Dozens of serial killers have terrorized American communities over the decades, from H. H. Holmes becoming “the Beast of Chicago” in the 19th century to “the Hillside Stranglers” inciting fear across ...

Here’s a select list of convicted American serial killers and notable open or unsolved cases. Serial murder is defined by the FBI as two or more killings separated by a span of time. Serial murders ...

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 ...

A cold case has been solved 51 years later and it revealed one of the world's most prolific serial killers was behind the murder of a teenage girl. Laura Ann Aime, 17, vanished after a Halloween party ...

Serial killers don't come around often, but when they do, they disrupt communities. Their crimes and the effects they have on survivors and locals can alter a neighborhood for generations to come. For ...

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 ...

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 ...

For 40 years, John and David Logan, two brothers with careers in the US military, never spoke of their sister, Suzie. Her brutal murder left their parents so grief-stricken that Suzie’s name became ...

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 ...

There is a popularly held myth that serial killers are all men. This notion is not true, but it's understandable why many people would hold this erroneous belief. As late as 1998, a highly regarded ...

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." ...