Serial Killer

Little is the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history after confessing to strangling at least 93 people between 1970 and 2005, mainly women.

Rowling's latest novel under the "Robert Galbraith" name features a male serial killer who wears a dress to kill his female victims. Amidst all the controversy surrounding Rowling's comments about trans-people, actor Robbie Coltrane has come to her defense.

The "Ghost Adventures" host purchased paintings and other items that once belonged to the killer from his stepdaughter.

One television show ties the two together.

After searching the property of a man believed to have murdered his girlfriend, Thai police have announced the discovery of bones they think belong to other victims, raising the possibility of him being a serial killer.

"I felt like speaking out because women's lives are still secondary to men, and somewhat expendable."

From investigators who formed friendships with Lucas to the killer's conversion to Christianity, the story is different from any previous true-crime documentary.

The killer was once sentenced to death, but that's not how he died.

It focuses on a series of unnerving questions, like would someone lie about killing hundreds of people?

The announcement comes after their relationship was dramatized in Netflix's film 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.'

The three-bedroom home is in a northern suburb of Chicago.

Little has confessed to 93 killings—50 of which have been confirmed; all of which have been deemed credible by crime analysts—across 37 cities in 29 states between 1970 and 2005.

Holmes erected the three-story hotel in Chicago just a few years before the World's Fair and offered rooms to women looking for jobs, according to the Crime Museum. Every patron who stayed in his hotel was required to have a life insurance policy.

"Season one, which I'm very familiar with, probably gets 80 percent of the cases pretty solid."

The horrific murder of an infant in Season 2 was based on a true crime. But was it tied to the family of an FBI profiler?

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Bowles appeared on "America's Most Wanted" multiple times and made the FBI's Most Wanted List just days before being brought in for questioning.

There's no confirmation that the series will have another season.

BTK was active for almost 20 years and wasn't caught until 2005.

There's no confirmation that Tabram was one of the serial killer's victims.

"We weren't aware of their status, of them being wanted," said tribal councilor Nathan Neckoway. Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, are wanted in conjunction with the murders of three people in British Columbia.

Dahmer did a number of ghastly things to his victims, including boiling the skin off of their decapitated heads.

Three victims have been found partially clothed in vacant buildings and in various stages of decomposition.

The FBI believes Little, 78, is among the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. Now, he is drawing portraits of his victims from a Texas prison.

McArthur, a former mall Santa, is accused of preying on men in the vicinity of Toronto's Gay Village since 2010.

Cops have provided the public with an updated age progression image based on their original 1975 sketch.

Psychologists studied over 2,000 people to understand sadistic aggression, which they believe plays a critical role in real-world violent acts such as school shootings and terrorism.

If convicted of the deaths Niels Högel would become "one of Germany's worst post-war serial killers."

Mohammed Imran, 24, was brought to justice after the murder of Zainab Ansari in January sparked multiple protests and riots.

Authorities have arrested a Texas border patrol agent who has been accused of killing four women.