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 ...

With how fascinated Americans are with serial killers, you’d think that the worst of the worst come from the United States. However, that country doesn’t even make the top ten. Chances are, you’ve ...

The Missoula Mauler. The Serial Killer Clown. The Giggling Granny. The BTK Killer. These names may send chills through anyone familiar with America’s true crime history. Each bizarre alias belonging ...

Editor’s Note, 01/30/2025: This list 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 ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

Many outrageous and twisted true crime stories are linked to Palm Beach County but what about the worst of the worst — serial killers? This type of killer, defined by the FBI as a person who kills at ...

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 ...