All news on the topic: Serial killers

Coronation Street serial killer Stephen Reid could be set to claim Tim Metcalfe as another victim in chilling scenes as the net closes in on him in Weatherfield next week

Tonight the second part of The Long Shadow retells the story of how Peter Sutcliffe plunged society into a period of darkness and fear but he later suffered an excruciating final few days

In upcoming scenes Tim Metcalfe is seen emerging from a car covered in blood and bruises following a fight between him and Stephen Reid. So is Tim Stephen's next victim?

Bellfield – who murdered teenager Milly Dowler in 1996 – had given a statement in which he admitted killing Lin, 45, daughter Megan, six, and attempting to kill her sister Josie, nine

Neil Jackson, whose mum Emily was battered to death by serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, has rejected claims from Sutcliffe's son that the show is cashing in on the murders

Tony Chambers was asked this week by ITV News’ Paul Brand if he had ignored the concerns of doctors at the time of killings, but said he would 'save it for the public inquiry'

Criminologist Alex Iszatt looks into Peter Sutcliffe's mental state and motive to kill, as ITV's The Long Shadow drama depicts the harrowing impact of the Yorkshire Ripper

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was digging a grave when he claimed he suddenly felt the desire to kill - though his statement in court was later shut down by a relative and psychiatrist

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who admitted to killing 13 women and attempting to murder seven in the seventies, claimed he was driven to kill by 'the voice'

Lucy Letby was an only child to parents John and Susan, and grew up in a quiet cul-de-sac in Herefordshire. They enjoyed spending quality time together and would go on British seaside holidays as a family

John and Susan Letby doted on their only child, from the moment she was born right up until she was sent behind bars for murdering innocent babies in her care. Now, their lives and roles as parents have changed forever

Members of the warped internet group ­dedicated to the serial killer boast of writing to the jail where she is being held after she was sentenced to life for murdering seven babies

Authoriites say suspected serial killer Billy Chemirmir was killed by his cellmate in a prison in East Texas where he was serving a life sentence for the murder of two elderly women. He is suspected of killing a further 20

Prison governor Vanessa Frake says far from being led into a world of torture, murder and sick sexual abuse by her husband Fred, Rose West was a monster in her own right

Lucy Letby was found guilty of killing seven babies and attempting to murder six, but the prosecution's main expert says he fears she took the lives of three more innocent infants

The conversation was recorded between Dahmer, who killed 17 young men and boys in Wisconsin and Ohio in a grotesque spree of rape and cannibalism, and his father Lionel

Cold-blooded serial killer Lucy Letby will never return to the semi-detached Chester property she once called home, where she lived during her spate of heinous crimes

For over 130 years, Jack the Ripper has remained one of the most infamous serial killers of all time, but the Ripper was never caught and their identity was never revealed - although there have been many theories

Asa Ellerup, 59, and the children she had with suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann had to leave their home in the immediate aftermath of the New York architect's arrest

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT - Police said law enforcement is looking into if depraved and revealing journal of the infamous BTK killer can be linked to unsolved crimes

Julia Ann Bean was last seen in Sumter County, South Carolina, in 2017, but new information has revealed she may have had a connection to Gilgo Beach, Long Island, killer suspect Rex Heuermann

Emily Morris, whose month-old baby Alvin died in 2013, and another unnamed mum fear their children may have been killed by the nurse, and are calling for police to investigate

Sir Duncan Nichol was the chief executive of NHS England – the most senior position in the entire British healthcare system – from 1989 to 1994, during which time Allitt murdered four babies

Twisted serial killer Peter Sutcliffe went to his grave having never apologised for his crimes which terrified and rocked the nation in the 70s and 80s

Coronation Street actor Sally Ann Matthews, 52, is relishing her passionate scenes, saying that it's important to "show older women in a positive light and having passionate relationships"