Joe Dziemianowicz

People who can convince you to do their bidding are the stuff of nightmares — and the movies.

There are all sorts of ways masterminds of murder have manipulated their victims.

It took nearly eight years and two task forces to capture a Toronto serial killer who murdered eight men.

Sacramento serial killer Dorothea Puente’s recipes were turned into a book. Really. We took stock of them. 

Infamous New York mass murderer Joel Rifkin was caught in June 1993. Five months later, “Seinfeld” mined his crimes for material.

Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur preyed on vulnerable men in the city’s LGBTQ-friendly neighborhood, The Village.

Why didn’t police catch Toronto’s deadliest serial killer faster? Racism, some claim, may have played a role.

A young mom was gunned down as witnesses — and her 18-month-old son — looked on. Who could do that? The answer was found close to home. 

Dana Satterfield was brutally attacked and left hanging from a heater in her salon. The killer, meanwhile, hid in plain sight for years.

After finding Martre Coles' body disposed of "like trash," officials made the difficult decision not to inform his family and instead put them under surveillance.