H.H. Holmes is believed to be the United States’ first known serial killer. In 1886, Holmes, whose original name was Herman ...

Elmer Wayne Henley was briefly considered a hero after he fatally shot serial killer Dean Corll and saved the lives of two ...

Jeff Mudgett learned the shocking truth at a family dinner: His great-great-grandfather was H.H. Holmes, the infamous con man and serial killer who operated a so-called “Murder Castle” during the 1893 ...

Texas is a state known for its Wild West history — for the outlaws, the criminals and the bandits. People like Sam Bass, the legendary train robber and John Wesley Hardin, notorious gunfighter, are ...

Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach, Florida, prostitute convicted of killing multiple men and dubbed the "queen of the serial killers," was ready for her close-up after confessing to protect the woman ...

Joseph Naso, the convicted murderer known as the "Alphabet Serial Killer," is once again at the center of scrutiny following new claims that he is responsible for far more killings than previously ...

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Jeff Mudgett learned he is the great-great-grandson of H.H. Holmes, America's first known serial killer. Mudgett claims handwriting analysis proves H.H. Holmes and Jack the Ripper were the same person ...