Serial killers

07:00, 8 JUL 2026

Serial killer 'The Serpent' hid in plain sight and slaughtered hikers across the world

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, 79, allegedly slaughtered at least 20 Western backpackers who were travelling through Asia during the 1970s and 1980s

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Murderer became crime reporter after prison release – then bodies started appearing

Jack Unterweger was a convicted murderer who was released from jail after becoming a 'poet' behind bars - but the Austrian serial killer was hiding a terrifying secret

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Serial killer’s reign of terror exposed by dog entering village with severed head in jaws

A stray dog walked into a South African village with a woman's decomposing severed head in its jaws, triggering a hunt that uncovered 13 murder victims of serial killer Thozamile Taki.

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Serial killer sex worker adopted by pal 11 years older before execution

The 'Damsel of Death, Aileen Wuornos, was declared 'America's first female serial killer' before she struck up an unlikely relationship with a woman in her 40's from behind bars.

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Serial killer tied teen victims to board then tortured and raped them for days before murder

WARNING: GRAHPIC CONENT - Dean Corll lured dozens of teenage boys - with the help of two other teens - into his various properties in Texas before carrying out his heinous crimes

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Four children fed and bathed by serial killer before murders - and he's still free

A murderer known as the 'Oakland County Child Killer' stalked Michigan neighbourhoods over two freezing winters and 50 years later, no one has been brought to justice

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Twisted serial killer who ate brains of victims and dismembered them with crossbow

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Stephen Shaun Griffiths was studying serial killers for his doctorate in criminology — until he became one himself.

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DNA confirms Ted Bundy murdered Utah teen 51 years ago

Laura Ann Aime, 17, disappeared on Halloween night 1974 after leaving a party alone to walk to a nearby shop

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Twisted cannibal killer murdered and ate children - and his mum helped

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Alexander Spesivtsev and his mum Lyudmila lured children and runaways into their flat during the 1990s and killed them in unimaginable ways

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Killer realised victim was alive when he tried beheading her – then things got even darker

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: 'The Rhine-Ruhr Ripper' mutilated his victims in horrific murders during the 1990s. Despite admitting he would always remain a threat, he is scheduled for release in 2026

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Serial killer 'worse than Jack the Ripper' raped, killed and mutilated 52

Andrei Chikatilo, who was born with a severe physical defect, became a teacher before launching a brutal killing spree that spanned more than a decade and left at least 52 people dead

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Gruesome true story behind Scream with five murders and 'arranged' corpses

Danny Rolling murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida in 1990, committing horrific crimes that inspired writer Kevin Williamson to create the Scream franchise

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Night Stalker serial killer's chilling five-word reason for murder spree

Richard Ramirez boasted he could have had twice as many victims had he wanted

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Depraved man stabbed victims 77 times, tried to cut off genitals and raped them before murders

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: He raped, tortured and murdered at least 21 young boys in the span of a year in gruesome ways, before dumping their bodies by the side of the road.

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Real serial killers who inspired Silence of the Lambs villains Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill

The Silence of the Lambs was one of the most terrifying films ever made but the real-life serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill were even more chilling

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Serial killer abused and tortured children in 'manmade dungeon'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The serial killer was dubbed 'Le Monstre' due to the horrific nature of his crimes. He is known for sexually assaulting and murdering children and teenagers.

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Ted Bundy's 11 final words before his execution no one expected to hear

Ted Bundy was executed in the electric chair 37 years ago today after confessing to killing at least 30 women and girls across the US between 1974 and 1978

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Serial killer butchered victims and left only their torsos behind

The Cleveland Torso Murderer killed and dismembered more than 12 victims in the 1930s in one of history's most disturbing unsolved cases

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'Serial killer raped me and stabbed me after he murdered my boyfriend - I survived'

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Holly Dunn was 21 when she bravely survived a brutal attack by serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz that ended up claiming the life of her boyfriend.

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Evil killer says 'I hate old people' after slaughtering 10 pensioners

Juan Carlos Villa Cardona murdered 11 people, mostly elderly victims, in Colombia. He would pretend to be deaf and mute to gain their trust before killing them in a series of brutal attacks

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'I was groomed by Fred and Rose West to replace girl they abused and killed'

EXCLUSIVE: Irish woman Kathleen Richards says she was sexually abused by Fred West and groomed by him and his wife Rose at their Cromwell Street house of horrors

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Fred West's sick grooming of pregnant teen who shared his bed with wife Rose

Shirley Robinson was a teenage girl lodging with Fred and Rose West who ended up sharing a bed with them

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Sick serial killer's horror explanation for murdering 13 including two children

Herbert Mullin was a serial killer who murdered 13 people in California

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Evil preacher kept sex slaves in torture dungeon and mixed remains with dog food

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Gary Michael Heidnik lured women into his home and trapped them in his hidden dungeon, where he subjected them to a series of brutal and depraved actions over a four-month period

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