In fiction, the serial killer is a tempting trope because if the story slows, the writer can just drop another body to create more fear and suspicion in the mind of the reader.

A new book by a Penn State faculty member examines the differences between male and female serial killers, what motivates women to kill and why they often get away with it.

In her new book Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser maps the rise of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest to the ...

We’re exploring the psychology behind serial killers after we highlighted a series of cold cases detectives believe may be connected.

Glenn Howerton addresses the ongoing 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' fan theory about Dennis Reynolds being a serial killer ...

Burgess’s role in the evolution of criminal profiling and its application to several serial killer investigations are detailed in the new book, A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest ...

"Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod" by Casey Sherman (Sourcebooks) True crime is all the rage these days. Books, movies, documentaries, streaming series, podcasts - even ...

Michael Bay Goes Inside the 'Twisted Mind' of Cannibalistic Serial Killer Hadden Clark with New ID Docuseries The director opens up to PEOPLE about the conversations he had with Clark, who was ...

The Best Books About Serial Killers, Real and Imagined We've compiled a list of some of the best true crime and top thriller novels featuring repeat predators of every stripe in narratives that ...