19 h. ago Harrowing botched gas chamber execution as killer died banging his head against steel pole

Nothing could prepare witnesses for what happened inside the old gas chamber at Mississippi State Penitentiary, with spectators being made to leave after things went wrong

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19 h. ago 'Chessboard killer' had a sinister explanation for twisted murders

Chess prodigy became one of the worst serial killers in Russia's history and told authorities he killed 'in order to live'

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19 h. ago Serial killer's botched execution as horrified onlookers had to be escorted out

Jimmy Lee Gray murdered his girlfriend and a three-year-old girl before suffering a botched gas chamber execution in Mississippi so brutal it led the state to abolish the method

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19 h. ago Inside twisted mind of the 'Chessboard Killer' who dreamed of murdering 64 people

Russian serial killer bludgeoned his victims to death and impaled their skulls with vodka bottles during a 14-year killing spree

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19 h. ago Harrowing death row execution so painful 'we wouldn't use it on animals'

Jimmy Lee Gray's botched execution saw him convulse violently and bang his head against a steel pole as witnesses were cleared from the room

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19 h. ago Chess fan's brutal technique made him one of Russia's worst serial killers

Alexander Pichushkin was a chess prodigy who had a dark desire to kill 64 people - one for each square on a chessboard

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43 h. ago Serial killer so dangerous he had to be tried in iron cage was 'modern day Jack the Ripper'

Andrei Chikatilo is remembered as one of the most prolific serial killers in history

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43 h. ago Soviet serial killer 'Butcher of Rostov' was wheeled into trial in steel cage

Andrei Chikatilo is one of the most prolific serial killers in history, but was also one of the most difficult to catch

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58 h. ago All you need to know as Jack the Ripper unmasked with new DNA breakthrough

Jack the Ripper's true identity may have finally been uncovered after genetic boffins carried out a series of DNA tests that suggest the serial killer may have been one of the prime suspects

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61 h. ago Ivan Milat was convicted of murdering seven people. Could he have killed scores more?

Retired UK detective believes family member was serial killer’s first unacknowledged victim, as NSW inquiry into unsolved murders calls for submissionsHugh Hughes, a retired UK detective with the Metropolitan police, has spent three decades travelling back and forth between his home in Wales and Canberra, trying to solve the murder of Keren Rowland, a cousin of his Australian wife, Andrea.Hughes is convinced that Rowland, who went missing from Canberra on 26 February 1971, was the first victim of the notorious serial killer Ivan Milat. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Gruesome final moments of man who choked on doughnut in front of horrified onlookers

Speed eating contests are popular and often lucrative, but they can turn out to be fatal

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67 h. ago Serial killer with horror method for killing women with same name still walking free

In 1990s Lisbon, Portugal, police were baffled when three sex workers all called Maria were killed with the same brutal pattern - and the killer was never caught

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67 h. ago 'Ripper' serial killer who disembowelled women with chilling thing in common still walks free

Three women named Maria were murdered in 1990s Lisbon by a serial killer who was never caught. All victims were sex workers in their twenties with brown hair who were strangled, disembowelled and had organs removed.

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67 h. ago Serial killer who disembowelled women with same name still free

In the 1990s, three women named Maria were killed in Lisbon in a brutal manner where their bodies were disembowelled and their organs removed. Police believe they were the work of a 'Ripper' who was never caught

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3 d. ago Quadruple murderer labelled 'jailhouse Karen' after prison bananas complaint

Bryan Kohberger, 31, was previously described as an 'incel serial killer' by an FBI investigator because he targeted women who bared similarities to those who 'scorned him'

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3 d. ago 'Rare gem' true crime drama based on Welsh serial killer is leaving Netflix

Netflix fans have just got days left to watch “one of the best crime shows” before it’s axed for good

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4 d. ago Death row inmate writhed in agony for almost an hour in botched execution

Clayton Lockett was convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping of 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman

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4 d. ago Death row inmate writhed in agony for almost an hour in 'tortured to death' execution

Clayton Lockett was subjected to a botched execution after he was convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping

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1 week ago ‘Bloodbath’ prison where Death Row executions are botched and guards live in constant fear

The notorious William C. Holman Correctional Facility was described as ‘objectively unsafe’, a place where overcrowded lags do battle in scorching kitchens to stay alive

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1 week ago How to spot a serial killer: Analysis of 45 notorious murderers uncovers 4 common traits

Psychologists have revealed how you can spot a potential serial killer - and say there are four key traits to look out for.

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