Amanda Tullos
Was The West Mesa Bone Collector Killed by One of His Victims?
In February 2009, a woman walking her dog in West Mesa, an elevated land mass in Albuquerque, New Mexico, made a grisly discovery embedded in the dirt: a human bone. Upon police arrival, the bone would reveal a mass grave containing 11 women. The women were believed to be murdered by a serial killer, and […]
Gregory Burkart
The Gruesome Unsolved Crimes of “The Chess Killer”
The following case was compiled and uploaded in 2013 by user Rookurou, who cites a series of graphic and disturbing police reports from the city of Chichibu in the Japanese prefecture of Saitama in 1986. Over three decades later, the case remains unsolved, and the once-classified files were recently leaked online by an unnamed source. […]
David Ian McKendry
America’s Jack the Ripper: The Servant Girl Annihilator
Three years before London’s most famous serial killer terrorized the prostitutes, a serial killer had the women of Austin, Texas in a constant state of dread. Given the moniker Servant Girl Annihilator by American author O. Henry, this killer was said to be responsible for eight axe murders during the years 1884 and 1885. All […]
Andrew Tadman
The Shockingly Brutal Crimes of Axe-Murderer Clementine Barnabet
As the blow from an axe crushed another skull, South Louisiana’s unparalleled reign of terror continued… It was February 1911 in Crowley, Louisiana, a small town near the Texas border. The Byers family went to bed as usual. It was a typical night until an intruder broke in and brutally bludgeoned them all to death […]
Gregory Burkart
The Cryptic, Terrifying YouTube Videos of ANIMALHEAD
As you know by now, the web is filled with more baffling, mysterious and inexplicable content than anyone could ever begin to explain… and that’s not even counting the so-called “Dark Web,” with its ominous reputation as a den of unspeakable deeds, information and transactions; I’m just talking about all the insane shit you can […]
Dick Siegel
Jazz Maniac! Terror of THE NEW ORLEANS AXEMAN
In the darkest annals of true crime there is only one maniac killer who bent an entire city to his murderous will. Deep in the swampy terrors of New Orleans, amidst the honky-tonk jazz palaces, clip joints, lurking within iron wrought stronghold of voodoo, a disciple of the dark arts lay waste to an entire […]
Stephen Johnson
The Five Most Bizarre and Horrific Serial-Killing Groups Ever
We usually think of serial killing as a solitary vocation, practiced by loners driven by unspeakable personal demons, but sometimes groups of people come together to kill — and when they do, their motivations are fascinating. Whether they killed for pure profit, love, or some weird group madness, the five death-squads below are among the […]
Matt Molgaard
The Twisted, True Tale of Serial-Killer Nurse “Jolly” Jane Toppan
If history has taught us anything, it’s that serial killers come in all shapes, sizes and nationalities. Oh… and genders, as well. Case in point: prolific serial killer Jane Toppan (born as Honora Kelley, known to law enforcement and the public as “Jolly Jane”), who, by her own admission, killed 33 people. Honora was quite […]
Amanda Tullos
The Story Of Real Life Monster Todd Kohlhepp, The Amazon Review Killer
Family and friends of Kala Brown and Charlie Carver were shocked by their Facebook posts claiming the pair had been married. No one had seen or heard from the couple for days. The posts didn’t even sound like the son or daughter they knew; it almost seemed like they were being written by someone else. […]
Danielle Ownbey
Say Hello to Bachelor #1: The Shocking Crimes of “The DATING GAME Killer”
Cheryl Bradshaw thought she found her dream date when she chose Bachelor #1, Rodney Alcala, on the popular 1970s show THE DATING GAME. Introduced by the host as “a successful photographer who got his start when his father found him in the darkroom at the age of 13, fully developed,” Alcala cooed from behind the […]
David Ian McKendry
The Disturbing, Unsolved Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders
On March 5, 1972, two high school students made a terrifying discovery: the nude body of a woman lying in a creek bed. The body was that of Kim Wendy Allen, a 19-year-old who had last been seen hitchhiking to school and carrying a wooden soy barrel with red Chinese characters on it. Coroners soon […]
Gregory Burkart
A First Date Leads to True Love… But Ends in Homicidal Horror
Single and down to mingle? Can’t find anyone within your social circle? Afraid of skeevy hookup apps? There are other supposedly “safe” options available… but even those can be risky. Very risky, it turns out, for the unnamed author who submitted his tale of the ultimate dating nightmare to the Creepypasta Wiki. Working a dead-end […]
Amanda Tullos
Jeffrey Dahmer And The One Who Got Away
Jeffrey Dahmer really needs no introduction. One of the “heavyweights” of serial killers, Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between the late seventies and early nineties. He enjoyed prowling for his victims in gay clubs, decapitating them and having sex with their corpses. While most of his chosen prey succumbed to his evil desires, there […]
Amanda Tullos
Let’s Not Meet: The Horrifying Truth Behind The Man In The Yellow Rain Coat
If you’ve ever scanned the sub-Reddit “Lets Not Meet,” then you’re aware of the many close encounters people have had with danger and death. The stories are presented as real, but some are so terrifying and intense you would hope that they were made up. In one particular story, a woman comes face to face […]
Derek Faraci
Dennis Reynolds: The Sitcom Serial Killer?
A great TV sitcom, like most any show, is one that evolves over time. Little character bits, things that were clearly just quick jokes in season one, become defining traits over the years, evolving the characters into icons. Norm from CHEERS. Kramer from SEINFELD. Andy from PARKS AND RECREATION. Each of them started off as […]
