serial killers

As the ongoing fascination with “true crime” entertainment continues, so too does the fascination with homes where insidious events went down. The owners of a home in Westfield, New Jersey, are currently dealing with an influx of visitors after Netflix’s “The Watcher” — which chronicles a series...

Some Serial Killer Films fit or may be shoehorned into other categories like Horror or Science Fiction but imho its time for a SKF Thread. Starting with: Solace: Anthony Hopkins pays a Psychic (Joe) who used to work with the FBI but who lives a reclusive existence since the death of his...

Interesting developments with the news that Peter Tobin had a cache of women's jewellery. Some of it looks quite vintage and with the dates etc... matching up it could be that the infamous Bible John case could be cracked. That has been one that has always intrigued me, would be...

Every time I visit Chambers Steet Museum in Edinburgh , I make a point of having a look at these . They were 17 tiny coffins , each containing a small figure , and were found buried on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh back in the 1936 . If I recall correctly , thes coffins also formed part of the plot...

I was watching something on a documentary channel the other day about a clock-tower sniper and I found myself wondering whether spree/serial killing is really a modern phenomenon. The 'modern' serial killer phenomenon seems to start in the 19th century, with just a couple of famous historical...

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Nurse to be questioned on deaths of 19 patients Is this sort of thing happening more often, or are we just hearing about it more? As far as I know there are at least 2 other such cases being investigated in English hospitals right now.

EH!!? WHAT? SORRY? PARDON? From the BBC: 'The wedding between jailed serial killer Rose West and Slade bass player Dave Glover has been called off - just days after it was announced. The pair have been writing to each other for a year, but Mr Glover is reported to have pulled out because...

Is it possible that Fred West or his equally nasty brother John, had something to do with the disappearance of Suzie Lamplugh? There is a theory that Fred and John West were procurers for a high-level Satanic group. Fred West was certainly scared when he made this comment to police during an...

Islamic Serial Killer in Iran For all you fans of abnormal psychology where it becomes serial killing. Story Text PROSTITUTE KILLER HANGED IN IRAN Wednesday 17 April 2002 12:29pm Prison authorities in Iran have executed a man convicted of a series of prostitute...

I have recently finished three books by David Peace (I think they're called 1972, 1977 and 1980 - I could be wrong though I'm useless with dates !) and in them he posited the theory that there were two Yokshire Rippers. I'm sure I've seen a "fact based", True Crime book that puts forward the...

Okay, Dark Detective, but you do realise this will now be ALL my social life? Aaron Kosminski - supposedly McNaughten's favourite suspect, but losing favour these days. Kosminski was said to have threatened his sister with a knife and threatened another with a chair leg. Neither of which is...