Serial Killers

Journalist Maury Terry was convinced that convicted serial killer David Berkowitz was part of a Satanic cabal that together carried out the infamous murders in NYC attributed to a singular "Son of Sam."

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

Dorothea Puente’s “Murder House” in Sacramento attracts visitors to this day, thanks to its eccentric appearance and the macabre stories surrounding the property.

These women earned nicknames like “Granny Ripper” and “Death House Landlady” thanks to their shockingly gruesome crimes.

Serial killer Dorothea Puente targeted sick and elderly people for financial gain. 

For years, men were going missing from Toronto's LGBTQ enclave. The culprit turned out to be a genial landscaper who would moonlight as a mall Santa.

Jeffrey Rignall was lured into John Wayne Gacy's car, chloroformed and then brutally raped and beaten. When police downplayed the attack, he decided to conduct his own search for his attacker.

Charles Sobhraj, whose 1970s killing spree largely targeting tourists in Asia is depicted in "The Serpent," escaped prison at least four times, but he's currently safely behind bars in Nepal.

Several serial killers wouldn’t leave the scene of the crime without taking something — be it a body part or a piece of jewelry — from the victim.

“The man I knew could be good and decent,” Dennis Rader's daughter once said of her infamous father, often known as the "BTK" killer. “That’s why I have to hold on to the belief that he truly did love us."