One of the UK's most famous and feared serial killers, Dennis Nilsen, formed an unusual friendship in the last years of his life. After reading a true crime book that had been recommended to her by a ...

Alexander Pichushkin was sentenced to life in prison in Moscow in 2007 for 48 murders, most between 2002 and 2006. Aged 33 at his trial, Pichushkin said he wanted to kill one person for each of the 64 ...

New York's most prolific known serial killer offered some theories about the identity of the state's most recent serial killer today, as news broke that the culprit had reportedly confessed to the ...

Every week, it seems, we hear about older unsolved cases being linked to serial killers. This week, a story came out of Britain that suggests that Suzanne Lawrence, 14, might have been killed by a ...

Editor’s Note, 01/06/2026: This article was originally published in 2016. It has been revised and updated to include more current information. Serial killers continue to capture the attention of ...

Ex-Russian policeman Mikhail Popkov, found guilty Monday of 56 murders while already in jail for 22, is one of the most prolific serial killers of recent times. Here is a recap of some of the others, ...

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 ...