Serial Killer

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The Zodiac Killer was an unidentified serial assailant active in Northern California from December 1968 to October 1969. The killer claimed to have murdered 37 people, but polic...

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The film dramatizes the search for serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, who drew smiley faces on his letters to police. This overview explains who Jesperson was, how investigat...

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The phrase “my dad the serial killer” typically arises from true crime content in which a person discusses a family member’s conviction for multiple homicides. This evergr...

Celebrity Profiles

Aileen Wuornos was a serial killer who became known in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Born in 1956 in Florida, her childhood included reported instability and early encounters...

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Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whose crimes between 1978 and 1991 led to the deaths of 17 males, predominantly young men of color, in...

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Between 1968 and 1969, a self-styled "Zodiac Killer" terrorized Northern California with a series of attacks, killing at least five confirmed victims and injuring others. The ki...

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The Richard Ramirez house refers to the San Jose, California residence tied to the notorious Night Stalker serial killings in the mid 1980s. Ramirez lived at 1462 Ormond Street...

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Jeffrey Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, into a middle-class family. As a child, he was quiet, socially withdrawn, and fascinated with dead animals, whi...

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Richard Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker, was a serial killer active primarily in Los Angeles and San Francisco from approximately 1984 to 1985. His crimes combined burglary,...

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The Zodiac Killer was a serial attacker in Northern California in the late 1960s who taunted police and the public with coded letters. Despite extensive investigations and multi...