Serial Killers
The Tragic Story Behind the Netherlands’ Most Prolific Female Serial Killer
Maria “Goeie Mie” Swanenburg poisoned at least 65 neighbours. Her story is about poverty as much as it is murder.
He Was an Ex-FBI Serial Killer Profiler. Then His Lies Caught Up With Him.
True crime author Paul Harrison claimed he'd interviewed the world's most infamous murderers – only to be exposed as a fraud and scammer.
I Spent Years Getting to Know a Teenage Serial Killer
Lee Malvo was 17 when he helped commit the DC sniper attacks. "I, Sniper" documentary maker Mary-Jane Mitchell describes how she got access to him.
I Struck Up a Friendship with the Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen. Then I Edited His Memoirs.
Initially banned for publication, the book spans the murderer's childhood, career and killings. Here's how it was put together.
What We Get Wrong About Serial Killers, According to an Expert
Dorothy Otnow Lewis's research into murderous urges is featured in 'Crazy, Not Insane,' a new HBO documentary from Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney.
How Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos Became a Cult Hero
To her fans, Wuornos's story offers a powerful example of a survivor who defies the respectability politics of victimhood.
Why This Baker Turned Chernobyl and the Oklahoma City Bombing Into Cakes
Paige Heimark is a 'disaster artist' who uses cake to underscore how we consume trauma.
Director Joe Berlinger Won’t Stop Talking About Ted Bundy
The ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ director says he made it for his daughters’ generation after learning they didn’t know the infamous killer.
Family and Friends of Bruce McArthur's Victims Recount How Their Murders Have Devastated Them
“This is a homophobic serial killing,” the sister of Selim Esen, one of the victims, told a Toronto court.
We Don’t Need Any More Stories About Ted Bundy
By making Bundy a subject of movies, songs, TV shows, and podcasts, we’re giving a narcissist exactly what he always wanted—attention.
Serial Killer Bruce McArthur Pleads Guilty to Eight Counts of Murder
The former landscaper was accused of preying on men with ties to Toronto’s Gay Village.
Ted Bundy Tells His Own Horrific Story in Netflix's New True Crime Doc
Joe Berlinger's 'Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes' shows us the man behind the monster.