Comics and serial killer characters weirdly go hand in hand. Almost every hero has one such villain that they’ve faced off with, and in some cases, deal with regularly as one of their main antagonists ...

From Hannibal Lecter to Harry Powell, serial killers are some of the most fascinating characters ever put on film. Here are EW's 30 favorite movies about the monsters in our midst.

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 ...

ATLANTA — Most fans of true crime have a fascination with arguably the most heinous kind of criminal: serial killers. Now on display in Atlanta are belongings from some of the most prolific, popular ...

Jack the Ripper. “The Butcher of Plainfield.” Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. These are just five of 150 murderers featured in the sprawling new “Serial Killer: The Exhibition” at Pullman ...

Nature can be surprisingly brutal. Some predators employ hunting methods so unsettling they rival human stories of our most disturbing serial killers. Of course, these creatures are neither evil nor ...

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Serial violence remains one of the most misunderstood categories of criminal behavior. How does someone commit repeated acts of extreme harm and still move through daily life without detection for ...

A Long Island architect who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer has been sentenced to to life in prison without parole.

A stray dog walked into a South African village with a woman's decomposing severed head in its jaws, triggering a hunt that ...