Serial Killers

Fabienne Witherspoon didn't know that Tommy Lynn Sells was a serial killer when she fought off his attack by stabbing him and hitting him with a ceramic duck in 1992.

After police elicited a false confession from Laverne Pavlinac for the murder of Taunja Bennett, law officials refused to believe Bennett's murder could be the work of a serial killer. It was a costly error. 

In the new Netflix series, 'Catching Killers,' investigators share how they caught one of America's most notorious serial killers. 

On the new limited season of Showtime's "Dexter," the killer has the heir to an oil fortune in his sights: an heir who was involved in a deadly boat crash with eerie similarities to the 2019 Paul Murdaugh crash that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach. 

Perez Reed has been linked to six murders and multiple attempted murders, all of which occurred over the course of just a few weeks. 

Before the premiere of “Fatal Frontier: Evil In Alaska,” learn about the "Butcher Baker" who led a deadly double life.  

Young women in shallow graves was ruthless killer David Leonard Wood's grim signature. 

Anthony Shore used homemade ligatures to murder his victims, including a 9-year-old girl.

The exact condition of Robert Durst, who was recently on a ventilator, is unclear. 

With a new season of "Dexter" set to begin streaming on 11/7, here are some true crime connections from the show's past seasons.