More than 5,000 serial killers have been documented throughout human history, spanning a wide range of motives, behaviors and backgrounds. By studying these cases, we can gain insight into the complex ...

(CNN) -- For decades, criminologists and true crime documentaries have attempted to understand what causes serial killers to commit the atrocities they do. Dennis Rader, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey ...

Society is fascinated with the phenomenon of serial killers, with true crime shows and podcasts having surged in recent years. In 2022, Dateline NBC a popular true crime show averaged 3 million ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Despite the abhorrent atrocities they commit, many people can’t ...

For decades, criminologists and true crime documentaries have attempted to understand what causes serial killers to commit the atrocities they do. Dennis Rader, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Albert ...

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers, by Caroline Fraser, Penguin Press, 480 pages, $32 The Pacific Northwest produced an appalling roster of serial killers in the 1970s and ...

Massachusetts authorities are investigating the death of a woman found unresponsive off a bike path in Springfield on Tuesday. Springfield Police Department spokesperson Ryan Walsh said officers ...

Former homicide detective Pat Postiglione reviews portrayals of serial killers in movies and TV shows. He analyzes the psychology and methods of serial killers as seen in "Silence of the Lambs," ...

The mystery writer S.A. Cosby picks some of his favorite tales of the human monsters that wait for us in the dark. By S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby is a New York Times best-selling writer from southeastern ...