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Jeff Mudgett learned the shocking truth at a family dinner: His great-great-grandfather was H.H. Holmes, the infamous con man and serial killer who operated a so-called “Murder Castle” during the 1893 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A former police officer who authorities suspect was an elusive serial killer who committed at least 12 homicides, 45 rapes and dozens of burglaries across California in the 1970s ...

From an illuminating docuseries about the Night Stalker to the riveting crimes on 'You,' Netflix offers murder-based content rooted in fact and fiction.

Former German hospital nurse Niels Hoegel has claimed to have killed around 100 of his patients with drug overdoses, which would make him one of the world's most prolific serial killers in recent ...

IRISH people’s fascination with true crime shows no signs of letting up, with huge numbers flocking to a Dublin exhibition about mass murderers. Mind Of A Serial Killer, at the RDS, gives an ...

Texas is a state known for its Wild West history — for the outlaws, the criminals and the bandits. People like Sam Bass, the legendary train robber and John Wesley Hardin, notorious gunfighter, are ...

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 ...

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Caroline Fraser, the author of “Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in ...

The murder of O'Jays member Frankie Little Jr. has been a cold case for more than 50 years. Now, a retired journalist believes he may have found the culprit ...