27 h. ago DNA evidence links Colorado woman’s murder to one of state’s most ‘prolific serial killers’ 40 years later

Rhonda Marie Fisher’s murder in April 1987 in Denver, Colorado, went unsolved for nearly 40 years

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31 h. ago ‘Green River Killer’ who butchered up to 80 people is ‘near death’ in prison: report

Gary Ridgway, aka the Green River Killer, pleaded guilty in 2001 in a deal to avoid the death penalty

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3 d. ago Cannibal killer drank girlfriend's blood after killing her then roasted her brain

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Dmitry Luchin, 23, murdered his 45-year-old partner Olga Budunova roasting pieces of her brain

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4 d. 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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5 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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1 week ago Murder Inc: how my failed attempt to make a Zodiac Killer film took me to the dark heart of the true crime industry

When my quest to make a cliche-free film about one of America’s most notorious cold cases fell apart, I ended up investigating something entirely different – our own morbid curiosityIf you think true crime is inescapable when you’re browsing Netflix or making small talk with your co-workers, try working in the documentary industry. As you traipse from one commissioning meeting to the next, pitching your passion project on the history of mime or the secret life of snails, you can almost hear the words before they’re spoken: “Got any other ideas?” Preferably something with a body count.I had just begun making documentaries in 2015, when the double whammy of HBO’s The Jinx and Netflix’s Making a Murderer brought true crime back to the dead centre of popular culture. Positioned as social justice projects as much as murder mysteries, those shows seemed to herald a new beginning for the genre. Soon enough, though, they gave way to a steady stream of interchangeable offerings, many of them...

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1 week ago Horrified police asked 'where are the limbs?' after arriving at Welsh gran's home

WARNING, DISTRESSING DETAILS: June Fox-Roberts was decapitated and dismembered by a crazed killer in one of the most disturbing crimes in Welsh history

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2 w. ago Killer murdered man then ate his brain and eyeball in a cemetery

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Tyree Smith, dubbed the Connecticut Cannibal, butchered homeless man Angel Gonzalez with a hatchet and ate his brain and eyeball in 2011

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2 w. ago Florida sheriff’s office forced to deny a serial killer is on the loose after recent spate of killings: ‘these claims are FALSE’

Three women have been found dead in the area in the past few days, sparking fears that a serial killer is responsible

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2 w. ago Depraved killer who dismembered teen left chilling message for his family

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Keane Mulready-Woods was just 17 when he was tortured and killed by hitman Robbie Lawlor

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2 w. ago Killer who left victim decomposing in bathtub in north London jailed for life

The body of Marvin Dickson, 40, was found at the home of Dante Forrest, 37, in Wood Green after a neighbour reported a ‘dreadful smell’

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2 w. ago Child killers, rapists and footballers housed inside 'celebrity prison' now on Amazon Prime

Prime Video's latest true-crime series takes viewers inside one of the Americas' most notorious prisons

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2 w. ago Cannibal killer now free after killing friend and eating his eyeballs

Tyree Smith, 35, was found not guilty by reason of insanity of killing Angel 'Tun Tun' Gonzalez with a hatchet and eating parts of his body in December 2011

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3 w. ago Teenage boy arrested over alleged rape in Glasgow city centre

The lane was closed off for around eight hours on Wednesday.

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3 w. ago Serial killer murdered over 50 people and left twisted photo for victim's dad

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Robert Ben Rhoades, known as the 'Truck Stop Killer', murdered more than 50 women and girls in a horrifying campaign of torture and sexual assault

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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