Serial Killers

Dana Sue Gray is a serial killer who is hard to categorize. She was a nurse, but she did not kill her patients.

The true story of Australia's worst serial killer, John Bunting, and the 11 victims he murdered with the help of James "Jamie" Vlassakis and Robert Wagner, 8 of whom were found dead near Snowtown in Adelaide, Australia.

In the United States, the serial killer has become famous. Many television shows are based around true crime. This is a college research paper explaining to you exactly what is a serial killer.

We don't usually think of women as serial killers. But of the women that are, it is those who are afflicted by Munchausen Syndrome by proxy that commit the most heinous of crimes.

Are all serial killers middle aged white guys that hate their mothers? Believe it or not, there are a lot of myths about who serial killers really are.

As one of America's most infamous serial killers, and a grandmotherly land lady, Dorothea Puente took the lives of nine people.

"The serial killer who dumped his victim's bodies in the thick brush along several miles of New York's breathtaking beachfront may have dismembered several of them, law enforcement authorities have told ABC News."

This article discusses why serial killers are attracted to a specific type of victim, also known as a prototype. It also asks why prostitutes are targeted so with a frequency so disproportionate to the general population.

This article asks the question, "Why is America so fascinated with serial killers?" Do we as a nation take pleasure in the darkness that is inherent in serial killers?

In the areas of Jones Beach State Park over 125 police expanded their search. It was then that the bones and skull had been discovered about one and a half miles apart.

When police in New York discovered the bodies of four prostitutes dumped on a secluded beach it raised speculation of a connection to a similar dumping of bodies in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Although the found remains were determined not to be those of missing Shannon Gilbert, they were found along the same highway, the Ocean Parkway on Long Island, and near where police discovered four other bodies late last year...

Each time "Red John" the serial killer from "The Mentalist" appears, more clues are brought to life. Has Patrick Jane put the clues together?

Although capital punishment is a touchy subject, there are some cases where almost everyone can agree that the death penalty was well deserved. Such is usually the case with serial killers.

In July of 2007 on a hot summer night a serial killer was arrested after he broke into a 15-year-old girl's room in Chelmsford Massachusetts in the middle of the night

Every year, Halloween brings people to so-called haunted houses and houses of horror. These relatively harmless attractions are filled with Halloween revelers wearing gore to frighten guests. Real houses of horror are something else altogether.

One of Birmingham's most horrific murders from 1977 still remains an unsolved mystery. Bodies were found, but the killer never was. This little boy from Birmingham is thought to be the fourth victim in this chain of Oakland County serial killings.

Serial murder is a phenomenon that is not isolated to the United States. Instead, it is a global problem.

A look at some of the recent serial killers and their crimes. This article includes a look at Anthony Sowell, Ronald Dominique, Robert William Pickton, Charles Cullen, Yang Xinhai and Harold Shipman.

In a case that seems to border on the macabre, the surfacing of two letters on a serial killer memorabilia website purported to have been written by Elisa Baker only adds to what appears to be a horrific and tragic incident. Zahra Baker has been...

A different kind of serial killer. A serial killer that deviates from the profile.

If you're looking for some really terrifying horror movies, you might want to check out a few horror movies based on true stories like those about serial killers on this list.

Caleb Carr writes a long book called "The Alienist" which portrays serial killers in the 1800's.

Shocking, compelling and at times deeply disturbing "Killing for Sport" is an eye opening view into the minds of serial killers.

This article examines the tactics and conditioning of troops in the U.S. military that are similar to the psychology of serial killers.

There is a thankfully rare breed of serial killer known as long distance serial killers. One such serial killer is Joseph Paul Franklin.

The release of a video of a suspected race-motivated serial killer who has been working Flint, Michigan and may have extended his reach as far as Virginia, brings to light a disturbing truth.

List of American Serial Killers.