While stuff like Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs took varying degrees of inspiration from actual events, this list features movies that are more closely about the real life crimes and the real serial killers who perpetrated them, making them more unnerving than any work...
Specifically, stories about serial killers seem to be the biggest draw for anyone who enjoys crime-solving. There are a plethora of television shows and movies that have been made over the years surrounding this very topic. While we know these criminals are the worst of humankind, trying to p...
When he was a teenager, Lucas claimed to have been introduced to bestiality and killing animals for pleasure (zoosadism)—the latter a common trait among sociopaths, especially those who become serial killers—as well as receiving convictions for petty theft. Lucas had also damaged an eye during...
Here are the best serial killer movies you can stream now, from The Talented Mr. Ripley to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Serial killers portrayed in films have a way of getting under audiences' skin and making them feel terrified. Besides the heinous gruesome acts of murder, manipulation, and other inhuman methods of torture– there's another aspect to these film fans remember. That's the eery lines said by the...
Based on the decrease in news coverage, one might suspect that the age of the serial killer is long past. Serial killers since 2000 would seem to have become ...
Serial killers have left professionals stunned, officials disgusted, and families devastated. They can be as deadly as a war, plague or natural disaster. Given, the body counts differs drastically, but keep in mind that some 200 serial killers are in ope
Most serial killers establish patterns. They kill their victims with one single method and dispose of their bodies in the same way each time, ritualistically. This is true of Vann. He strangled his victims, sometimes with his bare hands, other times with an electrical cord or a piece ...
The woman, who only wanted to be identified as "Sandy," detailed what it was like dating the serial killer as a college student in the ‘60s. The never-before-heard account is featured in anew true-crime docuseriespremiering April 2 on Oxygen, "Violent Minds: Killers on Tape," which exp...
A closer look at the these occupations reveals a bygone era in terms of available jobs — occupations that, while once common and accessible to killers in the '60s, '70s and '80s —are now largely obsolete. The job market is changing; with that, so is the disturbing but legitimate nexus...