For roughly two decades, Fred and Rose West subjected an undetermined number of young women to abduction, torture, rape, and murder; many of their victims were later discovered buried within the garden, unearthed by police investigation. Wh…

It's believed that Shipman, history’s most prolific killer, was responsible for the deaths of at least 275 people, though the true number may never be confirmed. The 57-year-old physician received fifteen life sentences to be served togethe…

Jeffrey Dahmer was a homosexual who committed horrific acts, including rape, murder, and cannibalism, claiming seventeen victims. As with other notorious killers like John Wayne Gacy, he evaded detection while continuing his crimes. Like al…

For years, Myra Hindley was branded by the popular press as "the most hated woman in Britain." The crimes she and her lover, Ian Brady, perpetrated stunned the nation, quickly establishing themselves as a horrifying standard against which a…

In 2004, two Black American men—John Allen Muhammad, aged 42 and a veteran of the 1991 Gulf War, and his seventeen-year-old stepson, John Lee Malvo—were convicted as the perpetrators behind the “Washington sniper” attacks that had terrorize…

The Backpacker Killer. Ivan Milat, Australia's most prolific solo serial murderer, is currently serving a life sentence for the deaths of seven hitchhiking backpackers between 1989 and 1992. Despite his conviction, many questions linger, an…