Our obsession with serial killers and true crime probably has concerning implications for our collective psyche. Why are we so drawn to darkness? The same could be asked of many of the protagonists of ...

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 ...

A "cowardly and calculated" serial rapist who drugged women and placed a hidden camera in an air freshener has been jailed. Chao Xu was caught after police became aware of a networking event he held ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach ...

Jacob Power made detailed plans matching his thoughts, which he called a 'kill list'; in particular, to break into The White Hart pub in Hamstead Marshall, and to rob, torture, and murder the ...

Elmer Wayne Henley Jr., an accomplice to Texas serial killer Dean Corll, is speaking out for the first time in 50 years in a new ID documentary titled 'The Serial Killer's Apprentice,' premiering ...

In the winter of 2021, “Saturday Night Live” spoofed the true-crime industrial complex with a musical number called “Murder Show.” The sketch sends up the consumption of spectacular depravity as an ...

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This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. As Poynter celebrates its ...