The Zodiac Killer's first known victims were killed on Dec. 20, 1968 Nicole Briese is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Us ...

Passionate about crime solving might be an understatement to some local high school students who are putting their research ...

It may seem like serial killers strike at random – but they’re likely to attack victims who resemble their mums, a new study confirms. Experts have revealed there may be some method to the way ...

Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann admitted Wednesday that he strangled and dismembered eight sex workers then dumped their remains along desolate stretches of Long Island. The Manhattan ...

In a chilling real-life horror story, a serial killer gruesomely murdered at least three women using a powerful crossbow and a sharp knife to dismember his victims before consuming parts of them. Born ...

Jack the Ripper. “The Butcher of Plainfield.” Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. These are just five of 150 murderers featured in the sprawling new “Serial Killer: The Exhibition” at Pullman ...

Their killers made headlines, but their identities remain a mystery. Suffolk County prosecutors are asking for the public’s help to identify two women who were separately murdered by notorious local ...

The mother of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer — who killed, dismembered, and ate his victims — told a criminal psychologist that her son never tried to hurt anybody. “He killed them, but he ...

For more than a decade, the Long Island serial killer became the focus of documentaries, podcasts, books and online speculation. But inside a Riverhead courtroom this week, the case took a major turn.

Researchers at Murdoch University have developed a forensic intelligence tool which could help police link the victims of serial offenders by analyzing their facial appearance. The study, "Development ...

Rex Heuermann admitted to killing eight women in court on April 8, 2026 ...