Here is a recap of some of the others, starting with two more serial killers from Russia. Alexander Pichushkin was sentenced to life in prison in Moscow in 2007 for 48 murders, most between 2002 and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ivan Milat is regarded as Australia's most notorious serial killer, now a new inquiry could link him to 58 unsolved missing persons cases.

Tucked in among the shops, restaurants and other businesses along the tree-lined Broadway Street in Myrtle Beach is a unique ...