the kinds of situations she would either find or put herself in.
Read MoreSerial killings had to have started somewhere — they weren't birthed by some mystical demon. This is a very human problem that started somewhere in our history, and the earliest known serial killer may have been the child butcher Gilles de Rais. Was this man history's first recorded serial killer?
Read MoreOne of the strangest incidents to occur during the band's long career occurred in the early 1980s, when an unexpected connection between the band and a notorious L. A. County serial killer put the band on the front pages for all the wrong reasons, and led to them being tarred as devil worshipers.
Read MoreKarla Homolka was born on May 4, 1970, in Canada. She appeared to have a regular childhood, living at home with her parents and her younger sisters in Ontario. But her life would take a dark turn.
Read MoreAfter two years of letters and in-person visits with "Son of Sam" David Berkowitz, it became abundantly clear to author and criminologist Dr. Scott Bonn that Berkowitz "relished his evil celebrity status and that he enjoyed terrorizing the city of New York ...
Read MoreBelieve it or not, John Wayne Gacy had children!!! There may be nothing more terrifying than your dad being one of those killer clowns. What happened to them?
Read MoreAndrew Cunanan's childhood reads like a California dream come true. But even though he had the life equivalent of a royal flush, Cunanan wasn't satisfied with the hand he was dealt.
Read MoreWhen it comes to acts of unspeakable evil, common knowledge goes that serial killers are either Machiavellian geniuses or an intellectually-stunted oddballs. Think of Jigsaw or Leatherface. However, as is often the case with attempts to assign unflappable truths, this is an oversimplification.
Read MoreEven though they don't seem to get as much media attention the men, the world is full of bloodthirsty women.
Read MoreOne might ask the eminently Google-able "yes or no" question, "Is the Co-Ed Killer Ed Kemper still alive?" The answer was yes, and as of this writing it still is. The end. Well, it's not really the end until Kemper dies, though one might argue that a fundamental part of him died decades ago.
Read MoreSo you're done with the second season of Mindhunter and you need a little bit more of that sweet old fashioned television psychopathy in your life. Don't fret. The world of digital streaming is downright bubbling with freaks, monsters, and recreational cannibals for your viewing pleasure.
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