All news on the topic: Serial killers

Scarlett Jenkinson, 16, was sentenced to life for the murder of Brianna Ghey and is currently locked up at a secure children's home for young offenders in Leeds

Police confirmed that a 10th body has been pulled from Lady Bird lake in Austin, Texas - but as authorities say investigations are pending, residents live in fear of a 'Rainey Street Ripper'

The sick Rose and Fred West are supposed to appeal to people with 'a sense of humour', but are offensive to anyone who lost a loved one because of the serial killers' horrific actions

Convicted child murderer Lucy Letby had her initial application for permission to appeal against all of her convictions refused by a judge without a hearing last month

Tory strategists seriously believe they might win the next election, if only they cut taxes, stop the boats, or something something blah blah. Fleet Street Fox argues a £1m cheque for every voter would still make no difference

Scarlett Jenkinson admitted being the one who stabbed Brianna Ghey in meetings with psychiatrist Dr Richard Church and used similar language to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, he has revealed

The Freeway Killer, real name William Bonin, was executed in 1996 for the rape and murder of at least 14 boys and young men in Southern California between 1979 and 1980

Murderer Levi Bellfield will no longer be tying the knot despite winning a legal fight allowing him to marry in prison, with his former fiancée saying it was a "joint decision"

The mild-mannered local GP may have killed as many as 250 people, the majority of whom were elderly and female - now the lawyer who successfully prosecuted him in 1999 has suggested a chilling theory

Murderer Scarlett Jenkinson's body language gave away major signs she was lying as she was questioned by Cheshire Police over the murder of Brianna Ghey in footage released for the first time

Brianna Ghey's murderers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe have today been named publicly for the first time. But who are they and what in their lives drove them to brutal cold-blooded murder?

Despite being just another three-story mansion in leafy New York suburb, the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville has never shaken off its reputation as a ghoulish site of gore and ghosts

Child killer nurse Lucy Letby has had her initial bid to challenge her convictions refused by the Court of Appeal after lodging an application for permission to appeal against all of her convictions in September

A woman has shared her shock after her friend accidentally named her newborn after a serial killer - as she urges parents-to-be to research their child's name before writing it on their birth certificate

The human remains, belonging to Manual Resendez, were recovered from the Fox Hollow Farm estate in central Indiana that belonged to presumed serial killer Herbert Baumeister in 1996

Royal Navy Rating Simon Parkes, from Bristol, was last seen drinking at a pub in Gibraltar after the ship the 18-year-old was serving on, HMS Illustrious, docked

Black Bird star Paul Walter Hauser appeared to be thoroughly enjoying his night at the Emmys after he took home an award for his captivating role in the hit mini series

Phantom of the Forest killer Barry Prudom was the most wanted man in Britain for 18 days after he shot and killed two police officers during his two-week murder spree in the summer of 1982

ITV issued a statement after Joey Barton compared Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward to serial killers - and Gary Neville has now given his verdict on the comments

It's now emerged that hundreds of former post office workers had been mistakenly accused of stealing, with dozens convicted in court and others jailed

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The world's worst prisons include Camp 14 Kaechon in North Korea in which inmates as young as 11 are forced into labour and Gldani Prison in Georgia where guards were exposed for rape

Child snatcher Robert Black was caught red-handed by police in Northern Ireland in 1990 after kidnapping and abusing a young girl in the back of his delivery van

Serial killer Robert Mawdsley was locked up in 1974 and separated from other prisoners after he killed three inmates in 1978 and has spent most of his sentence in solitary confinement

Notorious serial killer Robert Maudsley has spent more than 16,600 consecutive days in isolation for his horrific crimes, and will remain in his underground cell on Christmas Day

Letby, 33, will die behind bars after being found guilty of murdering seven babies in her care while working as a neonatal nurse, and attempting to kill six others