Though Jack the Ripper—an unidentified murderer who was active in the late 19th century—is often called the "first modern serial killer," the term “serial killer” itself was popularized in ...

After breakthrough DNA testing, descendants of Jack the Ripper's victims want Aaron Kosminski formally named as the real 19th ...

Jack the Ripper, the legendary murderer of Victorian London, might have finally be unmasked by researcher Russell Edwards.

She is widely believed to have been Britain’s first female serial killer, as well as one of the most prolific. In 19th-century Britain and North America, domestic service was an expanding area ...

After 15 years of aborted attempts to make a movie about America's first prolific serial killer, it appears Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are finally moving forward with an adaptation of Erik ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly down to play his most murderous role yet in a new movie by Martin Scorsese. Devil in the White City is a thriller following notorious real-life serial killer Henry ...

The movie will tell the horrifying true story of Dr. HH Holmes, a con man and serial killer who confessed to killing 27 people amid a litany of other crimes in Chicago in the late 19th century.

Though Jack the Ripper—an unidentified murderer who was active in the late 19th century—is often called the "first modern serial killer," the term “serial killer” itself was popularized in ...