When you bring up the name of an infamous, real life predator like Jack the Ripper, Dennis Rader or Ted Bundy in conversation with a group of strangers (which I often do as a criminologist), it is ...

Contrary to popular mythology, women certainly do commit murder in the U.S. but they do so at decidedly lower rates than men. White women have the lowest homicide offending rates of all groups.

As the notorious Gilgo Beach serial killer admitted to the torture and murders of eight women throughout Long Island, New York, this week, Rex Heuermann also made an unlikely decision that could help ...

An elusive Italian serial killer, known as The Monster of Florence, who took the lives of 16 people remains at large more than half a century after his first heinous act. This murderer, notorious for ...

He's currently housed in same facility as ex-NYPD Officer Michael Valva, convicted after letting his son Thomas freeze to ...

Aileen Wuornos was convicted in Florida of six murders committed between 1989 and 1990 — and later confessed to a seventh before she was executed by lethal injection on Oct. 9, 2002. Her story was ...

The chilling Dr Hannibal Lecter made his debut in Thomas Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon, immediately captivating readers with his disturbing presence. The character proved so mesmerising that Harris ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In real life, Tyria Moore was openly gay and she and Wuornos lived together for about four and a half years — not the brief but ...