Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser's 'Murderland' delves into the lead-crime theory behind the proliferation of serial killers from the Pacific Northwest.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Penguin Press Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers, by Caroline Fraser, Penguin Press, 480 pages, $32 The ...

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 ...

Over the centuries, there have been hundreds of documented cases of serial murder around the world, but the term “serial killer” is relatively new. Up until the 1970s in the U.S., serial killers were ...

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Investigation Discovery’s latest true crime documentary, The Serial Killer’s Apprentice, dives deep into one of America’s most disturbing cases — the crimes of the Candyman Killer in 1970s Houston.

San Francisco police released a new sketch Wednesday depicting what a serial killer who targeted gay men in the 1970s might look like now in hopes of getting a break in the cold case. Known as the ...

Serial killers became scarily common between the 1970s and the early 00s, in what’s known as the golden age of serial murder. From twisted killer Dennis Nilsen, notorious for stuffing body parts down ...

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers, by Caroline Fraser, Penguin Press, 480 pages, $32 The Pacific Northwest produced an appalling roster of serial killers in the 1970s and ...