"The fact that one of Dahmer's victims escaped, made it to the police, and then was returned to Dahmer because he told them the 14-year-old was his lover and drunk." ...

The true facts behind their brutal crimes are sometimes difficult to prove and some cases remain unsolved to this day. Here ...

In this episode, we take a look at the disturbing case of John Wayne Gacy, one of America's most notorious serial killers.

(CNN) — 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 ...

The Netflix film Woman of the Hour tells the based-on-real-events story of serial murderer Rodney Alcala — better known as “The Dating Game Killer” — who appeared on the primetime game show in 1978, ...

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 ...

"Her mother couldn't read, so her older brother actually read it. He wrote to tell them that he made up his mind to eat her while he was sitting in their kitchen, enjoying strawberries and pot cheese ...

Serial murders are relatively rare. Fewer than one percent of homicides during a given year are committed by serial killers, the FBI reports. For information about rampage murders, single incidents in ...