Britain's worst serial killer Harold Shipman, known as 'Dr Death', was convicted of murdering 15 patients and forgery in 2000 and hanged himself in prison four years later.

What did Harold Shipman say about his wife, Primrose, in these personal letters written by him in prison — just weeks before he was found hanging in his jail cell?

James Holland, the Texas Ranger who helped crack "the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history," is breaking his silence on how he finally got the murderer to confess.

There’s a theory about how New Jersey native Richard Cottingham, known as the “Torso Killer,” managed to get away with killing so many women and girls in the 1960s and ’70s. It was a different era: no ...

To his friends and neighbors, John Wayne Gacy was a friendly contractor and part-time clown. But behind the smile was a prolific serial killer who murdered at least 33 young men and teen boys. Using ...

Harold Shipman, Britain's worst serial killer, wrote a series of letters from prison including his final mention of wife ...

This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer and one of America’s most prolific convicted serial killers, is receiving end-of-life care in a Washington ...

Aileen Wuornos wasn’t actually “America’s first female serial killer.” Wuornos’ crimes defied typical female killer patterns, sparking public fascination and a trial that cemented her femme fatale ...