To his friends and neighbors, John Wayne Gacy was a friendly contractor and part-time clown. But behind the smile was a prolific serial killer who murdered at least 33 young men and teen boys. Using ...

In a 1991 taped call from jail, Aileen Wuornos told girlfriend Tyria Moore she would confess “to keep [her] from getting in trouble" The Netflix documentary Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers — ...

MGM+'s new The Hillside Strangler documentary series dives into the case of the serial killers who terrorized LA.

Eric McCormack and his son, Finnigan McCormack, play a "creepy" serial killer in the season 2 premiere of 'The Hunting Party' ...

The 1965 murder of 18-year-old nursing student Alys Eberhardt was finally solved this week, New Jersey police announced ...

Your parents might have told you that monsters don't exist, but serial killers sure do. These real-life monsters prey on all ...

Richard Cottingham, who is serving life in prison for multiple killings, admitted he murdered a nurse in 1965.

Before anyone realized that Ted Bundy would be among America’s most notorious serial killers, he was arrested in Utah in 1975 for suspected burglary. When it was clear that he’d allegedly attempted to ...

This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer and one of America’s most prolific convicted serial killers, is receiving end-of-life care in a Washington ...

Aileen Wuornos wasn’t actually “America’s first female serial killer.” Wuornos’ crimes defied typical female killer patterns, sparking public fascination and a trial that cemented her femme fatale ...

Police in New Jersey announced Tuesday that Richard Cottingham, known as the “Torso Killer," admitted killing Alys Eberhardt ...

A man known in New Jersey as the "Torso Killer" has admitted to the 1965 murder of 18-year-old Alys Eberhardt in Fair Lawn, ...