Which countries have the most documented serial killers? The U.S. tops the ranking by a staggering margin with 3,803 identified cases.

Nearly a decade after six killings along Kansas City’s Indian Creek Trail, the accused serial killer is finally on trial.

Released a year before Freeway to far more acclaim, Seven is the quintessential serial-killer-as-mad-genius movie, and takes ...

David Fincher’s $327 million serial killer masterpiece starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman has officially found a new ...

A man dubbed the “Riverside Prostitute Killer” terrorized the California area in the late ’80s and early ’90s, picking up working girls and discarding their bodies in inhuman ways. Watch new episodes ...

Unknown Serial Killers of America explores Phillip Jablonski’s five murders and the “death list” that helped investigators ...

The first sign of evil in Gary Ridgway appeared when he was a 16-year-old boy. The dyslexic teen from Tyee High School in the US state of Washington had an IQ as low as 80. His troubled home life ...

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There are plenty of gripping serial killer films to watch if you've just seen Michael Keaton's latest movie, The Whisper Man.

The family of the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer is speaking out in a Peacock documentary that's coming to Oxygen. “After the arrest of the alleged Gilgo Beach killer, this documentary goes inside ...

Our obsession with serial killers and true crime probably has concerning implications for our collective psyche. Why are we so drawn to darkness? The same could be asked of many of the protagonists of ...

People like typologies. They simplify complex subjects and make them easier to discuss. Sometimes, a typology will seem to be the standard. Look up “types of serial killers,” and you’ll likely get the ...