Aileen Wuornos is largely known through Charlize Theron’s acclaimed performance as her in the film *Monster*. Executed in 2002, she had been convicted for the murders of seven men. A struggling lesbian prostitute, she would entice clients t…

Branded the Vampire of Sacramento, Richard Trenton Chase was a disturbed and monstrous figure whose brutal slaying of men, women, and children sent shockwaves through California's state capital.

In 1958, Charles Starkweather and his young companion, Caril Ann Fugate, initiated an eight-day rampage of violence that claimed the lives of ten people and instilled widespread dread. The pair were apprehended in January of that same year,…

He stands among the most notorious serial killers in recent American history. Known widely as the Boston Strangler, De Salvo's spree of violence left at least thirteen lives lost. A man consumed by a disturbing and violent sexual compulsion…

Across the United States, Ted Bundy conducted a campaign of terror. Between 1974 and 1978, he lured a succession of beautiful, dark-haired women to their deaths. Described as handsome and charming, Ted defied the typical image of a murderer…

He became infamous as the ‘Killer Clown,’ concealing his young male victims beneath the floorboards of his seemingly ordinary suburban house. John Wayne Gacy was a monster cloaked in humanity – a respected member of his community who brutal…