A man once called the modern-day Jack the Ripper has admitted to the murder of another teenage girl before he went on a ...

Texarkana's Phantom Killer may be well known to students of unsolved murders, but his infamy can't compare with that of the ...

It’s a sinister form of sightseeing: visiting the sites of horrific crimes to soak in the macabre atmosphere – and perhaps ...

The mysterious case of missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh is notorious. She was supposed to meet a mysterious 'Mr Kipper' in the summer of 1986 but vanished in thin air. Now Steve Wright's former wife ...

When I went to the Ripper Conference in London in September for the 130th anniversary of the unsolved infamous crimes of 1888, I was prepared for plenty of arguments from Ripperologists about their ...

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A 'chilling' crime drama drawing inspiration from genuine serial killers is departing Netflix imminently. All four series of the British programme Whitechapel have been accessible on the platform, but ...

A 'creepy' crime drama that is inspired by real life serial killers is leaving Netflix very soon. All four seasons of the ...

You won’t find him in any history book, but he deserves some kind of recognition as the first known person to graffiti the ...

A new exhibition opening in Atlanta will allow true crime aficionados to be up close and personal with some of the world’s ...

A former police volunteer claims to have discovered the identity of the figure behind some of the most shocking crimes in British history, unmasking the 19th-century murderer who terrorised the nation ...

This 10-part drama swept the globe.