“Serial murder is neither a new phenomenon, nor is it uniquely American,” reads a public report from the FBI on the subject. “Dating back to ancient times, serial murderers have been chronicled around ...

People are evidently obsessed with dead serial killers’ and sex offenders’ personal effects. Items that once belonged to Florida’s notorious female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, are flying off ...

A death row inmate who was convicted of fatally shooting a U.S. airman and his girlfriend and later confessed to three other killings is now scheduled to die by lethal injection next month in Florida, ...

Florida authorities are pushing back on social media rumors about a “serial killer on the loose” in Jacksonville after three women were found dead in separate incidents over three days. The ...

The sentencing of the Gilgo Beach serial killer June 17 in New York brings to mind the Daytona Beach area's own links to serial killers, from Aileen Wuornos — made famous in the movie "Monster" — to ...

A recent documentary on Netflix proclaimed Aileen Wuornos the “queen” of serial killers. Wuornos fatally shot seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. She initially claimed self-defense. Later, she ...

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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 ...

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When people hear the words “serial killer,” they often picture a very specific type: male, mysterious, and probably the subject of at least three documentaries. But history—and true crime—has proven ...