9 h. ago We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir by Anthony Hopkins review – a legend with a temper

The Oscar-winning actor’s autobiography combines vulnerability with bloody mindedness and belligerenceIt’s the greatest entrance in movie history – and he doesn’t move a muscle.FBI rookie Clarice Starling must walk along the row of cells until she reaches Dr Lecter’s reinforced glass tank, where the man himself is simply standing, his face a living skull of satanic malice, eerily immobile in his form-fitting blue prison jumpsuit – immobile, that is, until such time as he launches himself against the glass, making that extraordinary hissing-slavering sound. A billion true-crime documentaries have since revealed that actual serial killers are very boring, with nothing like Anthony Hopkins’s screen presence. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Welsh teen charged with planning to copy crimes of Southport killer

He has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in January

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32 h. ago 'Angel of death' nurse who killed 60 babies came close to being released from prison

'Monster in scrubs' Genene Jones is one of the US's most infamous serial killers, but her crimes went unchecked for years

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32 h. ago Killer murdered pal, cut him up and fried his brain in butter with sinister explanation

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The cannibal killer butchered his friend in what he described as a 'voodoo ritual'

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42 h. ago Teens arrested over alleged plots to copy Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana's crimes

Two teen boys, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, were arrested for attempting to carry out 'copycat crimes' of Axel Rudakubana.

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43 h. ago Two teenagers arrested over alleged plans to copy Southport child killer's crimes

Two boys were arrested for attempting to carry out 'copycat crimes'

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43 h. ago Two teenagers arrested over 'plot to copy Southport child killer's crimes'

Two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, from Merseyside and South Wales, have been arrested for allegedly planning to emulate Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's horrific murders

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45 h. ago 'Gripping' true crime series about notorious Scots killer lands on Netflix

The three-part series Netflix with David Tennant playing the Scots serial killer is now streaming on Netflix

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5 d. ago Gruesome death of killer executed by firing squad after final chilling statement

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Brad Keith Sigmon was executed by firing squad after he brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend's parents

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8 d. ago Queen of the Serial Killers: How Aileen Wuornos still haunts a Florida bar as Netflix release chilling documentary

Wuornos shot and killed seven men, claiming at least one was in self-defense. A new Netflix documentary revisits her crimes through never-before-seen interviews with the serial killer, who was executed in 2002. Andrea Cavallier talks to the owner of the Florida biker bar where she drank her final beer.

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9 d. ago White House Farm killer Jeremy Bamber's guilt laid bare in tiny gesture almost everyone missed

The White House Farm murders in 1985 were a cold-blooded slaughter but one small detail gave the killer away, say experts

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9 d. ago Toolbox Killers tortured, raped and killed teen girls in horrifically brutal ways

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, known as the 'Toolbox Killers', tortured and raped teenage girls before brutally murdering them in one of the most horrific serial killing sprees

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1 week ago 'I saw Aileen Wournos 12 hours before she was executed and she finally admitted she was a serial killer': How the 46

Aileen pleaded guilty to the murders of seven men who she shot dead, claiming self defense in a case that has intrigued true crime fans for more than two decades.

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1 week ago Florida bar still haunted by Aileen Wuornos as Netflix documentary sheds new light on ‘Monster’s seven

Wuornos shot and killed seven men, claiming at least one was in self-defense. A new Netflix documentary revisits her crimes through never-before-seen interviews with the serial killer, who was executed in 2002. Andrea Cavallier talks to the owner of the Florida biker bar where she drank her final beer.

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1 week ago 'Disturbing' ITV crime drama about Scottish killer praised for 'masterclass' acting

The true crime drama was released in 2020 and has been praised for its strong acting

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1 week ago 'Utterly creepy' ITV crime drama about 'notorious killer' is unmissable

True crime fans should watch this series

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1 week ago Who is Emily Turner as Aileen Queen of the Serial Killers hits Netflix

Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers is a new Netflix true crime documentary series.

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1 week ago Evil double killer jailed for at least 42 years for murdering pregnant girlfriend who refused an abortion

Shaine March cowardly refuses to leave his cell for the sentencing hearing after murdering Alana Odysseos

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1 week ago Double killer refuses to leave cell to be sentencing for murdering pregnant girlfriend

Shaine March cowardly refuses to leave his cell for the sentencing hearing after murdering Alana Odysseos

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1 week ago Serial killer who inspired Dexter murdered own father and then cut out his heart

Pedro Rodrigues Filho, known as Pedrinho Matador, claimed to have killed more than 100 people over five decades - his story would later inspire the hit TV show Dexter

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