Jeff Mudgett learned the shocking truth at a family dinner: His great-great-grandfather was H.H. Holmes, the infamous con man and serial killer who operated a so-called “Murder Castle” during the 1893 ...

When I was a teenager, I read a lot of serial killer literature. In the 1990s, such novels dominated the bestseller lists; you couldn’t walk into a bookstore without spying titles by Dean Koontz, ...

The Missoula Mauler. The Serial Killer Clown. The Giggling Granny. The BTK Killer. These names may send chills through anyone familiar with America’s true crime history. Each bizarre alias belonging ...

With all of the attention given to serial killers these days by the media, it is a good time to examine our curious fascination with these predators in both factual and fictional accounts of them.

If you enjoy stories about real-life serial killers, you’ve had a lot to consume on television in recent years. Monster: The Ed Gein Story has been on everyone’s lips lately. Before that, there were ...