Serial killer who 'bathed in blood 650 women' may have been a secret hero

One historian is argues that the 'Bloody Countess' accused of being the most prolific female serial killer was innocent ...
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Ripley's Museum has a serial killer's preserved head

If you're curious about the morbid genre of things found in museums, the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum has the preserved head of a killer from 1931. Peter Kürten committed a series of horrible ...
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Narcissism and its role in sexually motivated serial killers

Researchers at the University of Bamberg have traced a darkly intricate form of narcissism in sexually motivated male serial killers, reporting that many offenders combine brittle sensitivity with a ...
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Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers: why female murderers are so rare – and the reasons they're likely to snap

Serial killer shows, like Monster: The Ed Gein Story and the equally as disturbing The Serpentabout Charles Sobhraj, have never been more popular – and most of these stories focus on disturbed men ...
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Stream it or skip it: ‘Strange Harvest’ on Hulu, a gimmicky horror mockumentary aping true crime serial killer fodder

Strange Harvest (now streaming on Hulu) may be the first mockumentary to truly embrace the style and format of the modern true crime doc. Writer/director Stuart Ortiz, one half of the Vicious Brothers ...