Our obsession with serial killers and true crime probably has concerning implications for our collective psyche. Why are we so drawn to darkness? The same could be asked of many of the protagonists of ...

“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” is likely to get people in the mood for more serial killer storytelling, and there are plenty to choose from. Ed Gein’s story inspired a number of movies, as the new ...

Oxygen's new series Death Row Confidential: Secrets of a Serial Killer examines the gripping story of convicted killer Joseph Naso, and how a fellow inmate came to connect him to many more cold cases.

The Candyman Killer‘s infamous apprentice, Elmer Wayne Henley Jr., breaks his silence for the first time in 50 years in the all-new documentary “The Serial Killer’s Apprentice,” premiering Sunday, ...

The brand new true-crime documentary The Serial Killer’s Apprentice premieres on Investigation Discovery Sunday, Aug. 17 at 9/8c. The documentary follows Dr. Katherine Ramsland, an American ...

People like typologies. They simplify complex subjects and make them easier to discuss. Sometimes, a typology will seem to be the standard. Look up “types of serial killers” and you’ll likely get the ...

In the winter of 2021, “Saturday Night Live” spoofed the true-crime industrial complex with a musical number called “Murder Show.” The sketch sends up the consumption of spectacular depravity as an ...

Read was accused of killing her boyfriend John O'Keefe in 2022. A Massachusetts jury found Karen Read not guilty of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend in 2022, nearly a year after her first ...

Editor's note: This is a summary of jury deliberations in the Karen Read trial for Monday, June 16. For the latest on the deliberations, visit USA TODAY's story for Tuesday, June 17. Jurors in Karen ...

When Ted Bundy was a child in the 1950s, he hunted for frogs in the nearby swamps in Tacoma, Washington. The young Gary Ridgway, the future Green River Killer, grew up just a short drive north. Both ...

Closing arguments were made on Friday. With the jury now deliberating, the second sensational trial of Karen Read -- accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend in 2022 -- is nearing a ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes testimony in the Karen Read trial for Monday, May 19. For the latest updates on the Karen Read retrial, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Tuesday, May 20. Every second ...