Serial Killers

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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In his youth, Walter Ellis was prone to fits of physical violence. But as he grew older, he took on ...

Mon, 29 Jun

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Growing up in the California town of Solvang, Thor Nis Christiansen was the quiet son of Danish immi...

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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He endured extreme childhood abuse, served in the Marines, and was eventually diagnosed with schizop...

Mon, 22 Jun

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He spent his life trying to escape jails, mental hospitals, and his urge to kill. From 1961 to 1982,...

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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Sent to a reform school for the remainder of his childhood, Jesse Pomeroy, and his distraught mother...

Mon, 15 Jun

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Born in 1859 with a cleft palate, Jesse Pomeroy's father looked upon his son as weak, and brutally a...

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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He claimed to be Sweden's first serial killer. Throughout the 1990s, Sture Bergwall made shocking co...

Mon, 08 Jun

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Growing up as one of the few black kids in Warwick, Rhode Island was not easy. By the time Craig Pri...

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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In 1942, Marcel Petiot's fake escape network, Fly-Tox, was operating at full steam. He took his vict...

Mon, 01 Jun

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Since childhood, Marcel Petiot flaunted a disregard for the rules. As a doctor, he used his charm an...

Thu, 28 May 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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His first murder in 1944 had gone exactly as planned: the body had dissolved in acid, and he was sur...

Mon, 25 May

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Born in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century, John George Haigh rebelled against ...

Thu, 21 May 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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As his living conditions deteriorated in the late 2000's, so did Anthony Sowell’s state of mind. I...

Mon, 18 May

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Plagued by addiction, Anthony Sowell killed 11 women between May 2007 and September of 2009. As his ...

Thu, 14 May 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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By 1984, after a lifetime spent breaking the law and facing few consequences, John Edward Robinson h...

Mon, 11 May

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As a child growing up in Illinois in the 1940s and ‘50s, John Edward Robinson was obsessed with fi...

Thu, 07 May 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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In the late 1960s, Donald Henry Gaskins found himself consumed by a ravenous rage. He began stalking...

Mon, 04 May

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Between 1953 and 1982, Donald Henry “Pee Wee” Gaskins murdered at least 14 people, and claimed t...

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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In 1989, Danny Rolling had already gotten away with a shocking triple murder. As he tried to stay ah...

Mon, 27 Apr

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It's likely that an abusive, loveless upbringing in the 1960s and ‘70s shaped Danny Rolling’s tr...

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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We are thrilled to bring you a brand new episode of Serial Killers today and for the foreseeable fut...

Mon, 20 Apr

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We are thrilled to bring you a brand new episode of Serial Killers today and for the foreseeable fut...

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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By the 1990s, he had spent twenty years murdering dozens of women across the United States. Decades ...

Mon, 06 Apr

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In 2018, he was serving a life sentence for the murders of three women in California—when he confe...

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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After a 7-month hiatus between 1918 and 1919, the Axeman jumped back into his killing spree. City of...

Mon, 30 Mar

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While the U.S. was wrapped up in the final days of World War I, New Orleans was facing an enemy righ...

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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As Joseph James DeAngelo's crimes escalated from robbery to murder during the 1980s, he terrified th...

Mon, 16 Mar

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His crimes earned him the moniker of the “Visalia Ransacker” and the “East Area Rapist.” But...

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 07:01:00 -0000

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He was a freight hopper who rode the rails of the western United States for over a decade. Robert Jo...

Mon, 09 Mar

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In the mid-1980s, serial killer Henry Lee Lucas confessed to nearly 600 murders. While most of those...

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 08:01:00 -0000

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In many ways, Jerry Brudos wasn't in it for the kill—he was in it for the body. Between 1968 and 1...

Mon, 02 Mar

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He developed an obsession with women's clothing from a young age—a fetish which would eventually t...

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 08:01:00 -0000

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Following the string of brutal murders throughout the 1960s, the masked man known as the Zodiac Kill...

Mon, 24 Feb

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In the summer of 1969, newspapers in San Francisco began receiving coded letters from a man who woul...

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 08:01:00 -0000

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Between 1891 and 1895, H.H. Holmes embarked on a vicious killing spree across the United States, ter...

Mon, 17 Feb

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He was the master of the infamous “Murder Mansion,” and often cited as America’s first serial ...

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:01:00 -0000

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In 1974, Ted Bundy embarked on a murderous roadtrip across America committing dozens of murders from...

Mon, 10 Feb

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He’s one of the most notorious serial killers of the 20th century, murdering dozens of young women...

Mon, 03 Feb

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In the late 1800s, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was the go-to doctor for Chicago's Red Light District. The...

Mon, 27 Jan

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In 1984, Bobby Joe Long terrorized Tampa—sexually assaulting and murdering women with alarming fre...

Mon, 20 Jan

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Bobby Joe Long was responsible for the murder of at least 9 Tampa women. Born in 1953, his early lif...

Mon, 13 Jan

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From 1926-1928, Earle Nelson would roam across North America strangling unsuspecting land ladies. By...

Mon, 06 Jan

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Reputed to have abnormally long arms and unusually large hands, Earle Leonard Nelson roamed the Unit...

Mon, 23 Dec

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While on probation after an early release from prison in March of 1990, Jeffrey Dahmer continued his...

Mon, 23 Dec

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It was a murderous rampage that could have possibly been prevented. Although Jeffrey Dahmer failed n...

Mon, 23 Dec

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He was one of the most infamous serial killers of the 20th century, murdering 17 young men between 1...

Mon, 16 Dec

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At least 10 people lost their lives at the hands of David Joseph Carpenter between 1979 and 1981. Hi...

Mon, 09 Dec

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Archibald Hall carried out his murderous rampage across the U.K. in 1977 and 1978, killing five peop...

Mon, 02 Dec

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Obsessed with breaking into the upper crust of society, Archibald Hall would go to any lengths to do...

Mon, 25 Nov

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On Christmas Eve 1885, Austin, Texas was again the site of multiple, grisly slayings. Only this time...

Mon, 18 Nov

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In 1884, Austin, Texas was shaken to its core when one of America's first serial killers committed a...

Mon, 11 Nov

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Between 2007 and 2016, Elizabeth Wettlaufer killed elderly residents of the long-term care home wher...

Mon, 04 Nov

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Born in Canada in 1967, Elizabeth Wettlaufer struggled to accept her sexuality due to her deeply rel...

Mon, 28 Oct

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In early 1994, Dana Sue Gray went on a month-long rampage that claimed the lives of several elderly ...

Mon, 21 Oct

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Growing up in Southern California in the 50s and 60s, Dana Sue Gray developed a troubling childhood ...

Mon, 14 Oct

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1977 proved to be a turning point for 27-year-old Richard Chase. Killing dogs and rabbits for their ...

Mon, 07 Oct

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He was a strange child—messy, disorganized and prone to random outbursts. As Richard Chase neared ...

Mon, 30 Sep

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In 1946, British ex-pilot Neville Heath had lost everything. His wife left him and he had been dismi...

Mon, 23 Sep

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Born on June 6th, 1917, Neville Heath would grow up to be one of the most devious killers England ha...

Mon, 16 Sep

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In the early 1970s, Jack Unterweger was sentenced to an Austrian prison for life after he murdered a...

Mon, 09 Sep

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In the early 1970s, Jack Unterweger was sentenced to an Austrian prison for life after he murdered a...

Mon, 02 Sep

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With the start of the 1980s, British serial killer Dennis Nilsen was just hitting his stride. His tw...

Mon, 26 Aug

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A hot meal, a stiff drink, or simple companionship. These are the tools Dennis Nilsen would use to l...

Mon, 19 Aug

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Five years into her killing spree, a team of financial detectives started to catch wind of Anna Mari...

Mon, 12 Aug

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In 1932, at the age of 26, Anna Marie Hahn came up with a morbid get rich quick scheme...murder. The...

Mon, 05 Aug

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By 1986, David Parker Ray was 46 years old, and had been abducting, raping, torturing, and killing w...

Mon, 29 Jul

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Born on November 1st, 1939, David Parker Ray would grow up to be one of the most sadistic serial kil...

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0000

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Following the string of brutal murders throughout the 1960s, the masked man known as the Zodiac Kill...

Mon, 22 Jul

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In the summer of 1969, newspapers in Northern California began receiving coded letters from a person...

Mon, 15 Jul

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At first, many gay men in 1970s San Francisco were dazzled by a handsome young artist who drew their...

Mon, 08 Jul

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Ronald Dominique didn't feel any remorse as he dumped his twenty-third victim in the Louisiana swamp...

Mon, 01 Jul

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He never caught a break growing up. He was mercilessly bullied, and no romantic prospects ever gave ...

Mon, 24 Jun

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Just before he strangled a victim, Joel Rifkin could hear laughter ringing in his ears. The sounds o...

Mon, 17 Jun

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When relentless high school bullies started dunking Joel’s head in urine-filled toilets, and throw...

Mon, 10 Jun

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In the early 90s, vulnerable women around Vancouver were disappearing at an alarming rate, but the a...

Mon, 03 Jun

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This Canadian grew up on a pig farm in the 1970s, so slaughtering livestock became second nature. Hi...

Mon, 27 May

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After his candy store closed in 1968, Dean Corll needed a new way to bring in young victims from the...

Mon, 20 May

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In 1962 he took over the family candy shop outside of Houston and was only too happy to give away tr...

Mon, 13 May

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After successfully murdering four women in Eastern Michigan without a whiff of suspicion in 1969, Jo...

Mon, 06 May

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By 1967, he seemed to be a well-adjusted college student in Ann Arbor, Michigan. But the real reason...

Mon, 29 Apr

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By 1996, he settled down in a small village in Ukraine with his girlfriend, and was a loving father-...

Mon, 22 Apr

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He wanted to be remembered. He had spent a life cast aside and forgotten by his parents, siblings an...

Mon, 15 Apr

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Eliot Ness went to the grave in 1957 without ever convicting the Cleveland Torso Murderer. Decades l...

Mon, 08 Apr

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When a torso washed up on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in 1937, the police initially assumed a cr...

Mon, 01 Apr

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In early 2009, when Christine Ross set out on her morning walk in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the last ...

Mon, 25 Mar

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In this special crossover episode with Sami from Female Criminals, we find out that Amelia Dyer’s ...

Mon, 18 Mar

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Cunning, smart, ruthless, Amelia Dyer began a baby-farming business in 19th century England. Poverty...

Mon, 11 Mar

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It seemed as though no one would be able to save Sanford from his uncle. Sanford had lived with him ...

Mon, 04 Mar

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This Serial Killers and Hostage crossover covers Gordon Stewart Northcott, who held his nephew capti...

Mon, 25 Feb

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In 1996, he was honorably discharged from active duty in the U.S. Army. Yates would resume serving h...

Mon, 18 Feb

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He lived a seemingly normal life. A father of five children and army veteran, Robert Lee Yates, was ...

Mon, 11 Feb

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Sent to his first mental institution at the age of 17, Fritz Haarmann had a troubled childhood full ...

Mon, 04 Feb

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He didn't just love to kill his victims; Fritz Haarmann liked to bite into their Adam's apples and t...

Mon, 28 Jan

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After suffering multiple miscarriages, she begins to see her children less as a blessing and more of...

Mon, 21 Jan

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She was determined to pull herself out of poverty, but the path towards financial freedom meant murd...

Mon, 14 Jan

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In the summer of 2005, innocent people were being gunned down in the streets of Phoenix, Arizona wit...

Mon, 07 Jan

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In an instant, Dale Hauser's family was gone. He was left broken, isolated, and enraged. In 2005, hi...

Mon, 31 Dec

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Working as a photographer, he obsessively documented his crimes. Naso’s journals included more tha...

Mon, 17 Dec

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A routine home inspection in 2010 uncovers heinous crimes committed by Joseph Naso. Dating back to t...

Mon, 10 Dec

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Many of the details surrounding the murder of 16 women in Long Island remain a mystery, the only con...