When people hear the words “serial killer,” they often picture a very specific type: male, mysterious, and probably the ...

With how fascinated Americans are with serial killers, you’d think that the worst of the worst come from the United States. However, that country doesn’t even make the top ten. Chances are, you’ve ...

For decades, Long Island was rocked by the unsolved serial murders of young women whose remains were found along the ...

Rex Heuermann, who was arrested in 2023, is expected to admit to the seven murders he’s been charged with during a court appearance next month.

Mass murder is sometimes confused with serial murder by the news media and the public in general. Such confusion is not surprising. Up until 1974, criminal justice practitioners used the term mass ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Elizabeth Arnott’s debut thriller “The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives” follows three women in 1966 L.A. who ...

James Holland, the Texas Ranger who helped crack "the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history," is breaking his silence on how he finally got the murderer to confess. Samuel Little was interviewed ...

Last April, in a one day seminar on criminal profiling, renowned forensic scientist Dr. Henry C. Lee told the audience, ““In the early days of my career, your standard serial killer was always a male ...

America harbors an enduring obsession with serial killers, a fascination that has firmly established these figures as recurring archetypes across all forms of fiction. This dark fixation originates ...

Three women survived marriages to serial killers and use their experience to catch one. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Elizabeth Arnott about her new novel, "The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives." ...