56 m. ago Outlander star lands new ITV serial killer thriller as she makes huge career move

ITV's The Dark will star Laura Donnelly, who played Jenny Fraser in Outlander, Trigger Point's Mark Rowley, Helen Baxendale and Star Wars actor Emun Elliott

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28 h. ago Gilgo Beach serial killer case faces key test in use of new DNA techniques

Rex Heuermann’s lawyers argue that Astrea’s DNA methods haven't been subjected to enough scrutiny yet

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45 h. ago Sadistic crimes of the 'Brookyln Vampire': How 'Grey Man' cannibal serial killer strangled girl, 10, then wrote to her mother revealing which body parts he had cooked and eaten

He not only murdered, but mutilated and cannibalised children, leaving a trail of letters and confessions that shocked even seasoned detectives.

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3 d. ago What it's like to be the child of a serial killer: Daughter of BTK reveals how learning her 'good guy' father was a murderer made her whole life 'a lie'

Kerri Rawson, the daughter of US serial killer Dennis Rader has spoken about what it's like being the child of a murderer in an ABC 20/20 True Crime Vault podcast episode titled My Father BTK.

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3 d. ago ‘I felt like the walls were closing in. All I could see was Fred West’s face’: how one woman escaped Britain’s worst serial killers

When Kathleen Richards rented a room at 25 Cromwell Street, she quickly realised the couple who owned it had a dark side. But even after their arrest, there was something about her 15 months at the house that she could never tell anyone – until nowKathleen Richards knows how lucky she is to be alive. In 1979, she woke up in bed to find the serial killer Fred West on top of her. It was by no means the first time West had assaulted the 17-year-old, but it was the last. This time, she managed to escape from the room she was renting at 25 Cromwell Street, perhaps Britain’s most notorious address, where Fred and Rose West raped, tortured and murdered so many girls and young women. Fred West took his own life in January 1995 while on remand, charged with 12 murders. Rose West was convicted of 10 murders later that year and is serving a whole-life sentence.In her own way, Richards has also been serving a life sentence. Today, she is a youthful, likable and traumatised 65-year-old. How...

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4 d. ago Ed Gein: The next serial killer in Ryan Murphy’s Monster series inspired Psycho and Texas Chainsaw Massacre

‘Sons of Anarchy’ star Hunnam has been tapped to lead ‘Monsters: The Ed Gein Story’

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5 d. ago Hollyoaks fans 'not watching anymore' as Sienna 'murdered' by serial killer dad Jez

Sienna Blake was seen motionless in the back of a van in her dad Jez Blake's arms in recent scenes of Hollyoaks and fans have vowed to never watch again if the character has been killed off

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1 week ago A serial killer’s daughter was decapitated two decades ago. A jury found her husband not guilty for murder

Christopher Wolfenbarger was arrested in 2024 for the 1998 murder of Melissa Wolfenbarger — but was just cleared by a jury

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1 week ago ITV's new serial killer drama casts Outlander star as lead detective in 'chilling' role

Outlander star Laura Donnelly has been cast as the lead in upcoming serial killer drama The Dark, which is based on GR Halliday's novel From the Shadows.

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1 week ago How was Britain's most prolific serial killer able to 'shake hands and chat' with Princess Anne while awaiting trial for 15 murders?

A forensic psychologist traces Harold Shipman's journey from charming Princess Anne in prison to his 'arrogant' courtroom downfall.

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2 w. ago Hollyoaks spoilers confirm terrifying Sienna and Jez showdown as 30th anniversary looms

Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks is set to air a dramatic cat and mouse chase between Sienna Blake and her serial killer dad Jez Blake next week as she tries to flee the village

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2 w. ago ‘Let him die in prison’: Notorious serial killer’s accomplice in six murders is almost parole

A man who helped lure victims for the notorious Candy Man killer back in the 1970s is speaking out on a new doc for the first time about how he almost became a victim himself and how he tried to escape. A friend of one of the victims tells Andrea Cavallier why she won’t forgive

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2 w. ago Man said he wanted to be 'serial killer' and dug graves as part of plan to torture and kill pub occupants

He created a 'kill list' and had told his GP he was having thoughts about torturing and killing people

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2 w. ago Police find nine severed heads in boxes after bursting into man's home

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The remains had been kept in cool boxes by the serial killer.

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2 w. ago Police burst into man's home and discover nine severed heads in boxes

Warning: distressing content. A serial killer lured his vulnerable victims, including teenagers, to his apartment where he raped them before cutting up their bodies and storing them in coolers

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2 w. ago Lucy Letby 'has new hope' as lawyer says baby killer 'was broken' and 'hopeless'

Lucy Letby's lawyer Mark McDonald has said he is "not naive" and knows the serial baby killer is "guilty", but he is determined to free her from prison where she is currently serving 15 whole-life sentences

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2 w. ago The Candy Man Killer murdered 28 people, mainly teens lured by candy or drugs: ‘Everybody was blaming the kids for their demise’

A man who helped lure victims for the notorious Candy Man killer back in the 1970s is speaking out on a new doc for the first time about how he almost became a victim himself and how he tried to escape. A friend of one of the victims tells Andrea Cavallier why she won’t forgive

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2 w. ago How the capture of a serial killer father led to a breakthrough in his own daughter’s separate murder case

Melissa Wolfenbarger, a 21-year-old married mother-of-two, had been missing for four years before her remains were finally identified. But decades passed and the identity of her killer remained a mystery – until now. Crime Scene Investigator Sheryl ‘Mac’ McCollum tells Andrea Cavallier how her podcast, with help from experts, the media and the victim’s serial killer dad helped crack the case wide open

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2 w. ago Emmerdale's Mack actor breaks silence on 'exit' as he warns 'no one is safe'

Emmerdale star Lawrence Robb has addressed his rumoured 'exit' from the soap for the first time amid the John Sugden serial killer plot and warned that 'no one is safe'

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2 w. ago Serial mugger who became a killer at 17 when he murdered high

One of a teenage gang who murdered a high-flying city lawyer for his mobile phone in a vile crime that his fiancee said 'ripped her heart out' has a parole hearing and could be freed.

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