It seems obvious that anyone who willfully and repeatedly commits murder is a psychopath: remorseless, egotistical, manipulative, and cruel. Think of Ted Bundy, Dennis Rader, or John Wayne Gacy.

Michael Hristov, recently killed by Louisville police, had a "fascination" with serial killers. Who were Kentucky's actual serial killers?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new Netflix docuseries Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers, which premiered Thursday, reexamines the story of Aileen Wuornos, ...

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 Buried in the ...

From Jack the Ripper to John Wayne Gacy to Aileen Wuornos, the horrific legacies of serial killers have managed to both appall and intrigue, as people attempt to explore and understand the darkest ...

If Damien McDaniel is convicted of the 18 murders with which he is charged, he would become the most prolific known killer in Alabama’s history. If he is convicted of just two of those 18 killings, he ...

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 ...

Criminologist Dr. Scott Bonn will bring his 90-minute show on the psychology of serial killers to The Stanley Hotel in Estes ...