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Which countries have produced the most serial killers since 1900? Explore data from Radford University and FGCU tracking global case numbers.

The new Netflix docuseries Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers, which premiered Thursday, reexamines the story of Aileen Wuornos, one of America's most notorious female serial killers, more than two ...

Rewa had his parole eligibility extended to 2029, after pleading guilty to raping a 16-year-old in 1988.

Aileen Wuornos notoriously killed seven men across central Florida between 1989 and 1990, finding herself the center of a high-profile case before she was found guilty and executed in 2002. Before ...

Researchers at the University of Bamberg have traced a darkly intricate form of narcissism in sexually motivated male serial killers, reporting that many offenders combine brittle sensitivity with a ...

In a 1991 taped call from jail, Aileen Wuornos told girlfriend Tyria Moore she would confess "to keep [her] from getting in trouble" The Netflix documentary Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers — ...

Mass murder is sometimes confused with serial murder by the news media and the public in general. Such confusion is not surprising. Up until 1974, criminal justice practitioners used the term mass ...

Hyped by the producers of Weapons comes the ultra-violent thriller Psycho Killer, which was initially pitched as from the same universe as David Fincher’s Seven. USA Today shares a brand new look at ...

The United States has 3,803 documented serial killers since 1900, accounting for 62.9% of the total in the dataset. No other country has 200 documented cases, with England (188) and Russia (172) ...

Netflix's 'Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers' takes a new look at the woman behind the headlines — in her own words Christina Coulter has been a Staff Writer covering crime at PEOPLE since 2025. Her ...